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.
posted Nov 29th 2006 8:37AM
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!!! :)
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.
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.
let us hope it is 1080p
just got a samsung 1080p 46" lcd for 2500. good enough.