Samsung PN50A760 Plasma HDTV Review - Performance: Summary

The Samsung PN50A760's performance in our testing showed many of the strengths and weaknesses we've come to expect from Plasma televisions. We were quite pleased with the deep blacks the televisions was able to produce, but less impressed with the brightest whites. Handling of greyscale was very good, as was color temperature, but color reproduction was just average. We were very happy with the smoothness of motion, but not as happy with the artifacting we saw. Despite the limitations of plasma the Samsung PN50A760 still did very well overall in our testing and should provide viewers with solid picture quality.

Calibration
Televisions don't come out of the box ready to give you the best picture possible, much as we wish they did. As such we take time to calibrate every television that comes into our labs so that we can be sure we're testing the best image quality possible. You can pay someone to come to your home and calibrate your HDTV, or you can use the settings we offer below, which should get you 90% of the way towards a great picture.

To calibrate our HDTVs we use a program called DisplayMate. DisplayMate allows us to finely control what's being displayed on an HDTV so that we can look for specific problems and take very accurate measurements. In addition to using DisplayMate we've also worked closely with DisplayMate's founder and developer to ensure that our staff has the benefit of his years of experience working with HDTVs.