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I thought Panasonic Plasmas had the best black levels?

post #1 of 6
7/5/07 at 10:59pm
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Hi,
to cut a long story short, I picked up a brand new Panasonic pt42px7a Plasma set this past weekend. It was returned Monday morning.

The Black levels were shocking!!!!. No matter what I did , I could not get a decent image. I calibrated with DVE too.
it just looked like a bad LCD set.
I put on Star Wars ep4 and the space scenes looked Grey .
Very dissapointed.

I still have my LG set from 2 years ago and the Blacks are much better.

Now have I gotten a DUD?? because every review I have read on the latest Panasonic sets just raves over the blacks.
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post #2 of 6
7/5/07 at 11:09pm
Lesson learned...be careful what you read. More specifically, let your eyes make the decision, not everyone else.
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post #3 of 6
7/5/07 at 11:16pm
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yep lesson learned. unfortunately most of these sets look fantastic in the showroom. it's when you get it home under the conditions you will be watching it in , is when the cracks start to appear .
I don't know of any dealers (in Australia anyway) that will let you put a tv through its paces over a weekend before you part with your hard earned!
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post #4 of 6
7/5/07 at 11:48pm
"Lesson learned...be careful what you read. More specifically, let your eyes make the decision, not everyone else."

So are you saying to other people that the TV he brought home would appear to have great blacks and that we all perceive shades of color differently? There are tons of people with panasonic plasmas on here. Are you saying that they all perceive blacks differently than Jediboy?

"I put on Star Wars ep4"

No, you put on Star Wars...
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post #5 of 6
7/6/07 at 6:47am
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Originally Posted by zgeneral View Post

"I put on Star Wars ep4"

No, you put on Star Wars...

Not to turn this into a Star Wars thread but he put in Star Wars - ep4 - A New Hope

Jediboy,

Places like this are great for research but always let your eyes make the final decision. Some put on blinders after they buy there TVs. With that said maybe you got a bad set.
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post #6 of 6
7/6/07 at 8:00am
perhaps you got a defective unit or the settings are not right. Panasonic has very good blacks--the only plasma with better blacks is the new Pioneer, which you may want to look at. Perhaps the blacks did not live up to your expectations, but it is hard to say that the black levels on Panasonic plasmas are not good. So yes, perhaps you did get a dud, as you say. It should be better than the LG anyway.
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