Samsung PN58B560 58-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV Review
October 24th, 2009
Samsung PN58B560 58-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV Review from BVaria. Best Value on the Market, PERIOD, The gentlemen who complained about the noise clearly has some other issue going on. I encourage him to try and get a full replacement from his reseller or Samsung. Mine makes no noticeable noise at all.
The B560 is an interesting animal in it carries all of the higher-end features that the 8 series carries at a lesser cost (TOC, CinemaSmooth, etc). It is in fact one of Samsung’s best plasmas despite being a 5 series. The “B Series” Samsung plasmas are without doubt the best plasmas on the market. In a world consumed by LCDs and their over saturated, unrealistic brightness and color, plasmas just don’t look as bright and noticeable on the showroom floor. The irony about this is that once you get any display home, inclduing a plasma, you’ll have to turn the brightness down to achieve any realistic color space. It’s a known fact that manufacturers create special default profiles that blow colors out of proportion which attracts the “dumb consumer”. It’s a shame that plasmas haven’t done as well as LCDs as of late, but the B series plasmas are pound for pound the best TVs out there, and the B560 is the pinnacle of that value.
Don’t get caught up in super-saturated colors and brightness levels. Black levels and realistic natural colors are what really matters, and plasma is still the best technology for that. Additionally, the off-angle viewing of plasmas is in a league of its own.
The motion is so natural, the colors are accurate, the black levels can’t be beat. It’s absolutely great. The power usage is significantly less than other plasmas including the “A series” Samsung plasmas. However, LCDs are still less power and heat consuming (the only negative of this TV compared to an LCD). That aside, you’d have to spend nearly twice as much for a comparable LED-based LCD display that still may not hold its own when it comes to naturalness and color space accuracy.
I consider myself an AV expert, and I work for a company that produces Blu-ray devices (no I don’t work for Samsung, I work for a Japanese company actually) and this was the TV my hard earned money was spent on. I recommend it whole-heartedly, and I truly hope Samsung continues to produce plasmas as they’ve got a true winner in the “B Series” lineup, the B560 being my favorite of their line card.
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