I checked my local Sears.. they got Samsung 46" for pick up at 810+tax. Its 1080p. They want it out cuz its not manufactured anymore..jeez!

forthill said:I saw this at the store today, side by side with the equivalent Samsung PN50B450, also for the same price of $899.
Both sets, as well as all their sets, were on a closed loop digital signal which shows no degradation at all. The salesperson changed the input to analog, then digital, then closed loop. The picture quality obviously went from poor/crappy to really good to really, really good.

I did not notice anything, one way or the other, that I could see that would make me choose the Pana over the Samsung. The salesperson said Pana is rated number one in plasma sets followed by Samsung at number 2 (don't know if this is true nor where they got that information).

I work at Sears in the electronics department so I will be completely honest, not trying to sway or sell you to either side. Let's start with the "top-rated" TVs. If you go by brand name in general for plasmas, Pioneer is rated #1 and panasonic #2 in 2008. In 09, pioneer announced they are not making plasmas and most of the workers went to panasonic, it is pretty safe to assume panasonic is going to be the top rated plasma. If you want to go deeper, C-net rates the TVs by specific model #.
On their top 12 best TVs from 50-53", The 50x1 made #11 and the samsung b450 didn't make the list. proof

Onto my experience working in the department. The samsung plasma from last year suffered from severe burn-in. The rep that comes in bi-weekly was told by samsung to turn off the sets with burn-in and asked Sears to RTV (return to vendor) all samsung sets that suffered from the burn-in because it was making their TVs look bad to the consumer coming in comparing. Panasonic did not suffer this even though they play THE SAME DEMO. On our returns, we get samsungs back for 2 major reasons. The #1 reason we get them back is because of a buzzing/humming noise the set makes on or off. The #2 reason is sort of a tie. Its either burn-in (which we can't take back unless we forget to test the TV) and cooling fan #1,2,3,4 going out.

The panasonic really has far less problems/returns on us. As far as TVs in general, we definitely get more LCDs coming back than plasmas. This can be due to 2 reasons. First, we sell more LCDs so more likely they come back. Second, there are more problems that can occur with an LCD than a plasma internally. We see backlights flickering, pixels dying (screen has green dots) and cracked screens in general (probably toys getting thrown at it).

That's just my 2 cents, take it or leave it.

Can't seem to get the 8% Bing CashBack. I was re-directed to the Sears page after putting my e-mail in Bing, but the Bing CashBack doesn't show up anywhere....

My 2 year old 720p panny rocks the hell out of bluray from my ps3. Wish it was this cheap back then.

If this thing had a PC input I'd be all over it. Great deal!

finally in for 1 thanks OP

guardian44 said: This set is a 60Hz set, perfect for TV, but not ideal for 1080p/24.
Brush up on your Plasma TV knowledge, before you talk about 120Hz refresh rate. LCD and Plasma are two different technology. Plasma TV are not susceptible to the same ghosting and artifacting as LCD TV's. Only drawback for most Plasmas are power consumption.

guardian44 said:... This set is a 60Hz set, perfect for TV, but not ideal for 1080p/24.

But if your focus is mainly TV, and if you only watch SD movies occasionally, this is a winner!!

This set natively supports film content 24p. 600Hz Sub-field Drive; 600/24=25 no remainder

ALL HDTVs support maximum input of 60p/60i it is an industry standard.

You fail.

Sears.com has 2% - 8% CB via live.
Anyone confirm that CB is valid for this (in addition to the Sears 10% off)?

Sears is suck. I'm looking for a Samsung 32", Sears has LN32B360 at $549 - 10% = $499+tax, while Bestbuy sells it at $499+tax .

So coupon is just a game Sears playing..

frenchylarue said:fkacct said:Can't seem to get the 8% Bing CashBack. I was re-directed to the Sears page after putting my e-mail in Bing, but the Bing CashBack doesn't show up anywhere....

Agree, ordered this, no Bing CashBack anywhere. Never had this happen before.

I ordered too and my CashBack didn't show up. The bing website says that it takes 1-2 days for it to show up. I linked to the 8% CashBack by typing "craftsman" in Bing's search box. Hope it shows up by tomorrow.