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You've the ST50 50" and it's uber-awesome.
 
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I just came from the store and the Panasonic P42XT50D is just awesome. It's much better compared to Panasonic or Samsung LEDs which are 20-25K costlier than the plasma. The response time and PQ are great at least for that price.

One store offered me 42XT50D for 46K + 4 Pana 3D glasses and they all come with 1+2 years warranty. I am thinking of giving them my 21" Sony CRT for 1.5K. So what do you think guys ? Should I go for it or I might get cheaper ? Pana brandshop offered 48K with 1 3D glass.
 
as I am still hunting for TV and waiting for availability of 2013 line up in my area, i also once checked 42xt50. I had compared it to samsung 490 and to my eyes, xt50 is better. Infibeam is selling xt50 @ 42k. I am sure you will get it at lesser price in other showrooms than pana brand shops. Here at Odisha, Pana brand shop is not going down from 65k for a 42Ut50 that too a demo piece.
 
anubisX said:
I just came from the store and the Panasonic P42XT50D is just awesome. It's much better compared to Panasonic or Samsung LEDs which are 20-25K costlier than the plasma. The response time and PQ are great at least for that price.

One store offered me 42XT50D for 46K + 4 Pana 3D glasses and they all come with 1+2 years warranty. I am thinking of giving them my 21" Sony CRT for 1.5K. So what do you think guys ? Should I go for it or I might get cheaper ? Pana brandshop offered 48K with 1 3D glass.
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Which 21" Sony CRT? If that is a trinitron, don't let it go. You cannot get better picture. If it is WEGA or later, then it is OK.

The Panasonic XT50 is a very good TV and for watching pure TV/DTH HD, it compares well with the much better UT50 and even ST50. It is 720p TV but at a distance of 8 feet or more, you cannot make out any difference. I compared ST50, UT50 and XT50 for over 1 hour each at two different showrooms.
 
Yeah, it's a Trinitron 21" and it has some problems although fixable. I would not let it go but I've a shortage of spaces. I thought of replacing the CRT with my 32" LCD and get the 42" for me.
 
gurujee said:
as I am still hunting for TV and waiting for availability of 2013 line up in my area, i also once checked 42xt50. I had compared it to samsung 490 and to my eyes, xt50 is better. Infibeam is selling xt50 @ 42k. I am sure you will get it at lesser price in other showrooms than pana brand shops. Here at Odisha, Pana brand shop is not going down from 65k for a 42Ut50 that too a demo piece.
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The Panasonic 3D glasses are fairly expensive - around 3500 each pair. If anubisX is getting 4 pairs then that makes a lot of difference. Usually all active 3D TVs are sold with just 2 pairs and 2 pairs are a tad less for a family.

But great care must be taken to check that the set sold is not a display piece (it is very easy to check usage hours on Panasonic plasma).

The Pana brandroom is quoting a little high for the UT50. But prices across states vary because of local taxes, etc. In Pune, when I was looking last year, the showroom guy refused to budge below 85K for 50UT50. But that 42UT50 is not worth purchasing because it is a demo piece.
 
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I don't think it's a demo piece. The sales person told me that they stocked a lot of that model and they're not selling as they anticipated. Most people here are into LED. Thus, 4 pairs of glassed instead of 1.

Although, I would definitely check the usage hours. How to do that ? :P
 
hi,

How does Pana 42XT50D 42 inch compare with Samsung F4900? I dont have the opportunity to demo at the moment side by side or even within the same mall.

thanks
 
anubisX said:
I don't think it's a demo piece. The sales person told me that they stocked a lot of that model and they're not selling as they anticipated. Most people here are into LED. Thus, 4 pairs of glassed instead of 1.

Although, I would definitely check the usage hours. How to do that ? :P
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There is an ST30 thread in this section that explains in detail with picture on how to check usage hours. But it mention once again:
  • Go close to the TV alongwith the remote.
  • On the RHS of TV panel, there are some buttons behind. Press the <<VOL ->> button and keep it pressed.
  • While the <<VOL->> button is pressed, press and release <<INFO>> button on the remote 3 times in succession
  • The TV panel will display "Entering Service Menu" and then display the service menu
  • Press the <<2>> button on remote two times and then press OK
  • The screen will now display SRV Tool. It will display a table.
  • Using the cursor key on the remote (<<DOWN>> button), go to the row that says "PICT 00:00:00.00"
  • Using the <<RIGHT>> key go the blank cell next to it
  • Press and hold the <<MUTE>> button (for 3-4 seconds or more) till the cell displays some values of time and count. They will be displayed as hh:mm:ss nnnn where
    • hh:mm:ss is the amount of time the panel was used in hours, mins, secs
    • the nnnn value is the number of times the TV was switched on.

Warning: Do not touch the <<VOL+>> and <<VOL->> buttons on the TV side panel.

There is no exit from the service menu. The only option is to switch the TV off from the mains or the <<OFF>> button on the side panel.
 
vaibhav said:
hi,

How does Pana 42XT50D 42 inch compare with Samsung F4900? I dont have the opportunity to demo at the moment side by side or even within the same mall.

thanks
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Go for the Panasonic, you won't regret. Samsung 42F4900 is offered to me for 40K with no 3D glasses and 1-year warranty. It's good too but Panasonic is better side by side. Now, they might've set the TVs like that.
 
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just4kix said:
There is an ST30 thread in this section that explains in detail with picture on how to check usage hours. But it mention once again:
  • Go close to the TV alongwith the remote.
  • On the RHS of TV panel, there are some buttons behind. Press the <<VOL ->> button and keep it pressed.
  • While the <<VOL->> button is pressed, press and release <<INFO>> button on the remote 3 times in succession
  • The TV panel will display "Entering Service Menu" and then display the service menu
  • Press the <<2>> button on remote two times and then press OK
  • The screen will now display SRV Tool. It will display a table.
  • Using the cursor key on the remote (<<DOWN>> button), go to the row that says "PICT 00:00:00.00"
  • Using the <<RIGHT>> key go the blank cell next to it
  • Press and hold the <<MUTE>> button (for 3-4 seconds or more) till the cell displays some values of time and count. They will be displayed as hh:mm:ss nnnn where
    • hh:mm:ss is the amount of time the panel was used in hours, mins, secs
    • the nnnn value is the number of times the TV was switched on.

Warning: Do not touch the <<VOL+>> and <<VOL->> buttons on the TV side panel.

There is no exit from the service menu. The only option is to switch the TV off from the mains or the <<OFF>> button on the side panel.
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Thanks a lot for repeating once again for me :)
 
Yea, it's 42,900 but if you can nogotiate a bit, it might come down to 40K.

Another thing I noticed, the text on LED / LCD is much smoother than on Plasma. Like the texts of the channel logo or the STB menus. I don't know if it's a resolution issue or something but I'll definitely take that seriously as it will be my monitor. LED / LCD are 1080p that I saw and the Pana / Samsung plasmas are 1024 x 768 which is not 720p.
 
What about small texts on PC ? Are they going to be jagged or smooth if I maintain the native resolution when working ? :-?
 
anubisX said:
What about small texts on PC ? Are they going to be jagged or smooth if I maintain the native resolution when working ? :-?
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TV will always adjust the incoming signal to match it's native resolution. So in case of a 720p TV, the text will always be slightly jagged.
 
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