Hi All,

Wish to buy a 50" plasma. Wondering between these models, and whether to get Full HD or not, since the price is like 1k difference...

LG 50PJ350 (HD Ready) - 2.9k
LG 50PK550 (Full HD) - 3.9k

Panasonic TH-P50X20K (HD Ready) - 2.8k
Panasonic TH-P50U20K (Full HD) - 3.8k

I'll be watching Astro Beyond, and probably will get a HD media player.

Watching distance is around 10 feet.

Any advice please?

Thanks in advance!

This post has been edited by engleong: Nov 5 2010, 10:16 PM

Get the full HD, 50inch viewing at 10feet, you will notice different between 720 and 1080.
if viewing at 20feet, i see no different.

This post has been edited by ariff_tech: Nov 5 2010, 10:40 PM

Thanks, the viewing distance should be 12 feet, but I guess your recommendation still applies.

That question if asked 3~4 years back yes...I would agree...because the price of a FullHD 50inch was like 13K!! And there was little or no FullHD support.

Now, things are much cheaper, and there are even budget bluray player, Bluray Disc, Media players, affordable HDMI cables.

Unless you wanna use the TV for business purpose, you should get the best you can afford for your home.

for screen size 50" and above, better to get Full HD. worth the extra.

Do you think panasonic or lg is better quality?

In my opinions,panasonic and lg about same quality.
all the tv now,regardless what brand is it,all hard to last longer than 5 years

Two people already told me that if you want to watch astro byond better get LCD full HD and dont go for plasma as the latter bring no difference in viewing quality.

Oh yeah one guy was Harvey Norman sales rep and the other one was Astro Byond guy that installed my unit.

As matter of fact that freaking byond is not channelling in full HD, but 1080i only so HD ready should be sufficient for Byond.

I dont know whether these people were telling the truth or not. But i was glad to choose LCD full HD instead. So i can use it for PS3 (BluRay) in 1080p and future 3D.

full HD tv can deinterlace 1080i and gives you nice 1080p

HD READY oso ok ady...

if wanna use blu-ray player, then get FULL HD