Picking Up A Panasonic Plasma - Questions

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I had plans on doing a Samsung but I do not like their new design. Looks cheap and that god awful green/blue light is terrible. Pioneer is just too damned expensive. Their prices keep going up and honestly, technology is changing so fast, I am not going to dump that much money into a tv. Sorry.

So I am gonna go with Panasonic. I have narrowed it down to 2 models.

TH-50PZ700U

or

TH-50PZ750U

The "50U" is the "Pro" model. As far as I can tell, there is only 1 extra HDMI port (on the front) and I don't think that is very convenient for hooking up permanent connections. There is 1 extra analog audio and you can play your SD card video on the TV. There is also 2 settings that mean nothing to me but might to someone else. They are ..

Pro Setting and Studio Ref. Mode. No clue what they are.

Is the pro really worth the extra 600 bux? I am leaning towards the regular model.

What says you all?

[BLU STEAL]

panasonic makes very good plasma displays. They have very good black level and picture quality. Hometheater magazine and sound and vision rate panasonic plasmas at the top for the past three years. That was before the pioneer kuro moniters started to come out.

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Originally Posted by BLU STEAL

panasonic makes very good plasma displays. They have very good black level and picture quality. Hometheater magazine and sound and vision rate panasonic plasmas at the top for the past three years. That was before the pioneer kuro moniters started to come out.

Screw Pioneer. They may look better, but they are not worth the extra $2000.00 for it. No way in hell.

Panasonic 50" - $2100.00 and some change.
Pioneer 50" - $4100.00 and some change.

For what? Deeper blacks? Eh.. no thanks. I can see a little difference, but not enough to justify the cost. Besides, they have gone UP in price.

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Ok, now I am even more confused..

I notice this model - TH-50PZ77U

Only thing different is the speaker setup. It has 2 compared to the 700U's 4. However it is showing up on Amazon as 100 bux more than the 700U. Ugh, what's the deal with that?

[BLU STEAL]

like I said panasonic is known for great plasmas cant go wrong.

[BLU STEAL]

the 77u has a native res of 720p the 700u and 750u have a 1080 res not sure if it is p or i also the 750u has 3 component inputs and the 700u has 2

[gvortex7]

Now the real questions is: Are you sure you want to go with a plasma?





IF the answer is yes, then your only options are Pioneer (#1 in the world as far as quality is concerned) or Panasonic (#2 in the world in quality and #1 in the world as far as # of units sold). There is no third option as far as plasmas are concerned.

Now, as far as models are concerned:

The TH-50PZ77U comes very highly recommended by both professional reviewers and customers who purchased them.

Here is a link to a price comparison list:
http://www.pricerunner.com/pl/2-1005...Compare-Prices

[mike79]

Originally Posted by BLU STEAL

the 77u has a native res of 720p the 700u and 750u have a 1080 res not sure if it is p or i also the 750u has 3 component inputs and the 700u has 2

according to circuit city's website is 1080P