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podrunner
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 Mar 30 2009, 05:08 PM
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Just came back from comparing plasmas from panasonic, samsing and LG. Panasonic wins hands down, with very natural color. Was using Mr & Mrs Smith as reference point. Samsung and LG both had rather unnatural brightness and "piercing" colors.
Wanted to get 42"panasonic pv80, but it's already not available from this shop, and he's the cheapest in Kuching, at RM3088. I guess I'll have to wait for the new model (42X10K) now...in two weeks.
BTW, he's selling the 50"pv80 for RM5088 (he's very likely to round up), for those interested.
This post has been edited by podrunner: Mar 30 2009, 05:13 PM
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podrunner
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Mar 31 2009, 04:45 PM
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QUOTE(ic-klass @ Mar 31 2009, 12:13 PM) he..another Plasma convertee Am blaming you...a little...  |
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podrunner
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Apr 26 2009, 03:36 PM
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QUOTE(ic-klass @ Apr 26 2009, 02:57 PM) Haha...I get what you mean about 50" now...but would have still been unwilling to fork out another 2K. By the way, am really enjoying my plasma...is it me or are the colours more vibrant? Am using just the "normal" mode, but the colours are very vivid, so have not really adjusted anything. I was watching Red Cliff II (thank god for subtitles!), and actually appreciated John Woo's movie a lot!! Thanks again! I owe you, I know, I know.  |
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podrunner
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Apr 29 2009, 10:51 PM
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QUOTE(lightning69 @ Apr 29 2009, 09:59 PM) For me I think the 42X10 is an OK tv only. Its good if you use it primarily for watching astro or dvd. But for HD content such as bluray or gaming, the 42X10's resolution is really pathetic @ 1024x768. Its not even HD ready. I mean if I want to buy a TV today, why not just go for Full HD and you don't have to upgrade anytime soon. This is just my opinion anyway. I hope I don't offend any 42X10 owner here. Peace! So how do you define "HD ready"? |
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podrunner
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Apr 30 2009, 12:38 PM
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LOL @ the "arguments"....
I have an almost 3 yr old Samsung 32" HDReady (LA32R71), and a two week old 42" X10. Both has a WDTV hooked up, so only the WD passport(s) are being "carried" around. I shouldn't have bothered with the second WDTV as I only watch the X10 now...the difference is more than obvious!! And yeah, even Astro is looking at least 10 times better!
Have a good long weekend all, enjoy your toys....to each his/her own. Peace!
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podrunner
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Apr 30 2009, 01:30 PM
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QUOTE(sephixora @ Apr 30 2009, 12:45 PM) Good day everyone well maybe a little bit out of topic (dunno which topic that cover this matter) just want to ask ur experience I've heard that for LCD TVs there's a common problem where a line will appear in the middle of the TV after approx. 1 year... is it true? Is it something to do with backlight? Coz most of the samsung products have only one year warranty. Thank you. No line anywhere on the tv screen - samsung 32" LCD, about 3 yrs old. |
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May 4 2009, 07:11 PM
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QUOTE(anfieldude @ May 4 2009, 04:26 PM) Yup, the 6000,7000 and 8000 all use edge LED, another innovation from the LCD camp. If they can fix the local dimming algorithms and reduce the blooming they have a good thing going here. Gosh, what does "blooming" mean?? |
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May 5 2009, 06:30 PM
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QUOTE(anfieldude @ May 5 2009, 08:49 AM) This is when you see a halo surrounding an image (ie, a bright image surrounded by a dark surrounding) because there are more pixels than local dimming LEDs. Backlight is necessary to make a LCD work. That's why LCDs cannot do pure black, even keeping the backlights at a minimum will emit a glow that makes blacks, very dark grey, especially when viewed in a dark room. Normally LCDs use traditional CCFL backlights. They normally reside horizontally behind the LCD panel. The LED technology utilizes LEDs as backlight. LEDs require a smaller power to drive them and thus give out a smaller glow at low light levels. Hence, when using a LED backlight, you can get better blacks. The way the LED local dimming works is that an algorithm processes the image and decides which LEDs it should totally shut off since it is supposed to be black. The problem is that there are more pixels than backlight, so depending on where the LEDs need to be switched off there might be some overlap. The areas that are supposed to be black but the LED backlight cannot be switched off will appear to be less black then the areas where the LEDs can be actually switched off. This causes the blooming. Hope I did not confuse you.  Thanks!! Ok, now I know what those grey levels are on my LCD tv. I thought my downloads were crap..hehe. No such issues with the plasma though. |
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May 14 2009, 12:55 PM
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QUOTE(phat_newbie @ May 14 2009, 11:06 AM) I also noticed that too. It's like mild flickering when the retailers were playing the demos. I'll bring my WDTV to test the unit to determine this. I tested plasmas using the WDTV as well. The sales peeps at the shop had never seen the WDTV before, and for a while, it was unclear who was selling what...LOL!.. Seriously though, I played the same movie, same few scenes to compare...I used "Mr & Mrs Smith", 1080p format. I don't play games etc, so PQ of movies my top priority. Anfield...got your travelling dates yet? |
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