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Amazing is the only way to describe it. For the longest time I thought LCD was the way to go. But decided to take a serious look at plasma tvs, primarily because of inherent motion lag and color reproduction issues with lcd. Fancy technology such as 120 Hz still does not mask the problem to a trained eye. Once I decided to go with Plasma, I did a comparision between Pansonic, Pioneer & Samsung. Did a side by side comparison at Best Buy & found the Samsung to have the best picture quality.
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I looked for around 6 months for a new HDTV to replace a Sony XBR1 40" I've had for several years. After spending way to much time reading CNETs reviews, I settled upon this TV.
The performance is excellent. It certainly has better image quality than my Sony LCD, both when watching movies (due to the excellent contrast), and when watching fast moving basketball, in which my sony LCD would occasionally have motion artifacts. I think much of the LCD motion artifact thing has gone away with high end LCDs these days.
If you are a video nut that wants to change every aspect of the settings, you need to get the elite model, which is basically the same TV, but with all the settings opened up. You only get basic settings with this model. However, it has a mode that I personally like called "Optimum", where the TVs sensors detect what type of picture is being displayed along with the ambient room conditions and adjust accordingly. So far I've left it on that and it has been great. I have
The performance is excellent. It certainly has better image quality than my Sony LCD, both when watching movies (due to the excellent contrast), and when watching fast moving basketball, in which my sony LCD would occasionally have motion artifacts. I think much of the LCD motion artifact thing has gone away with high end LCDs these days.
If you are a video nut that wants to change every aspect of the settings, you need to get the elite model, which is basically the same TV, but with all the settings opened up. You only get basic settings with this model. However, it has a mode that I personally like called "Optimum", where the TVs sensors detect what type of picture is being displayed along with the ambient room conditions and adjust accordingly. So far I've left it on that and it has been great. I have
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I got this TV b/c cnet seemed to rave about it. I had a TH-50PX600U and that was a nice TV and I'm a big panasonic fan, but this TV I can definitely notice an improvement in quality from my cable HD channels, even though both are from the same 720p signal. In addition, watching Blu-Ray from this is beautiful (I'm using a PS3). I'm really happy with the purchase. One recommendation for anyone owning this TV is to use custom settings and not use the settings that are default.
The rest of the review is copy/pasted from "daarrid" over at avsforum.com
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1056962
However lets remember that the THX mode can be adjusted!!!! Panasonic's default settings for THX are just wrong. The CNET reviewer, using a completely dark room, adjusted the THX settings considerably upward from their default settings. Just for the sake of example - CNET increased the picture setting from 50 to 100 for their review.
I'd suggest that anyone owning this set start with
The rest of the review is copy/pasted from "daarrid" over at avsforum.com
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1056962
However lets remember that the THX mode can be adjusted!!!! Panasonic's default settings for THX are just wrong. The CNET reviewer, using a completely dark room, adjusted the THX settings considerably upward from their default settings. Just for the sake of example - CNET increased the picture setting from 50 to 100 for their review.
I'd suggest that anyone owning this set start with
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The Shipment only took a week. And before the drop off, I got contacted by the carrier.
The TV was the perfect choice for our living room. Just the right size. the picture quality is excellent and with the speakers in the front the audio is fantastic as well.
If I had to make that choice again, it would be the exact same one!
The TV was the perfect choice for our living room. Just the right size. the picture quality is excellent and with the speakers in the front the audio is fantastic as well.
If I had to make that choice again, it would be the exact same one!
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I was shopping for big screen plasma and watched this in BestBuy. It is very impressive, slick, modern, tv with very nice picture and sound. I am not tv guru so I can't say how cool is it from professional point of view but hidef program on it looks stunning and I ordered one!
I read about movement artifacts on plasmas and was concerned but I couldn't find any on this set. The picture is silky smooth.
I read about movement artifacts on plasmas and was concerned but I couldn't find any on this set. The picture is silky smooth.
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Look at the picture & forget about the price, other reviews mentioned how much this TV cost, I will not. Why? Because, when your focus is to get the best TV out there the price should comes second. To me, this is the one. I watch this TV from about 13 feet away and have a direct TV DVR receiver connected by monster 1000 HDMI cable. Wow!
