NEWS: Panasonic's three new Freesat plasmas

Tags: hd broadcast, plasma, panasonic, home cinema, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 14 May 2008
We brought you news of Panasonic's plasma TVs complete with Freesat tuners way back in February, along with all the latest news from the AV company's HD Networking seminar. We can now give you a little more information on these exciting sets. The TH-42PZ81 and TH-46...

Panasonic Viera TX-32LZD85

Tags: plasma, panasonic, hdtv, 1080, Tagged: 01 July 2008
For a company that loves its plasma screens, Panasonic doesn't cut corners on its LCDs either. Even at 32 inches, the Panasonic Viera TX-32LZD85 sports a 1080p resolution, and combined with its picture processing engine, produces natural colours and impressive black levels

Pioneer or Panasonic

Tags: plasma, pioneer, panasonic, 720, 1080, Tagged: 01 June 2008
At last i seemed to have narrowed it down to 2 choices, for now any way. For me its either the: **Pioneer PDP4280XD 42" HD Ready Digital Plasma TV** *Panasonic TH42PZ85B 42" HD Ready 1080p digital Plasma TV* This is were i hit problems and need help. From various threads the...

Philips 50MF231D 50 inch 720p Plasma HDTV - Refurbished

Tags: plasma, philips, hdtv, 720, Tagged: 05 June 2008

The Magnavox 50MF231D 16:9 50" HD PLASMA TV from Philips will be the cornerst...
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3-D Ready or Not, Here They Come

Tags: plasma, hdtv, 720, 3d tech, Tagged: 14 May 2008
We’ve all heard of cable ready televisions and HD ready flat-panels but get ready to be assaulted err marketed with the term “3-D ready”. With Samsungs recent launch of their Series 4-450 3-D ready plasma television touted as the world’s first “3-D Ready Plasma HDTV”, you can bet...

Decisions Decisions

Tags: plasma, digital media, Tagged: 13 May 2008
Hi guys Looking to purchase a Plasma screen and after weeks for reading feel like my heads gonna explode. Anyway - Viewing Distance will be 7-11 Feet Will be connected to Upscaling DVD Player, V+ and in a few months PS3. We watch a lot of SD stuff, divx tv shows and some HD C...

Pioneer Continues to Surpass Black Level Performance with New Line of 2008 KURO Televisions

Tags: plasma, pioneer, hdtv, Tagged: 09 May 2008
Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc. today announces a new line of KURO plasma displays featuring black levels five times deeper than the previous award-winning KURO. Widely recognized for its commitment to...

Panasonic TH42PA20 available?

Tags: plasma, panasonic, Tagged: 01 July 2008
I know I am not suppost to sell items on here, but since upgrarding my main TV Plasma Screen to the Panasonic TH50PZ800, I will now have a Panasonic TH42PA20 up for grabs. It cost my roughly 4K about three and a half years ago, but it has had very little use as I upgraded this...

New Panasonic Plasma acrid smell, normal?

Tags: plasma, panasonic, Tagged: 01 July 2008
I have a new th37px80 plasma tv, about 4 weeks old, watch about an hour a day on average but have watched up to 6 hours in a day a couple of times. The picture quality seems fantastic. But, I notice that when it is on there is an acrid electrical smell in the room. My wife say...

Panasonic Viera TH-46PZ85

Tags: plasma, panasonic, Tagged: 01 July 2008
The Panasonic Viera TH-46PZ85 is another fantastic plasma TV from the company. It excels at high-definition playback, even with upscaled DVDs and gaming material, and has plenty of good features. The sound quality is also fantastic, producing both big bass and crystal clear dialo...

When are LCDs better than plasma screens?

Tags: plasma, Tagged: 01 July 2008
I'm asking this because I'm going to buy a TV very soon (and have been going to for ages) and was pretty much settled on either the *sony 40D3500 or 40V3000*, but with the *pana 42px80 *available at the same price I'm trying to suitably justify it again. My main use for the TV...

THX to sell Optimizer calibration disc on Blu-ray

Tags: blu-ray, plasma, Tagged: 20 May 2008
Coming to Blu-ray: THX Optimizer (Credit: CNET Asia)I just spoke with a few of the people from THX involved in the development of the specification for the firm's new Display Certification, featured on the Panasonic TH-PZ800U and LG PG60 series plasma TVs, and when I asked them...

Big fan of all things Panasonic - BUT!

Tags: plasma, panasonic, home cinema, Tagged: 01 June 2008
As title says - I'm a big fan of Panasonic products especially their Plasma TVs having owned two already. However, I'm not enamoured with the latest generation of panels from an aesthetic point of view. What I'm referring to is the heavy bezel which I assume is due to the speak...

Best scaler: Optoma HD3000 or Pioneer Kuro builtin?

Tags: plasma, pioneer, optoma, Tagged: 04 June 2008
Has anyone done a detailed comparison between the built-in scaler on the latest Pioneer 8G/9G Kuro plasma screens and an Optoma HD3000? I have the latter but am undecided to keep using it with a new LX6090 which I expect in a couple of weeks. Which would gibe the best results? My...

Pioneer confirms agreement with Matsushita on PDP business

Tags: plasma, pioneer, panasonic, Tagged: 12 May 2008
After informing us a few weeks ago that it was seeking a production partner for its plasma TV business, Pioneer has today confirmed that it's reached what it calls a 'basic agreement' with Matsushita (best known for its Panasonic products). The key part of the agreement reads lik...

Pioneer announces plasma deal with Panasonic

Tags: plasma, pioneer, panasonic, Tagged: 10 May 2008
Pioneer has announced that it will be buying its plasma display panels from Matsushita, parent company of Panasonic, in a deal that will see new TVs appear in 2009

Pioneer KURO and friends hands-on

Tags: plasma, pioneer, Tagged: 20 May 2008
Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment We got to plant our eyeballs on Pioneer's second-gen KURO plasma display (bottom center), along with all that other new gear Pioneer released today. While all by its lonesome the new flagship display is no doubt impressive, when sta...