Where to get 5 year warranty nowadays? Your plasma is like few years back where Panasonic still honored 5 year warranty. Now, all cut cost, warranty period also cut....haiz

Ya, the major disadvantage of Plasma are screen reflectiveness and energy consumption (need better ventilation because it can get pretty hot at the rear).

As for heavier, it's not a problem because I am not in the habit of moving my TV around everyday. Heck, I don't even move them once a year or 2 years or ......

Ultimately, for me, it boils down to what I wanted and how much I am willing to spend. I wanted best Picture Quality for movies, so it just have to be the Plasma and definitely not the LCD. Also I wanted to spend <RM4K for a 50", it again has to be a Plasma because LED will increase budget by 50%.

I bought early of this year
the warranty directly from Panasonic
try to ask from direct Panasonic dealer
if not you only can get extra warranty from insurance company
shengheng also offer 5 years warranty but it's from insurance company

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Added on December 19, 2010, 10:54 am

bro
where can get a 50inch plasma full HD less than 4k
what brand?
thank you

bro
where can get a 50inch plasma full HD less than 4k
what brand?
thank you

I got 2 LCD and one 50inch plasma in my house
for my personal opinion
if I got lots of money I will go for Led if I would like to show off to my fren that I got a ultra thin flat panel in my living hall
but I don like the picture in LED as it's too bright, the picture as if computer graphic
I feel comfortable in my theater room with the plasma tv
if you put plasma in living hall it's not that suitable as plasma tv works perfect in dim room
LCD works perfect in bright room
for gaming and movie in theater room
go for plasma
for gaming and movie in living hall
go for LCD
that's my personal opinion
finally it all depend our budget and personal preference
bear in mind that the brighter the tv goes, the shorter the life span
eventually you must look at the life span of the LCD or plasma
try to get extra warranty for the tv
my Phillis LCD got problem after 1 year
my plasma after one year still work perfect
luckily I got 3years warranty for my LCD
5 years warranty for my Panasonic 50inch plasma for just rm4750

Yap, that's the exact conclusion I came before I bought my Plasma because mine will be used 100% for movies/Astro/DVD and no gaming and I am typically free in the evening when the sun are down to watch them.

For room with lots of bright sunlight and to impress visitor, LED is definitely the better choice. So IMO, LCD is a neither here nor there choice.

u watching movies for up and down with black bar?u zoom it or with original setting?

With new Plasma until after 200 hours, I make sure there are no black bar anywhere when watching programs.

I'm still very headache of choosing TV. I more on watching movies in a dark room.

So should i choose plasma ? and budget around Rm2k. What size will i get?

y must after 200 hours

Ya, it's a headache so I am running mine 24/7 continuously non-stop for the 7 or 8 days using break in program. I even have a tiny fan blowing it for extra ventilation. I reckon, if the TV gonna breaks, may as well break within 7 days to claim for 1 to 1 replacement.

u means after 200 hrs.no risk for black bar movies?no burn in problems anymore

u means after 200 hrs.no risk for black bar movies?no burn in problems anymore

Just use the plasma normally with no black bars or static images like PC content or logos for first 150-200hrs and you will be fine with orbiter (or equivalent) turned on

I couldn't find the pixel orbiter anywhere on my Panasonic 50U. Am I missing something?

No, I believe it on by default on the panny.