Samsung PN42B450 Review: 42” Plasma HDTV

Up for Review: Samsung PN42B450 Plasma TV. Watching a movie or sports in the comfort of your home and that too on your plasma HDTV is a most enjoyable experience. Samsung takes this experience to an all new level with the new Samsung PN42B450 TV that puts life to the images it displays and you get that real feeling as you watch it. Powered with the FilterBright™ technology, this HDTV provides 2,000,000:1 mega dynamic contrast ratio.

Bringing more focus on manufacturing greener and energy efficient HDTVs, Samsung has emphasized this with the Energy Star® 3.0 efficiency rating for the PN42B450 series. Samsung rightly calls this the ‘ultimate green plasma’. For better connectivity, the Samsung PN42B450B1D comes with a 3 HDMI input along with PC input. This one is easy for connectivity and is less cumbersome.

Samsung PN42B450 Features and Specifications Review:

• 42-3/10″ screen size
• Built-in HDTV tuner
• 1365 x 768 pixel resolution
• E-Panel and FilterBright™ technology
• Wide Color Enhancer 2 Feature
• Anti Burn-in technology
• Anynet Plus HDMI-CEC function
• 3 HDMI & PC inputs
• Ultraslim (2-7/8″ deep), lightweight design
• 600Hz Subfield Motion
• 1500 cd/m² brightness & 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast
• V-Chip parental controls

The FilterBright™ technology, which is patented by Samsung, adds to your viewing experience and makes it enjoyable with any type of lighting condition of the room. This technology gives an extra edge to the Samsung HDTVs over normal plasma TVs that darken or get blurry with bright daylight. The super black panel loaded in this series is capable of absorbing external light and along with it; this HDTV is powerful enough to minimize reflection. This enhances the overall experience.

Talking about its mega dynamic contrast ratio, this Samsung HDTV is known for its enhanced intensity and rich image display. Along with this, this HDTV can create pure black as well as perfect white tones and hence provide true cinematic images with wider color spectrum. The Wide Color Enhancer 2 feature makes the reds, blues and greens more natural and vibrant. The Anti Burn-in technology makes sure that none of the images are burned into your plasma TV by using the auto pixel shift. It also uses the white screens and signal pattern processing for providing better clarity. The Anynet Plus HDMI-CEC function allows you to create a home network with a single remote control.

This new SAMSUNG plasma TV comes with ENERGYSTAR® compliance that ensures reduced power consumption to about 41% which is again more than the normal HDTVs. The 450 series also gives a faster response time of about 0.001 ms and gives no-blur images even at the highest speed.

YouReviewElectronics.com gives Samsung PN42B450 9/10 stars!