Plasma or LED?

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  • FTGV
    FTGV Posts: 3,650
    edited February 2013
    FittyFieFo wrote: »
    What is the "Infinite Black Panel w/ Louver Filter"
    Marketing buzz words for their mid level panel.
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  • mu1166
    mu1166 Posts: 172
    edited February 2013
    FittyFieFo wrote: »
    Don't mean to hijack this thread, but can someone link me a "great" Panasonic Plasma (3D) 60" TV? It doesn't need to have the SMART features as I plan on getting an OPPO-103. Don't need the finest technology, but something that is reliable and GREAT picture quality.

    Looking for something under $1,700? (Not sure if that's doable)

    I ordered my 60" GT50 for $1799 right before Christmas. Not much out of your range (price has since gone up some). It is one of my best investments so far.
    AVR: Pioneer Elite SC-67
    Mains: Polk LSiM707
    Center: Polk LSiM706c
    Rear: Polk LSiM702F/X
    Sub: SVS PC12 Ultra
    TV: Panasonic VIERA TC-P60GT50
    DVD: Xbox 360
    NMT: Popcorn Hour C-200
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  • iskandam
    iskandam Posts: 704
    edited February 2013
    Picked up a 65VT50 3 weeks ago. Love the single sheet of glass design. Looks really slick :) Did the 150+ hrs of break in with color slides and calibrated using D-Nice's settings.

    This was my first plasma. I've had 2 LCDs prior. I can't believe how natural, smooth, and realistic the colors are compared to LCDs. In a completely dark room, blurays look absolutely stunning.

    I have three windows surrounding the plasma so I was worried that the room would be too bright for the plasma during the day, but it's not bad at all and completely watchable.
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited February 2013
    falconcry72 wrote: »
    http://www.eastcoasttvs.com/Panasonic-Plasma-HDTV-p/tcp55vt50.htm

    Panasonic 55" VT50 for 1550(ish). I just ordered one, who's next?

    The price fluctuates often.

    Ordered Saturday, received today. Pretty quick, especially considering Monday was a holiday.

    Wow.

    This is the best screen I've owned. It was between the 55" VT50 and the 60"GT50. For a while, those sets cost about the same (1800ish) so I thought I'd go with the bigger one, but now that you can get a 55" VT for 1500ish, I went that way instead to save 300 bucks and get a few extra features.

    I'm running D'nice's Panel Prep Slides now. (I put in his settings straight outta the box just to check it out real quick, and it was a huge improvement over the stock settings already, so things should just get better after 100 hours of panel prep.

    The "vieratools" features on this set are real nice and easy to use, plus super quick.

    I'm impressed.


    edit: looks like the set is down to 1515 now.
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

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  • FittyFieFo
    FittyFieFo Posts: 482
    edited February 2013
    Awesome! I'm going to research into these models and hopefully make a decision within a couple of weeks. I'm lost, what are d'nice's settings? Or panel prep slides?
    Samsung LN52A850 (52" 1080P LCD TV) | RTi A9's (Fronts) | Csi A6(Center) | FXi A6 (Rear Surrounds) | SVS PB12-NSD (Sub) | Oppo BDP-103 | Panamax M5300-PM

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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited February 2013
    FittyFieFo wrote: »
    Awesome! I'm going to research into these models and hopefully make a decision within a couple of weeks. I'm lost, what are d'nice's settings? Or panel prep slides?

    d'nice is the username of a pro user of video forums who offers recommended calibration settings for panny plasmas. Prep slides, or break-in images, are images meant to age pixels evenly during your panels first 100 hours or so, so that you get optimum performance.
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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  • oleon621
    oleon621 Posts: 178
    edited February 2013
    This almost seems to have turned into a panny discussion. On that note, does anyone know where I can get replacement 3d glasses? Or a cheap place to purchase them?

    Thanks
    Front- RTI A7,(powered by ADCOM GFA 5500)
    Center- CSI5,
    Surrounds- RTI 6 and Rear Surrounds- TS 15.
    TV-Panasonic P55ST50
    SUB-SVS PB10-NSD and PSW505
    Receiver- Yamaha Aventage RX-A2000
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  • mu1166
    mu1166 Posts: 172
    edited February 2013
    falconcry72 wrote: »
    d'nice is the username of a pro user of video forums who offers recommended calibration settings for panny plasmas. Prep slides, or break-in images, are images meant to age pixels evenly during your panels first 100 hours or so, so that you get optimum performance.

    If you run his slides and use his settings, I think that the picture looks excellent. Not sure how much better it could be.
    AVR: Pioneer Elite SC-67
    Mains: Polk LSiM707
    Center: Polk LSiM706c
    Rear: Polk LSiM702F/X
    Sub: SVS PC12 Ultra
    TV: Panasonic VIERA TC-P60GT50
    DVD: Xbox 360
    NMT: Popcorn Hour C-200
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited February 2013
    mu1166 wrote: »
    If you run his slides and use his settings, I think that the picture looks excellent. Not sure how much better it could be.

    Seriously. I was blown away. I am not going to touch any of his color or gamma settings, as I would need serious calibration equipment to get any better. The only tweaks I'm making are to brightness and contrast... just to fit my room.

    Slides are running at home as we speak. :biggrin:
    2-Channel: PC > Schiit Eitr > Audio Research DAC-8 > Audio Research LS-26 > Pass Labs X-250.5 > Magnepan 3.7's

    Living Room: PC > Marantz AV-7703 > Emotiva XPA-5 > Sonus Faber Liuto Towers, Sonus Faber Liuto Center, Sonus Faber Liuto Bookshelves > Dual SVS PC12-Pluses

    Office: Phone/Tablet > AudioEngine B1 > McIntosh D100 > Bryston 4B-ST > Polk Audio LSiM-703's
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