Looking for Answers about samsung 50" Class 550 Series 1080p Plasma HDTV?

Do you have it hooked up through a cable box HDMI slot? This happened to me also. My cable box HDMI output was bad. I received a new box and it works. Or you can switch to component cables and it should work right away if the HDMI from cable is the problem.

I forgot to add, make sure your cable box setting is set at the c550's highest resolution which is 1080. If you set the cable box output to multiple settings (i.e. 480, 720) the picture will shift to the right and be extra large. Contact your cable company and find out how to set the resolution in the cable box settings.

Although I may not have the wattage numbers readily available to me (since daily usage varies from owner to owner depending on settings and content), I can say that most all current generation Samsung TVs are EnergyStar4.0 compliant. This ensures the best possible performance with minimal power usage.

-MrSamsung

On my 2010 model acquired in the US, the back of the set lists 350 watts, however, the online specifications where I bought it showed a maximum of 139 watts. When I received it, I plugged into a Kill-A-Watt monitor and am very surprised to see the wattage only go between 101 and 120 watts.

From the info I have, which is the same as in the manual, the M8 standard Vesa screws will be the bolts you want to use for that set. Please make sure that the Bolts are M8. If you need further assistance, please contact 800-SAMSUNG.

-MrSamsung

Follow up info. It turns out the longer I let the movie play, the more out of sync it becomes. I thought it was just related to fast forward and rewind functions but it turns out that even when i press play and just let it go, i still get out of sync after about 5 minutes.

I'm sorry for the confusion. The PN50C550 does not offer any internet capabilities (Internet@TV, Samsung Apps).

-MrSamsung

As a matter of fact, all of the Samsung TVs come with a stand, which allows you to mount the TV on a flat surface, like a table or entertainment unit. All Samsung TVs also come with built in speakers that are down firing and power cords; however, they do not come with A/V cables (like HDMI cables) included.

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The Vesa mounting bracket size for the PN50C550 is 400mm x 400mm.

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Although I may not have the wattage and amperage numbers readily available to me (since daily usage varies from owner to owner depending on settings and content), I can say that most all current generation Samsung TVs are EnergyStar4.0 compliant. This ensures the best possible performance with minimal power usage.

-MrSamsung

Although this would be a better question to ask service, I will try and provide a solution to your issue. Please make sure that your satellite box is set to output its audio through the HDMI cable and ensure that your Home Theater system is on the proper source (which ever your HDMI is connected to). If you are still having issues, please contact service at http://www.samsung.com/us/support/o... or 800-SAMSUNG.

-MrSamsung

Both the C550 and the C590 offer many of the same features and contrast ratio; however the C590 offers both smooth playback of movies with Cinema Smooth and expert picture quality with Calibration Mode over the C550.

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The Touch of Color feature is a bezel design that breaks away from the traditional single color bezels available on many TV panels on the market. However, there is no light source beneath the panel that would illuminate or emit light of any sort, and subsequently, there is no option in the Options Menu to select that.

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Yes you can as long as it is one of the supported file types. To see the extensive list of supported codecs and container types you should visit the Samsung site, find the model you have or are interested in and download the manual.

There is a section that fully explains the playback process and it also provides a list of the supported storage devices and files types.

Although the TVs do offer audio output, none of the current generation Samsung TVs actually offer a video output. Since all of the video will be processed and displayed by the TV itself, there will not be a need to send the video back out from the TV to another device.

-MrSamsung

All Samsung Plasma TVs offer a technology called 600Hz subfield motion. Basically for the 600Hz sub-field motion, the television shows you the image at the same refresh rate (60Hz) but flashes the individual pixels faster so the images appear smoother then on a regular 60Hz panel. In this case it flashes the pixels 10 times faster then normal. So 60 fps x 10 sub-field = 600 flashes of the pixels per second. This makes the images seem much smoother on the screen but it does not increase the actual frames per second. It is not exactly the same as the Hz on the LCD/LED Samsung TVs (which ultimately raise the frame rates of the images, giving you a "Hyper-Real" image) and can not be toggled on or off since it is always on. . The reason you are seeing the 60Hz in the info box is because the info box only displays the signal’s actual Hz and screen resolution and not the info of the picture on the screen after the TV processes it. Meaning that the 60Hz you are seeing is the signals actual Hz and not the screen’s Hz.

-MrSamsung

those are your left and right audio jacks and most all devices that you will plug into will have matching color coded input jacks ie red and white so you will plug red into red and white into white.

Unfortunately since the PN50C550 does not offer the hardware required for the Internet@TV feature with Samsung Apps, there is no plan to add these features to the C550 at this time.

-MrSamsung

Do you have the Scientific Atlanta Explorer 8300 cable box or something similar hooked up through HDMI? Make sure your cable box setting is set at the c550's highest resolution which is 1080 and this is the only output resolution checked. If you set the cable box output to multiple settings (i.e. 480i, 720p) the picture will shift to the right and be extra large. To access settings, on your remote there is a button that says "settings". Click that and then select "more settings", or something similar. Go down the list and find "select output". Then only select 1080 resolution. If you can't find the setting, contact your cable company and find out how to set the resolution in the cable box settings.

Or you can just hook up through component cables and your issues should be fixed because digital circuitry is not the same through component cables.