Yes, Bruce, you have to be right. There are things about the way the specs are recorded that strongly suggest this is the very same display.
I guess we'll have to find out if it's any good and whether it's worth the number of yards in a mile + 10 years worth of the number of gifts a certain famous Christmas song provides - a gross or so
I don't know where to purchase one, but there is a large PC maker based in Texas who apparently has been known to sell plasma displays through their web site and some people find them to be a good place to buy. The CEO is a guy named Mike.
Some retailers (I think also the one in Texas) have a 30 day return policy. So you can give it a try and if you don't like it just send it back (but you'll have to pay for shipping).
Originally posted by rogo RGB Signal Input (DVI-I w. analog adapte
Many of us with front projectors have found that the new Bravo D1 DVD player with DVI output gives us a big step in image quality. I found that DVDs look much better to me through it on my HT1000 than TheaterTek and way better than my RP82. However, I had a Sharp M20x that didn't support DVI-D input very well and the D1 didn't look better than the RP82 to me. If someone buys this plasma it would be interesting to see how the all digital path from the D1 (or the upcoming Samsung DVI DVD player) at 480p would look. I assume this plasma supports the DVI-D signal over the DVI-I connector, but the way their specs are written doesn't make it obvious to me that this is true.
If they offer the 20% discount in their home section where I wouldn't pay 9% sales tax, I might not be able to pass it up. There is a nice spot in my master bedroom where a 42" plasma would fit perfectly. I'll probably try my HT1000 with a small screen there before I decide, though.
I contacted Planar a couple of months ago but they didn't want to tell me the supplier of the glass they are using. The supplier of their 43" must be Pioneer but couldn't find any place which sells it.
"Plasmaco was founded in upstate NY, by Larry Weber with 2 colleagues (James Kehoe was one) based on U. of I. inventions, with financial support from DARPA and the State of NY and investments from companies like Planar. After great financial turmoil as b/w plasmas gave way to color, Plasmaco was rescued by Matsushita, who has used it as an R/D lab for PDPs. "
Can't answer the OP's question on the glass, Planar refused to answer my inquiry, too. But...
I also believe Brucer guessed right with LG. My business picked this Planar up a few months ago for a special presentation project. It is being "stored" in my family room - right next to the PC, home theater sound system and Dish HD STB
Physical dimensions, general specs and inputs are very close to the current LG 42" Flatrons. Some of the pages in the manual look identical to the .pdf manual on LG's site. the Major differences:
1) DVI-I in place of VGA input
2) Doesn't appear to have the Faroudja electronics.
With very limited viewing time, I can't make a lot of valid comments on the PQ. However, I have noticed a fair ammount of coloration artifacts (moving blotches of color, the boss calls them) on SD satellite feed through composite inputs. S-video SD material shows some jaggies when using partial zoom to stretch 4:3 to fill the screen. Downconverted HD material looks good, not great (bias toward my Mits RPTV, I'm sure). DVD's are excellent, either through component or composite. I'll be experimenting with the PC / DVI next week.
Very interesting, I am still on the wall about ordering it... How would you compare it to other cheap plasmas you have seen?
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