Panasonic TH-50PHD8UK 50-Inch Plasma HDTV
Sunday, October 4th, 2009 at
11:47 pm
- PC and Mac compatible
- 1366 x 768 (Native) Resolution
- 3000 to 1 Contrast Ratio
- ?Analog VGA 15 pin D-Sub Digital DVI D , Component, Composite, S-Video
Product DescriptionAt business meetings, presentations and other situations calling for powerful visual impact, you can count on this 50-inch high-definition plasma display. An optional touch panel adds sophistication and ease. The system can be upgraded to display handwritten notes for even greater persuasive power. Amazon. com Product DescriptionThis 16:9 widescreen plasma set a bright display that will look good in any room, on any wall or on any surface. It comes standard. . . More >>
Panasonic TH-50PHD8UK 50-Inch Plasma HDTV
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I work in Visual Effects at a top shop. We have ten “Flame” compositing systems, and we use this screen in every suite. The reason? They are THE BEST. Period. End of story. I am in teh Motion Picture Academy (the “Oscars” folks) and so I get movies from the studios to watch before I vote. This means I need what I call a “critical viewing” setup at home. When the time came two years ago for us to go big and flat at home, the coice of a screen was a no-brainer. Not only did our Vid Techs choose this after extensive research, but Consumer Reports chose it as the top pic for three years now. It is great. I do suggest you tape over the Panasonic logo with black tape to reduce visual distraction.
Here’s the BEST thing about this screen. It is a MONITOR, meaning it has no video tuner or audion amplifier. Most folks feed their TV from a cable or satellite box, so a tuner is unneccessary. They also often use a home theater audio amp, so the speakers and audio amp in most plasmas (and other types of screens) is a waste. That means you will eb spending around $1. 000 for stuff YOU WILL NEVER USE! Get a MONITOR, not a television. Besides the already mentioned quality, and ruggedness, you will save enough to upgrade the rest of the system. . . While you’re at it, check out the OPPO brand DVD players. They embarrass players costing 5 times as much and up-res to HiDef BEAUTIFULLY!!! (for about $150!)
Hope you like the screen. We do!
Rating: 5 / 5
I purchased this model based on the other reviews and haven’t regreted my decision at all. The monitor works perfectly adjusting the picture when the HD locals drop out of the HD format, sports have regained my interest, although now I can see the replays and judge how accurate the NFL refs have
the call (they have a lot of improvement ahead). For anyone buying a HD TV check out the internet sites as to what to expect from content providers (DBS talk is good for sat. ) and for me the best HD is being provided by Dicovery HD channel, simply stunning. .
Rating: 5 / 5
I’m incredibly pleased with the purchase. The only thing I wasn’t really aware of is how much heat the plasma TV produces. One quirky thing is that the component video in uses BNC connectors, not RCA-style connectors. Additionally: this item is too large to ship via UPS, it was shipped via freight. Getting status information via the web was not possible, but the freight company delivered the HDTV on the earliest estimated delivery date.
Rating: 5 / 5
This plasma is awesome! I compared all the 50″ plasma out there and the picture on the Panasonic is by far superior. The blacks are true black, no green or red haze as on some models. Keep in mind there is no tuner or speakers, but if you cannot get over the air reception or are always going to use cable or satellite and have surround sound, who cares! I recommend purchasing the optional HDMI input card for the ultimate picture. You can’t go wrong with this one!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve had experience with several HDTVs and this one is the best especially at this price. This is actually a commercial model TV which is a good thing. You don’t have to pay for extra speakers and a tuner you won’t use and its a generation ahead of consumer models in display tech.
Forget having to tweak the settings all day using a setup DVD to get the best picture, this thing looked amazing out of the box. I barely had to change anything to get a perfect picture. My old Sony HDTV required hours of tweaking to get anywhere near the image quality.
I’ve never seen a better picture than this TV displaying from an HD-DVD. Its simply like you are looking through a window.
In regards to the person saying you have to buy an add-on board for ‘consumer’ component inputs, he is wrong. This TV comes with the component input board and you just have to buy BNC->RCA adaptors to connect up to it. Whoever made him buy a consumer component input board just robbed him of 120 bucks when he could of just bought the BNC adaptors for 5 bucks.
However you DO have to buy an HDMI input board if you want HDMI. It is recommended with this set because of this (from Panasonics info page): “Up to 2,048 shades of gradation (4,096 shades via HDMI or DVI connection)”. I’m not sure why that is.
Rating: 5 / 5