It's Official: G25 best bang for buck



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Originally Posted by MatsudaMan /forum/post/19445225


I did so much research on plasmas in the 900-1300 price range before I finally settled on the G25, and I love it. Makes me feel really good when experts confirm that I indeed got the plasma with the best "bang for buck". Check out the Cnet article.

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We knew it was the best bang for the buck back in March when it first debuted It's nice to see that it's still the best bang for the buck so many months later

Are there any other reputable


"best bang for buck"


articles.


I buy everything I own using the best bang for buck mentality.

Especially PC tech like GPU's.

any magazines that do this frequently?

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Originally Posted by spyboy /forum/post/19445829


Actually, the LG PK550 series also represent excellent performance per dollar. Servicetech571 paid only $1,200 for his 60 inch PK550.

Also, 50 inchs doesn't do it for a lot of people. Where is the bang for buck for 58''+ panels?

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Does anyone else agree with this. 1500$ ish for a 60 inch seems like a mad steal.

The top bang/buck for the 58"+ category is whatever they have on a madness sale that week. Getting a TV 25% less than it's normal "sale price" will stomp any differences between models, especially if you're buying an entry level set at that size. Locally the LG 50PJ350 was running for $600 last week, that was a bang/buck winner in the 50" class. PQ snobs will complain about it only being a 720p set but it looks fine on 90% of what people actually watch. Sure the 1080p sets look better for the 10% of the time your playing a BR but most people spend 90% of their TV time watching overly compressed signals through their $100/mo pay TV provider. If you have "eagle eyes" enough to notice the 720/1080 difference you will surely see the compression artifacts found on most Pay TV channels. The higher up the line you go the further you get away from bang/$$$.


I would have taken the Panasonic or Samsung 58" for the same $1,200. I have a 16' viewing distance and DW wanted to retire the Mits WS65513 in favor of something that doesn't take as much room. A 50" looks small @ 16' after watching a 65", and my budget was only $1,000. Convinced the wife on the steal of a deal on the 60" (7 hour July 4th sale) and only blew the budget by $200, otherwise we would have ran the WS65513 a bit longer until prices dropped some more.


Sold the WS65513 on Craigslist for $475 so I got some of the money "back". The 60pk550 will possibly be the 1st TV I'm not going to sell for more than I paid for it, oh well I've made enough money on TV's over the years to loose money on this one. I would have bought used like I normally do but people on CL are on crack for the prices they want on used TV's. Broken ones are either little sets or have bad panels, never just a board swap. Working sets are priced like it's 2008, people don't realize how much new TV's have dropped in the past 2 years. I could have gone DLP for cheap but DW wanted a flat screen.

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Agree, I own a G10, the blacks now are at .024.


The G25 will be at .024 too within a year.


The Lg costs less, and has blacks at .01, which intially isn't as good as the G series, but within a year, the blacks will be much better than them, thanks to the blacks rising on the Pannys.

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Are you sure they're going to reach .024?


CNet's test sample apparently has risen to about half that so far, i'm not so sure that it will ultimately reach .024


"...the G20 increased from 0.007 to 0.012 after 2,411 total hours (464 days)."

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-...in;contentBody

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D-Nice said that they will triple yet again. So that would put a .008 to .024 after the risings are complete.

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I think as far as comparisons go it doesn't really matter because whether it's .012 or higher the G20 after rise no longer will have the black advantage. So then you have to go to other factors. A huge one is that you are essentially talking about a 3:2 pulldown vs. 3:3. I will admit that the PK550 has much much worse glare and it has IR (it goes away) and I didn't have either of the G20's long enough to know how they were. If you have a dedicated HT room where glare isn't an issue than that no longer is a factor in Panny's favor. You also take a more than $200 difference and I just don't see how the G25 was the winner.


I also am not so sure about the sets CNET gets as those are supplied by manufacturer and in this instance Panny may have altered the set. CNET as far as I know have not even reviewed a PK550. If they do I doubt they will really take the required time it takes to properly calibrate the 20pt. so would it even matter. I don't even have mine fully calibrated but from what I hear from those that have it makes the PQ damn impressive. Now, if you fixed the rising blacks, floating blacks and made it 3:3 or 4:4 (essentially a VT25) and charged the same price as is then yes...the G25 would be the one to get and I would probably own two of em.

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Most tv's ultimately face power issues or some sort of issue with them. Does that mean you shouldn't buy them? Seriously this black level deal is blown way out of proportion. I am not worried at all about that. I'm glad they have a low chance of failure unlike the LG. (2% to 5%) Samsung has the buzz issue. Of all the weaknesses of each brand, I'll take the slightly different black levels over time over power failure or loud buzz of the Samsung's.