Great HDTV
I purchased this Television in September 2008. I have been using to watch DVDs, play XBox360 games and watch television channels. I use it for about 5 hours each day and have really enjoyed every minute of the high quality picture and sound. Totally recommend it!!

If you are looking for a large television on a budget, this Plasma TV will most definitely work for you. All the rumors about the slow refresh rate are crap. I have been playing all sorts of games on this. Just use it carefully for the first 100 hours and you will enjoy every moment of it from thereon.

Very happy.
Setup is pretty easy, of course depending on what kind of stand you buy. Picture is excellent. You do not need a 1080 set as very few programs come with that resolution. I went from a 27" magnavox standard definition set to this and I will say that if you don't have HD, you completely lose all the great performance from this set. In fact, I would rather watch standard definition on my old tv. When you go up in size like I did, it just blurs your standard definition picture. Don't even consider this tv unless you have HD.

Worth every penny
I waited till 6 months so that I could give real feedback. So here is the report.

Pros
1. The colors look bright and the pictures are good.
2. I could hook up my laptop and watch almost all the movies in crystal quality. So definitely buy a VGA/HDMI cable.
3. A much needed upgrade from a CRT I was used to.

Cons
1. The upscaling for regular low resolution videos may not be that good out of the box. But you could configure a video player/mplayer to output a higher resolution picture which looks good.

Avg
1. The sound is good.

How much did I pay?
I bought it on the wee hours of morning of Black Friday from amazon for around 0

What about burn in?
I was worried about burn in on a plasma but 6 months and watching tons of movies/TV have not seen sign of it yet. But a). I always have my video to fit the entire screen b) There was never the same picture played always

720p vs 1080p?
I am finding a hard time getting 720p material cheap and if you have a good upscaling converter the difference is minimal, at least for me.

Installation?
Amazon gave white glove service and they were very helpful installing it. If I had bought at a retail store I would have had to arrange for transportation and installation. Too big to carry around.

I LOVE IT!
I bought this about a month and a half ago and I am still excited about it.

The TV is absolutely stunning when watching hi-def on DirecTV. DVD's and videogames also look amazing! I have found myself re-watching movies and TV shows just because things look so great, and I have found myself stopping on many channels and programs that I am not usually interested in because of the stunning images. Non hi-def channels don't always look as good, however, and everything on my basic (non HD) Comcast cable looks like total crap. But I only use that for one local cable news channel from time to time so it's not a big deal to me. Hi-def rules!

The price here on Amazon was better than anywhere else at the time. I first saw it during the Circuit City liquidation sales and came here to read reviews, but I saw that the price here was better than CC's 30% off. Plus free delivery and setup from here, which CC wouldn't have done.

I don't think I would call the delivery "white glove", but they did their job so I can't complain. I was skeptical about it at first because when I ordered it, the website gave me a "guaranteed" delivery date. However in the confirmation email, it said "estimated". Since I had taken that day off from work, I wasn't very happy so I emailed Amazon and they said that it would arrive on the date originally promised. But then I got an email from the delivery service and they said it would be the following day. I had to call them a few times and contact Amazon again, but in the end it did come on the date Amazon promised.

Excellent tv for the price. I would even pay more...
This tv is phenomenal. Excellent picture even in a bright room that gets a lot of sunshine. More than enough inputs. I have it next to another tv and the picture quality and colors are just sooo much better on this Samsung. Can't comment on the sound quality as I run the sound through a separate tuner. Buy it...it's amazing and extremely cheap for this size and quality.