Demo of Sharp 32L465M..an eye opener....Sony, Samsung pale in front of it

[avmaxfan]

I don't understand why this thread is not locked yet. LOL.

Anyway, everyone has different taste. No single brand can be the best for everyone.

 

[royalanalog]

Not only I watched Colors HD & ESPN HD, i played by own MKV, AVI files as well.

Does this model detect and play .MP4 files from USB drives?

 

[royalanalog]

Finally Pioneer KURO's been beaten !

After years of continuous Plasma development, Panasonic has finally produced a panel that surpasses the picture quality of the legendary Pioneer Kuro. Acc to CNET, Panasonic TC-PZT60 series Plasmas yield better pic quality than Kuro.

Not surprisingly, all the top 5 performing HDTVs are Plasma and not LED. Also 4 out of the top 5 TVs are Panasonic Plasmas and the remaining one being a Samsung Plasma.

http://reviews.cnet.com/best-hdtvs/

Great job, Panasonic (& Samsung) !

 

[royalanalog]

Looks like this is the era of Panasonic and Samsung and not SONY's or LG's !

 

[Dirac]

Hmm. You are right. Panasonic is the king of plasmas and most of the top quality tvs in the world are panny plasmas.
But one cannot underestimate sony. We
don't know what would have happened, if they were into plasmas.
But I can be sure of onething. Whether they produce plasmas or leds, they cant play mkv files.

 

[avmaxfan]

Hmm. You are right. Panasonic is the king of plasmas and most of the top quality tvs in the world are panny plasmas.
But one cannot underestimate sony. We
don't know what would have happened, if they were into plasmas.
But I can be sure of onething. Whether they produce plasmas or leds, they cant play mkv files.

2013 Sony TVs play mkv hyeah:

 

[royalanalog]

Hmm. You are right. Panasonic is the king of plasmas and most of the top quality tvs in the world are panny plasmas.
But one cannot underestimate sony. We
don't know what would have happened, if they were into plasmas.
But I can be sure of onething. Whether they produce plasmas or leds, they cant play mkv files.

On a Sharp page, I don't want to start the anti-Sony talk again but as a Sony TV owner, I strongly feel other TVs have equal or better picture quality although SONY has its own strengths.

Whether Sony made PDPs or not, there are two things we can be sure about ... one that they would have never equalled KURO's quality. Two, they would have never beaten LG or Samsung in the market owing to the price factor. hyeah:
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[just4kix]

Why are you anti Sony?

 

[royalanalog]

Why are you anti Sony?

I have always quoted that other brands make equally good products. That's what I meant by 'anti Sony', sorry if I used the wrong term.

 

[shanmune]

On a Sharp page, I don't want to start the anti-Sony talk again but as a Sony TV owner, I strongly feel other TVs have equal or better picture quality although SONY has its own strengths.

Whether Sony made PDPs or not, there are two things we can be sure about ... one that they would have never equalled KURO's quality. Two, they would have never beaten LG or Samsung in the market owing to the price factor. hyeah:

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What if Sony hadn't discontinued it's popular Trinitron ? Well I am not sure if any of these flat panels would have stood before that.

 

[just4kix]

What if Sony hadn't discontinued it's popular Trinitron ? Well I am not sure if any of these flat panels would have stood before that.

They still don't.

 

[royalanalog]

What if Sony hadn't discontinued it's popular Trinitron ? Well I am not sure if any of these flat panels would have stood before that.

Reviewers never compared Kuro with Trinitron, the former was that good, I guess hyeah:

As I've already said, the final post-2000 Trinitrons weren't as good as the ones of the 80s (or early 90s). FYI, I owned both of them

 

[shanmune]

They still don't.

Reviewers never compared Kuro with Trinitron, the former was that good, I guess hyeah:

As I've already said, the final post-2000 Trinitrons weren't as good as the ones of the 80s (or early 90s). FYI, I owned both of them

Just an observation ... So as technology improved by leaps and bounds, the PQ seems to have gone down. Even in the audiophile world, there is a general opinion that the modern day audio systems (with few exceptions at very high end) are not up to the benchmark set by the ones present during 10 to 15 years back. So what is the point here - Products have turned towards some thing else rather than focusing on what their actual jobs are (SQ & PQ).
hmmm ... what to say ??? Hail the modern day consumer philosophy

 

[Dirac]

Yes. Most of the people still love their Trinitons and the PQ that crts produce.
Plasma picture is very close to that of a crt. Thats the reason many of us are emotionally attached to our plasmas

 

[royalanalog]

Plasma picture is very close to that of a crt. Thats the reason many of us are emotionally attached to our plasmas

Emotionally attached? I doubt if Plasmas sell even 1/10th as LEDs/LCDs. So where is the emotional attachment?

 

[just4kix]

Emotionally attached? I doubt if Plasmas sell even 1/10th as LEDs/LCDs. So where is the emotional attachment?

Whether plasma sells 1/10th of LCDs/LEDs or 1/100th is not the concern. The emotional attachment comes from the capability to produce best picture quality.

 

[viper08]

Plasma picture is very close to that of a crt.

Thats because both contain main component i.e: phosphorus. The difference is in technique used to brighten them.

Yes. CRTs still produce life like (pop) images due to high contrast and makes people more attached. As per 1 honest shopkeeper in business for 30 years, he doesn't enjoy any more, selling flat screens even though gets good margins as he sees lacking the punch CRTs had.

 

[royalanalog]

Thats because both contain main component i.e: phosphorus. The difference is in technique used to brighten them.

Yes unlike LCDs which use a separate CCFL/LED backlighting to illuminate the liquid crystals(chk attached image), Plasmas emit light just like CRTs do. Hence the life-like images and better color saturation.

As per 1 honest shopkeeper in business for 30 years, he doesn't enjoy any more, selling flat screens even though gets good margins as he sees lacking the punch CRTs had.

Once a Panasonic brand shop sales rep himself told me that PQ of CRTs are better than Plasmas which are better than LCDs. Interestingly that was a time when Panasonic stopped its CRT production and was selling only Plasmas (and LCDs) !

 

[royalanalog]

Just an observation ... So as technology improved by leaps and bounds, the PQ seems to have gone down. Even in the audiophile world, there is a general opinion that the modern day audio systems (with few exceptions at very high end) are not up to the benchmark set by the ones present during 10 to 15 years back. So what is the point here - Products have turned towards some thing else rather than focusing on what their actual jobs are (SQ & PQ).
hmmm ... what to say ??? Hail the modern day consumer philosophy

During the CRT era of '80s and early '90s, there was only the analog technology inside those ultra-bulky TVs. Today we have 'slimmer than ever' TVs with pure digital technology. Visible and removable individual components have been completely replaced by miniature microchips. Not only has the technology changed from CRT to LCD/PDPs but also HD is gaining ground everywhere. So there's no way to compare an analog SD-CRT with HD-LCDs/PDPs.

But I agree that the radios and TVs of '80s sounded and looked a lot more realistic and beautiful than today's complex yet powerful AV gadgets. My friend says his Nelco Blue Diamond CRT TV puts every modern TV to shame. So does my grandparents' very old 'larger than CRT' Murphy radio

 

[Dirac]

For good or bad, evolution happens and we can only be mute spectators.
The moment an analog signal like video is converted to a digital format using an analog to digital converer data is invariably lost.
Now discrete pieces have to be converted to frames and displayed.
Poor flat panels! They have to smoothen the inter frame gaps and should also adjust to dynamic changes in frames. They should also make it look natural.

See the plight of the fixed pixel displays! !!