Panasonic Plasma 42X20D or Toshiba LCD 42CV600E

[laddankailu]

Hi friends,

I am very confused between the two and I want to buy this week (it's been few weeks that I have been researching and I confess that I am pretty bad at my research).

I had made up my mind on the Panny Plasma 42'' X20 and went to buy it today. On display I saw the offer for Toshiba LCD 42'' CV600E which they claimed was full HD(1080i and not 1080p). The price difference was about 4K (Toshiba is expensive).

There are a lot of reviews about X20 in the forum and I think its a decent VFM buy. Can Toshiba CV600E owners/reviewers share your experiences?

I am confused which one to buy, please suggest.

PS: Frankly I am not confident on my visual evaluation but will summarize what I think I saw. To me LCD was brighter than Plasma and also had livelier colors. Another thing was that Black in LCD was real black whereas in Plasma it was a shade of grey. Further the edges of the words/prints in X20 we stable whereas in LCD were shaking.

Cheers,
Laddan

 

[laddankailu]

Come on guys 24 views and still no reply???

So no one has any experience with Toshiba LCD 42CV600E?

 

[baccilus]

I desparately need an answer to this too.
@laddan: Did you try changing the settings for the plasma? Lots of salesmen make it look like shit on purpose.

 

[Mohanv]

I purchased Panasonic TH-P46G10A earlier this year. I am happy with it. Do not go for the S10A series.
Regards,
Mohan

 

[hemantwaghe]

Find about toshiba after sales.Also it appers it has marginal sales ..and sale is generally proportional to penetration ( not quality) of After sales service.

 

[laddankailu]

@hemantwaghe: Is after sales support a big issue with LCD/Plasma Tv's ?

I am currently using my 29'' Samsung from past 8 years and have not come across a need for any after sales support.

@baccilus: I tried changing the settings, colors on LCD were more livelier and Black was blackers on LCD as well. But the borders of the images were a little blurred and shaky.

 

[hemantwaghe]

@hemantwaghe: Is after sales support a big issue with LCD/Plasma Tv's ?

I am currently using my 29'' Samsung from past 8 years and have not come across a need for any after sales support.

@baccilus: I tried changing the settings, colors on LCD were more livelier and Black was blackers on LCD as well. But the borders of the images were a little blurred and shaky.

CRT was mature technology. LCD/Plasma is still evolving.
Right now every product is never fully tried and tested
( BTW some of the biggest quality fiascoes happened with Sony ( dell batteries) and toyota.)
So take your call
Read this forum ,members had issues with all the brands ( Ok maybe Sony I never read ,but I am not fully sure)

 

[abhijeetsk]

i have a LG PQ70 42" plasma. My own experience with Plasma has been that burn in issues still exist. Particularly if you watch movies with black bars on them or other bars - there is a high chance this will burn into the screen.
I have had my plasma replaced once already (in the guarantee period) and i am again starting to see a burnin coming up.
I would recommend a LCD if the price difference is just 4k (provided you get the service going forward of course)