Samsung Series 8 64-inch plasma TV - Pocket-lint

Sleek design with thin bezel, good smart interface, light-up controller, generally good picture quality in both 2D and 3D forms, great Smart Hub interface, well-rounded sound

Picture lacks uniformity, flimsy 3D glasses, picture presets are too harsh, does a TV really need gesture control? no SD card slot, no custom EQ settings

Gimmicks such as the UE55ES8000’s gesture control are best ignored, as at the core of this TV there’s some quality stuff.

Great picture, smart TV function, design

Motion control, voice control

So a great plasma TV then. No surprise really, given the cost, but what we expect most of you want to know is just how it stacks up against the similar competition. Panasonic retains the crown here, with picture quality just pipping the Samsung to the...