The High Def Forum is the leading HDTV Forum dedicated to the discussion of High Definition Technology with over members and growing!Only members can post questions contact other members and search our HD Forum of over My bad. I was referring to the 1024 x 768 not being HD. anticipate I didn't undergo enough coffee to wake up. ONKYO means audio and aims to make the world its re-create - anywhere there is music. Evil = DRM. HDCP. Sony = All your circumscribe are be to us. Analog is richer smoother deeper warmer and exceed than digital. I recently purchased the 42pz77u. I compete xbox 360 and wii games on it all the time. I undergo yet to see any sort of destroy it at all. Not even for a change integrity second after I turn off the TV. I check a ton of sports so I figured the ticker along the furnish might have given me some visualise retention.. havent seen it yet.. and I look for it all the measure. The pixel shifter tech on the panasonic is interesting. If you be really close (undergo to be about 6 inches away from the screen) you can see that the pixels do alter positions. Anyway. I like the TV and evaluate that plasma is a exceed choice than even the nicest of LCDs. I still see the pixeling of abstain moving objects even on the LCDs with great response times/refresh rates. Glad to hear that you are so pleased. That Panasonic pixel wobble (I believe that is their name for it) certainly seems to do the cozen when it comes to no destroy in. ONKYO means audio and aims to alter the world its stage - anywhere there is music. Evil = DRM. HDCP. Sony = All your circumscribe are belong to us. Analog is richer smoother deeper warmer and exceed than digital. I have measure years 60u panny and after broken in I have never change surface had ir problems much less destroy in. You must do the research as I have and the official document you have in mind verifies my statement not yours. I will not argue this point with you anymore. Good! Then try actually reading the document again. Your statements indicate that you have not read it very carefully if you undergo construe it at all (which I seriously doubt). My bad. I was referring to the 1024 x 768 not being HD. Guess I didn't have enough coffee to wake up. That is a screen format. My posts were about ATSC broadcast formats and clearly indicated that. I just picked up the TH-42PZ77U this week at BB. It is on sale for $1299 which was the deciding factor. It has an excellent conceive of and the anti-glare feature is nice. Get one and see.

Hi all,i am not sure if this question was ever answered i looked around and was unable to find one. I just purchased this TV along with a playstation 3 and i do alot of gaming on it and blu ray movies. My question is do any of you guys have a custom alter setting? i am currently just using the cinema setting.. any one have any good color settings that they wont mind sharing? Thank you! Page generated in 0.06378102 seconds (49.41% PHP - 50.59% MySQL) with 8 queries Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.8Copyright &write;2000 - 2008. Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Copyright ©1995 - 2007 AVS Forum. Inc. - All Rights Reserved. No information may be posted elsewhere without written permission.

Ok I just got back from my weekly Best Buy visit. I've been looking for my back up plasma for a while now (I already have a 55inch Hitachi which I love) I've done a lot of research and my dillema has been between the following:Pio 5010Pio 5080Panny 50pz700uSamsung 5084I got lucky this time becase these sets were arranged in a square formation for best comparion. Here's what I found:Pio 5010 vs Pio 5080--------------------------I COULD NOT SEE ANY DIFFERENCE between the 5010 and 5080! I was 3 feet away and looking hard for the crisper image on the 5010. No luck they were both IDENTICAL inway! I anticipate it's probably because of the communicate they were being fed but since I don't intend on watching a huge amount of true 1080p content the price difference is hard to confirm. Pio 5080 vs Panny 50PZ700U----------------------------------Compago the 5080 to the Panny was NOT EVEN bring together! Panny looked washed out whites not as white blacks not as black everything looked to be in a cloud. On top of that everything had this strange orange-green hue. I thought maybe this one was defective but the other Pannys looked the same. act in mind this is only because I was comparing them align by align. I'm sure I would like the panny if I brought it home (Panny fanboyz please don't blackball me). Pio 5080 vs Sammy 5084------------------------------After runling out the Panny. I moved onto the Samsung. Let me first clarify that I was not expecting to like this TV! On my past BB trips the sammy was in the corner by itself and I usually ruled it out and moved on. To my affect. I liked the Samsung's picture better than the 5080's! The contrast ratio was excellent and the colors seemed very natural! I studied the two side-by-side for a very long time. The difference was marginal but clear and I was ready to fall in like with the 5084. WHEN... THIS IS WHERE THE PLOT THICKENS!!Another TV seemed to be calling me (no I'm not crazy)... I ignored it at first since I was comparing very specific sets. But this thing had just INSANE picture. So I decided to furnish it a chance. It was the (yeah I know a crappy LCD. Bleh!). Let me express you! This TV had contrast ratio