celticdude69
10-27-07, 07:22 PM
I just want to share my experiece. After late nights reading this forum, I'm getting closer to deciding which to buy. I mainly watch sports and a few SD programs. I've decided to get a 42 plasma -- I don't want a huge TV dominate my living room, and LCDs give dull picture IMHO. Below are the final cut of TV's I considered:
Panasonic 42PX7U - Very tempting at it's price point. Online prices are ridiculously low! However, the picture just doesn't pop out compared to the other TVs I saw. I'm pretty sure I'll have buyer's remorse. But at it's price point, it's a very good value. What finally steered me away from this TV was the numerous quality issues I read in the owners thread.
Panasonic 42PZ700U - Significantly better colors and pictures. And 1080p to boot. But, 1080i didn't look crisp. I find the edges a bit soft for my taste, probably due to upscaling. And I could see pixelation if I look closer. And for some reason, motion is not as smooth as I'd like to.
Pioneer 4280HD - Best I've seen so far. Picture was very crisp (being a 720p helps) with minimal noise and artifacts. Colors are stunning. I see some SDE but I think I can live with it. As confirmed by people in this forum, Pioneer has one of the best signal processors.
Now, all these observations are based on what I saw at BB. Not sure if I'm missing anything but I'm almost decided to getting the pioneer. I plan to keep it for years and my budget is $2K. This would be a huge upgrade from the 20-inch Daewoo crt I have now!
BTW, I ruled out Samsungs because of their poor SD processing.
Panasonic 42PX7U - Very tempting at it's price point. Online prices are ridiculously low! However, the picture just doesn't pop out compared to the other TVs I saw. I'm pretty sure I'll have buyer's remorse. But at it's price point, it's a very good value. What finally steered me away from this TV was the numerous quality issues I read in the owners thread.
Panasonic 42PZ700U - Significantly better colors and pictures. And 1080p to boot. But, 1080i didn't look crisp. I find the edges a bit soft for my taste, probably due to upscaling. And I could see pixelation if I look closer. And for some reason, motion is not as smooth as I'd like to.
Pioneer 4280HD - Best I've seen so far. Picture was very crisp (being a 720p helps) with minimal noise and artifacts. Colors are stunning. I see some SDE but I think I can live with it. As confirmed by people in this forum, Pioneer has one of the best signal processors.
Now, all these observations are based on what I saw at BB. Not sure if I'm missing anything but I'm almost decided to getting the pioneer. I plan to keep it for years and my budget is $2K. This would be a huge upgrade from the 20-inch Daewoo crt I have now!
BTW, I ruled out Samsungs because of their poor SD processing.