Hi all -
I'm new here and certainly glad I found the forums. We're looking to buy a TV in 2 weeks. To start a little background as to hopefully give you better info to offer advice. We currently have a 65" Mitsubishi Rear projection (yep one of those monsters we bought about 5 or so years ago). We're by no means videophiles and probably wouldn't notice those intricate details many of you note such as the shade of black, etc etc.
We love watching movies and will be purchasing a blu ray player with the Panel. In addition we're finally hooking up an HD satellite and our PS3. Yeah I know we're late in the game (lol). We think we've narrowed down to (3) plasma panels. We've read a ton of reviews and the 1st two seem to be liked very well. I'm hoping anyone can provide some help/advice on which you'd choose over the other etc. They're all about the same price (roughly).
The Plasma TVs (no order of preference):
1) Samsung PN58650 or PN58B860 (both 58")
- All reviews say the picture clarity is incredible. The only issue is the buzzing. Now is the buzzing ear piercing or something only the most critical videophiles would notice? We currently run our TV through a receiver and typically have the TV fairly loud. Any kind of guage or analogy in terms of buzzing loudness would be appreciated.
2) Panasonic TC-P58S1 (58")
- Reviews say it's a good panel. I've read about the V10 however not sure if the price delta will justify the means. I hear of green tones that some notice and not sure if we'd even notice that. Again coming from our rear projection 65'er (which we think has good picture haha).
3) Sharp LC-60E77UN (60" LCD)
- Saw this at the store today and the salesman said Sharp is a great TV and said we'd be happy with this, the Samsung or Panasonic ('course that didn't help!). I can't seem to find many reviews on it. I do like that's it's a 60" and the price is under $2k. Any inputs behind this set?
We'd ideally like to have a 60" but only see the Sharp and recently heard of an LG (but had sub par reviews) that are under or close to $2k. However we've heard excellent things regarding the Samsung and Panasonic. The more reviews I read the more up in the air I am (haha). We're basically looking for which of these (above) are the better performing sets.
Any help, suggestions, or votes would be appreciated. Thanks much!!!
I'm new here and certainly glad I found the forums. We're looking to buy a TV in 2 weeks. To start a little background as to hopefully give you better info to offer advice. We currently have a 65" Mitsubishi Rear projection (yep one of those monsters we bought about 5 or so years ago). We're by no means videophiles and probably wouldn't notice those intricate details many of you note such as the shade of black, etc etc.
We love watching movies and will be purchasing a blu ray player with the Panel. In addition we're finally hooking up an HD satellite and our PS3. Yeah I know we're late in the game (lol). We think we've narrowed down to (3) plasma panels. We've read a ton of reviews and the 1st two seem to be liked very well. I'm hoping anyone can provide some help/advice on which you'd choose over the other etc. They're all about the same price (roughly).
The Plasma TVs (no order of preference):
1) Samsung PN58650 or PN58B860 (both 58")
- All reviews say the picture clarity is incredible. The only issue is the buzzing. Now is the buzzing ear piercing or something only the most critical videophiles would notice? We currently run our TV through a receiver and typically have the TV fairly loud. Any kind of guage or analogy in terms of buzzing loudness would be appreciated.
2) Panasonic TC-P58S1 (58")
- Reviews say it's a good panel. I've read about the V10 however not sure if the price delta will justify the means. I hear of green tones that some notice and not sure if we'd even notice that. Again coming from our rear projection 65'er (which we think has good picture haha).
3) Sharp LC-60E77UN (60" LCD)
- Saw this at the store today and the salesman said Sharp is a great TV and said we'd be happy with this, the Samsung or Panasonic ('course that didn't help!). I can't seem to find many reviews on it. I do like that's it's a 60" and the price is under $2k. Any inputs behind this set?
We'd ideally like to have a 60" but only see the Sharp and recently heard of an LG (but had sub par reviews) that are under or close to $2k. However we've heard excellent things regarding the Samsung and Panasonic. The more reviews I read the more up in the air I am (haha). We're basically looking for which of these (above) are the better performing sets.
Any help, suggestions, or votes would be appreciated. Thanks much!!!
