Comments on: CES 2010 Report and Analysis-Part 2 Panasonic

By: TechnologyMonitor

TechnologyMonitor — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:02:57 +0000

then you are owners for cnet

By: Rodney

Rodney — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:36:13 +0000

I don’t care about 3d, I don’t care about new brighter screens, and I don’t care about the new encased cell structure; unless it puts the Black Level Rising to a halt. At the very least no more than 1-2%. For The longest time, I was in denial over this issue, but not anymore. Panasonic Please get your act together I love your overall reliability.

By: Bob

Bob — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 02:43:54 +0000

CNET’s latest “Best 5 HDTVs” and why Panasonic has been removed comment…

http://reviews.cnet.com/best-hdtvs/

By: Bervick

Bervick — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:19:32 +0000

Go to youtube and search the following

SOMEONE IS ANGRY AT PANASONIC

By: Bervick

Bervick — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:03:26 +0000

CNET’s LATEST REPORT ON BLACK LEVEL FINDINGS

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10462105-1.html?tag=mncol

By: mike

mike — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:44:27 +0000

Any updates on the black level issue?

No. We are waiting for the test results from David at CNET. We will post his results or information from any reliable, trusted industry reviewers and sources if and when it is published.

We removed another comment regarding this issue because it was ad for another website (one that happens to prohibit these comments) and a possible copyright violation.

HD Guru

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:46:59 +0000

Hi, this is a rather urgent question. I have a S1 being delivered soon and with all this talk about the black levels, I am really worried.

Should I return it and choose something else? If I do keep it and this reduction does occur, will the picture quality still be decent (comparable to LCD sets?). This is my first HDTV and I am worried I made the wrong choice. Thanks for your help and advice. Doug

By: Wes Sokolosky

Wes Sokolosky — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:36:27 +0000

Gary,

Thanks for your comments regarding the increasing idle drive voltage and increasing MLL issue in Panasonic plasma sets from 2008/2009. Though I realize the AVS forum thread is quite daunting in its length, the first post is updated regularly.

Apparently accurate measurements have documented these changes in the G series, at least 1 V model, and 1 X1 model. measurements on an S1 model are pending. It is less clear exactly what effect the changes have when viewing actual program material.

Thanks again for you comments.

Wes Sokolosky

By: etype2

etype2 — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:53:16 +0000

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

Some company’s have a tendency to ignore or deny a problem until it becomes a firestorm.

By: Tzedekh

Tzedekh — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:24:39 +0000

Has Panasonic released a firmware fix for their botched THX implementation in the 2009 models?

Some users reported a green shift in the color balance on some of the THX certified plasmas within 2009 HDTVs. HD Guru and other reviewers did not see this issue using our review samples, a sign that only part of the production run was affected.

Panasonic has created a firmware upgrade to correct the issue in affected panels. Here is the link for the download.

HD Guru