C7000 vs C8000 Which would you purchase? - Page 2

JukeBox,

I will buy you dinner and drinks if you do an input lag test on that thing. And I know this girl who will....

There is one posted somewhere ill try to find it for you. the c7000 in game mode was 13 something it was faster than vt25 and g20

31 high and average of 20... nice.

Did you do tests outside of game mode? I'm curious if game mode actually reduces lag on these sets. (a lot of plasma sets use game mode as a picture mode only, with it having no effect on the lag)

I realize I'm a little off topic on this thread, but I figured I'd chime in briefly anyway...

I've owned both of the LED versions these sets, and currently own the 8000. The 7000 is a great set. I had the 40" version and the color and clarity were pretty amazing compared to other TVs I had seen. The only negative thing worth noting was the edge lighting was sometimes noticeable in the lower corners of the screen, depending on the content being viewed and the brightness of the room.

There was a mixup with my billing on Amazon and the only way they had to deal with it was to have me return the TV, so when I returned the 7000 I figured I'd go for the 46" 8000 since it had come down in price a little since buying the 7000. The color and clarity look the same, but the edge lighting is substantially improved over the 7000 in pretty much any situation, and especially when viewing in a dark room. For this reason alone, I'd recommend the 8000.

I've always wondered about the difference between the 7000 and 8000 plasma versions of these sets though. A friend of mine has the 8000 plasma and the picture quality is excellent.

8000 all the way! Spent sometime today with them side by side and the 8000 was a lot more black. And also more options when it comes to 24fps.

JukeBox360 How is the 3d? Crosstalk? none, minimal or major? Thanks :-)

I voted for the C7000. In fact, I just received the 63C7000. I find it hard to argue the merits of the C8000 over the C7000 considering the street prices between the two and the service mod tweak.

I only see a $300 difference. I guess when we are talking about two products in the $3500+ range I don't see that as a huge difference. I would like to see how much better that real black filter works on the C8000. IF it does really work and makes a difference, then for me the extra $300 is worth it...

If you shop around a bit for street prices rather than MSRP, the difference is larger than $300. In my particular case with my room lighting, the filter was not needed. I'm not certain how effective it is.