neoonwheels
Active Member
Guys,
First of all, thanks a ton to Hifivision for helping me out on selection procedure.
We really have wealth of information on all things electronics.
Yesterday, after so many confused attempts, I finally settled down on Panasonic 42X20D. I went to almost all showrooms and took demos of all type of plasmas and settled on X20.
Selection process:
1. Requirement was simple: Good picture quality with maximum panel size under 40K.
2. Had shortlisted LG PJ 350/560, X20, X10 and few Samsung things. Went trough Toshiba 40 inch LCD as well.
3. Primarily SD content on TATA Sky and in future upscaling Philips DVD player, so Full HD was out.
4. I liked the Plasma pic quality for SD anyday than any LCD and bigger is better
LG PJ560 had excellent sound quality but then its PQ was inferior to X20D (My opinion). My room size is 12 by 16 so I was ok with X20 sound and then I have 5.1 system which I can anyways plug in whenever required so was not particular about sound. LG PJ 350 was a good panel but again same as PJ 560 lacked in PQ. Samsung were good but costly and not VFM. Panasonic PQ was excellent and icing on the cake was 3 years warranty.
Now back to the TV: Yesterday at 11 I made the payment and the TV was delivered at 6 in the evening. Panasonic guys called me up about wall mounting and they will be coming today evening.
As of now, I have attached TATA sky and DVD player through its regular composite connections. There are no HDMI sources connected. In due course I will be buying Phillips DVD player 3568/94 which does the upscaling of the data to min 720P.
TATA Sky: The quality I would is all right. Not too fancy but moderate. I watch TV from 14 feet minimum and the quality at this distance is ok.
DVD player: I have a Dil Chahata Hain original DVD and this has come up really really well on the TV. The quality is awesome and crystal clear. Mind you the player connected through composite but still the quality rocks. My DVD player does not upscale and has no USB port, so I am unable to test HD or near HD content as of now.
Break in:
Well this is the area, I need your helping hand. As of now, on TATA sky I use built in Zoom (level 3) in function on the TV so as to avoid any logos on the panel. In this zoom level, no static image is visible on the panel. The only problem with this is that some part of the picture is not visible on the screen.
I have kept the TV on Normal picture mode with contrast set at 35, brightness 0 and color temp as normal. Is there anything specific I have to take care of?
I will keep on updating this thread as I keep using the TV. I am thoroughly satisfied with my selection and the TV is amazing. I have seen HD content on this in the showroom (Blu ray player) and the picture quality was just awesome. I am dying to get a new DVD player (Phillips 3658/94) soon. This is one of the best plasmas available at so low cost. I bought it at 37.5K but now think I could have bargained hard and settled it at around 36.5-37K. Money well spent I would say :clapping:
First of all, thanks a ton to Hifivision for helping me out on selection procedure.
We really have wealth of information on all things electronics.
Yesterday, after so many confused attempts, I finally settled down on Panasonic 42X20D. I went to almost all showrooms and took demos of all type of plasmas and settled on X20.
Selection process:
1. Requirement was simple: Good picture quality with maximum panel size under 40K.
2. Had shortlisted LG PJ 350/560, X20, X10 and few Samsung things. Went trough Toshiba 40 inch LCD as well.
3. Primarily SD content on TATA Sky and in future upscaling Philips DVD player, so Full HD was out.
4. I liked the Plasma pic quality for SD anyday than any LCD and bigger is better
LG PJ560 had excellent sound quality but then its PQ was inferior to X20D (My opinion). My room size is 12 by 16 so I was ok with X20 sound and then I have 5.1 system which I can anyways plug in whenever required so was not particular about sound. LG PJ 350 was a good panel but again same as PJ 560 lacked in PQ. Samsung were good but costly and not VFM. Panasonic PQ was excellent and icing on the cake was 3 years warranty.
Now back to the TV: Yesterday at 11 I made the payment and the TV was delivered at 6 in the evening. Panasonic guys called me up about wall mounting and they will be coming today evening.
As of now, I have attached TATA sky and DVD player through its regular composite connections. There are no HDMI sources connected. In due course I will be buying Phillips DVD player 3568/94 which does the upscaling of the data to min 720P.
TATA Sky: The quality I would is all right. Not too fancy but moderate. I watch TV from 14 feet minimum and the quality at this distance is ok.
DVD player: I have a Dil Chahata Hain original DVD and this has come up really really well on the TV. The quality is awesome and crystal clear. Mind you the player connected through composite but still the quality rocks. My DVD player does not upscale and has no USB port, so I am unable to test HD or near HD content as of now.
Break in:
Well this is the area, I need your helping hand. As of now, on TATA sky I use built in Zoom (level 3) in function on the TV so as to avoid any logos on the panel. In this zoom level, no static image is visible on the panel. The only problem with this is that some part of the picture is not visible on the screen.
I have kept the TV on Normal picture mode with contrast set at 35, brightness 0 and color temp as normal. Is there anything specific I have to take care of?
I will keep on updating this thread as I keep using the TV. I am thoroughly satisfied with my selection and the TV is amazing. I have seen HD content on this in the showroom (Blu ray player) and the picture quality was just awesome. I am dying to get a new DVD player (Phillips 3658/94) soon. This is one of the best plasmas available at so low cost. I bought it at 37.5K but now think I could have bargained hard and settled it at around 36.5-37K. Money well spent I would say :clapping:
