Tuesday, July 27th, 2010 at
8:02 am
Review : Panasonic VIERA TC-P50G25 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV :
**Disclaimer: As of this review date, I have only had the TV for a couple of weeks; so I could not really tell you about any issues that could develop (as with any TV) over time.
This television is perhaps the best I’ve ever seen in it’s own right, but then combine that with the price that’s being offered and you really have an unbeatable deal!
Sunday, June 27th, 2010 at
2:42 pm
Review : Panasonic TC-P42S2 42-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV :
I got this TV because it looked like the perfect fit for a price / performance ratio. Overall I’m pleased with my purchase, although there are a few things that Panasonic can improve on. I have seen and had lots of experience with the 2009 S1 model, as well as the 2009 G10. The 2010 S2 is better than the S1 but doesn’t quite have the picture quality to match the G10. Its close though. So if you can find a G10 at the same price you may want to go with the G10. The reason I didn’t go with the G10 is because Panasonic has had problems with some of their TV’s losing a significant amount of their black levels in previous year’s models. They said that they have addressed these issues in the 2010 model lineup. So to get a few more years out of my plasma, and sacrifice a slight loss in picture quality I decided to go for the S2.
Saturday, June 26th, 2010 at
2:32 pm
Review : Panasonic VIERA TC-P42G25 42-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV :
I wanted TV that would fit in a small room. Anything over 42 would have been too big. I also wanted a TV with all the connections (USB, Flashcard, Computer, HDMI,etc). I wanted a high refresh rate. I wanted a TV that made my Blu-ray movies look amazing and my old VHS tapes tolerable (and I wanted standard broadcasts to look good). I wanted a TV with a good viewing angle. I wanted to be able to connect to the internet. This TV does all those things very well. I’m so glad I bought it. But I had my doubts. Frankly I was worried. I’d never bought a TV online. Another issue: I bought plasma. I’ve never owned plasma. I’ve never owned LCD, but whenever I went to Best Buy or other stores, the Samsung LCD LED seemed to have the best picture than anything else and the plasma’s always looked worse the LCD’s. But I did a little research and learned that companies push LCD in the stores because they make more money off the LCD’s. I also learned that LCD’s have a brighter picture which shows better in store lighting. I really liked the advantages that the plasma seemed to offer (the best refresh rate, true blacks, no picture loss from viewing the screen off center, accurate color reproduction, amazing picture at near half the price of comparable LCD’s). I love this TV. I’ve had no problems. Delivery went smoothly. The picture quality is amazing. I have no regrets. Only one thing to be aware of–this TV needs a wireless USB adapter to connect to the internet. It costs an extra 85$. Didn’t know that until after I set it up and realized it wasn’t really internet ready out of the box. Luckily I bought the Panasonic Blu Ray player that includes the required USB wireless adapter. Also, sound is acceptable, but I’ve got this TV hooked up to a surround sound system, so I wasn’t worried about sound quality all that much.
Friday, June 25th, 2010 at
6:29 am
Panasonic TC-P65S2 65-Inch Plasma 1080p HDTV Panasonic Date first available on Amazon. com: May 7, 2010 Buy new: $ 2,999. 95 $ 2,085. 28 13 used & new from $ 2,077. 77 (ranking is updated hourly. Visit the Hot New Releases in TVs list of authoritative information on the current level of this product).
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Monday, June 14th, 2010 at
6:15 am
Review : Samsung PN58B560 58-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV :
I have had this display for several weeks now, plenty of time to adjust settings, watch quite a few movies, shows and sports and get a feel of what it is capable of. To start with, the out of the box settings are ok. They are the typical over brightened and over sharpened settings to grab attention on display walls in electronics stores. One of the better methods to tweak the settings for the average user would be to download one of the free calibration disk images from the internet, burn it to disk and go through the calibration tests that you can do with no other equipment necessary; brightness, contrast, sharpness and so on. Forgoing that, I would turn the edge enhancement off, take the sharpness all the way down, and most likely lower the brightness a little from the out of box setting. Either way that should get you a much better than out of the box quality, and a good starting point for you to then tweak to your personal tastes.
Once adjusted to taste, the quality of the picture on this display is supurb coming close to the Pioneer Kuro line in most respects. So far, the NCAA tourny has never looked this good at my house. Movies are excellent. HD programming from satalite is great and SD is as good as can be expected. I only used the built in audo for a couple of hours. The sound quality is passable, but it is highly recommended that you seek out a home theater audio system to use with this quality of display.
The only knock I would give this display is that mine does have a low level of the buzz that you see discussed everywhere. Mine is not very severe, but it is well above what is now normal for a plasma. Some of the plasmas I have seen lately are as silent as an LCD. The buzz can be heard, with the volumn all the way down, 12ft away from the display. It is low enough however to not be too bothersom even with no volumn, and once the volumn is up enough you can hear anything, the buzz is completly masked. Having heard one of the pannels that has the loud buzz, I would consider mine to be minimal. Oh and I live in central Illinois with an elevation of ~600ft above sea level so that is not an issue.
