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hi I'm ty Pendlebury and this is a review of the Samsung at 5500 plasma TV if you want a good television for little money the best way to go is usually a plasma but they're definitely getting rarer the samsung f 5500 is one of only three models released by the company this year but it's still considered entry-level under $1000 design wise it's a standard looking Samsung with a plastic bezel and a plastic stand which is unfortunately not very well constructed it visibly flexes in your hands this is one of the least expensive TVs in Samsung's lineup to feature Smart TV and it includes the company's new 5 panel layout and cable box integration the TV also comes with a touchpad remote which is handy for writing channel numbers directly and it also comes with a microphone for voice search but I do wish they'd included a standard remote in the box as well for all the ease of use Bichir quality is good in some respects are not so good in others in a dark cinema setting blacks are fairly deep though still not as good as the entry-level Panasonic plasmas and color is pretty decent but put the TV in a semi lit room like this studio and the picture goes to heck blacks go Brown and the screen gets very reflective this was a problem with plasmas several years ago but most other competitors have fixed this problem now given that the number of plasmas is shrinking this TV almost gets a recommendation by default but if you are willing to watch the TV in the dark the F 5500 can offer you a high-quality picture this has been Ty Pendlebury for cnet.com