I'm very eager to buy my first wall-mountable television. I watch one or two movies every weekend, and while I also watch some amount of regular television (Tata Sky), its mostly just on in the background.
So I thought that a plasma would be best for my movie watching desires. I typically turn out all lights while watching films, so a plasma would be ideal.
However, the cheapest full HD plasma available in India is (I think) a 50" Panasonic thats selling for about 1,65,000/-, which is about 50,000/- above my budget. Also, I think 50" would be overkill in my small apartment (viewing distance will be about 10 feet).
I dont want a HD-Ready TV, as I want to be able to enjoy full HD bluray. So the PV8 and PV80 are out. I looked at a few LCDs in the stores... The Sony W series (so many numbers and updates.. its too confusing) are nice. The new Samsung LED backlit LCD was disappointing. In fact the PV80 had better picture quality than the Sony W and the Samsung LED.
I've decided that I want the G10 (size I get will depend on pricing), but when?? I called a Panasonic brand store a week ago and they told me their "new" model was the 50PY850! I had to inform the Panasonic employee that the PY850 was actually a 2008 model, and he wouldn't believe me. about 2009 launches, they have no clue!
Need to buy this screen before May 21st, and I'm really irritated that Panasonic keeps making such great products for other markets but doesnt bother launching them in India until several months afterwards, or even not at all (e.g. no full HD 42" screen was launced in India in 2008 although it was available everywhere else).
So I thought that a plasma would be best for my movie watching desires. I typically turn out all lights while watching films, so a plasma would be ideal.
However, the cheapest full HD plasma available in India is (I think) a 50" Panasonic thats selling for about 1,65,000/-, which is about 50,000/- above my budget. Also, I think 50" would be overkill in my small apartment (viewing distance will be about 10 feet).
I dont want a HD-Ready TV, as I want to be able to enjoy full HD bluray. So the PV8 and PV80 are out. I looked at a few LCDs in the stores... The Sony W series (so many numbers and updates.. its too confusing) are nice. The new Samsung LED backlit LCD was disappointing. In fact the PV80 had better picture quality than the Sony W and the Samsung LED.
I've decided that I want the G10 (size I get will depend on pricing), but when?? I called a Panasonic brand store a week ago and they told me their "new" model was the 50PY850! I had to inform the Panasonic employee that the PY850 was actually a 2008 model, and he wouldn't believe me. about 2009 launches, they have no clue!
Need to buy this screen before May 21st, and I'm really irritated that Panasonic keeps making such great products for other markets but doesnt bother launching them in India until several months afterwards, or even not at all (e.g. no full HD 42" screen was launced in India in 2008 although it was available everywhere else).