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Panasonic TC P46G15 46 plasma TV widescreen 1080p FullHD HDTV

Enjoy the Internet contents right on your TV Panasonic TC-P46G15. With VIERA CAST technology, you can enjoy online content such as videos, photos, weather and stock information through an easy-to-use web interface that’s built into the TV. No extra equipment required.Panasonic TC-P46G15 features THX certified display. THX reproduces movie images exactly as the movie’s creators intended them. In the early 1980’s, Lucasfilm, established the THX Standard to stipulate the audio and video quality criteria for cinema environments. The overall aim was to improve the experience of cinema-goers and faithfully recreate the audio and visual ambience that film makers intended. VIERA meets the high standards set by the THX Certified Display Program.This design embodies the concept: the blending of images and sounds. This smart VIERA form gives a nod to classic design schemes while bringing fresh styling to the large flat-screen TV.Panasonic TC-P46G15 features 600Hz sub-field drive. 600Hz technology lets you view superb full-HD motion and still images with 1,080 lines of resolution. For even greater clarity with motion images, Panasonic uses its own unique image-analysis technology. This technology converts the motion in each scene into data. And each frame is practically displayed for a shorter length of time than in previous systems, to reduce aftereffects.

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Panasonic TC P50V10 50 plasma TV widescreen 1080p FullHD HDTV

The V10 Series Plasma takes advantage of newly-developed NeoPDP technology, featuring a sleek thin profile and superb levels of brightness and contrast for industry-leading image quality. Designed for the discerning home viewer, the V10 Series meets the strict image quality and engineering standards required to receive the prestigious THX certification, and reproduces the maximum 1080 lines of moving image resolution with accurate color and luminance levels.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Outstanding TV
Before making my purchase I had narrowed down my choices to the Sony 52XBR9 LCD, the Samsung LN52B750 LCD, the Samsung PN50B860 plasma, and the Panasonic TC-P50V10 plasma. All had a superior picture, but I chose the Panasonic because:

1. The Sony & the Samsung LCDs’ both had viewing angle issues. The pictures were superb from head-on, but definitely deteriorated as you moved to the side. The Sony was worse than the Samsung in this respect.

2. The LCDs’ both had some motion artifact to my eye even with 240 Hz. The 240 Hz feature is after all an attempt to catch up to the plasmas, which have no motion problem at all.

3. Several online owner reviews on the Samsung plasma mentioned problems with buzzing and problems with Samsung’s customer service. Also, several reviewers complained of the Samsung sound quality. There were no similar complaints with Panasonic. This steered me away from the Samsung plasma.

4. [..] and [...] both rated the Panasonic #1.

Now that I have the TV in my home, I can say that I am completely blown away by the picture quality. It is stunning. The sound is more than adequate. The TV itself looks great. You can see some reflection from the glass screen from certain angles, but only if you’re looking for it. Panasonic’s anti-glare screen seems to work fine. There is no motion artifact even with fast-moving sports like baseball and tennis. If you watch from an angle, there is no deterioration in the picture. I might mention that I put the TV on a BDI #9634 table, and the two look great together. I did a lot of shopping for tables too, and I thought the BDI tables were the best-looking and the best quality.

4 Stars Great TV
After almost a year of indecision I finally pulled the trigger and bought the 50 inch panasonic V10. Purchased online from 6th Ave Electronics. UPS killed the first one sent to me. Never even made it to the house, just a tracking message saying it was damaged in transit and could not be delivered.A replacement was shipped out the following week without problems.(Didn’t use UPS this time) After about a month of use I feel the picture is great. Football in HD is truly fantastic. The sound is only so-so. But as most have said if you spend this kind of money on a HDTV you will surely have a being audio system to go with it. My only complaint is the reflections on the screen. I use the TV in a darkened basement but with any lights on at all the reflections are noticeable with a dark background scene. For me this is a minor annoyance but in a room with large windows or natural light I think it would prove bothersome. I would recommend this TV to anyone who wants the best they can get for the money. Just be sure you have the right viewing area for the set.

5 Stars Excellent
I have been looking around for a tv for a long time and googled best tv. This brought me to Cnet’s review of tv’s where this tv was an editors choice. I will be honest with you, I would have been happy and impressed with pretty much any of the sony’s or samsungs as well, but I am very happy with this tv for the last 2 months. The picture quality, as expected, is phenomenal.

I live in a one bedroom apt and the tv and its sound is perfect for the living room despite some people worrying about it. I tried listening for the fans, I couldnt hear them. The ability to purchase amazon dvd’s and bluerays online from the tv and access to youtube is cool although I use the latter rarely.

I also just bought a ps3 slim and you can control it using this tv’s controller using the viera link button and allowing for the link in the slim. That for me is probably the best thing about either the slim or this tv…not having to worry about that awful ps3 remote. I bought from wholesale av and they were good without any complaints, but any of the online sites are probably comprable. I wouldnt buy from best buy or any bricks and mortar store as you pay so much for nothing extra.

