I also have decided on the 50" V to tide me over for a year or so till I have enough for something better!

Any suggestions where to get it?

I doubt it I'll check our HN in the curve on the weekend or something.

No, I mean check the plasma to purchase I was there the last time but I didn't see the V series.

Seems the 50" V series are in limited supply, have to wait 2 weeks for mine to arrive. Dang!

Yeah, let's hope so. The line down the middle you were talking about the other day sounds pretty horrific. Will they replace the set you think?

As long as it works well, shouldn't be a problem I hope

What's the price?

Why don't you ask Kevin instead of here in this thread?

How is that possible?

hmmmm, nice one

This post has been edited by refnulf: Aug 23 2010, 10:30 PM

All I can say is that I'm loving the 50V20K. I'm still running it on low contrast/brightness for the first 200 hours or so but the picture quality is still pretty amazing on those settings. Glad I went with the plasma.

Oh, that's for the initial 200+ hours or so. This is to avoid permanent plasma burn in.

So far, I've dropped the contrast below 50, the brightness I've dropped it -10, and the color as well is below 50.

I suppose the other more experienced users here can give you advice on the appropriate settings for the first 200 hours or so.

This post has been edited by refnulf: Aug 30 2010, 01:52 PM

Wasn't aware it was 15k, the 63" samsung.

Simple really, if I had the money. VT for sure, or at least the next version of it.

I get a second of snowy background.

After the initial burn in period, gaming shouldn't be a problem on a plasma. Perhaps you need to do more research on this before deciding on a LCD.

That's right,

Press the 2nd button on 6. It's not volume, it's channel changer.

Press and hold on the - button, then press RECALL on the remote 3 times exactly. Service menu will appears. Then follow the rest of the steps someone mentioned earlier in the thread. To exit, just switch the television off and on again.


It's not the actual volume button:-

# Hold down the {-} button ON THE PLASMA TV itself. Not Remote
# Press the {RECALL} button on the remote control 3 times
# The Service Menu will be displayed.

# Use the {2} buttons to select "SRV-TOOL"
and press the {OK} button to access it.

# HIGHLIGHT the box on the right side of the last option: (Navigate by using the arrow buttons on the remote)
_______________________________________

PTCT :00.00.00.00.00

HIGHLIGHT HERE

# Then press and hold the {MUTE} button on the remote for 3 seconds.

TIME = Hours and Minutes of Operation.
COUNT = Times the Plasma was Powered On.

# To exit, press & hold the {POWER} button ON THE TV for few seconds.

I'm at 143 hours and retention happens pretty often. I don't watch Astro, mostly just blu-ray disc so you can see the retention even if you leave the movie on its blu-ray menu for a while. But it never stays, I mostly run titles without the black bars, but I do watch a couple with it.

Hopefully after 250 it doesn't have much retention. I notice that I can see boxes during the green movie previews (the ones with the MPAA warning) No idea why. I don't see anything when there's the blue PG warning.

Weird.

Do you mean they've giving the 3 years extension free? Because if not, any shop selling the tv offers the 3 years for a price (they'll register it for you).

True, what's the price of the tv?