Samsung 58″ 1080 plasma HDTV- Samsung PN58A550 review and the best price

Samsung 58″ 1080 plasma PN58A550 is on sale at Costco for $1999 after $200 discount until June 28, 2009 (free shipping). The questions are: is this TV good, is this the best price?

However, there is no expert review on this set. All I can find is a review on 50″ Samsung PN50A550. Since the two sets are essentially identical except the screen size, the two should have the same picture quality. The cnet review of Samsung PN50A550 is summarized as:

The good: Highly accurate primary colors and color temperature;

The bad: Subpar antireflective screen; black levels not quite as deep as those of the best plasmas.

There are user reviews on Samsung PN58A550 on amazon.

The customer reviews are very positive with such comments as “The value is very good on this TV. The picture quality is great”.

Searched Pricegrabber  and found the best price of Samsung PN58A550 is $1878 

Samsung PN58A550 $1878 at Butterfly Photo

Considering Costco’s two years warranty and excellent 90 days return policy, I would recommend to buy Samsung 58″ plasama HDTV from Costco.

Samsung PN58A550 key features:

• Screen Size: 58.0″ (diagonal) 
• Aspect Ratio: 16:9 
• Resolution: 1920 x 1080 
• Contrast Ratio: 30,000:1, Dynamic Contrast Ratio: 1,000,000:1 
• Viewing Angle: 175º (H/V) 
• Tuners: NTSC/ATSC/QAM 
• Picture-in-Picture
• Dimensions (WXHXD): 55.4″ x 36.5″ x 13.6″ (w/ stand), 55.4″ x 33.9″ x 3.9″ (w/ out stand) 
• Weight: 137.8 lb (w/ stand), 126.3 lb (w/ out stand) 
• Speakers: 15W x 2  

Input/ Output: 

• HDMI x3 (1 side, 2 rear)
• Component(Y/Pb/Pr) x2 (rear)
• S-Video x 1 (side)
• Composite (AV) x2 (1 side, 1 rear)
• PC input (D-sub) x1 (rear)
• Headphones x1 (side)

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