Samsung PN50B650 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV | more [ GADGET ]

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This is more a review of Amazon’s sales of “special handling items” rather than the TV.

I ordered the Samsung on a Tuesday. At that time, the item’s page indicated that if I ordered within the next few hours, I could have it by Friday. I placed the order and while reviewing the order’s details afterwards, the bold manner in which Amazon said I could have the TV at my door on the item’s page had markedly turned into a disappointing “estimated delivery” by Friday. I think this is a dishonest business practice. This was reinforced when I called Amazon customer service and the person told me he had never heard of Amazon delivering a special handling item that fast. Amazon is obviously hooking you into a situation where they know they can’t deliver when they promise and they will hope you just grin and bear it because you want the TV so bad. Anyway Friday and Monday came and went - no delivery. In the meantime, all this time without the TV in front of me gave me more time to second guess my purchase. I double checked the reviews all over the internet and became very concerned of all the buzzing complaints. I then cancelled the order before it even got to my door which would have been Tuesday. To fix this, all Amazon should do is not have those delivery promises on an item’s page that requires special handling.

Ok, now for the good - because they missed the delivery date, I had no issues with getting a full refund. As for the TV, I ended up purchasing a Panasonic (s50) 50-inch plasma from my local Sears for $889. 00. Probably not as good as picture as the Samsung, but good enough for my average TV viewing eyes and not even a hint of buzzing.

There’s no doubt that this is a great TV. How great? Well, given that I don’t have any other HDTV’s, who knows? From what I’ve read, all you need to do is buy an HDTV, preferably a plasma, and not pay too much attention to all of the details about the TV. This one was pretty cheap for a 50″ TV, so it worked out well.

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