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Panasonic VIERA G10 Series Reviews
Panasonic VIERA G10 Series TC-P50G10 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
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If you demand the best from your viewing experience, the G10 Series of Plasma HDTVs was created just for you. They boast cinema-quality movie reproduction, clear, smooth sports and gaming action – even Web entertainment. All made possible by the Neo PDP technology, which delivers sharp, detailed images, deep blacks and remarkable brightness, and all with lower power consumption.
Finally, after a lot of reviews and investigation I decided to purchase this TV. I had been investigating some of the LED models especially the back lit ones from LG and Toshiba. The LG 47LH90 was on sale from Sears at a decent price along with its home theater but somehow it got sold out pretty quickly. Hearing that the LED tvs match the quality of plasma with lower power consumption I got attracted to them. Unfortunately, I couldnt find the backlit LEDs at a decent price and hence had to fall back to a plasma. Earlier this year I had read raving reviews of Panasonic 50PZ85U and saw that at local Costco for $1299 but it got sold before they discounted the price further. Anyway, the 50PG10 is latest version of the same model and had similar reviews from hometheatermag so I looked at that. After a lot of research, I finally pulled the trigger when Amazon offered very sweet deal during the black friday week. The TV arrived yesterday and I hooked it up with a local antenna (we dont have cable) and a PS3 that also arrived yesterday. I was worried about the brightness of the TV – if it would be good enough as the reviews in general complained about it. Fortunately, I had no issues with the brightness and it was pretty decent for the ambient lighting I had at my place. I tried netflix streaming (Pans Labyrinth) through PS3 and found that the quality was amazing – later realized that netflix uses HD when the equipment supports HD. Next I tried my favorite Gladiator DVD and Resident Evil (2nd part). Gladiator has very rich colors and the first battle scene gives a pretty good idea about the quality of the tv. Again, I was pleased with what I saw in the THX mode. The Vivid mode had better brightness but caused to wash out certain areas. Next, I reviewed the fight in the church scene from Resident Evil and capability of the tv amazed me in terms of handling the contrast. Most of the other tvs never could handle the contrast of this scene very well.
All in all, and incredible piece of equipment. Frankly, after having this in our living room, the whole family agrees that unless we absolutely MUST see a first run movie when it first comes out and cant wait for it to get to the open market, then theres absolutely no need to ever go to a theater. Its just that good.
If your worried about LCD or Plasma, stop. Either way you get a good picture on both styles of TV. Thanks to all the negative advertising by the competition (Short monitor life and screen burn in) Plasmas have a lower price, and thats good for you. From what I have read online the negatives of owning a plasma have been remedied through technology. Newer plasmas have twice the screen life and built in anti burn in screen savers for inactive TVs that are left on. I have no worries on my purchase of the Panasonic G10 50″. Great picture at about a $700 savings to a comparable LCD.
First, let me say the tv is amazing. It has to be of the best HDTV avaialable. The picture is amazing and I would absolutely purchase the tv again. The sound is ok, but I usually use a my home theater for the sound, which is a must if you are you are going to buy a Tv of this quality. The picture is best when using a blu-ray, then you really see the difference in picture from anything else. Also sports look incredible and zero blurring the motion is crisp and detailed. The Viera cast is really cool and the picture is very good, but not quite blu-ray. However, the sound is only stereo on viera cast. Also no netflix on the viera cast yet. I paid for two day shipping and Ceva (the shipping company) did not deliver on time, in fact they were a pain to deal with. I called amazon and asked where the tv was and they called ceva for me and refunded the shipping with out hestitation. The money was refunded within one day. Amazon customer service was great, but ceva was a nightmare to deal with.
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