RE: Plasma panels - what to choose?

["Chris Ray" <chris@xxxxxxx>]

I saw that Richer Sounds are doing a 52" plasma Samsung for =A32300,
sorry
do details on spec.

Chris


-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gordon [mailto:paul_gordon@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 05 May 2003 17:01
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Plasma panels - what to choose?

Thinking of buying a 50" plasma, what are the current recommendations
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to buy, or to avoid?

I see there is actually quite a choice of 50"-ers around now, -
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has panels by LG, Samsung, Pioneer, Panasonic, Toshiba, Fujitsu, and=20
Phillips.

Prices seem to range from about =A35000 ish to =A37000 ish...

I must have a PC input, preferably to XGA res (1024x768) and would
prefer a=20
silent fanless panel if possible. I don't mind too much if the tuner
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onboard or external, but I'd like it not to be at extra cost!

Also, looking around there seems to be some wildly different contrast
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figures being quoted: - for instance the Hitachi CMP5000WXE quotes
700:1,=20
whereas the Panasonic TH-50PHD5BX quotes 3000:1 - thats quite a
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- is there some hidden story here? - are they really that different? -
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noticeable?

Also, what's the deal with PC resolutions? - 1024x768 produces a normal
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aspect ratio image, so how do the panels display this? - with black bars

either side, or does it stretch the image horizantally to fill the
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or better still, are there PC drivers which can give proper widescreen=20
desktop resolutions?

So many questions!...

TIA

Paul G.



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