Here is a double Wow! Get the Panasonic Blue-ray Disc player DMP-BD30 will do and connect it to this TV set by HDMI connection, get the "planet earth" Blue-ray CD and you will experience audio/video Shock & Awe.
I am not bias to Panasonic, in fact the only Panasonic I ever purchased in my life was a panasonic wireless telephone, 6 years old and still going... So I figured the TV would be as durable, so far so good.
Hey, if price is the issue, an average person will keep a good TV set 5 to 7 years. Now divide the cost by the amount of years you think you will keep this TV. Got it?
Au revoir mes amis, I am going to watch TV
Here is a double Wow! Get the Panasonic Blue-ray Disc player DMP-BD30 will do and connect it to this TV set by HDMI connection, get the "planet earth" Blue-ray CD and you will experience audio/video Shock & Awe.
I am not bias to Panasonic, in fact the only Panasonic I ever purchased in my life was a panasonic wireless telephone, 6 years old and still going... So I figured the TV would be as durable, so far so good.
Hey, if price is the issue, an average person will keep a good TV set 5 to 7 years. Now divide the cost by the amount of years you think you will keep this TV. Got it?
Au revoir mes amis, I am going to watch TV
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I bought this tv three weeks ago, CEVA delivered within 7 days of ordering, great delivery, they delivered within 24 hours of scanning the item into my local CEVA hub. They brounght the TV in, took it out of the box, set it on my stand and made sure it worked. I signed for it and they were off within 25 minutes.
The TV is truly amazing. I can honestly say that I have never seen a better picture. No issues whatsoever with this set so far. HD sports are unbelievable and even SD cable is very nice. TV gets a little warm to the touch but certainly not hot. The remote wheel takes a little getting use to but is not bad IMO. The sound on the set is surprisingly better than I expected. I will be hooking up 7.1 but haven't purchased the receiver yet.
If you are in the market for a TV this one will not let you down. I was a little disappointed that as of Sept 1 Amazon will no longer give you the price reduction when they mark something down from the time you order to the time it's delivered. Two
The TV is truly amazing. I can honestly say that I have never seen a better picture. No issues whatsoever with this set so far. HD sports are unbelievable and even SD cable is very nice. TV gets a little warm to the touch but certainly not hot. The remote wheel takes a little getting use to but is not bad IMO. The sound on the set is surprisingly better than I expected. I will be hooking up 7.1 but haven't purchased the receiver yet.
If you are in the market for a TV this one will not let you down. I was a little disappointed that as of Sept 1 Amazon will no longer give you the price reduction when they mark something down from the time you order to the time it's delivered. Two
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I recently purchased the panasonic th58pz800u from amazon for $3019, which I feel is very reasonable (The price has indeed fluctuated between $2899 and $3799 on amazon during the time I was shopping for it). Once ordered, the television was delivered in 3 business days (I'm in CA). Although the amazon website said it would be delivered "white glove", the delivery persons did not have that information. However, when we let them know that's what we were expecting, they willingly obliged by unpacking the t.v., placing it on it's stand, turned it on and left with all the packing materials. Pretty nice! Before purchasing this t.v. which I waited for a while before it was even available, I was considering the Pioneer pdp6020fd, which in my mind is the only other comparable plasma set, image quality and features wise. I opted for a plasma because I felt that it had the superior picture (contrast, colors, sharpness) over all the nicer lcd screens available (120hz sony xbr, samsung, toshiba)
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Two months ago I bought a 52" LCD TV (not Panasonic) for my family room, so my grand kids could watch TV and play Xbox & Playstation 3 games. The TV was bought directly from Amazon and the shipping was free. When it got to my house over three weeks later, two men deliverd the TV and put it in my family room. They took it out of the box and set it up and pluged it in to make sure everything worked. (It did) They said the white glove service was on all TV's from Amazon. On 08/29/2008 I went to Amazon's web sight and bought my TH-58PZ800U ($2961.99) for my living room and the shipping was free too. My 58" Panasonic TV was actually bought from a partner company through Amazon, called Buy Now Inc., which still honored the free shipping. When the TV was delivered 09/11/2008 (in very good condition), it was only delivered by one man and it was a side walk delivery only. He saw I was disabled and was nice enough to bring it in through my front door and left it in my living room. I unpacked
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When I first saw this unit on Amazon, it was $3499. After talking to my wife, I placed an order the next day and was surprised to find the price to be $2999. Two days after my order, the price went to $3699 and was no longer being shipped from Vann's. Mine was shipped from Vann's and arrived in perfect condition 4 days later.
