panasonic claimed that they have fixed both rising black + floating black defect in their 2011 series plasma

http://hdguru.com/panasonic-proclaims-high...lasma-tvs/4241/

I searched google using "panasonic viera servicemen menu operating hour"
lots of hits

I think this is going to be a long wait, recent tsunami in japan has caused lots of japan factories to reduce parts production

2013? the world might have ended already LOL

btw, LOL is officially a word

This post has been edited by neb: Mar 26 2011, 06:08 PM

2011 G/S/U series fullHD plasmaTV specs comparison, I know these are from UK, are we getting the same series?
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/2877...0B&p=TX-P42U30B

http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/panasonic-t...01103191061.htm

no top of the range v series for 2011 2D plasma

This post has been edited by neb: Mar 28 2011, 06:43 PM

vt20a is Oz model

I am just curious, if you import the TV from australia to malaysia, how do you claim the warranty?

media player is capable of 1080p, can connect to any HDTV just fine via HDMI cable

it also got composite video output so you can even connect it to CRT TV, the screen quality is surprisingly good

not sure if this will affect plasma prices
Associated Press

actually on the right track, plasma need gas to operate

from uk panasonic website, u30 series plasma tv do not have any anti-reflection filter

for comparison:
G30 got High Contrast Filter (AR Filter)
S30 got Mono Filter

netgear WNDA3100v2 is compatible with viera, it uses Broadcom BCM4323 chipset

Belkin F7D4101 is also using broadcom chipset


This post has been edited by neb: May 12 2011, 05:49 PM

I don't think viera TV need wps for its wifi to operate

however, viera TV seems to only accept broadcom based USB wifi dongle, panasonic should add in more drivers into viera TV firmware for other wifi chipset such as atheros and realtek

it gets hotter because it uses more power

TH-P50U20K uses 320 watt
TH-P42V20K uses 350 watt, uses more power, sure hotter, if want cooler TV get a LED backlighted LCD TV

http://panasonic.net/avc/viera/asia2010/pr...lasma_spec.html

wow almost 500 watts

but usual viewing condition should used much less power, because not all plasma cell is firing

This post has been edited by neb: May 30 2011, 02:18 PM

this is year 2010 model, it has been discontinued because 2011 model is coming, consider yourself very lucky if you could still find one selling in the shop

2011 series of plasma will not have v series, only the lower spec u30 series

if you watch white screen at 100% brightness all the time, your plasma will consume 500w