How to got to service menu for Samsung LCD.....
how to verify that the LCD we purchased is brand new not a display unit....???

ronaldjoe, if you don't care, can you please share with us where you got your unit. 6.3k with 5 years warranty is really really good price.

I do not want to encourage people to go into the service menu. If u do change something by accident and it causes problems it is something that shd be avoided.

your set got buzzing noise?

TV off
On the remote control, [info], [menu], [mute], [power]...
Then the rest is on you, as different model has different GUI.
I got mine fr Best Denki.
If not for the warranty, I would have gotten it from Chinaman shop which is much cheaper.

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Added on August 18, 2009, 8:40 pmThanks. I was able to check panel hours finally.
It's hiding inside the menu... It's only 58 hours.

Yes right. Totally agree. I have access to service menu since ages (since my first samsung lcd)
Now only I got access to panel hours on this B650 

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Added on August 18, 2009, 10:22 pmPlease refer below for reference:

is it true once u enable service menu all your current setting display will be reset? also where is the panel hour menu are hidden? cant see it on the picture u posted.

@ronaldjoe

If I had a choice between the B650 and B850, prob would get a B650.

Yeah pic quality would prob be similar, only the ultra filterbright plus is difference in bright lighting. Thinner is nice, but not essential.

The B850 also has Crystal FullHD Engine and Cinema Smooth, are these features in the B650 as well?

But since only B850 is out in my country....so no choice! Its around 11k, with free 22"lcd and brackets.....

Definitely not value for money :-)

But thinking that its competitor is the Panny 50V10, which would also launch (if ever) at around the same price or slightly cheaper from extrapolating the 50S10 vs 50V10 prices in Aussie....

So hope I made the right decision!

Ronaldjoe,

How's the IR issue on this B650? How bad is it?Any improvement?
I read from some review got this 50Hz judder. I'm not sure what is that. Thks.

Commontan price is the best at this moment. Definitely will buy from her.

Ronald, yrs is 5 yrs warranty?

B550 plasma come to Sarawak liao, i ask them to put together side by side compare with pana S10k, B550 already win S10k, but i still waiting to buy B650, they said will arrived next month. Is it a good deal at RM5700 for PN50B650 ( TV ) only?

ronald, you says u're getting the 50B650 + 32"lcd + 5 years warranty at $6999 right?
also where you recommend to get this sets at offer price?
I checked at one of the shop and they quote me $5900 for sets alone which is more expensive than what you quoted here.

Just found out why blacks are washed out. Its the darn Cinema Smooth glitch, which also reported in US models.

When I changed back film mode to Off, blacks are good. Though of course not Kuro levels.

I am happy though.

This also happens for B650?

Ronald,

You do not play games on the B650 right? Was just wondering the games HUD will cost permanent burn-in or not, normally we play games for 3 hours...

@ronaldjoe

Yours is black in dim lighting or bright lighting? In bright lighting yes black is black.

But I dont think that any plasma can be full black in dim lighting, even the Kuros cannot give perfect black.

My perception is that the B Plasmas have dark grey black in dim lighting. better than most conventional LCDs, but still far from perfect (with film mode at off, not cinema smooth :-)).

I also turned all advanced settings off.

Does the pixel shift affect black? And which settings do you mean we can adjust black level?

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Added on August 25, 2009, 11:55 am@anfieldude

To tell you the truth, I do not see any differences having the film mode at off or Cinema Smooth, so no big deal I will leave it off rather than going to service menu and mess something up.

Anyway you are right, colors are amazing in the Samsung B plasmas

rm6578 with free 32"LCD and HDMI cable.

Without LCD, not sure..lor