1080P Plasma recommendation

Michael B. McGee

Michael B. McGee

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The time for a new TV has finally arrived. My girlfriend's 27" JVC finally passed away after a glorious 13+ years.

i've searched previous threads and didn't really find enough info. so here goes it. what are your opinions/recommendations on 1080P plasma tvs? after doing some research i'd really like a plasma over a lcd. reasons being: better blacks, contrast, saturation, and viewing angles. ideally, i'd like to use this tv for home viewing: Blu-Ray, Cable TV, DVDs and for monitoring HD footage shot from my Sony EX1 1080P camera.

let me know your experiences as well as recommendations.

thanks,
mike
 
Also, is it true you can't see the benefits of 1080P on sets smaller than 50"? Cnet.com has stated this in several articles that i've read.
 
I recently read in one of the trade publications, I forget which, that the Panasonic Professional seris of 1080p plasma's is so good they can be used for studio monitoring.

When I read that I remembered visiting an institutional studio that had recently been upgraded for HD, etc and their bank of preview and program monitors had been replaced with one giant Plasma that I beleive was Panasonic and at least 50", maybe 58".

It worked amazingly well. I don't know if it is good enough for color grading but the idea was that its pic quality and adjustments would make it excellent.
 
I bought a Hitachi 55" Plasma from R.C. Willey here in Las Vegas, NV a few years back. I also have a 47" LCD Vizzio in the other room.

The Plasma kills the LCD IMHO. Truer color, contrast, blacks etc.

Mark
 
yeah Notlad, I was just on panasonic's website looking at them. the TH-42PF11UK caught my eye. although its gonna run me about $1900.00 USA.

Learn about Panasonic's TH-42PF11UK

30,000:1 Contrast Ratio seems nice. What's up with Pixel Pitch? I'll google it, but can someone here also explain it?

The TH-42PH11UK for about $1000.00 looks interesting even though its only 720P and 15,000:1 Contrast Ratio. Industry leading 18-bit digital imaging processing must be impressive as well. I guess???

I wonder how they handle SD(480i?) Cable TV signals?
 
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