Samsung PS50Q96HD TV reviews

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8.7 out of 10 based on 155 reviews.

Samsung PS50Q96HD with 50" HD ready Plasma screen, 3 HDMI ports and Freeview.

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Ease of use	8.5
Image quality	8.6
Sound quality	7.5
Design	9.4
Value for money	9.2
Overall rating	8.7

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Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Style,picture and moveable screen
Bad points:: None really

Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 29 Mar 2008

Confirmed purchaser Modern Pensioner !!

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Very stylish. Easy to install and tune in
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 21 Apr 2008

Mike, Loughborough Male 38

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Easy to set up. Good picture quality and excellent price. Bargain
Bad points:: Poor sound quality, surround sound system sorts that out.

Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	4.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 19 Apr 2008

Martyn, Bolton

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Stylish good looks
Bad points:: none so far

Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 17 Apr 2008

steve , swansea

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: 50inch screen really worth going for. Best i've seen for this kind of money. Great picture with hd source and upscaled dvd via hdmi.
Built in free view a bonus. sd picture variable but ok (but not great you WILL want hd.)
Easy to set up comes attached to the stand in a big box. Just take off the box and (with a friend) lift on to your stand. (not so easy if you wall mount i would guess)
Set itself looks really nice.
Bad points:: sd picture when watching footy not good, lots of noise around the players and ball. Sound - needs surround system but lets be honest if you are looking at this telly you already have one.

Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	5.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 16 Apr 2008

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Great TV also excellent value. Picture great - sound is decent but use a surround sound system otherwise don't bother getting such a big tv
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 14 Apr 2008

Albert, Coatbridge Installer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Great value big plasma and looks superb on wall.
Bad points:: Tried but can't think of any.

Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 05 Apr 2008

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	50
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of screen	Plasma
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
3D	No

HD TV	HD ready
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum resolution of 720 horizontal lines (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Built-in disc player	No Disc Player
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Number of HDMI ports	3
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of scart ports	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Connections	HDMI

Smart TV	No
TVs with internet capability allow you access to a range of online services.
Frequency (Hz)	50
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Screen aspect ratio	16:9
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	15000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Reflection angle	175
Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	136.5

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	768

Brightness (Candela per square metre)	1300
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Headphone Socket	Yes
Weight (kg)	7.5

Release date	2008-01-17
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Samsung PS-50Q96HD, PS50Q96

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Manufacturer's Description

SAMSUNG introduces the Q96 plasma which replaces the award winning Q6 range of 2006. The Q96 has improved design and technology with the new Ultra Filter Bright ensuring the Q96 has the blackest blacks and the richest colour possible.

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