RE: [OT] Plamsa purchase - on the verge....

["White, Peter" <peter.white@xxxxxxx>]

I asked exactly that question.  The guy I spoke to (the Manager no les= s!)
seemed to know a fair bit about them.  Both screens/DVD players were r= unning
with progressive scan, and he claimed to have spent a long time getting the= m
(and the other screens) set to a point where they were all displaying the best possible picture.  I can't confirm that, but certainly a quick pl= ay on
the remote did show they'd been set beyond the usual defaults.  The ro= om was
a standard AV demo/lounge mock-up, with semi-bright LV lighting.

Most reviews that I've seen that have covered both screens rate the Pioneer=
as highly, or better than the Panny overall, but from what I saw, the
pictures were near-identical, even though they have very different contract= ,
brightness, and resolutions.

-----Original Message-----
From: Timothy Morris [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 02 January 2003 12:59
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Plamsa purchase - on the verge....


Just before you lay out your hard earned Peter, were they both calibrated properly? Everyone I know that has seen both in a properly calibrated and lit setting has said that the Panny is streets ahead.

Tim


> -----Original Message-----
> From: White, Peter [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 02 January 2003 12:01
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx > Subject: [ukha_d] [OT] Plamsa purchase - on the verge....
>
>
> ...just trying to work out a payment method that keep SWMBO happy. I'd=
> narrowed it down the the Panny and the Pioneer, and having seem them side
> by
> side, have plumped for the latter.
>
> I struggled to separate them in terms of quality, but if I had to, I'd=
say
> that the Panny still had a slightly darker (in a good way) picture, but
> the
> Pioneer still had pretty good blacks whilst maintaining the
brightness,
> plus
> the resolution is higher, which having plugged my laptop into both, did
> make
> an obvious difference.  The fact that the Pioneer comes with the = tuner
and
> on-board amp (I don't want to turn the AV amp every time SWMBO wants to
> watch Corry) just about edged it for me, but both screens were really<= BR> very
> good, way ahead of the Sony's, and even further ahead of the
LG's/Samsungs
> etc.  You really do still get what you pay for when it comes to Plasma's.
>
> Just trying to get a deal on price now.  Richer are almost the cheapest at
> =A34099, but Unbeatable has just reduced to =A34089, which means RS wi= ll
have
> to
> do a price match less =A3100, so =A33989 ;-).  A local (Sevenoaks= Sound &
> Vision) has agreed, reluctantly, to match the RS price, but cannot
offer
> any
> kind of warranty.  RS will do theirs for =A3250 - Empire and Unbe= atable
want
> =A3750 for almost identical cover!
>
> Sorry to bore those not interested in this, but I've got nobody else to
> talk
> about it to!
>
> Pete
>
>
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