If you’re after a winning balance of large screen size, exciting features, high quality, and great price, you’ve come to the right plasma TV. Samsung’s 37-inch HP-P3761 flat-panel gas-plasma television offers bright, brilliant color, very high contrast (a ratio of 1,000:1) and high-definition compatibility with HD sources such as an optional DTV set-top receiver. Its native resolution is 1,024 x 1,024 and its rear panel offers twin component-video inputs (480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i) and a direct-digital DVI input as well as standard (SD) connections. A built-in analog NTSC tuner and a convenient array of inputs and outputs make set up a snap, and the HP-P3761’s widescreen (16:9) display is specially configured to accommodate the native aspect ratios of your favorite movies, either from DVD or from HDTV broadcasts. With a plasma screen you get vivid colors like you’ve never seen before, extremely wide viewing angles (wider, even, than those of most LCD screens), and easy placement due to a plasma monitor’s slim profile–the HP-P3761 is an astoundingly slim 3.4 inches deep, perfect for desk or wall mounting (the set includes a pedestal stand, pictured). Brightness tends to be extremely uniform across plasma screens, wh (more…)

Big pictures no longer have to rest on big footprints, a fact exemplified by the 30-inch DynaFlat HD TXN3075. And the television is not only space-efficient, but well made: Samsung’s proprietary DynaFlat technology provides a perfectly flat viewing image that has none of the curvature, image distortion, or glare associated with traditional screens. Pro Chip NTSC-to-progressive-scan conversion improves typical (interlaced) TV viewing by combining odd and even scan lines, presenting flicker-free images, much like those found on today’s better computer monitors. The picture becomes crisp from edge-to-edge, due in part to a 3D Y/C comb filter and velocity-scan modulation circuitry, which also maintains corner focus. If you want to watch Hollywood films at home on DVD, 3:2 pulldown is indispensable. The difference between film and video frame speeds causes slight blurring, stuttering, and other motion artifacts, especially during fast-action sequences. 3:2 pulldown corrects these anomalies so you can experience a smooth picture much closer to that of the original film. In Samsung’s DynaFlat HDTVs, the overall resolution is higher than earlier-generation sets because the individual phosphor color spots (pixels) are small (more…)