<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 7, 2010 at 8:27 AM, Brian J. Murrell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@interlinx.bc.ca">brian@interlinx.bc.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
OK. So to wade into this OT pool, I to have set a particular price<br>
point at which I will buy and trying to decide between a Samsung (what I<br>
have come to understand is a "Series 5" set) PN50C540 and a Panasonic<br>
(VIERA® U1 Series) TC-P50U1. Both are 1080p plasmas with 1920x1080<br>
native resolution.<br>
<br>
The Samsung most definitely has more bells and whistles with DLNA, but<br>
given that I am hooking up a Mythbox to it, perhaps those features are<br>
not as important as they would be otherwise. Although, I don't think<br>
Myth, even yet, handles plug-n-play of, say, a USB stick with movies,<br>
music and photos on it. But I digress.<br>
<br>
Anyone have any objective opinions on those two sets, or at least the<br>
product lines they come from?<br>
<br>
Or am I missing out on a completely different brand and/or option in the<br>
same price range (C$1100)?<br>
<br>
FWIW, I did do an "in-store" side-by-side comparison of a Samsung<br>
(PN50C550, which is the same as the PN50C540 but with an additional<br>
HDMI, AFAIU -- the 540 and 550 certainly share the same user manual) set<br>
and an LG (1080p plasma) and I just found the LG picture washed<br>
out/faded. It didn't seem as brilliant as the Samsung picture.<br></blockquote><div><br>I recently bought the Samsung 46" LN46C630 which was released in March of this year. I'm not sure if it's available in your country.<br>
<br>I bought it from Fry's at a heavy discount (kept an eye on Slickdeals for a few days) and I'm very pleased with the LCD. I had been considering last year's model (B630). I like the C630 since it's a matte screen. Even though it's in my bedroom at the moment and we can darken the room, I didn't want a glossy screen. It plays really nice with the Zotac ION motherboard using HDMI for video and sound. No fancy surround at the moment and I'm NOT disappointed with the down-firing speakers.<br>
<br>/Brian/<br><br></div></div><br>