You did good. FWIW, I never "tweaked" the colors on my set and it looks awesome still after 2 years. People who come over and see it always comment on how great the picture looks. You will be amazed by how great sports look on it. Except when the Blazers lose.
Do they have an Obama program for getting LCD's? Like the cash for clunkers thing? I've got like four old TV's out in the shed......................I wonder if I could get a new LCD for those and not need any cash?
Nice buy man! Great deal. You did very well. I'm a plasma guy. They're not as sharp as LCD's but they're much richer and vibrant with natural tones. And I see you took my advice and checked at the AVS forums. Nice. Be sure to run your break in and follow the settings that the hardcore people give for their TVs. You can tweak it to your preference from there. You are gonna LOVE watching HD sports on that baby. Great time of year too. I'm not a big fan of baseball or hockey, but I love watching it on my plasma.
ABM, that is EXACTLY the TV I was looking at getting for the basement of our Denver house. My wife has banished me there for all the Blazer games, so I'm getting it sometime in the next few weeks. Let me know what you think of it.
The funny thing about the plasma versus lcd thing is that people pick the lcd in the stores because they are brighter. We have our plasma turned way down, but we keep the room pretty dark most of the time.
Ain't it the truth. I find myself watching things like golf just because the picture is so beautiful and the grass is so vibrantly green . . .
Nice purchase, HCP. That one is very similar to mine, just a little bit bigger. Mine is a 46-inch. You're going to love the picture. That 60,000-1 dynamic contrast ratio is a thing of beauty!
It has to do with the contrast between black and white, and black and other colors (I believe). Something about color separation and intensity. Now watch, someone who knows more than me is going to jump on here and correct me. The higher the contrast ratio, the better the picture. My set has a 50,000-1 dynamic contrast ratio, and it's the best picture I've ever seen. I have friends who spent a lot of money on a flat screen, but only have a 5,000-to-1, or 10,000-1 contrast ratio, which is not very good. You can see the difference.
See, that is different for me. Growing up in N.E. Portland I've always been against black and white color separation. Can't we all just get along!
Wow...I just found that exact same model number, brand new (not refurbished) for $1150 shipped. Oh well....
I just spoke with Panasonic and the tech rep told me that a "break-in period" is not necessary on their newer plasmas. In other words, plug n' play. ????
Sure did brother! I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!! I watched the Laker game last night and it looked amazing. I just watched an episode of FLASHFORWARD and it looks like I could grab the actors. Best part, It has this USB media port on the side that allows me to play MP3's, view photos and the coolest part, I can watch movies. I have hundreds of movies and TV shows for the upcoming season saved as AVI files. I dragged one to a stick, plugged it in and the remote controls it like a DVD or DVR. I didn't even know it had this option! I'm never leaving my house again!
