Samsung HP-R5072 50-Inch Widescreen Flat Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV
unrealistic contrast ratio
\\"Samsung was founded in 1938 as a fish and fruit exporter on the Korean peninsula. Today Samsung has grown into a massive, multi-industry company and is a respected manufacturer of consumer electronics around the globe. By delivering lower-cost products that exceeded the quality of no-name manufactures but don't live up to the high-standards of first-tier manufacturers like Sony and Panasonic, Samsung has carved out significant market especially through sales in department stores and consumer electronics mega-stores. The Samsung SP-R4232 42-inch Plasma TV, though well designed and packed with a jaw-dropping array of inputs, comes up short in picture quality, a must have characteristic for a 42-inch plasma television. Darks were very good, as should be expected from a plasma display, and bright scenes displayed well too. Samsung specs this unit's contrast ratio at an unrealistic and not-so-modest 10,000:1. We measured the contrast ratio of this unit at 1675:1 - quite a difference, but then contrast is measured in many different ways and with varying formulas.\\"