Samsung is going plasma gaga

Philip Wong | May 28, 2009

(Credit: Samsung)

We barely wrote about Samsung's new entry-level plasma TV only to hear it has announced yet another pair. The PS50B550T2M and PS63B680T5M have many similarities between them: Both have full-HD resolution, mega dynamic contrast and a 100Hz refresh rate. Besides these performance-oriented credentials, the panels will ship with four HDMI inputs and IDTV to receive HD broadcasts.

For those who would like to give connected TVs a go, the higher-end PS63B680T5M is equipped with Samsung's latest Media@2.0 solution. This provides Yahoo widgets such as YouTube video downloading and DLNA Wireless for hassle-free multimedia streaming within your home Wi-Fi network. Pricing-wise, the PS50B550T2M and PS63B680T5M will be retailing in Singapore by the end of the week for S$4,299 (US$3,085.70) and S$10,999 (US$7,894.77), respectively.

These models are currently available in most Southeast Asian markets except that Vietnam and Malaysia are not getting the PS50B550T2M, while the Philippines and Malaysia are not receiving the PS63B680T5M.

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