RE: Plasma panels - what to choose?

["Neil Ball" <neilball@xxxxxxx>]

I don't know what timescale you're working to Paul, but if you have a
friendly custom installer on hand then why not tap them up for an invite to
the Cedia show in Brighton at the end of June? You are guaranteed to see a
good selection of large Plasmas in use although only for movie playback. It
is usually a trade-only event so you need an invite to guarantee safe
admission, although last year there was a public day on the last day where
admission cost around =A36 IIRC.

If there is more general interest then I can post the dates and double
chec=
k
if there will be a public day and what admission charges apply.

Neil.



-----Original Message-----
From: Kenneth Watt [mailto:kwatt@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 11:05

Paul,

recently saw the new Samsung 50" panel sitting next to a Panasonic
42"
running the same DVD and, to be blunt, the Samsung looked utterly
crap in comparison. The picture was soft, blacks were rubbish and it just
didn't look good at all, I even played with the settings and it still
looke=
d
guff, so it was the panel, not the settings! I saw the LG and 42" and
it wa=
s
okay, but not great. I haven't seen a Fujitsu panel for ages so I can't
comment on the current crop.

The Philips ones are not bad, the Sony's are nice but if *I* were buying a
plasma I'd get a Pioneer or a Panasonic, IMHO it's a two horse race and it
is worth spending the extra IMO. However, all the 50"+ panels seem a
bit
soft to me but the Panasonic (IIRC) 50" one I did see and Phil was
there to=
o
I think, was one *HELL* of a lot better than the Samsung.

But then again, that could all change with the introduction of a couple of
new models! ;)

HTH

K.