Does tv have screen door affect? Being able to see dark pixles from 6ft. away. Seen Samsung plasma on display and looked bad.Are plasma's like this?
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I have never seen this either of my plasma TVs, especially on the LG 60PN6500. Did you see this on display at a retailer? If so, some retailers will change settings to make the plasmas look worse as the margin is higher on LCD/LED sets. Hope this helps.
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I purchased a 60 inch LG plasma tv to replace a 55 inch Samsung which failed after two years of fine service. My LG is slightly better than the Samsung and neither LG nor Samsung had the screen door effect. Based on my buying experience LG is my preference.
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I haven't seen any blurring. Big thing is probably the lack of display controls - the TV is not feature rich, but, then again, plasma's tend to not have too many features. Also, not alot of HDMI inputs either.
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Are you buying a no frills Samsung. If so there is not a lot of difference. The TCL does not have a great deal of inputs usually the Samsung will have more and a better picture. I bought this TV for my RV most of the time i can't receive HD signal, so a really fantastic picture was not a great concern. My advice believe it or not is to buy a plasma. If you can control the lighting in your room you won't be sorry. But if you tight on money this is a good entry level TV, by the way don't do the software upgrade I hear it will screw up the TV
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There is no mat or glossy finish on the screen of a plasma. Plasmas screens are made of glass. I have a 60" plasma in a well lit room with lots or windows and glare and reflection aren't big issues for me. I find the problem with glare on most tv's these days is in the televisions frame. They all seem to be glossy and reflect light.
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These televisions use different technologies. Plasma is great if you are watching in a room with no light opposite the screen. The Plasma screen has a glass surface that is highly reflective, so if you have a window in back of you, it will reflect off the glass. However, if you plan to watch in a room that does not have light opposite the television, you cannot beat the Plasma. My brother has a Vizio, which he loves. I love my Panasonic. I also have an LED, a Samsung, which is quite good as well. I have read about some customer service issues with the Vizios, but I have no personal experience with that, only hearsay. These televisions use different technologies. Plasma is great if you are watching in a room with no light opposite the screen. The Plasma screen has a glass surface that is highly reflective, so if you have a window in back of you, it will reflect off the glass. However, if you plan to watch in a room that does not have light opposite the television, you cannot beat the Plasma. My brother has a Vizio, which he loves. I love my Panasonic. I also have an LED, a Samsung, which is quite good as well. I have read about some customer service issues with the Vizios, but I have no personal... » Read More These televisions use different technologies. Plasma is great if you are watching in a room with no light opposite the screen. The Plasma screen has a glass surface that is highly reflective, so if you have a window in back of you, it will reflect off the glass. However, if you plan to watch in a room that does not have light opposite the television, you cannot beat the Plasma. My brother has a Vizio, which he loves. I love my Panasonic. I also have an LED, a Samsung, which is quite good as well. I have read about some customer service issues with the Vizios, but I have no personal experience with that, only hearsay. « Show Less
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jesse lang,The picture wouldn't be dramatically affected by ambient light for most people. Like any television, even including the old tube types, direct sunlight on the panel will cause a lot of reflection and may affect the picture. You do not need to be pitch black to enjoy the plasma televisions.Thanks for your interest in Samsung televisions.--Mr. S
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Not all plasmas, I am not sure yet why but I have a similar issue too, did not care to check if it was a various coloured noise or just various shades. I DO NOT have it on my other Panasonic professional plasma though.Either it's HDMI cable or just HDMI connection )I use DVI on others - or this TV has more faults then I initially thought...The worse thing is greenish tint vs older pro plasmas which may not have this deep of the black level but are all more accurate in my opinion. I had 2 of these before and haven't noticed this issue just now - also if you display a window on a gray screen you can notice horizontal smudges at the hight of the window border. Not all plasmas, I am not sure yet why but I have a similar issue too, did not care to check if it was a various coloured noise or just various shades. I DO NOT have it on my other Panasonic professional plasma though.Either it's HDMI cable or just HDMI connection )I use DVI on others - or this TV has more faults then I initially thought...The worse thing is greenish tint vs older pro plasmas which may not have this deep of the black level but are all more accurate in my opinion. I had 2 of these before and haven't noticed this issue just now - also if you display a window... » Read More Not all plasmas, I am not sure yet why but I have a similar issue too, did not care to check if it was a various coloured noise or just various shades. I DO NOT have it on my other Panasonic professional plasma though.Either it's HDMI cable or just HDMI connection )I use DVI on others - or this TV has more faults then I initially thought...The worse thing is greenish tint vs older pro plasmas which may not have this deep of the black level but are all more accurate in my opinion. I had 2 of these before and haven't noticed this issue just now - also if you display a window on a gray screen you can notice horizontal smudges at the hight of the window border. « Show Less
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I think you may have the question backwards....by looking at plaasma and lcd's...the lcd's have a backlight panel display so it stays bright the whole time..I'm guessing that is why lcd's have horrible black coloring? Plasmas are dark because unlike lcd's...plasmas are lighting up what needs to be bright...kinda like having over a million florescent lights on a football field...i think...