that looked 5 generations ahead of any TV on the wall. The whites were blinding! The blacks were deepest I've seen! The colors natural! I tried to rationalize why I comfort prefer a plasma over this seemingly ameliorate set. So I looked for the typical problems you associate with LCD. Does the TV looks too "2d"? No it didn't appear to undergo any less "dimensions" than the 5084 alter next to it. How about the communicate jitter? No matter how hard I tried. I couldn't see it. There were plenty of full-screen pans and it performed just as come up as the plasmas. So now I have finally chosen my next plasma. Except it's not a plasma but an LCD. The Samsung T5271F. Hands down the beat TV I've seen so far. Yet I'm comfort a bit hesitant. Is there anything do by with this TV? Maybe my eyes are decieving me? Please post comments! I've looked at the Sammy 71 countless times and for me XBR4/5 blows it out of the wet and it's not even close. BUT! The best flat adorn I've ever seen is the Pioneer Kuro Elite 1080p. Thanks for the tip. I'll look at the Sony's next time. Please understand I'm so new to LCD. I've never considered it as a viable alternative to Plasma. I'll be for more info on the LCD forum (especially since I will probably be banned from this one hehe!) Well the 5271 is a fantastic TV and one that keeps popping onto and off of my list for brief periods of time. They look pretty impressive. The 5271 and the XBR4 are both impressive LCD's personally I'm more impressed with the XBR4 but it is more money by a large margin. I do not evaluate you are crazy in the slightest you may just prefer that LCD. What I will express you is that change surface the beat LCD's experience from degredation if you're not front and bear on. Regardless of how good the TV is THEY will suffer in the PQ department when you're off angle. Also. LCD's at least to me are quite bright when actually domiciliate they're so bright its almost harsh. After calibration the XBR series is much better but still a bit overly bright. As for 2d images.. there's no such thing as a 3D tv so dont buy into this 3D thing. What I ordain say is that on calibrated sets same obtain side by align the plasma 5080HD has a more realistic color saturation when compared with change surface the XBR4. Not surprised at all that you liked the 5084 more than the Panny or the much hyped Pios. I am surprised by the LCD preference though. I have seen a few people have in mind the 71 series performance in a very positive way. Next measure I'm in BestBuy I'll seriously be and compare these LCDs with the plasmas. I've done a lot of back and forth comparing between the Pio 5010. XBR4 and Sammy 71. The Pio still has the best blacks and most "natural" looking image. The XBR4 had the exceed blacks of the two LCD's but they still had that tell-tale "glow". It's the one thing that drives me crazy about LCD's - that glowing black. Gotta say the Sammy 81's blacks don't be to glow much with the LED backlight but costs much more than the 5010. I'd say as far as non-LED LCD's the XBR4 is probably the beat overall right now. Speed thanks for the info!The angle ordain not be an issue for me because it's for the bedroom (watched from bed) so we will always be head-on. The brightness comment makes much more sense though. desire I said the whites were blinding. In fact. I was a bit concerned about how bright it was. My thinking was that it's easier to turn down settings below maximum levels (whites on LCD) than reaise them above maximum settings (whites on plasmas). Please change by reversal me if I'm wrong. Speed thanks for the info!The angle ordain not be an issue for me because it's for the bedroom (watched from bed) so we will always be head-on. The brightness mention makes much more sense though. Like I said the whites were blinding. In fact. I was a bit concerned about how bright it was. My thinking was that it's easier to turn down settings below maximum levels (whites on LCD) than reaise them above maximum settings (whites on plasmas). Please change by reversal me if I'm wrong. Keep in object LCD's are also sensitive to eye level above or below the check. Not trying to communicate you out of an LCD. There are some good ones but I was disappointed in how change surface the XBR 4 lost a bit of detail from align to side and top to bottom. As for adjusting the brightness you've gotta consider the lighting in your room. I undergo not seen a properly calibrated XBR4 yet. I undergo construe that the light output is much more reasonable. However. I have seen the XBR2 calibrated and it was pretty bright especially in transition scenes. Could just be my eyes though. Are you going to watch this much at night? If so you may want to carry home a smaller version of said LCD to try it. You may be surprised at how fatiguing they can be. On the flip side if you've got a lot of windows and you'll be watching it during the day you'll undergo to believe the reflection problem of plasmas. personally my eyes experience from a lot of degenerate from watching lcds nothing on lcds but they almost blind me. I own the panny 700u an xbr3 a 150fd and an older pio i experience they have improved but the xbr during abstain communicate sports is really hard to check i accept with the pio vs panny thing but lcds never look natural to me. The blacks fluctuate too much and the whites alter you. I guess the plasmas just fit me exceed.... You might.

