Panasonic's plasma is better than their lcd..

This post has been edited by FaezFarhan: Apr 15 2009, 04:50 AM

FYI...

I got this reply from Panasonic today.

Dear Sir,


Greetings from Panasonic Malaysia!


We thank you for your enquiry. Please note the selling price for Plasma TV TH-P42X10K is RM 3,699.00 and regret to inform that we do not have information on TH-P50X10K as the model is currently not available in the Market.


In addition, please be informed that we are running a campaign called ‘Grab this super SD Link offer now for instant playback on Viera’. The selling price for Camcorder (SDR-S26K) + 4GB SD card + Viera Plasma (TH-P42X10K) + HDMI Cable is only sold at RM 3,999.00. Thus, kindly visit your nearest authorised dealers for details.

my guess is that TH-P50X10K will be selling for more than RM5000

warranty for 42x10 is 3 years, you can pay more to extend the warranty for 2 more years.

If we can get 42" at around 3k i was hoping 50" will be around 4k. 5k is out of my league. Better stick to 42x10k then hehe.

i had changed to monster s-video to watch astro, but seems like the different are not so noticeable
izzit my eye problem ? anyone want to share their setting on TH-P42X10K ?

It's not your eyes problem. That's for sure. The cable will not do instant magic on Astro's PQ. If to compare with a well built cap ayam s-video cable, I would say the difference is minimal.

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This post has been edited by kianwee: Apr 15 2009, 09:46 PM

but before that i'm not using any s video cable, i just using the normal cable..

Am I the only one that doesn't have Astro at home?

may be X10's electronics is doing such a good job of seperating video signal from composite video, so there is no benefit to gain from using Separate-Video(S-Video).

anyone kind enough to share their setting for TH-P42X10K ?

Don't worry bro, u r not alone... hehe

dont worry bro..
i also dont have Astro..

me too....super seldom watch tv....either Astro....haha....

Component output is better than s-video. But if it's Astro, then s-video is the only option.

Panasonic plasma th-p42x10k is now at RM 3529.00 with all the freebies.

Without RM 2880.00. from a shop in PJ.

You mean your own shop? Jintexelectronics? Self promote?

very attractive prices, I think this is the best offer so far!

This post has been edited by neb: Apr 16 2009, 08:38 PM

Hi folks, just wanna share my experience of the 42X10 unit which i got from htkaki last Saturday..would like to express my appreciation here to htkaki for his prompt reply even though the delivery timing got a lil hiccup..

Having tested most of the setting on Astro, DVD video, DVI to HDMI and Wii connections, unfortunately i dont own any blueray player and PS3 game console, here is my comments:

Generally, I like the natural color and contrast of the set considering being in filming industry myself, i can differentiate LCD compare to Plasma tv side by side, hence my eventual pick still go for Plasma even tho it's not a full HD set.

1. On Astro, The quality is acceptable with S-video connection, my own preference is to best view it in 4:3 mode bcoz i dont like the stretch mode in 16:9 for Astro SD broadcast signal. Noice reduction best set to <mid> for my own preference due to astro noise-full transmission.

2. On DVD video, the quality is very good compare to my previous CRT set. View best in 16:9 mode thru a component (RGB) connection. I dont have a HTMI dvd player to compare, so pls dont ask me the difference in quality compare to component. It detects the DVD as 480 or 576 depends on the source (PAL or NTSC). My choice is set it to i (interlaced) instead of p (progressive) bcoz the p tends to soften too much of the videos.

3. On DVI to HTMI, bought a converter during PC fair, tried it from my macbook pro to the tv set. It detects as 720p source, but it's switchable to 1080p. The sharpness not to say is superb due to it's a native 1024x768 resolution set but i m satisfied with the 1080p playback of some of my ahem* downloaded 480p movies. It looks much better on tv than my 17 inch macbook pro LCD screen. I can even perform my video editing on it as the bigger screen alternative in clam shell mode.

4. On Wii, it looks great even tho i m only using composite (RCA) yellow cable.

5. On SD card reader, very good picture quality for my 3 megapixels to 5 megapixels photos from my lumix FX33. Though the color saturation need to be set to much lesser than the present. 30 to 35 against 50 to get the natural colors.

For different output, the tv can perform different setting, i.e: my astro contrast setting which i set is higher (70) than in dvd (60) and all the brightness i set to between -5 to -10 (present is 0) for better black. Color for most of my setting is set to 35 to 45 (present is 50) as i dont like colors being too saturated. My preference for the best setting is found in Normal setting. Dynamic being too vivid and fake, Cinema being too dull, Game mode being slightly dimmer than Normal.

That's all for now, hope this will help in your buying decision

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Added on April 17, 2009, 12:13 amAnd abt the reflection issue, yup it's pretty annoying tho during the daytime viewing but i can bear with it like someone suggesting the curtain shield or something..

Basically a glossy screen can give u better color and contrast compare to matte screen..just think of the matte photo prints in those days compare to the glossy ones..

I personally own a matte screen laptop, and as before i purchase it, i have the option to get a glossy one but i was against the idea bcoz for me laptop is a portable item especially if i wanna do a long period editing job or presentation, the reflection will strain my eyes a lot but tv set is station at one position, so the problem is not that severe compare to laptop.

According to some experts, glossy screens are
1) cheaper to make compare to matte screen,
2) Take much less effort to give u the desire contrast and color compare to matte screens

so do expect more tv sets in future in glossy screen be it LCD or plasma, just like apple computer is opting for glossy screens now.

Just my 2 cents

This post has been edited by ogre: Apr 17 2009, 12:13 AM

who cares selfpromote or not as long as he tells us consumers where to get good price.. save us a lot of time

I think all plasma are glossy because the surface is actually a glass. There are no matte plasma, are there?