Anyway, the TV is wonderful. I can't imagine getting a better picture from a TV. The colors are significantly richer and deeper than our other TV, a Samsung 42" LCD that's in our bedroom. The display and degree of color on the LCD, although vibrant, sometimes appear to be sightly unnatural and there doesn't seem to be a way (that I have found) to adjust it out.
The Panasonic color is very natural and there are several user friendly adjustments that make it easy to enhance picture clarity, hue and color.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that the set-up was straight forward and actually simple. There are on screen prompts that take the user through
Anyway, the TV is wonderful. I can't imagine getting a better picture from a TV. The colors are significantly richer and deeper than our other TV, a Samsung 42" LCD that's in our bedroom. The display and degree of color on the LCD, although vibrant, sometimes appear to be sightly unnatural and there doesn't seem to be a way (that I have found) to adjust it out.
The Panasonic color is very natural and there are several user friendly adjustments that make it easy to enhance picture clarity, hue and color.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that the set-up was straight forward and actually simple. There are on screen prompts that take the user through
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i ordered from buynow.com and paid $2,961 w/free shipping and no tax. i ordered on 8/29 and the TV arrived in one week, which was well inside the promised delivery window. it is a nice TV with excellent picture and good sound. Set up was easy, but i have not yet hooked it to a home theater system. I had been watching panasonic plasma prices for a long time and was surprised to see them discount the 08 so quickly. i agree with the other reviewer that prices are fluctuating a lot for this item, so watch day-to-day. The delivery company contacted me in advance and arranged a 6 hour window which they held to. However, they only had a driver, so my wife had to help him haul in the TV. i would have at least one man (preferably two) at home to take delivery. I am very happy with my purchase.
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This is just a heads up about pricing.
I placed my order for this television, from AMAZON, on 9/2/2008.
The price from AMAZON with FREE SHIPPING was $2,835.21.
Delivery time was 1 to 2 months. My order was confirmed by an email from Amazon at the stated price. Many days later this order is still active and I'm awaiting shipment.
However, prices are changing day by day. In fact, the day after I placed my order, Amazon increased their price by $500.00. That is quite a price increase in one day!
There are no reviews yet on this HDTV but its 50" sister - the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U - has received top reviews.
Don't pay too much for this set. This set is just starting to trickle into stores. I can't see why any consumer would pay any more than I have and I hope they will pay less.
PS: What is interesting is how carefully the other merchants listed on Amazon follow Amazon's lead on price. On the day I purchased this HDTV there were other merchants that were VERY close to Amazon's total
I placed my order for this television, from AMAZON, on 9/2/2008.
The price from AMAZON with FREE SHIPPING was $2,835.21.
Delivery time was 1 to 2 months. My order was confirmed by an email from Amazon at the stated price. Many days later this order is still active and I'm awaiting shipment.
However, prices are changing day by day. In fact, the day after I placed my order, Amazon increased their price by $500.00. That is quite a price increase in one day!
There are no reviews yet on this HDTV but its 50" sister - the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U - has received top reviews.
Don't pay too much for this set. This set is just starting to trickle into stores. I can't see why any consumer would pay any more than I have and I hope they will pay less.
PS: What is interesting is how carefully the other merchants listed on Amazon follow Amazon's lead on price. On the day I purchased this HDTV there were other merchants that were VERY close to Amazon's total
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This is just a heads up about pricing.
I placed my order for this television, from AMAZON, on 9/2/2008.
THE PRICE from AMAZON with FREE SHIPPING was $2,835.21.
Delivery time was 1 to 2 months. My order was confirmed by an email from Amazon at the stated price. Weeks later this order is still active and I'm awaiting shipment.
However, prices are changing day by day. In fact, the day after I placed my order, Amazon increased their price by $500.00. That is quite a price increase in one day! Since then the average price has gone up to match the list price of $3700. In two weeks time there has been almost a $900 increase in price!
