Plasma is alive. It’s funny that just because something isn’t selling the way it used to that all of a sudden it’s dead. People think DLP is dead, yet Mitsubish JUST announced new televisions and if you want a cheap 60″+ TV, these are likely the only way to go.

More =/= Better. Once people learn that, everything gets better. People just love sensational headlines.

Over and out.

Chance Stevens,
Editor, tvlampsnbulbs.com

They have to say that. They are marketing people. We will see.
OLED IS THE FUTURE and just around the corner.

I have LCD and PDP TV’s. PDP wins hands down for picture quality. Family and guests nearly all comment on the picture. I’ll buy another Plasma before buying an LCD. The only downside in my opinion in the weight. They really need to be hung on a wall. If placed on a stand they better be wired down tight. Mine’s on the wall.

I too have both LCD and PDP — there is simply no comparison, for what is widely available right now, the plasma is better across the board.

Pioneer certainly does not stand behind there Plasma’s. I bought one of there first models, and when the power supply died, they claimed they had no spares. How is that for customer service on an 8,000 dollar TV. No more Pioneer or Plasma for me. LCD’s are much lighter therefore easier to mount on the wall, have an excellent picture, and price is very competitive.

If consumers actually did their own homework and really looked at the two technologies objectively, they would quickly find out that for 9 out of every 10 consumers Plasma is a far better choice than LCD for a flat panel TV format. Far more advantages and far fewer disadvantages. People get fed outdated, old or just plain incorrect information about Plasma technology and then make their buying decision based on that. That’s an unfortunate mistake. Be an informed consumer, do your own research, then go make a fully informed, educated purchase decision.

I am still enjoying the Samsung 67″ DLP my roommate bought.

Gavin,

Your panel must be at least 7 years old. I believe there are state laws regarding how long a mfg. has to support its products. You should check into it. Once you’re past the mfg. warranty, I don’t think there’s much you can do. Think of all the pleasure you’ve had watching the Pioneer while all us bozos were watching small crt’s or crappy LCD’s. The cost of being an early adoptor. Regarding LCD vx. Plasma… Plasma blows away LCD. It’s too bad that there initially was so much BS thrown around about plasma. Too bad that Pioneer, the maker of the best TV’s on the planet, has decided to get out of the display business altogether. RIP Pioneer.

Plasma is not reliable…LG 50 inch..lasted 2 years plus…various sites on the web tell you there is a problem with plasma sets regarding computer boards. Cost estimate received today, $900…for a 2 year old set??? Will now shop for a LED/LCD…do not trust plasma, do not trust LG…

Pogue is a clown. Why he is taken seriously by the tech industry is beyond me. He’s a hack and not even entertaining to boot.

Plasma is still the best picture available. Sure LCD is lighter and uses less power, but it pales in comparison to the picture quality plasma can attain.

After working in Home Theater retail for the last 2 years and learning a ton of information. Hands down Plasmas are the best for picture quality and accuracy. Its unfortunate that some have dealt with the bad side of a Plasma. Theoretically speaking, as long as a set gets good clean power, this would allow the set to run at its optimal level.
Another thing I have noticed that consumers do with sets is leaving them on their “Vivid” or “Dynamic” settings. Worst settings for any flat panel in a home. This setting is for store displays to shoe off their TV. They are attractive setting but they are killing the TV.
As for Santiago with the LG Plasma, I rarely sell LG Plasmas unless they are the higher end models. If you purchased yours just over 2 years ago, that is just short of when they started offering premium sets. Another thing you should consider is TV settings and clean power. I’m not talking about a surge protector, I could easily show how a surge protector does not protect a TV set. This also goes for Gavin, if your power supply took a dive this would tell me you weren’t connected to anything but the wall. If you were, most line conditioner manufacturers and surge protector manufacturers give you a warranty and cover expenses.
Santiago,
Here is another piece of advice. If you’re considering LCD, the biggest thing with LCD’s are the lack of color and their motion resolution. Plasmas have always had these advantages. Now you will see 120Hz and 240Hz LCDs, giving you better motion resolution; hence, reducing the blur effect that LCDs have had. One thing to know about this though, they are inserting new frames and sometimes its not perfect and sometimes it looks crystal smooth. They basically, take 2 frames and process, looking for differences in image locations. then they create a new frame of what they think it should look like. Most video enthusiast hate this because it looks unnatural. The average consumer is 50/50. I get comments like “It looks too real” or “It looks too fake”. After owning a LCD, I cannot stand the blurring and I cannot justify buying a 120Hz or 240Hz, due to me understanding how they work and how their process could be off, which ultimately shoes in picture quality. And as for the LCDs with LED as a light source, their are only 2 TV’s I would ever consider: Samsung’s LN46A950 and LN55A950, or Sony’s KDL46XBR8 and KDL55XBR8. Both beautiful sets and they are only offered in 46″ and 55″. The only reason I would consider these is due to the fact of how they designed the backlight for them, this is how an LED TV should be developed to get their color on par with a Plasma. Now a Plasma still wins in my book for color but these sets show the potential of LED TVs. If your thinking about the new Samsung 6000, 7000 or 8000 series, those sets do not use the same design as the 950 and so they lack the capability. They are very slim tho, 1.2″ vs 4.5″. Another manufacturer you should take a look at is Mitsubishi. Their sets have always impressed me in terms of color. Don’t how they do it but I have seen a Mitsubishi LCD look as good as a LED TV.
I still say that Plasma is the best flat panel for performance and accuracy for now. Can’t wait for my warranty to kick in on my TV, cause that means I am getting a Pioneer Elite.

