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Usually ships in 1-2 business days | | Only 1 left in stock, order soon! | | | | | | Get a true cinematic experience without going to the cinema with a Samsung plasma HDTV. This Samsung PN58C8000, with Mega Dynamic Contrast Ratio makes sure every frame is saturated with dense, rich color. Samsung is also ENERGY STAR compliant so you are assured that your 58 -inch plasma HDTV is helping the environment by using less enery while saving you money.
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| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 13.3 inches | | Product Width: | 54.6 inches | | Product Height: | 36.1 inches | | Product Weight: | 88.2 pounds | | Package Length: | 59.0 inches | | Package Width: | 41.4 inches | | Package Height: | 17.0 inches | | Package Weight: | 112.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 28 reviews |
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| | Features | Clear Image PanelElegant Style with Slim DesignBD Wise; rich color3D ExperienceMotion Judder Canceller
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 LCD/LED Picture Quality Can't Compete Sep 05, 2010
My old Sony Trinitron FINALLY died and I was SOOOOOOO happy to replace it. My wife thought I was just trying to find an excuse to buy a new Flatscreen TV. LOL I was happy to upgrade and couldn't wait to buy a new HDTV. So I set my sights on a flat screen TV with excellent picture quality, feature rich and internet capable. I'm a big movie watcher so picture quality was of the utmost importance. LCDs are the hot TVs now with a lot of additional features and I really wanted to get into streaming internet video to my TV. So that's where I focused my search and that's where the future seemed to be going.
In my research, I found that LEDs were closing the gap for LCDs and Plasmas. So when I was making my selection I had the following TVs on my list to choose from; Samsung UN55C690 LED, LG INFINIA 55LE8500 LED, LG INFINIA 55LE5500 LED, and as a late add the Samsung PN58C8000 Plasma. I have experience with Plasmas as I already had a Panasonic 50" and I really enjoyed the picture quality. So I had this constant internal dilemma that I LCDs were just not going to match up with the picture quality. I searched high and low for an LCD/LED HDTV and just could not find any within an affordable price range with comparable picture quality. For me that was the tie breaker, and trumped any feature an LCD could offer. Because ultimately that is what you do is watch TV so it made sense for that to be the highest priority when searching for a new HDTV.
So I took my list and started to go to stores to scout the TVs and started at Best Buy. The salesman there pointed out something when I asked "why should I get an LCD over a Plasma?." He said "look at the TVs we feature in our showroom, 95% are Plasmas because they still have superior picture quality over LCDs." So it re-enforced what I believed all along that Plasmas were the way to go. So I turned my focused to Plasmas and found the Samsung PN58C8000. This attractive thin flat-screen really caught my eye. The picture quality is stunning! I love the Dynamic Picture and Movie modes. The blacks are fantastic and it has a nice bright picture in a lot of sunlight. My wife laughs at me when I sit back in appreciation of the quality and my satisfaction in my selection. I honestly really didn't want 3D but I looked at it as an additional feature rather than an added incentive to buy it. Maybe I'll use it in the future but the side effects of watching for long periods in 3D freaks me out. The Samsung PN58C8000 has a lot of menu settings to customize the picture or the TV overall which I like. The Tools menu setting allows for quick changes to the picture and sound whether its a lot of sunlight or to enjoy the darker settings for watching movies. Out of the box, the settings are a mess so take your time getting them just right. Another great feature is the Internet TV and the Samsung Apps. With this feature, you can get quick weather/news/sports updates as well as save some money by not paying for premium cable movie channels and instead stream Netflix movies. With a decent wireless router, you can stream pretty seamlessly with little delay while watching a picture. I was impressed! However, I was disappointed that I couldn't use any wireless adapter since the Samsung adapter is expensive. I actually tried a Cisco wireless adapter but it didn't work. But once I did get the Samsung wireless adapter, it worked like a charm. It was very easy to install. I had to put on the extension it came with as it was too close to the TV and interfered with the signal. For my other HDTV that is not internet ready, I hooked up my Wii and now I'm good to go with Netflix on that one as well.