There are no reviews yet on this HDTV but its 50" sister - the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U - has received top reviews. In fact, the 50" version of this set is viewed as either the best HDTV ever made or second only to the much more expensive Pioneer Kuro.
Don't pay too much for this set. This set is just starting to trickle into stores. I can't see why any consumer
I placed my order for this television, from AMAZON, on 9/2/2008.
THE PRICE from AMAZON with FREE SHIPPING was $2,835.21.
Delivery time was 1 to 2 months. My order was confirmed by an email from Amazon at the stated price. Weeks later this order is still active and I'm awaiting shipment.
However, prices are changing day by day. In fact, the day after I placed my order, Amazon increased their price by $500.00. That is quite a price increase in one day! Since then the average price has gone up to match the list price of $3700. In two weeks time there has been almost a $900 increase in price!
There are no reviews yet on this HDTV but its 50" sister - the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U - has received top reviews. In fact, the 50" version of this set is viewed as either the best HDTV ever made or second only to the much more expensive Pioneer Kuro.
Don't pay too much for this set. This set is just starting to trickle into stores. I can't see why any consumer
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After doing countless hours of research on the best TVs, LCD or Plasma, Pioneer or Panasonic, I came to the conclusion that Pioneer Plasmas are the best. And then after reading countless reviews on how amazing this TV is I finally decided to get one. It was definitely a hefty price tag, but from what I read, it was well worth it. After watching a couple blu-ray movies from my PS3 and playing Oblivion it simply did not meet my expectations. Granted my expectations were extremely high after reading the reviews. I had upgraded from a 42" LG LCD and the difference was just not worth the price tag. It is definitely better. I love this TV but I guess i was just setting my expectations too high. I guess I simply wanted the images to pop out of the TV. And I don't know, maybe I'm doing something wrong. Maybe my settings are wrong, or the calibration, but it's just not what I thought it was gonne be. If you have the $3k-$4k to drop on a TV, by all means, drop it on this one. But if you
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We researched HDTV options before choosing Panasonic. This model offers superb quality and lots of great features. You can read about them elsewhere. I'll make only two observations:
- I originally planned to purchase from a local Best Buy. The customer service there was awful, so I came over to Amazon. Amazon's price, selection, delivery and set up were all wonderful. I will never consider Best Buy again.
- Amazon also had (by far) the best deal on HDMI cables. I purchased Monster cables from Amazon for $49 that Best Buy (shamelessly) retails for $139.
Bottom line: the TV is great, and so is Amazon!
- I originally planned to purchase from a local Best Buy. The customer service there was awful, so I came over to Amazon. Amazon's price, selection, delivery and set up were all wonderful. I will never consider Best Buy again.
- Amazon also had (by far) the best deal on HDMI cables. I purchased Monster cables from Amazon for $49 that Best Buy (shamelessly) retails for $139.
Bottom line: the TV is great, and so is Amazon!
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I typed a huge review and I ran out of space. This really pissed me off - but I like this TV enough that I'm rewriting a shorter and different kind of review.
