Bought this unit 1 month ago from iambloodysick. However, notice that this has been stop manufacturing now. Anyone here knew the reason behind? Anyway, so far im very satisfy with this plasma performance.

new model perhaps... Read before pana got new model lineup this march.

Replacement model coming soon...

Any information about the new model? Wonder why the 50S still retain if new model cming up to replace the "S" series

No idea yet

Why 42 replace means 50s need to replace also?

A repeated question I posted on another duplicated S series thread...Why need to replace S series when the older C & X series still selling? Unless something wrong wth the TV?

The one that I heard need rweplacement from Harvey norman, Sen Q & another panny retailer is the C series

This post has been edited by stimix: Jan 2 2010, 10:32 PM

By right it should be apply to all "S" series... not sure why only 42" impact

nope.. usually manufacturers replace the volume sellers first.. the larger units usually still the older "series", so old and new series may sell side by side depending on sizes..

Waiting for 3D-Ready Plasma...

Noticed there are a lot of Panasonic promotions over the new year - some of my friends called me to check out the Giant promotion catalog for the Panasonic 42" LCD TV for 2598 RM Citibank 12-month instalment scheme - but I guess its a marketing ploy to draw in the crowds unless they have actual units for sale - if really RM2600 then I straightaway will buy

Panasonic coming up with new PLASMA?????? is this right?

yeah my seller also tells me this.he insist me to buy lcd instead of plasma. He said dat panny want to clear the plasma stock.

he is reliable as all my electrical appliances bought from his shop.

i ask many dealer and all of them ask me to choose lcd but i still prefer to listen what LYN members said so i choosing plasma ahead of lcd...

if panny want to clear plasma stock and sell LCD only, why they go and build the largest plasma factory? duh..
http://www.v3.co.uk/vnunet/news/2172314/pa...s-world-largest
http://www.techwatch.co.uk/2009/12/30/pana...ed-for-3d-hdtv/

next time do your own research instead of listen to some salesman...

plasma or lcd? if lcd...tesco u can get 2499...saw it yesterday

Is this a 42 inch model - the TH-L42S10K going for 2499 RM at Tesco Puchong?

not puchong...tesco seremban...but sure 42..u go there and see..then let us know whether it was plasma or lcd...at tesco seremban..it is lcd..2499

very easy been confused sometime by the model number...just take note that "P" = PLasma while "L" = LCD..

wah getting cheaper liao...

I agreed wth ar188...no reason for stopping plasma..probably those retailers wanna clear LCD stocks & painted bad future of plasma....

I got diff stories about this S series...

yeah..i noticed about that... but in one of the post..someone told that L for local manufactured...P for singapore....

Yes- plasma is Sijiapor made & LCD = Malaysia
If Panny decide to stop mfg Plasma, meaning they are clsoing down Sinjiapor plant..

why malaysia not produce the plasma? btw...i've noticed that u r using x series...may i know what is avchd? because plasma can play this together with mpeg2 and jpeg...lcd no..

From where did you get that it has been stopped production?

U are asking something only the Top management of Panasonic can answer you..same like asking why Panny stop S series... Well business decision & globalisation. They decide where they wanna produce

AVCHD..from unker google:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVCHD
This post has been edited by stimix: Jan 3 2010, 11:09 AM

stimix...is the panny can play two channel at the same time? some sort like small screen for other channel?

U mean PiP? I haven't try ...Futhermore malas wnna read the manual..just wanna enjoy the big screen not interested on PiP..

Fromm all the sop i asked around... all say stop manufacturing..

almost all of them say that but never give the reason why...

If that is true, Panny should take the model off their website no?

Actually, I believe the plants are now manufacturing panels for Y2010 release now. This happens every year. CES2010 is around the corner and they will showcase their new 2010 panels, 2010 panels will normally be available in April timeframe. So manufacturing has moved to 2010 models. The S series was popular in most Asian countries as it was an affordable 1080p model. So demand was higher than expected.

Plasma technology is going nowhere. These days, LCD and LED TV is the new thing. In the long run, I'm sure Pana doesn't want to be known for old school technology. Even Pioneer stopped making Kuro series. Furthermore, I read somewhere California is making a regulation to ban certain plasma series that consume too much energy compared to energy saving LCD.

3d mvc optimized plasma?

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Added on January 3, 2010, 2:56 pmWhat so new about lcd or led backlights?
As for energy consumption, paying rm6 more a month doesnt concern me.

This post has been edited by ar188: Jan 3 2010, 02:56 PM

hmnnn another LCG & Plasam gurus saying Plasma is better in energy mgt compare to LCD...

Google up 5Lumens/Watt and 10 Lumens/Watt. This is how plasma if it survives to see that technology can reduce power consumption and make the panels brighter.

I think 2009 was the year where plasma demonstrated killer contrast ratios and lower power consumption possibilities. However, Pioneer pulled out due to not being able to compete.

LED backlit LCDs are they way for delivering better blacks as well for LCDs to battle back.

Remember NeoPDPs were only ~ 3L/Watt and the energy consumptions have already dropped.

2011, if plasma is around is when we will start seeing 5L/W tech starting to come out. Let's see.

If not, I'm sure some new technology will be out to compete.

laser rear projection TV seems pretty good.. 100inches, with 6inch depth..
with 1080Hz refresh.. extremely smooth 3D

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=n...over&id=7013471
Laser technology advocates claim the displays will:
* be half the weight and cost of plasma displays
* require around 25% of the power required by Plasma displays
* be very thin like plasma and LCD displays are today
* have a very wide colour gamut, twice that of current HDTVs.
* have a very long life
* maintain full power output for the lifespan of the laser, resulting in a picture that doesn't progressively degrade over time (which happens with technologies such as plasma, LCD and CRT)
* never suffer from screen burn-in; Burn-in is caused by uneven use of color reproduction elements across a screen's surface, but laser TVs bypass this completely

Similar to Mitsubishi's laser TV?

Anyway, got some wind to Panny's 2010 release. Better blacks compared to 2009 and some bug fixes....Not reaching Kuro blacks yet, but expected to reach in 2011...Hopefully they have a good CMS or at least their colour gamut is correct....

Just hope their prices for PDP approaches similar to US street pricing.. hehehe!

bro can u blow some of the unconfirmed wind into my private msg inbox.. i wanna buy a plasma soon ..


ps: i am mys_terios .. using my wife's pc and accidently logged in with her acc

This post has been edited by dermeze: Jan 3 2010, 08:16 PM

manyak mysterious..

Er...

I have a friend who recently (last week) came over to my place to look at my Panasonic TH-P42S10K and wanted one.

He went to our local Panashop and found out that Panasonic Malaysia had cleared all their stock and will only be getting more in Feb 2010 (Japanese company has strict "just in time" stock policy).

So, maybe more will be available in Feb 2010.

Saw one at Tesco Shah Alam - sticker price art 3299 I think

until now still

Hopefully it will release again since this TV is really vlaue for money

2010 Panasonic Viera plasmas already announced for the US market, including 3D models @ CES 2010.

http://panasonic.net/avc/viera/us2010/index.html

BTW, the P42S10K still being sold in SG. Saw it going fo S$988 at Best Denki Vivo City over the New Year weekend.

Also announced are the D2 series, LED backlit IPS panel Panasonic Viera LCD TVs!

A matter of time before our "local" range gets updated / refreshed.

it's good to see that panasonic is going towards fullHD for all it's panel (the C2 is the only one with 720p).

i hope that the C2 has a res of 1366*768 instead of 1024*768....and better/lower price than the current 2009 C model.

This post has been edited by Skylinestar: Jan 9 2010, 08:57 AM