1 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:13,679 Welcome to an unboxing that actually serves a couple of purposes. So, for 2 00:00:11,519 --> 00:00:20,400 one, we're going to have a look at the Samsung 3 00:00:14,839 --> 00:00:24,880 PDP 59 in series 66 6500 plasma display. 4 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:27,599 So, this is a 59 in, but check this out. 5 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:32,800 So, they're calling this plasma plus one because due to the slim bezel design of 6 00:00:30,160 --> 00:00:38,719 this particular plasma TV, Samsung figures you get about an extra inch out 7 00:00:34,800 --> 00:00:43,200 of it. So, 59 in actually turns into a 8 00:00:38,719 --> 00:00:45,120 60-in viewable display equivalent. So, 9 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:49,440 that's kind of cool. One thing I noticed about the plasma displays, we're 10 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:53,760 actually in the brand new NCIX location here. If you want to just do a quick pan 11 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:57,920 around. Um, so this is going to be for Samsung showcases. So, you can see we've 12 00:00:55,840 --> 00:01:01,840 got a lot of Samsung TVs that we're going to have to definitely unbox and 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,760 check out for you guys here. One thing I've noticed about the plasma boxes is 14 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:11,920 that they come in significantly wider boxes. So, I guess that's to uh prevent 15 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:16,640 any damage from occurring to the panel if it falls over on its side. Seems like 16 00:01:13,760 --> 00:01:21,680 it's a little bit more fragile than LCD in that way. So, the first thing we find 17 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:23,759 when we open it up is the mount. So, 18 00:01:21,680 --> 00:01:27,600 this is going to allow us to here I'm just going to put this on my little 19 00:01:25,119 --> 00:01:32,000 pillar here. So, this is going to allow us to mount the actual panel to the 20 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:36,640 stand. There's also a little thing in there about presumably how to do it. All 21 00:01:34,799 --> 00:01:41,600 right, let's take out some of these packing materials. So, this display is 22 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:45,439 actually going to go over on the other side of the room. I'm opening it in 23 00:01:43,280 --> 00:01:50,880 front of uh this backdrop, which is actually going to be for an LCD display, 24 00:01:48,159 --> 00:01:55,920 although most of the general advantages and features and specs are going to be 25 00:01:52,479 --> 00:01:58,560 pretty similar. It's got 3D, it's got uh 26 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:03,320 Samsung's smart TV features, which allow you to watch YouTube videos, browse 27 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:07,399 Twitter, all that good stuff. On this particular display, we've 28 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:13,200 got a great looking brushed aluminum base here. I'm 29 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:17,760 just going to plastic off here so you guys can check that out. Although for 30 00:02:15,599 --> 00:02:22,480 me, the base of the TV has never been a a huge sticking point. Uh if you are 31 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:26,239 putting this somewhere where the base will be a factor, because for mine, you 32 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:29,920 can't even actually see it. If you're putting it somewhere where the base will be a factor, then you're going to want 33 00:02:28,560 --> 00:02:34,160 it to look pretty nice, and I think they've definitely achieved that. So, 34 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,760 I'm going to go ahead and put that down right there. And what else we got in 35 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:41,360 here in terms of accessories? Look how big this box is. I could like fit myself 36 00:02:39,599 --> 00:02:46,080 in there. I can't even I can't even reach down to the TV. So, I'm going to 37 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:50,959 be removing the plasma display. Um being careful not to not to lay it down flat 38 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:54,400 or turn it upside down or anything like that. And I'm going to have to do this 39 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:57,840 off camera with the help of cameraman because I can't do it myself. It's 40 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:03,120 really big and really heavy. TV has been extracted, but due to my short stature 41 00:03:00,239 --> 00:03:07,599 and short arms, I still can't get the uh remote and accessories out. So, I'm just 42 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:13,200 going to Yeah. See, this is what it takes. This is how dedicated I am to 43 00:03:09,840 --> 00:03:15,760 unboxing. I will even get inside the box 44 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:19,920 if that is what is required of me. So, inside this baggie, we find a bunch of 45 00:03:18,159 --> 00:03:24,879 interesting stuff, including Oh, look at that. They've got an adapter for 46 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:26,879 component input. Honestly, new stuff 47 00:03:24,879 --> 00:03:31,360 like this, you're not really going to want to be using component input, but if 48 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:35,120 you so require, then you have at least the option. These look like fairly thin 49 00:03:33,280 --> 00:03:38,799 cables, and for an analog signal, that does matter. But, there you go. So, 50 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,920 that's kind of your backup there. Uh, this is one of those interference 51 00:03:40,319 --> 00:03:47,120 reduction doohickeys with the magnets and the whatnots. So, I'm going to go 52 00:03:43,920 --> 00:03:48,879 ahead and presume that's for uh power 53 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:53,519 cord or something along those lines. Okay. Uh, warranty information is a one 54 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:59,280 year uh for all plasmas, labor, and parts. 55 00:03:56,319 --> 00:04:04,560 Okay, got it. What else we got? Samsung smart TV. So, uh here's some accessories 56 00:04:02,599 --> 00:04:08,519 including hopefully in English somewhere. Okay. Okay. Well, I'll do my 57 00:04:06,319 --> 00:04:12,799 best here. Hold on. Oh, maybe this is English. Yeah, there we go. So, a Skype 58 00:04:10,799 --> 00:04:16,720 TV camera. You got a wireless LAN adapter, wireless router, installation 59 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:21,120 solution, ultras slim wall mount. Oh, that's kind of cool. Okay, neat. As well 60 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:24,800 as 3D glasses. Wide variety of 3D glasses, including those lightweight 61 00:04:23,280 --> 00:04:27,840 ones that we have on display at our new Vancouver store that are actually quite 62 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:32,800 comfortable compared to other 3D glasses. Some safety instructions. Okay, 63 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:37,040 we got a cleaning cloth. We got uh another one of those interference 64 00:04:34,479 --> 00:04:41,960 reductor doohickeys. Uh we got a couple AAA batteries. And then we have the 65 00:04:39,680 --> 00:04:45,759 Samsung remote. So this one doesn't come with 66 00:04:44,160 --> 00:04:48,880 the Wordy remote. I believe that's reserved for some of the very high-end 67 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,440 models. So this looks very similar to the remote that I have for my TV. So 68 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:59,160 give me a sec here, guys. I'm going to climb out of this box and then we'll get the TV uh assembled here. So, we're 69 00:04:56,320 --> 00:05:04,479 ready for the unveiling of the TV itself, which cameraman helped me get 70 00:05:01,759 --> 00:05:10,280 the uh the sheath here positioned just right so that I could get it opened up. 71 00:05:07,280 --> 00:05:12,960 And there we have 72 00:05:10,280 --> 00:05:18,039 it. So, I'm just going to go ahead and remove the plastic bezel covers. 73 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:27,120 So, a lot of uh a lot gets said about plasma versus LCD. And something that 74 00:05:25,520 --> 00:05:33,360 there seems to also be a ton of confusion about is LCD versus LED. I 75 00:05:31,600 --> 00:05:38,440 just want to clarify with you guys a little bit that LED and LCD are the same 76 00:05:35,840 --> 00:05:46,479 thing. It's just a different backlight technology that is going behind the LCD 77 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:48,800 panel. So an LCD is typically uh an LCD 78 00:05:46,479 --> 00:05:54,320 panel with a cathode backlight and then an LED TV is an LCD panel with LEDs 79 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:58,720 behind it. So this is a plasma TV which means neither of those are factors in 80 00:05:57,039 --> 00:06:03,600 the design of this particular TV. So advantages and disadvantages of plasma. 81 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:09,120 The advantage is the very responsive screen compared to your typical large 82 00:06:05,759 --> 00:06:11,120 format LCD. Another advantage is cost. 83 00:06:09,120 --> 00:06:16,160 uh plasma panels tend to be less expensive than equivalent LCD or LED 84 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:21,360 panels quite slim uh due to the technology involved. So with typically 85 00:06:18,479 --> 00:06:24,400 with cathode back lit LED see I'm even I'm getting confused with cathode back 86 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:28,960 lit LCDs you need a little bit more space behind plasmas and LED back lit 87 00:06:26,720 --> 00:06:35,039 LCDs don't have that disadvantage. However with plasmas there is also the 88 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:37,919 risk of a slightly less satisfying uh 89 00:06:35,039 --> 00:06:41,600 image quality in a less than completely dark room. So, if you guys want to see 90 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:45,919 them side by side, the best thing to do is going to be to come to the new NCIX 91 00:06:43,919 --> 00:06:49,440 store in Aberdine Mall once it opens uh in the next couple weeks here and check 92 00:06:47,919 --> 00:06:53,840 out all the TVs yourselves. If you give me a second off camera, what I'm going to do is I'm going to throw it on the 93 00:06:51,840 --> 00:06:57,319 stand and then I'll give you guys a chance to uh check out all the inputs 94 00:06:55,600 --> 00:07:02,160 and outputs and all that good stuff. So, here we go, guys. We've got 95 00:06:59,599 --> 00:07:06,160 it unveiled for the most part. Uh installing the stand took us about 2 96 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:08,400 minutes. So, we just uh you take that back piece. It's actually here. If you 97 00:07:07,360 --> 00:07:15,599 want to come around and have a look at the back from the other side. So, you take this bracket right here. This guy, 98 00:07:13,199 --> 00:07:19,840 you just keep the TV sitting upright and you can actually slide it into place uh 99 00:07:17,919 --> 00:07:24,880 without even picking up the TV at all. So, then you screw on the four screws 100 00:07:21,599 --> 00:07:26,400 here. Then you just position the base 101 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:30,560 correctly somewhere, wherever you want to put it. You lower the entire TV down. 102 00:07:28,560 --> 00:07:33,680 It balances. And then you just put in the four screws here. Oh, wait. 103 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:37,759 Actually, that's not the way you're supposed to do it, right? You're supposed to put this onto here first. 104 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:41,360 That way you can put in all four screws. I only put in two screws, but it seems 105 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:44,800 to be okay. It's not going anywhere for now. Bear in mind, I mean, the way that 106 00:07:43,199 --> 00:07:48,639 I would be mounting a TV like this, if I'm installing it in my home, is using a 107 00:07:46,319 --> 00:07:52,080 wall mount anyway. It's so slim, you might as well take advantage of all the 108 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:56,479 space you have in your room cuz 60-in screen, you're going to need some distance from it. So, it does have the 109 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:59,680 vase mount holes here. So, let's go ahead and have a look at what we've got 110 00:07:57,599 --> 00:08:02,960 for inputs and outputs. We've got USB 1 and two. One of these is for a hard 111 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:06,560 drive. Remember, this is a smart TV, so you've got all those advanced features 112 00:08:04,319 --> 00:08:12,000 built in. Digital audio out. That's optical right there. We've got four HDMI 113 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:15,680 ins, including one that is optimized for DVI. So, if you have a PC, for example, 114 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:20,960 you might want to use it for that one, as well as PC audio in, just using your 115 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:26,080 typical standard headphone jack type interface. Down here, we've also got VGA 116 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:31,919 in, your antenna in, and then down here, we've got that uh composite adapter, 117 00:08:28,639 --> 00:08:34,640 dude, as well as our LAN port. and EX 118 00:08:31,919 --> 00:08:38,479 Link. So, that pretty much covers it for the back. So, cameraman sort of brought 119 00:08:36,479 --> 00:08:43,680 to my attention that while I did say that plasma TVs were less expensive than 120 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:48,040 LED LCD TVs, typically he's like, well, yeah, but this is still a very expensive 121 00:08:45,279 --> 00:08:53,120 TV. And uh it's a good point because, you know, yeah, it is. But it 122 00:08:51,279 --> 00:09:00,320 does have all of the smart TV features. It does have 3D support. It also has 123 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:05,519 um you know, good look and everything. and it's still cheaper than an 124 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:09,040 equivalent LED back lit LCD TV. So, if you do have a nice dark room that you're 125 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:13,760 going to put your TV in, then the plasma is definitely an option. So, I thank you 126 00:09:10,560 --> 00:09:14,680 guys for checking out our video of the 127 00:09:13,760 --> 00:09:21,120 uh 6500 class plasma TV from Samsung. So, 128 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:24,080 this is a 59in TV, but it's actually a 60-in TV. Don't forget to subscribe to 129 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:27,519 Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. And 130 00:09:25,839 --> 00:09:31,360 oh yeah, cameraman's probably raging inside because I haven't mentioned the 131 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:34,959 brushed aluminum sort of looking finish, brushed metal finish around the bezel, 132 00:09:32,959 --> 00:09:39,200 which actually looks really nice. It's a two-tone, so it's black here, silver 133 00:09:37,360 --> 00:09:43,839 here, but they are both using the same style of finish. And then you've also 134 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:48,560 got the clear plastic outside. So there, now I've mentioned it. So cameraman 135 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:54,399 actually expressed some confusion that our 60-in plasma here was going to be 136 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:58,560 the 3D demo. He figured Samsung would probably want to use their LED LCD TV. 137 00:09:57,200 --> 00:10:01,839 And sorry, one of the points I brought up to him is that this is where the 138 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:06,760 plasma TV is going to go on this side of the store here with the 3D logo. Um, 139 00:10:03,920 --> 00:10:12,240 plasma's response times just are an inherent value of this particular 140 00:10:09,120 --> 00:10:15,360 technology. Um, are actually ideal for 141 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:17,120 3D versus LCDs, which take a little bit 142 00:10:15,360 --> 00:10:20,480 longer to change over from one image to another, which is perfect when you're 143 00:10:18,720 --> 00:10:23,760 trying to show one image to one eye and one image to the other eye with shutter 144 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:29,040 glasses. So that's probably why Samsung opted to use this particular plasma for 145 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:32,240 the 3D demo inside the NCIX Samsung showcase here.