Helios HPTV-5000A 50" Plasma Flat-Panel HD-Ready TV

Helios HPTV-5000A 50

Helios HPTV-5000A 50" Plasma Flat-Panel HD-Ready TV
Manufacturer: Helios
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Amazon.com Product Description
When a home theater calls for not only convenience and simplicity but quality and a huge screen, it's calling for the Helios HPTV-5000A 50-inch gas-plasma television. Within its brushed-aluminum cabinet, the slender (3.46-inch deep) set houses everything you need to start enjoying widescreen home entertainment only moments after unpacking it. Just plug it into a cable outlet and it's ready to put image-improving MotionDSC digital processing and progressive line scaling into service atop features like four-window PIP (picture-in-picture) and favorite-channel programming.

With the HPTV-5000A, you're also getting a full-featured HDTV monitor, of course: through its internal scaler, the set accepts true HD signals, including 480p, 720p, and 1080i. With a DTV set-top box, you can feed high-definition images directly into the set's high-definition component-video, S-video, or PC-ready VGA component-video inputs. The HPTV-5000A performs 3:2 pulldown detection, a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. Digital video mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture.

For sound, the HPTV-5000A handles MTS stereo decoding and generates 10 watts per channel. Please be aware, however, that speakers for the television are optional, and--if you already have music or home-theater speakers--the set's stereo minijack analog jack can be configured for fixed-level output, making it suitable for a direct connection with your stereo preamplifier or integrated amp.

The set's impressive 590:1 contrast ratio and high 560 cd/m2 brightness level makes it a great choice for any high-end video application. Other features include 1,365 x 768 resolution, adaptive motion de-interlacing, a digital 3D comb filter, selectable color temperature settings (standard 6,500K, 9,300K, and a user-selectable mode), automatic frequency detection, input phase clock adjustment, and front-panel lock (via RS-232C).

Average customer rating: 4.5

Great display but use DVI with Powerbooks etc
pretty, but not a monitor for photo editing
Good deal on an S-IPS monitor!
Excellent Monitor!

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DELL UltraSharp 2007WFP 20.1-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor with Height Adjustable Stand

Manufacturer: Dell Computers
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000FI6R72

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Product Description

The Dell UltraSharp 2007WFP 20.1-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD Monitor is a wide aspect desktop display that redefines the performance of LCD displays with a stylish Dell industrial design, and advanced functionality. With this monitor, you can watch DVDs in natural format, run multiple applications simultaneously and improve productivity with less scrolling and toggling. The 2007WFP provides an excellent option for video editing and 3D imaging as both source and destination video can be viewed in a single window. It also supports advanced features such as PIP (picture in picture) and PBP (picture by picture) and can be activated with a touch of a button right in the front of the display. With the included height adjustment stand, every user can adjust the display to their exact comfort level and help reduce eye and neck strain.

Customer Reviews:

Great display but use DVI with Powerbooks etc.......2007-06-08

I wanted a display for my screen writing so I could see three pages on one screen, plus, plugged into my Powerbook, I can have the "index card" view on that screen. It's an amazing set up.

I wasn't happy with the way the color or fonts were until i brought the mini DVI to DVI connector.... WOW!! SOOO much better. Throw out that analog connector you get with the PB!!

This LCD display uses the same panel as the Apple Cinema display but uses a different lamp, so you are basically getting the same screen for half the price.... the only draw back is the bezel doesn't match the color my AI Book(!) but who cares!!!

pretty, but not a monitor for photo editing.......2007-03-10

After reading that these monitors were made by the same manufacturer that makes the Apple Cinema displays, I purchased this monitor to replace my dying CRT. While watching DVDs nice and widescreen was a pleasure, I quickly noticed some problems that led me to return the monitor and go back to the drawing board.

The four corners of the monitor had bright spots like a light leak at each corner, and the contrast adjustments were insufficient to calibrate the monitor for photo editing, with shadows that were too dark. Reducing contrast so reduced the overall brightness that everything took on a grey muddy feel. After fiddling with it for a week, I returned the monitor and am back on the hunt.

Loved the look, the swivel screen, controls were easy to figure out, screen was nice and sharp and color was tasty, but this is not a budget alternative to a higher end display for anyone interested it using it for photo editing.

Good deal on an S-IPS monitor!.......2007-02-01

This monitor is one of the best models you can buy for the money! The S-IPS monitors are getting rare these days and are more and more replaced by the cheaper to manufacture TN-Panels. S-IPS panel monitors are known to have excellent viewing angles and color reproduction. They are most suitable for photo/ video editing.

The earlier models (Rev. 02) of the 2007wfp monitors had some problems with banding issues. These issues seem to be mostly fixed in the Rev. 03 models. There have been 2 different panels used in this monitor. S-PVA and S-IPS. The S-PVA panels are also very good, but have slightly different specs.
To find out what panel your 2007wfp has, you can go into the monitor setup menu:

1- Turn off your screen
2- Press simultaneously the 'Menu' and '+' button of the screen.
3- While holding the 2 buttons, press now the 'Power' button.
4- Once the screen in ON, unpress the 3 buttons.
5- Just press '-' button.

You can run a search on the panel code that is listed in the menu and find out what you received!
Best of luck!

Excellent Monitor!.......2006-12-03

Iused to have a 19 Inch Nec LCD monitor ( read my other reviews) i sold it in order to egt this one as the replacement and to get rid of the useless buttons on the Nec one. What i Found is that this is an Excelent LCD, it features amazing image quality, and the multimple imput options are also great, the picture in picture function is very handy for playing video games on it while you do something else on the computer.
In the ohter size, the uzb plugas that come with the monitor dont always work right, every now and then they scre up my mice wich is connected to the monitor and it starts clicking like crazy, but i dunno if it is beacues of the monitor or because of the so many usb ports im using at the same time.
Exellent monitor at a great price!

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