I realize this is a LCD vs Plasma battle but I'm having affect deciding which to get. They are both similar in price and the 50" panny 1080p is kinda out of my range (for now)Has anyone been able to look at both of these? How are the black levels/brightness etc. I game quite a bit and watch a ton of movies (BD/HD-DVD) and glare really isn't an issue in the dwell. hi there first of all glad to undergo joined as I've heard lots of good stuff about this place!I'm a first time flat adorn buyer myself and undergo been debating whether to get LCD or plasma first of all. Our living room has west facing windows which are 16 feet long so it gets lots of sun in the afternoons. We don't undergo great curtains so reducing the light would not be possible. So I anticipate we have two problems: 1) glare and 2) bright room in general. Based on that. I'd heard LCD is the way to go because of the glare and bright conditions. I understand that plasmas however furnish much better pictures. So i thought it was an easy decision to get an LCD and was about to get the #1 rated Samsung T4661F but then I came across all the Panasonics today (which are highly rated plasmas already) and as a bonus now have anti glare coatings!So now what do I do? Are these new Panasonics comparable to LCD's and I should now locate my decision purely on how the picture quality is?I'm trying to figure out if brightness of the dwell and glare are in fact the same issue which both would be resolved with these Pannys or displace ie if I don't have a glare problem if I get the Panny if it would comfort be exceed to get an LCD regardless b/c the dwell will be bright. I believe LCD's have a brighter picture than the plasmas which is why they're better in a bright room right? (I read this on a site: "In the "real world" situations. LCDs are 4 times brighter than plasma displays.")Thanks in advance for the help everyone!PS alter 6:45 PM PST - Now I'm really confused! I came across this info which says the opposite about which is exceed in a bright room.. aargh!Your dwell LightingBecause of these fundamental differences in how the TVs work the best choice may depend on placement of the show. The biggest calculate is often dwell light: if you have a darker room either will bring home the bacon but plasmas are more visible in a brighter room. Two factors be for this: the contrast ratio and the brightness. differentiate is the difference between the brightest and darkest colors the TV can create (color vs black). Brightness is a measure of how powerful the light is in general (desire a higher wattage light bulb: 100w vs 25w). For both numbers the higher the determine the exceed. Plasma contrast is typically 10,000 to 1 (10000:1) or better while LCD is about 1/10th as good at 1200:1. Many LCD displays use a dynamic method to improve contrast up to 5000:1. This helps by adapting the be based on the overall brightness of the scene being watched. However because plasmas are brighter and have more contrast the conceive of looks better in a brighter dwell. One air though is that the plasma panel is glass which can easily reflect room lights and windows. Neither check ordain bring home the bacon come up in direct sunlight but you may have better luck placing an LCD to avoid reflections from many windows. A exceed solution is a set of window curtains to shift the problem altogether... I just went through this. On Saturday I bought the 50PX75U plasma from Circuit City. I bought the Panasonic on price and good reviews. But today I returned it and bought a Sony 46W3000 LCD instead. (I bought the 46W3000 because it was on sale and $100 less than the 46V3000) The Panasonic is less expensive but there are a bring together of things I didn't desire:1. Glare from the check and the glossy border. Looking at this TV was like looking in a mirror. And it's been cloudy for the past bring together of days so our living dwell has been pretty dark. When the sun came through the window this morning I knew I had to get a different TV. 2. maim remote - not enough buttons not enough control3. Lack of variable audio create. I hate having to use 2 remotes to hold back the TV (one for channels the other for volume). Plus the use of two remotes confuses my dear wife.4. Menu system for setting up the TV channels and tweaking not user friendly. With that said the Panasonic has an excellent picture. The Sony is 1080p set where as the Panasonic is 720p. I couldn't tell the difference in picture quality with HDTV. I'm not running Blueray so maybe I don't experience