So we are about to close on a new house here in Austin after moving back from Philly after only one year, just missed Austin too much.
I have a two year old Panasonic 58pz800u that we were using in the living room and sold a no name 50" 720p Plasma instead of moving it cross country.
After months of negotiations with the wife I was able to convince her to let me love the 58" to the bedroom since with the side mounted speakers on the old 50", the 58" is within an inch of being the same width.
Anyway, looking at new sets I've pretty much decided on the Panasonic TC-P65S1. My question is, when comparing the two on Panasonics site the TC-P65S1 lacks the following vs the 58pz800u:
24p Cinematic Playback
x.v.Color
THX Mode
Video Noise Reduction
Sub Pixel Control
Digital Cinema Reality
I know there are also a lot of things the newer TC-P65S1 generation of sets does better as well.
For the most part we watch HD cable (comcast or timewarner) and blurays from the PS3.
Video is run into the set from a Pioneer Elite VSX-84TXSi through HDMI. Does this change anything in respect to the video features lacking?
Audio is done through the elite, cinenova grande 5, klipsch rf-83s, rc-64, rs-62s, and rsw12 - so I'm not too worried about the differences in the sets' speakers.
If any of these features kills the set in terms of comparing it to the older 58". Should I look again at the Samsung 63's and Pioneer 60's (killer deals on non-elite and elite Kuros currently).
Thanks so much for the help,
-Peter
I have a two year old Panasonic 58pz800u that we were using in the living room and sold a no name 50" 720p Plasma instead of moving it cross country.
After months of negotiations with the wife I was able to convince her to let me love the 58" to the bedroom since with the side mounted speakers on the old 50", the 58" is within an inch of being the same width.
Anyway, looking at new sets I've pretty much decided on the Panasonic TC-P65S1. My question is, when comparing the two on Panasonics site the TC-P65S1 lacks the following vs the 58pz800u:
24p Cinematic Playback
x.v.Color
THX Mode
Video Noise Reduction
Sub Pixel Control
Digital Cinema Reality
I know there are also a lot of things the newer TC-P65S1 generation of sets does better as well.
For the most part we watch HD cable (comcast or timewarner) and blurays from the PS3.
Video is run into the set from a Pioneer Elite VSX-84TXSi through HDMI. Does this change anything in respect to the video features lacking?
Audio is done through the elite, cinenova grande 5, klipsch rf-83s, rc-64, rs-62s, and rsw12 - so I'm not too worried about the differences in the sets' speakers.
If any of these features kills the set in terms of comparing it to the older 58". Should I look again at the Samsung 63's and Pioneer 60's (killer deals on non-elite and elite Kuros currently).
Thanks so much for the help,
-Peter
