How does everyone feel about Panasonic. I was thinking about them for my new TV

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Panisonic makes sick plasma's. The blacks are incredible, and so are the colours. I have no idea about their LCD's.

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Originally posted by Orko Sony and Samsung used to make their panels in the same factory, but Sony now teamed up with Sharp because they took heat for teaming up with a Koream manufacturer (samsung).

What goes around comes around... It was Sharp who made the Trinitron tubes in their heyday

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Originally posted by Orko Costco actually gets special models of a lot of electronics, that are only distributed in their stores. Which makes it very hard to shop around, and impossible to price match. I would check them out for sure, they have great quality products.

Not necessarily special models. They are often US models so model numbers are just slightly off with a small feature variant. It's easier to compare the US models when looking up Consumer Reports, ePinions, etc.. compared to the ones for Canada.

Costco is an authorized dealer for most of their electronics, but some they ship from US, meaning grey market. Costco does have longer warranties on their models, with all TVs at least 2 years, and their 2 year warranty is a replacement warranty, so they'll replace it on the spot with the same or better if something happens.

You can see some models they have on their website http://www.costco.ca/Common/Categor...esc1&lang=en-CA .
Do note, for the models they are Canadian authorized, they use the manufacturer's logo. For their US product, they aren't allowed to legally use the manufacturer's logo in advertisements.

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What's your budget?

The Samsung LED LCD are incredible.

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even the nicest and most expensive LED LCD (any LCD for that matter) on the market doesnt come close to the picture on even a mid level plasma

this is both a personal opinion and a cold hard fact backed up by quantitative measurements

bang for the buck nothing beats the panasonic g series, or if you have a little more cash the V series

I got the Sony bravia W series 120hz and it displays a 3d like picture while using a hdmi dvd player, now if you plug in a blu ray player into it
i'm not shiting you the picture on a 120hz plus(240hz double ) tv makes a difference......
the cheapiest Sony 40" 120hz lcd tv is here - http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodd...523&catid=24558

hey sharp invented lcd technology but when you say you have a sony at home, it makes a bit of a statement......
for example..... he has a sony at home, lets rob that muthafuka blind lol

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Definitely the Sharp Aquos.

Sony TVs might look 1% better but they'll cost 20% more and have 50% more problems. My dad bought a Sony, against my warnings, and has all sorts of problems with it; for example, the TV randomly decides to switch input modes while watching an HD station (not even changing channels, just sitting there!), and suddenly you're looking at a blank screen, or snow.

And as for a plasma TV... I can't believe that people still buy those. The shelf life of one of those is about 1/5 of the life of an LCD TV, and when you're buying a fancy new big-screen TV, you want it to last.

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I work in the industry and I would definitely recommend the Panasonic Plasma televisions over the LCD. The plasma has a much better colour then the LCD, especially the blacks. The sony S series that you are looking at is an entry level television which does not have the best colour or the best frame rate. 60Hz does make a difference when you watch some dark scenes on those LCD TV's. A lot of people think that LCD is the best, but if you compare the same image on an LCD to a PLASMA, then you will see right away that the plasma is a much more natural looking picture while the LCD picture is too bright and dynamic.

Also 120Hz does help with the motion flow, but it also makes you sick if you look at it all day. I work in an electronics store and I turn off that feature just because it makes the pictures look 3d, but not in a good way. It makes the picture feel extremely unatural, its like it pops out of the screen. Plasma on the other hand doesn't have any problems with frame rates because it is a different technology. So you can watch sports and action without any problems at all.

The two tv's that you are looking at have a contrast ratio of 30,000 or 25,000 to 1. The Plasma Tv's from Panasonic this year are all 2, 000, 000 to 1. It makes an enormous difference.

I recommend this TV for you based on your price range. If you shop around you can find it for about $1100. It will be money well spent.
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The calibrations for both units were so close that it was frequently impossible to visually tell them apart. Except… when viewing the Sony LCD slightly off angle, or when there was dark content, or when there was significant motion in the picture.

hahaha

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A challenging test for HDTVs with Dynamic Backlights and Local Dimming is Chapter 14 of 2001: A Space Odyssey, which includes the trip through hyperspace. For portions of this chapter the Samsung unit decided that the star fields and other content were not worth seeing and just showed an entirely black screen.

what a great article...sums up so much of what i am always telling people when they ask about tvs..i am totally bookmarking that.

unless you live in a greenhouse, lcd tvs are a total waste of money...thats the bottom line..

So the best Plasma money can buy is the Panasonic TC-P50V10 at the moment?? (other than the kuro elite pro which are just insanely expensive and discontinued).

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