Re: Panasonic PX60 plasma questions

["rb_ziggy" <rb.lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have to admit being rather swayed by those Avforums and I really
don't know how realistic that was.

- I was 'convinced' it was time to go for a large screen LCD now that
'true HD' had arrived and that the 46" Bravia was the way to go...
until I read all about the backlight inconsitencies that allegedly
'plague' them.
- Then I saw the 46" Sharp Aquos which looked even better... until I
read all about the colour banding issues with them and them being
replaced by a new model very quickly to address this problem.
- So I then decided LCD wasnt there yet and a 50" plasma was the
thing.  Panasonic or Pioneer?  Well the Panasonic has 'lots of
problems with purple snakes'(yuck).
- Then I looked at the Pioneer threads and... well, everyone loved
their one and barely a bad word about them... So I went and bought one
(507XD).

And truth be said, I love it too, not just the pic quality but the
whole look (no speaker and just a neat thin black frame).  But I'm not
sure it was entirely the right way to buy (I did have a good look at
them all but its really hard in the big shops - even John Lewis - to
realistically compare).

Good luck with the Panny though - sorry I cant give any other guidance
as I ran away from it.

Richard

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Jim" <jim@...> wrote:
>
> Whilst searching for a good price on the Panasonic 37PX60 last week,
I came
> across a thread on the avforum about screen colour banding problems
on some
> of the units. Seems to manifest itself as "purple snakes"
across other
> colours and darker areas of the picture.
>
> Whilst there were a lot of posts from a small number of people (the
thread
> runs to 110+ pages!!) I'm not sure if it is a widespread problem or
not.
>
> Does anyone on there have experience of the panel (I seem to recall
someone
> around Christmas saying they were buying one) and have they seen any
> problems?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
>
> Jim
>
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