Best Plasma Panels - Quality wise Only

Current shortlisted ones are Toshiba ZF Series (46") & Sony W4000 (52"), ideally need to be bigger size. But things may change by end of this year, when i upgrade

Toshiba 46ZF355D - LCD TV, REGZA Digital LCD TV ZF Series - Toshiba Home Entertainment UK

KDL-52W4000 (KDL52W4000) : TV and projectors : Sony : United Kingdom

Agree that you have couple of good choices for the bigger screens.
My questions is : why LCD over Plasma ?
Any advantages or technology edge over plasma screens that will be available at that price point and size at that point of time ?

Old days LCD lacks deep blacks, lower refresh rates & very less models (in bigger sizes) to choose from.

Now plasma is bulky, heavy, power hungry & still issues with screen burn etc. Plasma has slight edge on the price point over LCDs (I'm judging the european market)

Sunil

First of all reagrding the consideration of Hitachi among top Brands...

So, you are talking about this forum, but i can get you live examples, of customers, dealers, corporates, or what ever and whome ever you want to concern with...

Pioneer is termed best agreed, but there price points, put them a bit down...
Hitachi was the best and is among the best, even after dropping out the prices, a bit of PQ as well...
As far as Panasonic, 6 months back, there sales, in Bangalore was not more than 20pc(s) per month...Shocking.. right... but thats the truth...
But, once they started advertisements, and approached more n more dealers, there sale have increased almost 6 - 8 times...

And consider any Flat Panel Surveys, Hitachi is always 5 rated...

I am not a star fan of Hitachi, i love Pioneer, and even consider Panasonic, for lot many customers, but can never deny the PQ of Hitachi...

Boss, i am selling these Panels, for more than 2.5 yrs, and as many recommendations, i have seen for Hitachi, i have never seen for Panasonic...

Regarding consideration of Sony LCDs, if you go through there specs, you will find that they are using IPS alpha technology, that technology is Patented by Hitachi, and may be you know or not, but Sony, doesnt manufacture there own Panels, they import, there start up series from Samsung, and higher ones from Hitachi & Sharp...

Regarding the weight of Plasmas, there is hardly a difference a kilo or two, comparing a 42" Panel...
Regarding the burning issues, Plasma have more than 1,40,000+hrs of span life comparable to 65,000+hrs of LCD, but due to there half life there life comes down to 70,000hrs...

Not just because of the price, the Plasmas are considered but because of the deep blacks, and contrast, and response time, and viewing distance, etc...

Bro, if you are watching a LCD in a dark room, and if you switch on the lights, experience the pain & irritation in your eyes...
Thats due to there brightness and black light technology, but as Plasmas generate there own picture, there is no problem like that...

If you watch any image in LCD, the croners will be dull & black, as the focus of backlight is in center and the light splits to corner...

But in Plasma, all the corners, center will have same light effects...

Consider all these points buddy, before making a purchase...

Dont mistake my aggression, but i just want to put ahead the truth and the considerations...

Regards

Mridul

No mridul, I've been mentioning the most popular US & European AV forum

Quite bizzare, here nobody considers (even high street buyers) Hitachi as a brand, even goes below the dirty cheap supermarket own brands!

Sony W4000 series is one of the biggest hit of last 2 months here.
just an eg., if that helps
weight: plasma Vs LCD: 40kg vs 30kg (63.8lb)

Panasonic - ideas for life - Specification
Amazon.com: Toshiba REGZA 46XV540U 46-inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV: Electronics

any authentic source? I was always under the impression that LCD has constant performance of the full life period and performance of plasma goes down as clock ticks on!

Really appreciated & once again thankyou for starting this thread

in plasmas without doubt the pioneer kuros.

hey mridul,
i have heard that there are no more blurs in the panasonic model??
how diffe does a normal feed of 480i look on a kuro??

Does the same look better with variance in lighting, i have not noticed anything perticular??
rgds,
ali

Ali

Is this you...???

ARN Ali...

If its you, than i dont need to answer this of your question...

yup its me.. i have not had a chance to look into the pansonic or the pioneer of late,its only been glimpses, plus your knowledge would do me good

Ali

We all are awaiting the Panasonic new series 42PV80H
as it has all new 11th Generation Panel...

Regarding Pioneer, the colors are more vibrant and blacks are deeper, even in 480i and the normal Tata Sky output...

Last time when i visited them, they were playing some news channel, and told the source being Tata Sky...