I was worried about spending [...] bucks on this but I am glad I did. I am not a tech junkie so I will likely have this for another 5 years or so and right now I am very happy with that. My only worry is that my electricity bill went from [...] dollars a month to [...]. Small price to pay for this excellent tv.

5 Stars TC-P50V10
The set is awesome. Plenty of picture adjustments so everyone should be able to find or create a picture they like. HD at its finest and a picture that will wow you. The THX mode is nice for movies but I do find it a little on the Green side. Looking into calibration settings on CNET and AV forums to see what can be done to adjust. The picture in game mode, custom mode and vivid mode brighten the colors on the screen if you are looking for a brighter look where THX mode and studio ref maode tend to tone the brightness down. It’s all a matter of eye taste for which setting you like best. As I said there are enough picture settings here to make just about everyone happy.

5 Stars Why purchase an LCD?
The quality of picture, smooth motion without artifact, deepest blacks, and complete picture customization features makes me wonder why anyone would want to spend at least $500 more for an LED LCD TV to even come close to this plasma. Concerns about glare and reflections that have plagued previous plasmas are not evident with this model. This has to be the best plasma out there today and possibly the best value on the market for a HDTV.

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Panasonic TC P65V10 65 plasma TV widescreen 1080p FullHD HDTV

VIERA’s wide color gamut covers 120% of the HDTV color standard. This approaches the level of colors in cinemas and produces images with extremely rich colors.Enjoy the Internet contents right on your TV. With VIERA CAST technology, you can enjoy online content such as videos, photos, weather and stock information through an easy-to-use Web interface that’s built into the TV. No extra equipment required.This advanced filter keeps images sharp, with minimal glare. While dramatically reducing reflections from external light, it helps to produce clear images. This filter creates pure, crisp images in a wide range of colors.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Fantastic Picture Quality
This is a wonderful TV. I used to have a 65″ LCD (LC-65D93U) for the past two years and 10 days ago I upgraded to TC-P65V10. I used a set of break-in slides for 180 hours (to age the color phosphors and get it ready for professional calibration). Finally, it was calibrated today and WOW!!!! The picture quality is unbelievable. Maybe the best A/V purchase I’ve ever made.

5 Stars Amazing Combination: Size, Cost, Picture Quality
Pros: 65″ is a great size for my living room, and the picture quality allows you to feel that you’re there. A seated newscaster looks the same size as if they were on the other side of a window. The custom pro pic adjustments make any source look great!

Cons: As with all plasmas, the light reflection can be annoying. It is certainly watchable in the daytime with the shades open, but a bit distracting. The THX mode default is “HD Size 2″ 100% scan, which introduces some edge noise with some sources (cable)

Summary: I’ve been waiting for months for the 65 inch V10 to become available. Almost pre-ordered it online several times, but was leary of ordering before it was in stock. Happened into Best Buy on Fri Aug 21 and saw the 58″ on display. Asked about the 65″ and found out the store had just received one that day and intended to set it up for display the next day. After a short negotiation I had secured this first set for $3899 ($100 off MSRP) and had it delivered free on the following Tuesday. First thing I did after setting it up was to switch the picture setting from Vivid to THX and the picture was amazing. Flipped through a few channels and watched some dark scenes from shows on my DVR that I had been saving just for this purpose. The clarity in low light scenes better than I had imagined. I have played with the custom pro picture settings some, but haven’t spent enough time to get it looking better than THX yet. I have enjoyed the Viera Cast features, especially the weather and YouTube. I was watching a movie on cable and started wondering what other movies had the same director. I paused the show, switched to YouTube and looked up the director’s name and watched a few clips of him taling about the movie I was watching and a few others he had directed, then went back and watched the rest of the movie. It was nice to be able to do this without having to pull out my laptop. I was also impressed with the picture quality from YouTube, even when I put it on full screen (I don’t think most YT videos are prepared to be displayed at 65″, but it still looked pretty clear!) I haven’t rented a movie from the Amazon download service yet, but I’ll have to try it. I can’t believe that the picture will equal BluRay though- which reminds me… For some reason it was nearly three days of watching this set before I remembered that I hadn’t see a BluRay disk on it. I had been too caught up playing with the settings and Viera Cast and setting up my Harmony report (which is a little tricky to get set up for Viera Cast because I wanted the direction pad to control the DRV when watching cable and to control the TV when using VC, but I figured it out.) Anyway, I finally got around to putting in a BluRay disc and the picture went to a whole other level – like nothing I’d seen before. Going back to Comcast compressed 1080i HD signal after BluRay was like looking through a mist. Now I can’t rent BR movies fast enough. I almost want to stop watching my favorite shows on TV and wait for the season to come out on BluRay.

Well, if you’re still reading- I love this TV -I want to stop writing now, go close the shades and start watching.

5 Stars Great TV
Have only had the TV for two weeks. The picture is wonderful right out of the box. You will need to lower the factory settings and go through a few hundred hour break-in period to allow the panel to settle in before displaying the truly brilliant video. Still waiting to determine if ISF calibration will make the display better but it looks really good as is. Have over one hundred hours to date.

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