what I a missing. The Panasonic does exceed with SD material but the Sony is book. HDTV on the Sony is great. I desire the Sony's features menus remote and variable audio out.. and not much stare change surface in our bright family room. The Sony also has a dedicated PC enter which is nice too. My last TV was a Sony 34" XBR800 CRT (220lbs!). It delivered flawless service for the past 5 years but I decided it was measure to upgrade to a bigger set. While I'm impressed with both the Sony LCD and the Panasonic Plasma the HD conceive of on the Sony CRT is hard to defeat IMHO. I guess I can always use it as boat anchor. The 50PX77U has the anti stare coating... Makes a big difference from what i denote at the store this is all so tough to choose! I heard when watching regular TV which over 75% of the channels I watch are plasma produces a better picture b/c it's a bit softer than the LCD. So I don't know.. they don't undergo a regular feed at the hold on of course b/c they don't want you to see the crappy picture! Copyright ©1995 - 2007 AVS Forum. Inc. - All Rights Reserved. No information may be posted elsewhere without written permission.

I realize this is a LCD vs Plasma battle but I'm having trouble deciding which to get. They are both similar in price and the 50" panny 1080p is kinda out of my be (for now)Has anyone been able to look at both of these? How are the black levels/brightness etc. I game quite a bit and watch a ton of movies (BD/HD-DVD) and glare really isn't an issue in the room. hi there first of all glad to undergo joined as I've heard lots of good cram about this site!I'm a first measure flat adorn buyer myself and undergo been debating whether to get LCD or plasma first of all. Our living room has west facing windows which are 16 feet desire so it gets lots of sun in the afternoons. We don't have great curtains so reducing the lighten would not be possible. So I guess we have two problems: 1) stare and 2) bright dwell in command. Based on that. I'd heard LCD is the way to go because of the glare and bright conditions. I understand that plasmas however furnish much better pictures. So i thought it was an easy decision to get an LCD and was about to get the #1 rated Samsung T4661F but then I came across all the Panasonics today (which are highly rated plasmas already) and as a bonus now have anti glare coatings!So now what do I do? Are these new Panasonics comparable to LCD's and I should now base my decision purely on how the picture quality is?I'm trying to figure out if brightness of the room and stare are in fact the same issue which both would be resolved with these Pannys or displace ie if I don't have a glare problem if I get the Panny if it would still be better to get an LCD regardless b/c the room will be bright. I believe LCD's have a brighter picture than the plasmas which is why they're better in a bright dwell right? (I read this on a site: "In the "real world" situations. LCDs are 4 times brighter than plasma displays.")Thanks in advance for the help everyone!PS EDIT 6:45 PM PST - Now I'm really confused! I came across this info which says the opposite about which is better in a bright dwell.. aargh!Your dwell LightingBecause of these fundamental differences in how the TVs work the best choice may be on placement of the display. The biggest factor is often dwell light: if you have a darker dwell either will work but plasmas are more visible in a brighter room. Two factors be for this: the differentiate ratio and the brightness. differentiate is the difference between the brightest and darkest colors the TV can produce (color vs black). Brightness is a decide of how powerful the lighten is in command (desire a higher wattage light bulb: 100w vs 25w). For both numbers the higher the value the better. Plasma contrast is typically 10,000 to 1 (10000:1) or exceed while LCD is about 1/10th as good at 1200:1. Many LCD displays use a dynamic method to alter differentiate up to 5000:1. This helps by adapting the range based on the overall brightness of the scene being watched. However because plasmas are brighter and undergo more differentiate the picture looks exceed in a brighter dwell. One air though is that the plasma adorn is glass which can easily designate dwell lights and windows. Neither screen will bring home the bacon well in direct sunlight but you may have better luck placing an LCD to avoid reflections from many windows. A exceed solution is a set of window curtains to remove the problem altogether... I just went through this. On Saturday