WHAT KIND OF GUY ARE YOU? I'm a guy that wants things done right! "Right" being the way I think it should be done, because I'm a guy that thinks I'm smarter than most other guys, even if I'm not. I'm a guy that's pissed off at Amazon because I wasn't allowed enough space to write my original massive super detailed review. I'm a guy that is irritated when I have to ask a waitress more than once for the same thing. I'm a guy that's pissed off when airlines charge for a second bag or for a beverage. I'm a guy that wants an iPhone more than anything but doesn't have one because I hate the way Apple is trying to force AT&T on me. I'm a guy that is planning to drop Comcast because they are planning to cap users internet usage even though I'll never come close to 250GB a month. I'm a guy that researches 20 different websites to find out
WHAT KIND OF GUY ARE YOU? I'm a guy that wants things done right! "Right" being the way I think it should be done, because I'm a guy that thinks I'm smarter than most other guys, even if I'm not. I'm a guy that's pissed off at Amazon because I wasn't allowed enough space to write my original massive super detailed review. I'm a guy that is irritated when I have to ask a waitress more than once for the same thing. I'm a guy that's pissed off when airlines charge for a second bag or for a beverage. I'm a guy that wants an iPhone more than anything but doesn't have one because I hate the way Apple is trying to force AT&T on me. I'm a guy that is planning to drop Comcast because they are planning to cap users internet usage even though I'll never come close to 250GB a month. I'm a guy that researches 20 different websites to find out
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The Research:
So after 3 months of research, reading reviews, and lurking the avsforum, I had finally narrowed it down between the 2008 Samsung line or the Panasonic line. This is a condensed comparison between what I was able to gather about the two lines:
Samsung:
The plasma 550 and 650 have the potential to produce the most accurate colors. This means that after a proper calibration you are going to see the colors as the director/post-production crew want you to see. By comparison, the Panasonic line (80u, 85u) are going to have a slight "red push." This will be most noticeable on flesh tones, which will make people appear more pink or red than actual. This is supposedly because Panasonic's research found that test groups preferred a slight "red push." I would withhold judgment until you see it for yourself, you just might like it. Either way, unless you are a videophile (in which case you'd be looking at the Pioneer pros anyways) you aren't going to notice this unless you plan
So after 3 months of research, reading reviews, and lurking the avsforum, I had finally narrowed it down between the 2008 Samsung line or the Panasonic line. This is a condensed comparison between what I was able to gather about the two lines:
Samsung:
The plasma 550 and 650 have the potential to produce the most accurate colors. This means that after a proper calibration you are going to see the colors as the director/post-production crew want you to see. By comparison, the Panasonic line (80u, 85u) are going to have a slight "red push." This will be most noticeable on flesh tones, which will make people appear more pink or red than actual. This is supposedly because Panasonic's research found that test groups preferred a slight "red push." I would withhold judgment until you see it for yourself, you just might like it. Either way, unless you are a videophile (in which case you'd be looking at the Pioneer pros anyways) you aren't going to notice this unless you plan
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I didn't know much about televisions when I bought this on the recommendation of a friend who has one. As somebody who doesn't know much about televisions I can't tell you much about the color saturation, refresh rates, black levels, contrast, or indeed many other technical topics. I can tell you, though, that the TV is a joy to watch. Super-clear picture, great color (once you take it out of "dynamic" mode and put it into "movie" mode), and even switched off it's very attractive in a black minimalistic kind of way.
Amazon delivered early, a pleasant surprise. The delivery firm was helpful and careful, and did everything I'd hope for in terms of getting the thing out of the box and mounting it on the stand.
Two small disappointments, neither a big deal:
1. The remote is pretty lame. The one with this TV is altogether fully-featured but otherwise dull and unimaginative. No attention to ergonomics or usability whatsoever. I know, I know, just like most remotes... but I'm a TiVo user so
Amazon delivered early, a pleasant surprise. The delivery firm was helpful and careful, and did everything I'd hope for in terms of getting the thing out of the box and mounting it on the stand.
Two small disappointments, neither a big deal:
1. The remote is pretty lame. The one with this TV is altogether fully-featured but otherwise dull and unimaginative. No attention to ergonomics or usability whatsoever. I know, I know, just like most remotes... but I'm a TiVo user so
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The picture and viewing angle are amazing. I almost bought the PN58A650 (the 58" screen) and decided to spend the extra money on the 63". I'm glad I did because I did not want to be staring at the 58" for the next few years always wondering what the 63" would look like. If you're hesitant about buying it online, I went to Consumer Reports and buyers are just as happy buying online verses a store. The delivery was great. I got a tracking # and the white glove service was nice. They brought it in, took it out of the box and set it on the furniture and I hooked up the HDMI cable and they turned it on to verify that the picture was ok and off they went. The touch of color is pretty subtle and looks nice. I was concerned about the glare/reflections on the glass but the anti-glare technology they have is fine. I have two windows behind me and I was able to see them with my old 61" projection but I can't see them on this.
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The new Kuro PDP 6020FD has excellent picture quality. I noted the PDP 6010FD for sale at Sam's Club for $3958, listed as a one-time buy. I figured this was the closeout of the old stock coming with the release of the PDP 6020FD. Amazon had a great price on the new model, and with delivery it was a better deal to get the new model. Delivery went faster than expected, and it was up and working within an hour. I have it burned in and just had its calibration done. Everyone is shocked by the picture quality. It is excellent.
