Samsung's HP-T5064: a 50-inch Plasma with "Multi Media Center"

by Thomas Ricker, posted Nov 29th 2006 at 8:37AM

Samsung has a couple of 50-inch plasmas on the way in their HP-T5054 and HP-T5064. That's right, plasmas, not the 50-inch LCDs they're building with Sony. Details are sketchy at best, but we can tell ya that the new panels will feature improved contrast ratio in bright rooms and a unique, automatic wall mount adjustment thrown in just for kicks. The T5064 also features an MMC -- no, not Mandatory Managed Copy, rather a Multi Media Center with built-in disk drive (of unspecified capacity) to host recorded broadcasts or downloaded PC content. Now we're not sure, but this is sounding a whole, hell of a lot like the wireless SPD-50P7HDT we already saw announced in Sammy's hometown of Korea. Nevertheless, we'll be trolling for details come January's CES where these will no doubt be on display.

Filed under: Displays

Tags: hp-t5054, hp-t5064, MMC, Multi Media Center, MultiMediaCenter, PDP, plasma, samsung

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Loban @ Nov 29th 2006 9:26AM

I don't care about these extra features, just give me an affordable (under $2.5k) 50" 1080p plasma and I'm sold. I REFUSE to buy a projection screen (LCD or DLP) as I can't stand the bad viewing angle. I want an affordable direct-view panel with a native 1920 x 1080 resolution and I want it now!!! :)

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Evan @ Nov 29th 2006 10:13AM

It's bad enough that Samsung force feeds us a MP3 player and JPEG Photo viewer in their tvs, now a full media player? Like Loban, I just want a monitor. Let me choose the hardware that will be providing the video.

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Loban @ Nov 29th 2006 10:53AM

I actually wasn't trying to rip on Samsung as I think they have the best balance of panel performance and cabinet aesthetics. Their televisions are simply beautiful. I just want them to offer a panel with 1080p for $2000. I don't need a tuner, or a memory card reader, or a internal harddrive, or even speakers. I would never use any of that crap. Just give me the panel alone and I'll be happy.

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Porsche 911 @ Nov 29th 2006 2:57PM

let us hope it is 1080p

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soNdavidK @ Nov 29th 2006 4:22PM

just got a samsung 1080p 46" lcd for 2500. good enough.

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