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In Reply to: Plasmas posted by RFGumby on June 18, 2003 at 12:51:53:
Hi guys-
I picked it up Friday. I went with the ED 42" Panasonic.
My wife honestly would have gone for the HD if it had been
important to me, but half again the money for the higher rez
really makes no sense. If all goes HD (again, I don't much care
about broadcast) then spending $3700 verses $5700 leaves me $2K
down the road to apply toward a newer model. A 50" doesn't even
hit my radar screen, they haven't come down enough in price yet.
This is, after all, just TV.My only real complaint is the non-ability to switch between
S-vid and composite on the 1st inputs. When you plug in the S-vid
it defaults to it, but has only one set of audio inputs. *sigh*
From an engineering standpoint, the picture is a bit soft. But color
temp and phase seem about right, and we view from about 9 feet
away, so I don't constantly look at the pixels. By the way, this
set is going back- it popped 6 pixels today. I was expecting
a pretty heavy failure rate as is the rate with all manufacturers
plasmas, but it only went 3 days. Doh! I have one on hold
to swap it with, but it is a pain in the buttocks. Hi-ho, hi-ho,
back to the store we go...Thanks again for everyones help.
Follow Ups:
Good call. It's a great plasma.Two things jumped out at me in your post, though. When you say the picture is "a bit soft," do you mean regular NTSC cable/sat channels, or even DVDs. The last thing I'd describe DVDs on the Panny is "soft." (Most of my guest's jaws hit the floor when they see a DVD on this plasma, and remark that it has a clarity they've never seen before).
Also, it's actually unusual for your plasma to have bad pixels, and you shouldn't have "expected" it in any way. Panasonic plasmas in particular have among the tightest quality control. In fact, in around two years of haunting the AVSplasma forum, I'm not sure I can recall anyone reporting a Panasonic plasma with dead pixels (whereas I've seen quite a few reports from people who have bought other brands, such as Pioneer).
Sorry to hear about the pixels. I'd also do some experimenting with connections and DVD players if I were you...the picture shouldn't really be soft.
Enjoy.
Hi Rich-
I went off on the last post with just my wife's
word. Being an engineer that has to deal with video
etc. problems all day, I should have known better. When
I got home to check it out, shure enough there was a group
of black pixels surrounding a white spot (resembling a flower).After a reboot and changing sources and cabling I got it
to only show up on the first input with DSS as a source on
either the Svid or composite inputs. The component inputs
from DVD worked correctly. After more dinking around, it stopped
completely, and has been working properly since with all sources.I haven't called to unreserve the other... I want to
wait another day to insure all is well. I had read a year or more ago
that dying pixels was a potential hazard, so I was most likely
hyper-sensitive to that information. I had also read an article
on Asian production of plasmas and the reason at that time they
were so expensive was they had about a 90% factory failure rate,
and that wasn't even including shipment damages. That equated to
big bucks to the public.The "fuzziness" was on composite ins (DSS). On a reference
NTSC Sony monitor, NTSC looks quite tight, so it's not composite
as a whole, but may be the source receiver. The S-vid looks
better. The component ins look similar to the S-vid ins. I'll
be doing a complete setup with a Tektronix reference bar generator
tonight, using a bunch of signals. I also today made up a
handful of tight spec coax high flex 75 ohm BNC terminated cables
that I have gold BNC to RCA's for. I put some of them in last night
for the component from the DVD, and they locked better and looked
better. I'll go down the AC filtering road when I get more time.
I can easily borrow conditioners from my audio rig for testing.Thansk again for everyone's help and advise,
RFG
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