Samsung Series 6, Series 8 Plasma Connected And Green

And now for Samsung's 2009 plasma line. Two lines actually--Series 6 and Series 8. The Series 6 has a rose black hue within its semi-transparent frame. The edges of the frame are completely transparent which makes the Series 6 plasmas look like they're floating. The Series 8 sets are an inch thick, which Samsung claims is the thinnest plasma with a built-in ATSC tuner.

In terms of features the Series 6 and Series 8 are similar. All the sets have a high dynamic contrast ratio paired with Ultra Filter Bright Plus technology reducing luminance in blacks by 50%. All the sets have Wide Color Enhancer 3 technology as well which maps SD and HD signals to the panel's native color space resulting in excellent color reproduction.

The Series 6 and Series 8 plasmas will be equipped with Internet@TV--Connect Service to receive widgetized internet content, are DLNA compliant, and can play back multimedia from a USB drive plugged into the set's USB 2.0 port. Codecs supported include MKV, 3GPP, WMV9, and DivX.

Like the rest of Samsung's products this year, both plasma lines will be Energy Star 3.0 compliant. I'm still waiting on sizes, prices and release dates but I'll update once I find out more.

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