Hi,
Brief history:
1- Purchased 50" Samsung PN50a650 towards the end of November '08
2- Setup TV, 'broke' it in and noticed 'green/yellowish' blotches on flesh tone colors in dark scenes.. I noticed this before and after 'breaking' it in.
3- I also noticed dark horizontal banding lines.
4- The color is great, but can't live with these annoying yellow/greenish blotches on people's faces and decide that it's not going away and that spending $1600 on a TV should warrant a PERFECT set.
5- I decided since I only owned the TV for less than 2 weeks that I should be able to return it and get a new one, instead of getting it fixed. The place I bought it from agreed and shipped me a new one.
I received my 2nd set earlier this week on Monday.
6- The problem with the blotches don't exist, but now, I have more prominent 'grey/dark' horizontal band lines. Two on the bottom and one on the upper part of the TV. I also notice 'uneven' spots on various parts of the picture,, almost like rain drops.
I've verified and reverified all of my connections-- the problem with the lines exist with nothing but the power cable connected-- you can see the problem on the 'white screen' in the TV Menu.
Here's my dilemna:
I really like this TV-- it produces fantastic colors, but I firmly believe that I should have a PERFECT set.
So, do I try and get a 3rd set? Do I 'risk' having a tech come in and try to fix it?
Or,,, do I go with a different brand altogether?
I want a plasma. I want good colors, so I bought this TV after researching for several months.
Advice from those that have experienced these very same problems would be very helpful, as well as those that have Samsung Plasmas with PERFECT sets (for inspiration).
Here are 3 links that describe the same problems I am having, but with pictures.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...2#post14381572
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...8#post14376258
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...6#post14363706
Thank you for your time.
Brief history:
1- Purchased 50" Samsung PN50a650 towards the end of November '08
2- Setup TV, 'broke' it in and noticed 'green/yellowish' blotches on flesh tone colors in dark scenes.. I noticed this before and after 'breaking' it in.
3- I also noticed dark horizontal banding lines.
4- The color is great, but can't live with these annoying yellow/greenish blotches on people's faces and decide that it's not going away and that spending $1600 on a TV should warrant a PERFECT set.
5- I decided since I only owned the TV for less than 2 weeks that I should be able to return it and get a new one, instead of getting it fixed. The place I bought it from agreed and shipped me a new one.
I received my 2nd set earlier this week on Monday.
6- The problem with the blotches don't exist, but now, I have more prominent 'grey/dark' horizontal band lines. Two on the bottom and one on the upper part of the TV. I also notice 'uneven' spots on various parts of the picture,, almost like rain drops.
I've verified and reverified all of my connections-- the problem with the lines exist with nothing but the power cable connected-- you can see the problem on the 'white screen' in the TV Menu.
Here's my dilemna:
I really like this TV-- it produces fantastic colors, but I firmly believe that I should have a PERFECT set.
So, do I try and get a 3rd set? Do I 'risk' having a tech come in and try to fix it?
Or,,, do I go with a different brand altogether?
I want a plasma. I want good colors, so I bought this TV after researching for several months.
Advice from those that have experienced these very same problems would be very helpful, as well as those that have Samsung Plasmas with PERFECT sets (for inspiration).
Here are 3 links that describe the same problems I am having, but with pictures.
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...2#post14381572
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...8#post14376258
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...6#post14363706
Thank you for your time.