Now I may be impressed with the TV overall but it does have some drawbacks. For instance, the factory settings gave the picture a Soap opera look which was really annoying and worried me a bit at first. It really changes the feel of a show/movie and not for the better. Once turned the Motion Judder Function off, it eliminated the soap opera feel. It really should be called soap opera function because it didn't improve the motion picture but moved the picture slowly like a cameraman was filming it in real-time. One key that that truly concerns me is that the TV runs extremely hot. Now although this is normal with Plasmas, the Samsung PN58C8000 seems to be much hotter. I did an unofficial comparison with my other Plasma and I touched both to see and the Samsung PN58C8000 was much hotter. This hasn't caused any issues at this point so as of now I'm not too concerned about it. I've had the TV over a month now. The remote control it comes with is sleek but it's not an universal remote therefore it's useless for the long term. Lastly, the TV packaging was minimal which surprised me for a TV this thin and fragile. The first TV shipped to me was damaged with cranks throughout the picture screen. Fortunately, the company provided good service and replaced it with no problem. I was relieved I didn't have to fight like a mad man for a new one. LOL
Overall, the Samsung PN58C8000 is an excellent TV with superb picture quality, great extra features with minor issues. If you are looking for great picture quality, a slim look at a decent price, this TV fits the bill. I'm REALLY happy with the purchase! BTW, Avatar looks AWESOME on this TV! ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!
Awesome Sep 03, 2010
I spent a long time looking for a new TV. I knew I wanted at least a 58" and a plasma and this TV is perfect. I usually don't write reviews for things, but this TV was worth a review. I debated getting the 6000 Samsung series without the 3D capability - boy I am glad I didn't. The 3D is unbelievable! I have direct TV and they currently have three 3D channels - more content will come. The 2D picture is amazing on this TV as well. I have had the TV for about a month and no buzzing at all. I think this problem was fixed with all the later Samsung models. Can't really comment on the sound from the TV - I have a surround sound system. The 2D to 3D conversion is OK - more depth perception than anything. Overall if your looking for an amazing TV this is the one for you.
 Pretty Good Aug 31, 2010
Great picture in non-fast scenes with judder cancel off. With it on, it is amazing to see fast scenes but in slower scenes (especially with tv/movies) it creates a surreal look that I don't like. I keep it off 90% of the time and there will be a distortion with really fast moving objects. This was a big dissapointment for me as I selected a plasma due to the 600hz and figured I would not have this issue. I think overall it's still a better tv than the new LED's though. It's much heavier than the LED, though. There is also a pretty good reflection but I hear the newer LCD/LED's have a reflection as well.
Plasma's Back Aug 30, 2010
Ok. I've owned this tv for over a month. First off this tv is beautiful both on and off. I have to take my hat off to Samsung's picture quality. Blu rays are stunning in 2D and 3D is almost perfect (a little ghosting issue but with the latest firmware it's almost gone). Best tv i've owned so far. Looked at the un55c8000 but had too much blur and ghosting. Returned a Panasonic vt25 because of lack of features plus looks ugly in camparison to the sammy. I've owned the 71 series LCD before this and never thought I'd own a plasma. I loved the brightness and pop of LCD's. Surprised to to see that after calibration this set is just as capable and for 3D it's plasma or nothing. Speaking of 3D, the 2D to 3D feature is no gimmick. Have you ever Seen Avitar converted to 3D? Better than in the theater. Have You ever played Zen pinball in 3D. Wow. If you haven't then it sucks to be you. Bottom line great tv. The only con I can think of is its power consumption. Here my settings for those who like the brightness and pop of lcd.
