Hi
Post consumer dissonance or just gut feeling that something ain't right led me to this board.
I just got a Panasonic Tau CT-36HL43. I do not know if I want to keep it. NTSC looks very good, better than my brother-in-laws Sony WEGA. Young kids, viewing habits make 4:3 and regular TV a big deal. Side by side against the Sony KV36HS510 analog signals were much MUCH better in CC so I went with the Tau. The limited number of local digital cable channels look very good too. Once I switch to DirecTV I may be even happier with regular TV. I do not have HDTV to test yet, but DVD although good was not great and even with tweaking I think it should be better. For example, in the THX Optimizer with SWII there was horizontal lines distorting the entire right side (will have that looked at).
In researching HDTV I now realize that I might have made a mistake with a 4:3 set. Although I do need support for regular TV and VHS (which this panny does very nicely) the future is not too far away and this set does not even do 720p.
Does anyone on this board have experience with this TV? Or similar Panasonics?
Out of the store and with a reliable signal are good do the Sonys show NTSC via cable or DirecTV?
How good a job does the KV34XBR910 do if you want to fill the 16:9 screen when watching a 4:3 source?
Do I need to worry about 720p? Won't something better come along in 5 years anyway, and if not a good STB would convert 720p to 1080i for me (any recommendations).
Thanks
Andrew
Post consumer dissonance or just gut feeling that something ain't right led me to this board.
I just got a Panasonic Tau CT-36HL43. I do not know if I want to keep it. NTSC looks very good, better than my brother-in-laws Sony WEGA. Young kids, viewing habits make 4:3 and regular TV a big deal. Side by side against the Sony KV36HS510 analog signals were much MUCH better in CC so I went with the Tau. The limited number of local digital cable channels look very good too. Once I switch to DirecTV I may be even happier with regular TV. I do not have HDTV to test yet, but DVD although good was not great and even with tweaking I think it should be better. For example, in the THX Optimizer with SWII there was horizontal lines distorting the entire right side (will have that looked at).
In researching HDTV I now realize that I might have made a mistake with a 4:3 set. Although I do need support for regular TV and VHS (which this panny does very nicely) the future is not too far away and this set does not even do 720p.
Does anyone on this board have experience with this TV? Or similar Panasonics?
Out of the store and with a reliable signal are good do the Sonys show NTSC via cable or DirecTV?
How good a job does the KV34XBR910 do if you want to fill the 16:9 screen when watching a 4:3 source?
Do I need to worry about 720p? Won't something better come along in 5 years anyway, and if not a good STB would convert 720p to 1080i for me (any recommendations).
Thanks
Andrew