Finally managed to find LG 50PK550 Plasma with Croma at Greater Noida. Final prie is going to be 65K. I shall book the TV tomorrow and get the delivery on 26 May.
Hey congrats Vchounal. Great purchase decision! This model seems to be a really good one with nice reviews. Don't forget to post back with your initial experience, and pictures of the TV and menu options. Best of luck and enjoy your TV!
Hi All,
I have booked an 50PJ350R HD ready Plasma from LGs 2010 lineup. Had seen an offer from LG on Akshay Thithi @57400 got 4Gram gold from Ezone the distributor. Net cost is now @50K . But not much info on LG India Website. I did get the spec from US/UK websites. All alike 50PK550 except full HD. Does it really matter to have full HD?? During demo they played the demo BD and its was all so brilliant. PLASMA rocks. Superior than any latest LCD.
Please do advice on HD ready & Full HD.
Thanks!
Have attached comparison chart.
Hey BlackPearl,
PJ350? I thought only the PJ560 series is the lower end series, according to the LG India website. Even the PK550 is not mentioned on the website yet, but people are already buying these TVs with Croma being one of the main retailers across the country.
Anyway the PK550 is full HD and is available only in the 50 inch size. PJ350 as you said is a HD Ready model (maybe the panel resolution is 1365x768). This means the TV is still fully capable of playing SD and HD 720p material. And trust me (like most others would agree), 720p itself looks fabulous.
You really can't make out much difference between 720p and 1080p at a 42 inch size, and at the 50 inch size, you have to be less than 6 feet away from the tv to see any difference. Now I am sure, if we get a 50 inch TV, we'd sit at least 12-14 feet away (I have planned my seating position at 16-18 feet for our yet to be purchased 50 inch plasma). And at that distance, you would simply not be able to make out any difference between 720p and 1080p material.
Blu ray movies (discs), blu ray rips, etc look fabulous on a 720p panel, whether the source material is 720p or 1080p.
So don't get carried away by the Full HD mania - it's just a gimmick.
Check out this link for more info:
1080p Does Matter – Here's When (Screen Size vs. Viewing Distance vs. Resolution) | CarltonBale.com
Go ahead and pick up the LG 50PJ350 if you are happy with it. But the thing is, usually there is at least 10-20k difference between the HD ready and full HD models of the same brand, whereas here, between 50PJ350 and 50PK550, there seems to be a difference of only around 8k which is good. So the extra 8k here maybe worth it.
However SD content won't look very good on full HD panels in general, though some panels like Panasonics are good in this area.
Blasto, please give your inputs on this too.
Hope that helps!
---Venkat
