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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 850 Registered: Jun-05 | Stop putting money into these rear projection TV and get a Panasonic Plasma set. There are more threads on this site with problems for DLP,SXRD and LCD rear projection sets than any other subject. Look on the flat panel threads are there any Panasonic problems? NO. Get a Panasonic Plasma and cut your losses. Don't' get an LCD or an LED do your self a favor and get a Plasma. And no I don't work for any TV manufacturer |
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Gold Member Username: MagfanUSA Post Number: 2296 Registered: Oct-07 | 50" Panasonic S30 series is on order. As for my soon-to-be EX SXRD, I'm going to liberate the light engine and ship off to a rebuilder. They'll give me 75$ or so. THAN, the corpse gets hammered into a powder, boxed, and returned to Sony. |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 851 Registered: Jun-05 | Please if you are having problems with your rear projection TV stop wasting money on it and get a plasma. http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-VIERA-TC-P50X3-50-Inch-Plasma/dp/B004M8SBHK |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 857 Registered: Jun-05 | Bump |
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Gold Member Username: MagfanUSA Post Number: 2308 Registered: Oct-07 | New plasma arrived. S30 series Panasonic. Now, I gotta tell 'ya, the blacks are terrific. But I'm having trouble getting shadow detail and I can't decide if I should leave the room light compansation 'on' or 'off'........ I'm scared to turn the 'brightness' up higher than 50 or 60.....which doesn't seem to help much anyway. Any feelings on Spectracal? Know of any successful settings I could try? |
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Platinum Member Username: PlymouthCanada Post Number: 16163 Registered: Jan-08 | Casey There is so many problem with Panasonic plasma, why you promote it? |
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Gold Member Username: MagfanUSA Post Number: 2327 Registered: Oct-07 | Ok, Plym, I'll bite. What problems? How does that compare with other plasma sets? Other sets aren't faultless, you know. I haven't seen an exclusive 'panasonic sucks' thread yet.....but some manufs have 'em. Are you reff'ng the black level issue? |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 864 Registered: Jun-05 | Tom Norton a video reviewer for Home Theater Mag has a Panasonic Plasma that he has been running for over a year and reports no problems with the black levels. If there was a problem with earlier sets it has been corrected in the last two model years. |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 865 Registered: Jun-05 | I have seen some good plasma pictures from Samsung but only on there more expensive models like the PN50C7000 2010 model but it list for $2000 and I have not seen the price come down very much from there. That is another reason why I prefer Panasonic which generally sell for less. I am trying to recommend to people an alternate to dumping more money into rear projection sets that have more threads on this site reporting problems than any other product. |
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Gold Member Username: MagfanUSA Post Number: 2329 Registered: Oct-07 | including Bose! |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 872 Registered: Jun-05 | I am not trying to be mean spirited here but helpful. |
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Gold Member Username: MagfanUSA Post Number: 2349 Registered: Oct-07 | Casey, go to the audio section and browse around. The poor people with Bose have lots of problems. I won't even get into the sound wars, but just check out how many broken systems. Bose will do an exchange for many, but just try to get a schematic or some of those proprietary cables. Not mean, pretty accurate. And yes, I took your advice. My SXRD will be taken to parts and the light engine sold to a rebuilder. The set Sony sent me has been sold. The Panasonic Plasma? It makes me want to get a BR player. |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 887 Registered: Jun-05 | For all those having problems with rear projections this thread is for you. |
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Gold Member Username: MagfanUSA Post Number: 2417 Registered: Oct-07 | Costco has the 50" x3 panasonic for an UNbeatable price. Way down in the 600s....... |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 900 Registered: Jun-05 | A friend asked me today about a bulb for a 5 year old Sony LCD. I told her not to waste money on that set and to get Panasonic Plasma TC-P50X3 and she would be better off. |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 906 Registered: Jun-05 | Plasma best bang for your buck |
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Gold Member Username: MagfanUSA Post Number: 2746 Registered: Oct-07 | Well, Casey, Doesn't look like you're getting a LOT of traction. Too Bad. Sony recently had some sets CATCH FIRE. and went into denial mode again. Even Consumer Reports, which while I don't trust 'em for some things, at least can compile statistics which I'll go with. A couple of the plasmas lead the reliability parade. My ONLY glitch is that the set uses more power and while it saves on heat in the winter, dings the AirConditioning in summer. My neighbor is limping along with an early SamSung DLP and wants a new panel, but I can't talk 'em into a Plasma. |
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Silver Member Username: MccambleyBREEZY POINT, NY USA Post Number: 907 Registered: Jun-05 | If you own a big Mitsubishi I understand trying to fix it. But older smaller sets should be replaced with a plasma set. Cheaper with a better picture than LCD/LED. |