Moments of truth have arrived this month with the Beijing Olympic Games and the start of the English Premier League season.

So if you are serious armed-chair sport TV audience, the test on the new plasma can be pretty vivid. Much of the Beijing Games, for instance, take place during the day time and the Series 5's Filter Bright anti-glare technology (at 1300 cd/m2) eases reflections in bright ambient environments give you a bit more enjoyment. Specifically, it makes traditionally weak greens and blues deeper and more vivid and enhances the red colours.

But you don't have to be sport fans to enjoy the new experience with the new plasma. There are a ton of other features. Apart from Sports, there are two other modes for picture and sound optimisation on viewing Movies or Games. They can be selected with ease from the remote control.

And in tune with the world of multimedia - the Series 5 comes with full High Definition 1080p resolution, 3 HDMI ports, a USB 2.0 port that can make it simple to view from peripherals such as music players camcorders and thumb drives.

The Series 5 has the 1,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio - among the highest of any TV and it is truely an experience of clarity on what you see on the screen.

It is equipped with Digital Natural Image engine (DNIe) - a Samsung technology - that makes use of its 18-bit Natural True Color. 8-bit generates 16 million colors so 18-bit would generate somewhere in the many billions, more than enough for accurate colors.

Series 5 models come packaged in a lustrous, piano-black exterior, and feature first class components and advanced features typical of premium models. But the higher-end features and performance come at 60,000-70,000 range. For a luxury, it is a good value for money!