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Dont buy it, Sony have announced they will not do plasmas any more, you could be stuck with something unrepairable or unseviceable. Buy a Panasonic, now their much better.
Sony seemed to struggle with Plasmas, reports were never good, so their decision is not surprising
Sony seemed to struggle with Plasmas, reports were never good, so their decision is not surprising
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Originally Posted by Pbr
Amazed no-ones mentioned NEC, they make their own screens and are rated joint top of the plasma league (with Panasonic) by most of the sites I've been on. Their latest models are rated at 60,000 hours phosphor half life.
Very true, the NEC screens seem to be very good lately
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Originally Posted by r32
Dont buy it, Sony have announced they will not do plasmas any more, you could be stuck with something unrepairable or unseviceable. Buy a Panasonic, now their much better.
Sony seemed to struggle with Plasmas, reports were never good, so their decision is not surprising
Sony seemed to struggle with Plasmas, reports were never good, so their decision is not surprising
Ultimately they found themselves in a situation where other manufacturers had plasma and LCD products on the market and so had to very quickly buy in some cheap technology for re-badging. Samsung was the original one and they were very poor, they now use LG I believe which are better but still come nowhere near the likes of Panasonic, Pioneer, NEC, Hitachi, etc.
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Originally Posted by Christ
If your thinking of buying any TV at the moment make sure its HDTV capable, as if not it will be obsolete in a years time...
Plasmas need a very good source, DVD is generally good on most half-decent sets, but Analogue is terrible, Sky a bit better (until they transmit HDTV), and free-view better still..
Pioneer are currently the best sets in all the reviews, but Id look for yourself, as Ive seen some terrible TV's which get an apparent 5 star rating..
Also many TV's share Tubes / Plasma Panels... Both Loewe and Band and Olufsen use phillips tubes, and Loewe make some of the best CRT sets available..
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Plasmas need a very good source, DVD is generally good on most half-decent sets, but Analogue is terrible, Sky a bit better (until they transmit HDTV), and free-view better still..
Pioneer are currently the best sets in all the reviews, but Id look for yourself, as Ive seen some terrible TV's which get an apparent 5 star rating..
Also many TV's share Tubes / Plasma Panels... Both Loewe and Band and Olufsen use phillips tubes, and Loewe make some of the best CRT sets available..
Chris
as DJUK points out.... Sony were never interested in Plasmas.... it was only until they realised they were behind in the times that they were too late to invest and ended up buying Samsung (IIRC) panels rebadged.....
as many others said check out www.avforums.com for more useful info
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Pete,
A range of views here for you to consider. For my part I refer you to this thread, especially where the advice on interconnects is concerned.........
http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=419129
A range of views here for you to consider. For my part I refer you to this thread, especially where the advice on interconnects is concerned.........
http://bbs.scoobynet.co.uk/showthread.php?t=419129
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Originally Posted by davegtt
Bull****, HDTV wont be out til next year on 1 OR 2 channels on Sky and it'll be ludacriously expensive
Next years 8 months away...
http://www.4rfv.co.uk/industrynews.asp?ID=39938
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lol... it was late and Id had a beer lol
well if HDTV is the norm this time next year I'll eat my hat... if that was true there would be no way none HDTV compatible plasmas would be selling at over 1k..... they'd all be reduced to clear....
lol well if HDTV is the norm this time next year I'll eat my hat... if that was true there would be no way none HDTV compatible plasmas would be selling at over 1k..... they'd all be reduced to clear....
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