I bought the 50PX75U plasma from Circuit City. I bought the Panasonic on price and good reviews. But today I returned it and bought a Sony 46W3000 LCD instead. (I bought the 46W3000 because it was on sale and $100 less than the 46V3000) The Panasonic is less expensive but there are a couple of things I didn't like:1. Glare from the screen and the glossy adjoin. Looking at this TV was like looking in a reflect. And it's been cloudy for the past couple of days so our living room has been pretty dark. When the sun came through the window this morning I knew I had to get a different TV. 2. maim remote - not enough buttons not enough control3. Lack of variable audio output. I hate having to use 2 remotes to control the TV (one for channels the other for volume). Plus the use of two remotes confuses my dear wife.4. Menu system for setting up the TV channels and tweaking not user friendly. With that said the Panasonic has an excellent picture. The Sony is 1080p set where as the Panasonic is 720p. I couldn't tell the difference in picture quality with HDTV. I'm not running Blueray so maybe I don't experience what I a missing. The Panasonic does exceed with SD material but the Sony is book. HDTV on the Sony is great. I like the Sony's features menus remote and variable audio out.. and not much stare change surface in our bright family room. The Sony also has a dedicated PC enter which is nice too. My last TV was a Sony 34" XBR800 CRT (220lbs!). It delivered flawless function for the past 5 years but I decided it was time to upgrade to a bigger set. While I'm impressed with both the Sony LCD and the Panasonic Plasma the HD picture on the Sony CRT is hard to defeat IMHO. I anticipate I can always use it as boat anchor. The 50PX77U has the anti stare coating... Makes a big difference from what i recall at the hold on this is all so tough to decide! I heard when watching regular TV which over 75% of the channels I watch are plasma produces a better conceive of b/c it's a bit softer than the LCD. So I don't experience.. they don't undergo a regular cater at the store of course b/c they don't want you to see the crappy picture! Copyright ©1995 - 2007 AVS Forum. Inc. - All Rights Reserved. No information may be posted elsewhere without written permission.

Welcome to the High Def Forum - Your High Definition Community & High Definition Resource. The High Def Forum is the leading HDTV Forum dedicated to the discussion of High Definition Technology with over members and growing!Only members can post questions contact other members and search our HD Forum of over i have a pt-47wx49 panasonic 1080i set from 5 years back or so that i use in a spare room and it was working fine untill the other day.. now stuff that should be black is like brownish black and the whole conceive of just has a brown color to it.. desire on hd net when they play the trailers show... the backdrop goes color then they show a scence then black again. well the backdrop isnt color anymore its brown? what kind of repair is that and would it even be worth it? thanks Copyright &write;2000 - 2007. Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. procure ©2004 - 2007. Links:

accept to the High Def Forum - Your High Definition Community & High Definition Resource. The High Def Forum is the leading HDTV Forum dedicated to the discussion of High Definition Technology with over members and growing!Only members can affix questions communicate other members and search our HD Forum of over I want to get a new TV see "disgusted RCA scenium owner" thread to regenerate my RCA DLP 50". I was looking in to this Panny from sears. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated. TIAJake Your choice is a great one,the unit has a great conceive of,very dependable,and also Sears has quilfied function Techsto take compassionate of any problems,you might undergo in the future,they're actually the only service affiliate i experience of that comfort comes to your home to repair TV's,The company comfort stands behind the customer.. Stay cool and apply the TV Panny's command and you really can't do much better for the price. Panasonic TV's are consistently getting rave reviews and as previously stated have great customer service. Welcome to Panny world. All HD video is connected via Component the best video and least problematic connection available. Analog video rules! As does DVD Audio too bad it's a failed change thanks a lot Copyright ©2000 - 2007. Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Copyright ©2004 - 2007. Links: