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Samsung HPR5052 Plasma TV Review

Samsung makes it easy to create your dream home cinema with the plug-and-play Samsung HPR5052 50-inch flat panel plasma TV. It has a built-in analog/digital (NTSC/ATSC) tuner that will receive free over-the-air HDTV signals and is Digital Cable Ready, so you can enjoy digital cable without an additional box or remote. Its 175-degree horizontal viewing angle provides a picture-perfect entertainment experience from anywhere in the room. It also offers a good range of connections for DVD, DTV, PC, HDTV sources.

Samsung's new floating screen plasma TV creates an image that looks as if it is suspended in thin air. The new, premium "bezel-less" design means there's no frame around the TV for a big, beautiful picture without boundaries. Bottom-mounted speakers and a sleek silver/black color scheme are perfect for elegant, modern decors.

The Samsung Samsung HPR5052 Digital Natural Image engine (DNIe) Video Enhancer refines all analog NTSC and wideband video inputs for an overall improvement in picture quality. DNIe improves contrast, white level, picture detail and incorporates digital noise reduction to improve lower quality video inputs.

Because everyone sees colors differently, Samsung's DNIe My Color Control allows you to adjust the individual colors of your set without distorting other colors. The range of color adjustment includes Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Red and White. This ensures true to life colors such as green grass, blue sky and realistic skin tones. White Tone Enhancement also ensures the purest, brightest whites possible.

The 3D Y/C digital comb filter constantly analyzes the three dimensions of picture height, picture width, and picture changes-over-time, to reduce dramatically edge image artifacts while improving transition detail. The Samsung HPR5052 also offers a 1366 x 768-pixel resolution, 1300 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating, and amazing 10,000:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) Picture-in-picture (PiP) with side-by-side split screen enables convenient simultaneous viewing of TV programs and video or PC sources. Other adjustable video features include color tone, picture mode, aspect ratio, and sound mode.

Other features include a fanless cooling design for low noise operation, VESA wall mount compatibility, and discrete IR codes for use with a macro/programmable remote for creating your own functions. Control all your Samsung A/V components through a single TV remote with Samsung's Anynet system, a network control solution for operating a wide variety of Samsung devices.

The Samsung HPR5052 30-watt stereo audio system (two 15-watt speakers) delivers ample sound for sports and movies. It can provide SRS TruSurround XT virtual surround sound, which solves the problem of playing 5.1 multichannel content over the TV's two speakers. It features the following video and audio connections:

• Composite AV (RCA) In: 1

• S-Video In: 1

• Component Video In (Y PB PR): 2

• HDMI In: 1

• RF In: 2

• PC RGB: 1

• DVI Audio: 1

• Audio monitor out: 1

• Digital audio out: 1 optical, 1 coaxial

What's in the Box?

Samsung HPR5052 Plasma TV, remote control (with batteries), stand, power cord, printed operating instructions.

So what Features Does the Samsung HPR5052 have?

• Screen size: 50 inches

• TV type: Plasma

• HDTV capable: Yes, built-in

• Digital cable ready: Yes

• Aspect ratio: 16:9

• Resolution: 1366 x 768 pixels

• Speaker wattage per channel: 15 watts

• Number of speakers: 2

• Comb filter: Yes, 3D Y/C

• Invar shadow mask: No

• Scan velocity modulation: No

• Line doubling: No

• Color temperature control: Yes

• Includes DVD player: No

• Includes VCR: No

• Signal type: NTSC, ATSC

• Auto channel setup: Yes

• Closed captioning: Yes

• Last-channel recall: Yes

• Multilingual menu: Yes

• Parental control: Yes

• Picture-in-picture (PIP): Yes

• Remote control: Yes

• SAP: Yes

• Sleep timer: Yes

• Surround sound: Yes, SRS TruSurround XT virtual

• Composite A/V: 1

• S-Video: 1

• Component video: 2

• DVI: DVI audio only

• HDMI: 1

• RF: 2

• PC RGB: Yes

• Headphone jack: No

• Front AV jacks: No

• Side AV jacks: No

• Sound leveler system: No

• Item width: 48.4 inches

• Item height: 32.5 inches

• Item depth: 3.7 inches

• Item width - with stand: 48.4 inches

• Item height - with stand: 34.3 inches

• Item depth - with stand: 13.2 inches

• Item weight: 93.5 pounds

• Warranty: 1 year parts and labor

Conclusion

This Samsung HPR5052 widescreen 50" plasma television provides jaw-dropping video quality when coupled with an HDTV signal. If you're cable company supports CableCARD technology, then you're in luck, because this plasma screen features a CableCARD slot. Which means you don't need a separate cable box from your local provider. Just plug in your CableCARD and you're ready to go.

An integrated ATSC tuner is also features, and provides you with the ability to receive over-the-air HDTV broadcasts, without the need of an optional tuner box. All you need is an optional HDTV antenna! Premium Bezel-Less Design 60,000 Hour Panel Life (27 Years @ 6 hrs. a day)

This is a great tv and the only thing we have found that may cause problems is the the location of the HDMI cable. The cable plugs in directly into the back of the tv once inserted it stick out this may cause a problem when wall mounted. Otherwise the Samsung HPR5052 has excellent sound and picture quality.

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