Looking for Answers about Samsung - 51" Class (50-3/4" Diag.) - Plasma - 720p - 600Hz - HDTV?

Unfortunately, headphone jacks are not available on this unit; however you can still connect headphones to this unit with a third party headphone device (through the Optical port). Since the audio output on this unit is a fixed pass-through type of connection, you would need an intermediary device to control the volume, since the TV does not have control of the volume coming out of the analogue and digital audio outputs. Additionally, the Samsung TVs will not offer direct wireless connectivity to wireless capable headphones, but using a 3rd party wireless headphone system (receiver, transmitter and headphones), you should be able to listen to the TV's audio wirelessly.

-MrSamsung

From the available inforamtion, it seems that the PN51E450 will not offer a swivel base.

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Although not offering the same levels of anti-glare and anti-reflectivity found on the premium Samsung Plasma TVs, the main panel on the PN51E450 should still offer a certain level of anti-reflectivity.

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Although the Contrast Ratio’s numerical value is not currently published for this model, the “Dynamic Contrast Ratio” of the PN51E450 is being stated as "Mega Contrast", meaning that the contrast ratio can be adjusted higher then similarly featured TVs in its category. Although the higher the contrast, the "better" it should be, I would suggest visiting your local Best buy store and viewing the TV for yourself to make a definitive determination.

-MrSamsung

As a matter of fact, the PN51E450 will offer Closed Captioning.

In order to access Captioning, you will want to head into the TV's menu, then into the setup or system sub-menu to access the CC options or to just activate it, press the CC button on the remote control. However, CC is only available via the coax cable since the CC signal has to be sent by your service provider. The CC information cannot be sent via HDMI or other secondary connections from 3rd party devices. That said, most service provider set top boxes and DVD/BD players will handle CC on board, which will then be displayed on the TV as part of the video signal. If your TV is displaying captions, but the caption system is turned off at the TV, then most likely the captions are coming from the 3rd party device that is connected to the TV. Captions are subject to your service provider’s availability. Additionally, the CC option cannot be set to come on automatically when MUTE is activated.

-MrSamsung

The PN51E450 weighs:

TV without stand weight: 43.2 lbs
TV with stand weight: 45.9 lbs

-MrSamsung

Although the Samsung TVs offer a variety of calibration options (Brightness, Color, Tint, ETC. ), unfortunately Samsung cannot suggest any specific calibration numbers since every calibration has to be done based on the preferences of the customer performing the low level calibration.
Perhaps other users on this forum may be able to better help you out.

-MrSamsung

The PN51E450 is a 2012 model year TV.

-MrSamsung

There are two ways to connect your PC or Mac to your Samsung TV for monitor functionality: HDMI to HDMI or HDMI to VGA/DVI/Displayport.
That said, the Samsung TVs do not offer wireless or networked monitor capabilities.
Please note, in the computer's operating system, you will need to set the display settings to either clone or extended view and set the computer’s resolution to match that of the maximum resolution of the TV in order to view your computer’s desktop on the TV.

If your computer offers HDMI out, I would highly suggest using this connection, since it is a basic plug-n-play connection (meaning almost no adjustment is needed on the TV or PC).

HDMI to VGA/DVI/Displayport is almost the same as straight HDMI, but in this case, you will want to connect the DVI end of the cable to the computer (if available) and the HDMI into the TV. This is also considered a plug-n-play connection.

Unless otherwise specified by your computer manufacturer, you will need to connect the computer's audio to the TV with a separate cable (3.5mm jack cable from the PC’s audio output to the TV’s DVI/HDMI Audio input), since most computers do not support audio over HDMI, VGA or DVI.

Thank you for the opportunity to assist you,

-MrSamsung

The dimensions of the PN51E450 are:

TV without stand: 46.8" x 27.8" x 2.2"
TV with stand: 46.8" x 29.9" x 10.3"

-MrSamsung