Just wanted to update this thread. Samsung never came through with the 8000. I had placed an order simultaneously with Panasonic for the ST50 in December but they were being extremely non committal about delivery.
Anyway, long story short, I got in touch with Panasonic in mid-december and escalated the issue to the CEO and I got the ST50 delivered on Jan 3rd for 96K with Four 3D glasses. The month of import is December 2012 and the month of manufacture is November, 2012.
Just finished about 150 hours of break in (D-Nice slides) and now enjoying the setup.
Here's a picture of the setup:
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Thanks for all the advice & help.
Cheers,
V
Nice.
Can you please give me some way to approach the CEO?
I have been hunting since November for GT.