Costco's AKAI Plasma TV

Hector Monte
Hector Monte Posts: 25
edited April 2003 in Electronics
Anyone owns this? Any feedback before I get one? Thanks in advance you guys....
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2003
    Is it this one?

    http://www.home-entertainment.co.uk/archive/reviews/81_printrev.html
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2003
    No offense, I thought it looked terrible for a plasma TV.
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2003
    Originally posted by Shizelbs
    No offense, I thought it looked terrible for a plasma TV.

    And thats without it sitting next to another, better looking one. I though it looked lousy all on its own.
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2003
    If the TV is the same one in that link above, the review isn't the best, but take that simply as 1 perspective. Maybe its kick ****, I don't know, never had a personal encounter.
    CTC BBQ Amplifier, Sonic Frontiers Line3 Pre-Amplifier and Wadia 581 SACD player. Speakers? Always changing but for now, Mission Argonauts I picked up for $50 bucks, mint.
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  • Hector Monte
    Hector Monte Posts: 25
    edited April 2003
    I CARE MORE ABOUT ITS PERFORMANCE.
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  • ChrisDurano
    ChrisDurano Posts: 372
    edited April 2003
    Is this what your talking about?

    Akai 42" 16:9 Plasma EDTV

    If it is, I don't think its HD. Its native resolution is 852 x 480. I'm sure its great for DVD's, however.

    If I were you I'd check out this:

    RCA Scenium 50" LCOS


    This is a sweet integrated HDTV for only $3599. And it will keep its brightness a lot longer than that plasma. LCOS and integrated is going to be quite common in the near future.
    :)
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  • dorokusai
    dorokusai Posts: 25,577
    edited April 2003
    Hector - I also could care less about looks, but you asked a question.....we are trying to provide an answer. Is that the TV in question?

    Shizelbs/ Chris and myself have tried to find out, and still no answer. If it looks good to you, and does what you want it to do, then buy that damn thing. I believe **** was refering to the picture quality, not looks.

    Good luck in your Costco adventure.
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  • Hector Monte
    Hector Monte Posts: 25
    edited April 2003
    I did not know that it is only EDTV. I am looking forward to get a "plasma" instead of HDTV. 50" is too big for my space. I can wait for another year for a good one. (probably Panasonic or Fujitsu.)
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  • Shizelbs
    Shizelbs Posts: 7,433
    edited April 2003
    I was refering to the image quality.
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  • goingganzo
    goingganzo Posts: 2,793
    edited April 2003
    a rptv is higher qulaity than a plasma the olny benefit to a plasma is it is so thin. if you are going for the look get the plasma but if you want the pic quality get eather a tube or a front/rear projector.
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  • Hector Monte
    Hector Monte Posts: 25
    edited April 2003
    I saw a 42" plasma (Fujitsu) at Goodguys for $5000(reg. priced $6000) and pls correct me if I'm wrong about it--- It is the best TV for its size that I have ever seen as far as looks and picture quality.
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  • PETERNG
    PETERNG Posts: 918
    edited April 2003
    My question to you is: do you have any AKAI authorized sevice centers when you need repair or services? For the plasma TV type, I think you have no choice but buying the replacement warranty as well when you purchase the TV, may be none of the service center out there will accept service for plasma TV. When I mention replacement warranty, I means replace not repair.
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  • eulogyt00l
    eulogyt00l Posts: 45
    edited April 2003
    I bought a Sampo/Gateway plasma for under $3,000 and it looked pretty good. I did end up getting rid of it and losing about $1,000 on it because I was watching a game on ESPN for about an hour or less and it left the ESPN logo burnt into the screen permanently. Just thought I'd mention that in case you didn't know, because I didn't when I bought it and I lost alot of money.
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  • polkatese
    polkatese Posts: 6,767
    edited April 2003
    that's why I strongly believe that if you are in the market for TV today, stretch your budget to get DLP, the only screen technology that is immune to this image burn-in problem..
    I am sorry, I have no opinion on the matter. I am sure you do. So, don't mind me, I just want to talk audio and pie.
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  • eulogyt00l
    eulogyt00l Posts: 45
    edited April 2003
    I ended up getting a 60" Zenith LCD Tv (D60WLCD) which is also immune to burn in and I love it.
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