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Grain/noise is native to plasmas, Panasonics especially it seems. I changed my tv and blu ray player setting to 24p for watching blu rays and like the improved picture. Give it a try and see how you like it.
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I have read and reread the descrition and can't seem to find if the display is plasma or LCD. Does anyone know?Thanks, Clara
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I don't know if this description will help, but I would term the screen either a Light Matte or Semi-Gloss finish. When the TV is off and you're starring at a blank screen, if you're in a well lit room, you will see your faint reflection but it's a very soft reflection (no real detail). If you've ever sat at a desktop computer like a new iMac when the screen is blank you can see your reflection quite clearly (like on a lot of plasma TVs). The LN5600 screen is nothing like that. The room our TV is in has two large windows that run along the side of the wall about four feet away from the screen. When all the lights are on, or the window blinds are open they have no real impact on the visibility of the image on the screen. Now if the windows were directly behind me as I was watching the screen, you could have an issue without a doubt. My current problem is that I have a six foot tall lamp that sits off to the side of our sofa that faces the TV. In the evening when we're watching something, if what's playing is dark (like a night scene, or outer space) you can see the soft reflection of the light in the upper corner of the screen. This could be easily fixed by just moving the position of the lamp (or if the TV was mounted on a wall) just angling the tilt of the screen more steeply. My advice would be, as long as you don't have any light sources (aka, lamps, windows, etc.) that fall directly within a visual triangle that spreads from your screen out to where you'll be viewing you should be perfectly fine. Windows and lamp light that run along the peripheral of this imaginary triangle shouldn't cause you any real noticeable issues. Hope this helps. If you have any other questions, please feel free to contact me again. Best of luck!
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I have the LNT5265F and I love it love it love it! A friend has a Pana Plasma. I don't think Plasma has come far enough yet. Plasma has the potential to be better than LCD, but not yet. Go with the Samsung. I have 3 Samsungs 52", and 2 40" and they are all great.
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This plasma is considerably brighter than most. Will it be brighter than the brightest LED? No, but I came from an LED and I have 0 brightness issues. I love this tv. It took 6 tvs before I was happy, and it was worth the hassle.
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Although this is an old question, my answer may help new buyers. I've owned this TV since 2010 and the "ghosting" effect on darker images in games has annoyed the H out of me for the last 4 years. Now that my warranty is about to run out I don't feel guilty about buying another tv. Apparently this is a common complaint on Samsung LED's.
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You won't notice glare from end table lamps etc, it's only direct sunlight from a window that is a issue. I have a 50 inch plasma in our living room with very large picture windows to the right of it and with the blinds open on a sunny day if direct sun rays hit the screen it's hard to see those areas where the sun light hits. Close the blind and no problem. The picture of a plasma destroys all LCD screens, the only issue is it uses more power, but even that is not huge deal, we don't have it on all day, a bit in the morning and a few hours at night.
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Does anyone know if you can "turn off" the picture on an plasma TV - if we could dim the screen we wouldn't need a digital TV radio we could just use the TV (cable) in the bedroom for night-time listening. As it is, the light from the TV keeps me awake.
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The screen is very reflective like a mirror so you must get control of the lighting where you set up this TV. Any TV will perform poorly in a sunroom or overly bright room so it's not fair to blame this TV, especially since in a controlled lighting environment this glossy screen will outperform a TV with a matte anti reflective panel. Take care of ambient lighting and you will be amazed by this plasma panel!