which heavily impacted the fun of watching Asto HD Content     

Some help from some sifus perhaps? to help our fren here to choose , even if it's in the wrong section.. 

I have a PC monitor but using this Mac as a HTPC ... I guess I might need to change to LCD or LED then

My own methods are I actually run the break in slides for the 1st 20-30hrs direct. My experience with most plasmas is that the drive voltages are pretty high during the 1st 50hrs and as such, since the phosphors are still in the infancy, it helps to age evenly during that time. After the 1st 30hrs, I just vary my content. Since I like to calibrate my own displays after abt 100hrs, I use the break in slides on and off during the nights, the expedite the process. I then calibrate the display at 100hrs so that I can start using it for critical viewing. I redo the calibration after 250hrs (it differs quite a bit from the 100hr point) and again at 800hrs or so. After that, the display is pretty stable.

Does it guarantee anything? No, it just works for me. The one thing u must understand is that the 1st 200-300hrs of the plasma lifetime due to the differences in the Red, Green and Blue phosphor half life, each manufacturer does have a high drive voltage the different phosphors, so u just need to vary ur content during that time frame more so than after. However, it depends on the display. On the 8G Kuros, there is barely any image retention after 50hrs. And almost none after 300hrs or so. The 9G Kuros are pretty much similar. The Pannys are different, there is noticeable IR even at 1000hrs but it settles after that a bit. The Sammys and the LGs hv IR till longer, but its still IR. It does not amount to burn in unless u abuse ur display.

Just understand ur display.

IMHO , i think it's quite true that plasma power consumption's a lot more than L.E.D.. U can feel the heat emitting from it juz by standing right next to it, where as LED , less heat emitted. If u really like the 50V so much , buy ur wife a power saver adaptor ,hehe.. Saves up to 40% i heard after installing it.

My 2cts..

due to panasonic plasma having problem rendering 50Hz signal, why people don't simply return their HDTV and ask for their money back

No THX for asian sets but the pro modes are pretty good. Colour accuracy is the good compared to all previous gens. Only problem is 50Hz material handling. 24p is not a problem.

Hows the price of Rm4,600 for the VIERA TH-P50U20K sound?
Standard 2 year warranty

i think you're over worried 
just compare several shop in KK, then get it from the best priced that you can get.
there's no such thing 1K different lol ...

TH-P50U20K Plasma FULL HD RM 3799.00 FOC Panasonic HDMI cable. While stock lasts.

Hi, im planning to get a Pana plasma TV but don't think I can justify buying the neo-PDP v-series. What would be the next best thing? Realise that the Series name in Malaysia is somewhat different compared to US/EU & it's hard to get good reviews online.

This would be my main TV & will be hooked up to my HTPC via HDMI. Thanks.

Thanks for the clarification. Since U series is the next best thing after V series.. I assume that there's no equivalent of the G-Series here in Malaysia? That's quite unfortunate & makes it tougher for me to decide on which TV to get. 

Ok noted. Many thanks for the price range.

With regards to the quirks - anything else I should look out / worry about?
V20 - floating blacks, rising blacks, price
C6500 - buzzing sound, poor SD quality?
U20k - glare? (kinda hard to find for this one as I don't know what's the equivalent in US/EU)

Many thanks in advance.

Where can you get the U20K for 3.5K ? can get in Penang ?

I have not seen a Sammy PNC7000 plasma in action. I am made to believe that the black levels are about 0.008ft/L. That is impressive, however to get 96Hz playback from 24p sources, u need to enable cinema smooth option that brings black levels to about 0.02ft/L. With this, I think the Panny still has pretty good black levels. My only other gripe is the handling of 50Hz material and that effects us a bit.

In order of "blackest" initial black, the other 2010 plasmas in our Labs at press time included the Samsung PN50C7000 (0.017 MLL), Samsung PN50C8000 (0.019), and LG PX950 (0.030).

Ur sure with ur statement no.2? Thats what I thought when I was aiming the 50s10k.. look what happened.. it got obsolete. I would say 2 yrs down the road maybe plasma no more in production.. something more 'canggih' might come up..

Hi! Anybody know which shop still carrying TH-P42S10K (FHD)? I found all shops only sell TH-P42V20K now which is over my budget for FHD Plasma. Thanks!

You mean floating black worst on V? The main reason to get the V is probably because of the supposedly superior non-reflective screen (or is it just as reflective as the U?)

I did exactly that with the U and X and deleted off the X immediately. But short of taking a Air Asia plane, there is no V and U set for comparison in my place, hence the asking. Either asking here or buy the V sight unseen.

@ neb - agreed. here we go again. another logit85 in the making ....
Does this ring a bell?

even with absolutely no anti reflection coating, any normal light source from window or white wall typically found in home is not sufficiently strong enough to cause glaring off a tv glass screen. More of a distraction.  on the other hand a LED might be called glaring to some due to stronger light emitted. So my question of how come a 50U can possibly be more glaring than a 50V. You obviously do not understand my question to make such unfriendly remark.

first of all, thanks for the reply.

i understand that PQ is a very personal preference especially with budget constrain. and i also appreciate your comparision between plasma and LCD. but those comparison is too general considering there are a huge gap of all the spec between different plasma hdtv (ie 50V and 50U). so, my concern is more specifically on model 50U to other LCD (ie samsung or whatever). i'm looking for a tv with budget around rm4k so 50V is a bit out of my range (unless i press the panic button which i would like to avoid). i've also consider the 42V but the size does look a bit small of my liking. so, i'm looking at 50U or similar size of LCD. but would like to gather more comparison from all the sifus here.

thanks

Personally, brightness is the not my concern but the reflection are. Pretty bad IMO but then some people likes reflection because I notice Sharp LCD/LED deliberately add a layer of glass to give reflection