Mode Cal-day
Cell Light: 15-17 (depending on your Preference, But 17 produced a little white wash)
Contrast: 90
Brightness: 50
Sharpness: 25
Color: 50
Tint (G/R) G50/R50
Advance Setting
Black Tone: Darkest
Dynamic Contrast: Medium
Gamma: 0
White Balance
R-Offset: 25
G-Offset: 25
B-Offset: 23
R-Gain: 16
G-Gain: 25
B-Gain: 31
Edge Enhancement: On
Picture Option
Color Tone: Normal
Size: 16:9
Hdmi Black level: Cinema Smooth/ Auto1 (Where Available)
3-D
Depth: 10
*(Settings not shown are factory defaults)
enjoy
Fantastic picture, No games for Internet TV Aug 27, 2010
For the most part I am in full agreement with the reviews that have been posted. Picture quality is great, Nice clean look, I am not experiencing any noticeable noise/buzz from the tv. Delivery from CEVA was not as smooth as I would have liked, I chose scheduled delivery 12 - 4 PM, I did not receive a call the night before nor the morning of the scheduled delivery. Rather than trust fate, I called CEVA at 9 AM they were surprised that I had not been contacted and did apologize. They then indicated that I would get a call from the driver an hour before the delivery. Being that it was a Friday rather than waiting for a call from the driver, I decided to leave the office a little after noon. It was a good thing that I did, when I arrived at home (around 12:30) the delivery truck was there and the driver indicated that had another five minutes gone by he would have left. Bottom line, you definitely want to be proactive if CEVA is delivering.
Delivery issues aside, two other items of note. There are currently no games available from Samsung Apps for the plasma TV model. This is not well advertised, even Samsung Tier 1 and Tier 2 support were unaware of this. It took me a week of calling Samsung before this was disclosed to me. Apparently more focus is being placed on the LCD/LED TV where Samsung Apps is concerned. I've posted my initial chat transcript below for those that are interested.
One other, in my opinion, odd limitation is the default behavior of the TV when the Samsung Blu-ray player is turned off if using the Anynet+ feature. Anynet+ is Samsung's implementation of HDMI CEC. This feature is pretty handy, for example when I turn on the Blu-ray player the TV is automatically turned on and the input is automatically change to the HDMI input that the Blu-ray is on. The behavior I don't like is when the Blu-ray player is turned off the input on the TV is switched to the Antenna (TV) input. That may be fine for most folks but it sure would be nice if that default behavior could be changed to automatically switch it to another input such as HDMI1 which is the input I'm using for my CABLE STB. It's not a huge issue I just find it strange that it's hard coded and cannot be changed.
Ultimately despite this, I still would have purchased the Plasma TV over the LED TV.
info: Please wait for a Samsung Agent to respond.
info: You are now chatting with 'Rachael T'
Rachael T: Hi, thanks for reaching out to Samsung tech support. How can I help you today?
Visitor: I don't have a games category under Samsung Apps on my TV like the examples displayed under the SPSTV app
Rachael T: Please allow me to go through the inquiry.
Rachael T: Let me know the complete model number of your TV. It will be located on the back or side of the TV.
Visitor: PN58C8000
Rachael T: Would you mind holding a few minutes, while I those details for you?
Visitor: No I don't mind
Rachael T: Thank you.
Rachael T: Thank you for being on hold.
Visitor: no problem
Rachael T: Let us try to reset the TV.
Visitor: OK
Rachael T: Turn the TV on and hold down the EXIT button on the remote control for 10 seconds. You will be prompted with a couple questions, just select Yes to both and the TV will be completely reset.
Rachael T: Let me know the status once you have done the above steps.
Rachael T: It has been a while since I received the message from you. Are you with me?
Visitor: yes internet tv is performing a service update
Rachael T: Okay that's fine.
Visitor: That did not appear to work, I'm still missing the game category
Rachael T: As we have tried to reset the TV which should over come the issue and as the problem still persist I suggest you to contact our level-2 support for further assistance regarding the issue ,I will provide you with their number.
Rachael T: I recommend you contact our Tier2 department at 800-726-7864 and they are available from 9:00am - 9:00pm(EST), Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 7:00pm(EST), Saturday and Sunday.
info: Your chat transcript will be sent to [...] at the end of your chat.
Visitor: Ok that is what I will do. Thanks for your time
Rachael T: You're welcome. Is there anything else I can assist you with?
Visitor: not at this time
Rachael T: Thank you for chatting with us. If you have a minute, please press the "close" button and fill out a brief survey to help us serve you better. Have a wonderful day!
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