Samsung 50" Plasma?

[BAW 0]

Hello All,

I currently have a Samsung 42" Plasma 720p TV and mainly use this for SkyHD, Blu-Ray and to connect to my computer.

I am looking to upgrade to a 50", I want to keep with Samsung as it has been a brilliant TV and of course want the new TV to be 1080p. I have been shopping around and have found two;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-PS50C580-50-inch-Widescreen-Freeview/dp/B003RRY3AQ

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Samsung-PS50C550-Widescreen-AllShare-Freeview/dp/B003DNSJCW/ref=pd_cp_ce_2

Does anyone have either of these? Or, which would you suggest is the best to go with.

When shopping around, they are more or less the same price, and I cannot find a major difference between the two?

[jackwanders 0]

I can't speak to the current crop of Samsung plasma sets, but I bought a 50" Samsung plasma 1080p set back in '08, and it's served me great for the last two years. Not too much help, but I can attest to the fact that at least they don't die in 2 years time :)

As for the two sets you have listed, I see they're very similar model #s. When I come across two products like that, I usually head to the manufacturer's website to compare them. Checking the Samsung UK site, I can't see any real difference between the two.

Perhaps the 580 is just an updated version of the 550?

[Jason S. 1,499]

buy one of these

http://www.engadget.com/2011/01/05/samsung-touts-bluetooth-3d-support-on-led-8000-7000-hdtv-line/

[neoxphuse 7]

have a 52" bought i think in 09, still looks awesome.

[HawkMan 5,232]

Not really what you're asking, but working and selling these things, I'd honestly tell you to get a panasonic instead, their plasmas just seems slightly better and I've seen bad image retention that shouldn't be there on the Samsungs.

on the other hand, at least over here, I know that Samsung support considers image retention and especially bad ones to be a panel fault and will replace it. So I might just have been unlucky with the few I've seen, but I'd still put Panasonic as the better plasma untill pioneer decides to unretire again :p

[shakey 1,127]

Does it have to be plasma? Their LCD's are amazing now. I recently (about 5 months ago) got their 55' LCD ln55c630 http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-LN55C630-55-Inch-1080p-Black/dp/B0036WT3SY , and while not the top of their line, the TV is amazing. Haven't seen a TV this clear and crisp anywhere yet. The newer models are just even better too.