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HA. Can't wait to get one for the living room only BIGGER. Fabulous, Fabulous, Fabulous. HD & SD, Great blacks no trailing.
I was able to purchase a similar TV elswhere brand new for less money When the item was delivered the screen was broken.
The players leave streaks as they move across the rink. I know that I may just be trading one issue for another, as LCD's have problems of their own, but I've just about had it. Overall, I've been quite happy with my Panny.However, in recent months, I've noticed a very disturbing and annoying trend occuring in my TV: phosphor trails. Video games often have high contrast scenarios like this, and this effect is present in many that I own.Unfortunately, I don't have a video camera capable of accurately depicting this phenomenon. In October, I purchased a Panasonic Viera TH-42PZ85U Plasma Television from Amazon.
On the cheap point-n-shoot I have, the effect is far worse than it appears in person. It occurs, as I understand it, because plasma pixels cannot shift directly from black to white, or vice versa. Nevertheless, I'm very close to selling my TV, cutting my losses and getting a Samsung LN46A650 LCD. If a representative from Panasonic or Amazon is reading this, please contact me, as I would love to remedy this somehow. I love hockey, and this is a major issue for me. This scenario is even worse for me.
One of the caveats about owning an HDTV is that it requires quite a bit of time to tweak picture settings in order to ensure that your TV is giving you the best possible picture. They have a brief green or blue phase in between. Light objects on dark background leave horrible green trails and are physically taxing on my eyes. In the proceeding months, I've fiddled with the various settings, like color, contrast, brightness, and even used a THX calibration disc and blue filter glasses in order to calibrate my set for optimal viewing from all of my sources (FiOS, DVD, PS3/Blu-Ray, DVR, Xbox). Another example might be a movie or TV show where a person with light skin is moving through a dark room. This scenario is plagued by phosphor trails on my TV.
These are green or blue trails that are left behind a moving object in a high contrast scenario. An example of this might be a hockey game that has players with dark jerseys on a white ice background.
Picture quality is great. Now for a quick word on Image Retention and Screen Burn.this was my biggest factor in choosing Plasma vs. I waited about a month before doing anything crazy with the TV. To this day (about 5 weeks later.with periodic playing of the game) I can see an image of the heath meter. You just need to pay attention to what you're doing/watching. Also, if you do get some IR or Screen Burn, he's how to fix it.I did this and the image is all but gone:I attached a coax cable to the antenna port on the back of the TV, without anything else on the other end of the cable.kind of a make-shift analog TV antenna if you will.
I can produce a good sound. Only one guy came to my house.not two. The only thing he didn't do was hook up the external devices, which I thought he'd do, but I'm fine with it. I then switched the TV selection to "TV" and programmed analog and digital channels.it found about 9 of them. A WORD OF CAUTION.if you're going to play games, do not be pulled into a false sense of security with the "Game Mode" like I was. I later decided on this one, thanks to the positive feedback I read about Panasonic. HOWEVER, it seems that 4 hours of Ninja Gaiden did leave a burn on the screen. It is NOT visible when watching TV or movies.
This seems to be an area of varying reviews. I've had mine for 2 months now, and except for the screen burn (which is really a non-issue.I'm just particular about it) I've had no problems. He unpacked the TV, put it on the stand, put the whole thing on my TV stand, plugged it in and tested it. For me, the service was fine. I have to have ONLY the TV on, in a VERY dark room to see it, and only when I'm close to the screen. I started researching TV's about 6 months ago.
Hang in there though.don't be turned off yet.I REALLY have to go out of my way to see the "burn." It's actually more of a moderate-severe case of Image Retention.yes, there's a difference. Do this a few times, and your screen burn will be gone. After doing more and more research, reading as many message boards and articles as I could, I actually decided to go with Plasma. He had the thing set up and on my stand in 15 minutes. I was originally in the market for an LCD, and was completely sold on them.
PLEASE turn it down to 50 or so.I currently have mine at 40 I think. I got this model for the same price that the 80-Series was going for in the stores, and with the free "White Glove" shipping at the time, I couldn't pass it up.The features on the TV are all excellent. Sound could use some work, but if you play with the settings enough (Bass, Treble, Audio Leveler, Surround Sound, etc.). It's this "snow" or "white noise" that cleans up your screen. After that, I pulled out the coax cable on "Channel 4." This produced a blank channel, filled with "snow." This is what you want.
This was mainly because of all the negative (and mostly outdated) hype that I heard about plasma's. Turn your picture settings up to 100, and let this run for a while.when I say "a while," I mean a few hours.you don't have to do it all at once, just here and there. I hooked it up and was totally impressed with the games/movies. Please note, that depending on how bad the "burn" is, you may have to let this run for several hours. You'll see by default, the Brightness setting is at 100. And honestly, it should probably go away on its own after about a month of normal viewing.this is extreme cases only.All in all, a good TV and I recommend it. About 6 weeks after I bought the TV, I purchased a PS3.
I read somewhere that this is exactly what TV techs do.and charge hundreds to do it. LCD. What I do, is turn my sleep timer on for 60-90 minutes before I go to bed, and let it run. I also chose this model thanks to the great deal I received on Amazon. BIG NO-NO. I read all the recommendations as far as keeping the settings low, calibrating the TV, etc. It can be a pain sometimes, but I can live with it.The White Glove service was fine.
I don't mind hooking all that up myself.
This plasma has better sound than any CRT I've ever had and the only panel TV with better sound without using a surround sound system cost $3000 more but it's hard to imagine anyone spending over a thousand dollars on a TV and not hooking it up to a great sound system. All the experts talk about the true black of these great plasmas but what they overlook is in a scene of light and motion like snowmobiles driving or skiers really moving it. I read over 200 reviews, both expert and consumer. What ultimately turned me to Plasma was picture quality. I've had the TV for two month and I am still impressed. The 42 inch is better in color accuracy.
I did it all. I chose the 42 inch because it has better definition than the 46 inch. Once you do experience it you'll want more. I mean you can almost see every snowflake. On this HDTV it's snow fluff moving through the air. The expert reviews were all about the bigger 46 inch screen but it really didn't fully compare to the 42 inch. I looked at over 20 different models of HDTVs. LCDs, DLPs, Plasma, projector and CRT.
One of the sillier points reviewed is sound. You can see definition of the snow as it gets blown around. A good example is a video with snow. Also, while it's true at 8 feet away there is very little seeable difference between an LCD or Plasma 1080p vs. I've been playing both DVDs and Blu Rays and they both look great.
Believe me there are momments that it's good to be able to pause the video to see an important detail that wouldn't show any other way. My only disappointment is the lack of PIP but I can live without it. 720p if there is a detail you need to see you can get inches away from the plasma to see it and the picture looks great. All different sizes, too. On everything else the snow is a blur.
There is a difference but if you never experience it you won't miss it. Smoothness of motion, color richness, exactness of details. And what outstanding high definition.
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