WEBVTT 00:00:07.600 --> 00:00:13.679 Welcome to an unboxing that actually serves a couple of purposes. So, for 00:00:11.519 --> 00:00:20.400 one, we're going to have a look at the Samsung 00:00:14.839 --> 00:00:24.880 PDP 59 in series 66 6500 plasma display. 00:00:20.400 --> 00:00:27.599 So, this is a 59 in, but check this out. 00:00:24.880 --> 00:00:32.800 So, they're calling this plasma plus one because due to the slim bezel design of 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:38.719 this particular plasma TV, Samsung figures you get about an extra inch out 00:00:34.800 --> 00:00:43.200 of it. So, 59 in actually turns into a 00:00:38.719 --> 00:00:45.120 60-in viewable display equivalent. So, 00:00:43.200 --> 00:00:49.440 that's kind of cool. One thing I noticed about the plasma displays, we're 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 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 00:00:55.840 --> 00:01:01.840 got a lot of Samsung TVs that we're going to have to definitely unbox and 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:05.760 check out for you guys here. One thing I've noticed about the plasma boxes is 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:11.920 that they come in significantly wider boxes. So, I guess that's to uh prevent 00:01:09.280 --> 00:01:16.640 any damage from occurring to the panel if it falls over on its side. Seems like 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 00:01:18.560 --> 00:01:23.759 when we open it up is the mount. So, 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 00:01:25.119 --> 00:01:32.000 pillar here. So, this is going to allow us to mount the actual panel to the 00:01:29.680 --> 00:01:36.640 stand. There's also a little thing in there about presumably how to do it. All 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:41.600 right, let's take out some of these packing materials. So, this display is 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 00:01:43.280 --> 00:01:50.880 front of uh this backdrop, which is actually going to be for an LCD display, 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:55.920 although most of the general advantages and features and specs are going to be 00:01:52.479 --> 00:01:58.560 pretty similar. It's got 3D, it's got uh 00:01:55.920 --> 00:02:03.320 Samsung's smart TV features, which allow you to watch YouTube videos, browse 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:07.399 Twitter, all that good stuff. On this particular display, we've 00:02:05.920 --> 00:02:13.200 got a great looking brushed aluminum base here. I'm 00:02:10.800 --> 00:02:17.760 just going to plastic off here so you guys can check that out. Although for 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 00:02:20.720 --> 00:02:26.239 putting this somewhere where the base will be a factor, because for mine, you 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 00:02:28.560 --> 00:02:34.160 it to look pretty nice, and I think they've definitely achieved that. So, 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 00:02:36.239 --> 00:02:41.360 here in terms of accessories? Look how big this box is. I could like fit myself 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 00:02:43.280 --> 00:02:50.959 be removing the plasma display. Um being careful not to not to lay it down flat 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 00:02:52.720 --> 00:02:57.840 off camera with the help of cameraman because I can't do it myself. It's 00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:03.120 really big and really heavy. TV has been extracted, but due to my short stature 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 00:03:05.040 --> 00:03:13.200 going to Yeah. See, this is what it takes. This is how dedicated I am to 00:03:09.840 --> 00:03:15.760 unboxing. I will even get inside the box 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 00:03:18.159 --> 00:03:24.879 interesting stuff, including Oh, look at that. They've got an adapter for 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:26.879 component input. Honestly, new stuff 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:31.360 like this, you're not really going to want to be using component input, but if 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:35.120 you so require, then you have at least the option. These look like fairly thin 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:38.799 cables, and for an analog signal, that does matter. But, there you go. So, 00:03:37.120 --> 00:03:41.920 that's kind of your backup there. Uh, this is one of those interference 00:03:40.319 --> 00:03:47.120 reduction doohickeys with the magnets and the whatnots. So, I'm going to go 00:03:43.920 --> 00:03:48.879 ahead and presume that's for uh power 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:53.519 cord or something along those lines. Okay. Uh, warranty information is a one 00:03:51.440 --> 00:03:59.280 year uh for all plasmas, labor, and parts. 00:03:56.319 --> 00:04:04.560 Okay, got it. What else we got? Samsung smart TV. So, uh here's some accessories 00:04:02.599 --> 00:04:08.519 including hopefully in English somewhere. Okay. Okay. Well, I'll do my 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:12.799 best here. Hold on. Oh, maybe this is English. Yeah, there we go. So, a Skype 00:04:10.799 --> 00:04:16.720 TV camera. You got a wireless LAN adapter, wireless router, installation 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:21.120 solution, ultras slim wall mount. Oh, that's kind of cool. Okay, neat. As well 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:24.800 as 3D glasses. Wide variety of 3D glasses, including those lightweight 00:04:23.280 --> 00:04:27.840 ones that we have on display at our new Vancouver store that are actually quite 00:04:26.400 --> 00:04:32.800 comfortable compared to other 3D glasses. Some safety instructions. Okay, 00:04:30.320 --> 00:04:37.040 we got a cleaning cloth. We got uh another one of those interference 00:04:34.479 --> 00:04:41.960 reductor doohickeys. Uh we got a couple AAA batteries. And then we have the 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:45.759 Samsung remote. So this one doesn't come with 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:48.880 the Wordy remote. I believe that's reserved for some of the very high-end 00:04:47.360 --> 00:04:51.440 models. So this looks very similar to the remote that I have for my TV. So 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 00:04:56.320 --> 00:05:04.479 ready for the unveiling of the TV itself, which cameraman helped me get 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:10.280 the uh the sheath here positioned just right so that I could get it opened up. 00:05:07.280 --> 00:05:12.960 And there we have 00:05:10.280 --> 00:05:18.039 it. So, I'm just going to go ahead and remove the plastic bezel covers. 00:05:20.080 --> 00:05:27.120 So, a lot of uh a lot gets said about plasma versus LCD. And something that 00:05:25.520 --> 00:05:33.360 there seems to also be a ton of confusion about is LCD versus LED. I 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 00:05:35.840 --> 00:05:46.479 thing. It's just a different backlight technology that is going behind the LCD 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:48.800 panel. So an LCD is typically uh an LCD 00:05:46.479 --> 00:05:54.320 panel with a cathode backlight and then an LED TV is an LCD panel with LEDs 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:58.720 behind it. So this is a plasma TV which means neither of those are factors in 00:05:57.039 --> 00:06:03.600 the design of this particular TV. So advantages and disadvantages of plasma. 00:06:01.440 --> 00:06:09.120 The advantage is the very responsive screen compared to your typical large 00:06:05.759 --> 00:06:11.120 format LCD. Another advantage is cost. 00:06:09.120 --> 00:06:16.160 uh plasma panels tend to be less expensive than equivalent LCD or LED 00:06:13.600 --> 00:06:21.360 panels quite slim uh due to the technology involved. So with typically 00:06:18.479 --> 00:06:24.400 with cathode back lit LED see I'm even I'm getting confused with cathode back 00:06:22.960 --> 00:06:28.960 lit LCDs you need a little bit more space behind plasmas and LED back lit 00:06:26.720 --> 00:06:35.039 LCDs don't have that disadvantage. However with plasmas there is also the 00:06:31.520 --> 00:06:37.919 risk of a slightly less satisfying uh 00:06:35.039 --> 00:06:41.600 image quality in a less than completely dark room. So, if you guys want to see 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 00:06:43.919 --> 00:06:49.440 store in Aberdine Mall once it opens uh in the next couple weeks here and check 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 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 00:06:55.600 --> 00:07:02.160 and outputs and all that good stuff. So, here we go, guys. We've got 00:06:59.599 --> 00:07:06.160 it unveiled for the most part. Uh installing the stand took us about 2 00:07:04.000 --> 00:07:08.400 minutes. So, we just uh you take that back piece. It's actually here. If you 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, 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:19.840 you just keep the TV sitting upright and you can actually slide it into place uh 00:07:17.919 --> 00:07:24.880 without even picking up the TV at all. So, then you screw on the four screws 00:07:21.599 --> 00:07:26.400 here. Then you just position the base 00:07:24.880 --> 00:07:30.560 correctly somewhere, wherever you want to put it. You lower the entire TV down. 00:07:28.560 --> 00:07:33.680 It balances. And then you just put in the four screws here. Oh, wait. 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. 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 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 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 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:52.080 wall mount anyway. It's so slim, you might as well take advantage of all the 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 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 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 00:08:01.280 --> 00:08:06.560 drive. Remember, this is a smart TV, so you've got all those advanced features 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:12.000 built in. Digital audio out. That's optical right there. We've got four HDMI 00:08:09.440 --> 00:08:15.680 ins, including one that is optimized for DVI. So, if you have a PC, for example, 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 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:26.080 typical standard headphone jack type interface. Down here, we've also got VGA 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:31.919 in, your antenna in, and then down here, we've got that uh composite adapter, 00:08:28.639 --> 00:08:34.640 dude, as well as our LAN port. and EX 00:08:31.919 --> 00:08:38.479 Link. So, that pretty much covers it for the back. So, cameraman sort of brought 00:08:36.479 --> 00:08:43.680 to my attention that while I did say that plasma TVs were less expensive than 00:08:41.120 --> 00:08:48.040 LED LCD TVs, typically he's like, well, yeah, but this is still a very expensive 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:53.120 TV. And uh it's a good point because, you know, yeah, it is. But it 00:08:51.279 --> 00:09:00.320 does have all of the smart TV features. It does have 3D support. It also has 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:05.519 um you know, good look and everything. and it's still cheaper than an 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 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 00:09:10.560 --> 00:09:14.680 guys for checking out our video of the 00:09:13.760 --> 00:09:21.120 uh 6500 class plasma TV from Samsung. So, 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 00:09:22.720 --> 00:09:27.519 Linus Tech Tips for more unboxings, reviews, and other computer videos. And 00:09:25.839 --> 00:09:31.360 oh yeah, cameraman's probably raging inside because I haven't mentioned the 00:09:29.200 --> 00:09:34.959 brushed aluminum sort of looking finish, brushed metal finish around the bezel, 00:09:32.959 --> 00:09:39.200 which actually looks really nice. It's a two-tone, so it's black here, silver 00:09:37.360 --> 00:09:43.839 here, but they are both using the same style of finish. And then you've also 00:09:40.880 --> 00:09:48.560 got the clear plastic outside. So there, now I've mentioned it. So cameraman 00:09:46.880 --> 00:09:54.399 actually expressed some confusion that our 60-in plasma here was going to be 00:09:51.760 --> 00:09:58.560 the 3D demo. He figured Samsung would probably want to use their LED LCD TV. 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 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, 00:10:03.920 --> 00:10:12.240 plasma's response times just are an inherent value of this particular 00:10:09.120 --> 00:10:15.360 technology. Um, are actually ideal for 00:10:12.240 --> 00:10:17.120 3D versus LCDs, which take a little bit 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:20.480 longer to change over from one image to another, which is perfect when you're 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 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:29.040 glasses. So that's probably why Samsung opted to use this particular plasma for 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:32.240 the 3D demo inside the NCIX Samsung showcase here.