… one more thing I would like to add: these rumors about LG exiting plasma production are coming from inside of LG in Korea and persistent We heard the same about Pioneer, nobody believed it would happen and boom.

An observation from an owner of two LCD units. I have a Sharp 65 inch in a 14x 17 room. I can not back away from it or get to an extreme angle to observe loss in picture quality because of it’s size. I have a Sony XBR6 46 inch in my bedroom. Here, I do notice a drop off in picture quality at an angle because the screen is much smaller, my height as I walk around, but not an issue because we watch television in bed, straght on.

I still feel that viewing the best quality plasma and LCD sets, plasmas look to dim. Don’t get me wrong, I had both of my sets professionally calibrated by an ISF technician. The Sony XBR8 55 inch looks stunning. Many reviewers say it has deeper blacks then the latest generation Pioneer Kuro. I went to Panasonic plasma website. A reviewer bought a 65 inch plasma and said it runs extremely hot and he was afraid to operate it on warm days. Maybe this is isolated, I don’t know. I can tell you I had a Pioneer Plasma, it also ran very hot and the panel failed after two years of use. I had this set calibrated as well. A story ran earlier this year that the European Union was considering banning plasmas because of their high energy consumption. I know Panasonic’s new plasma line has reduced energy levels however. Sony may possibly have a 21 inch or 27 inch OLED TV ready for production to be shown in Berlin this year. More exciting is the promise of 40 inch OLED sets next year. Once that happens OLED will take off and ultimately replace plasma and LCD.

“Plasma is not reliable…LG 50 inch..lasted 2 years plus…various sites on the web tell you there is a problem with plasma sets regarding computer boards. Cost estimate received today, $900…for a 2 year old set??? Will now shop for a LED/LCD…do not trust plasma, do not trust LG…”

LG had some pretty decent issues with a certain set of boards they used in a few models(their IPMS died like crazy, the same ones which were used in all the vizios which had the pop o death)which LG usually would cover the parts for if you called their customer support line to get parts covered. Hence, why you buy an LG and not a vizio.

Other brands, like panasonic use component design, instead of IPMs, and enjoy a much better reliability.

Panasonic reported a $3.97 billion (378.96 billion yen) net loss and a 14 percent drop in sales to $81.3 billion (7,765.5 billion yen) for its fiscal year, ended March 31, and projected another loss this year.

OLED will ultimately replace plasma … but it’s going to be a few years before you can buy a 50″-65″ OLED at an affordable price. Meanwhile plasmas rule.

Pioneer was indeed king in the plasma world … and some Kuros are still available … but, alas, the king is dead. Fortunately Panny’s new 2009 high-end units are very, very close to Kuro quality and use a lot less electricity … and they will have a 65-incher in August that I’m definitely buying.

You know what’s funny? On TV the other day, I heard that newspapers are dead. It might be interesting to see which lasts longer plasma TVs or 50% of the nation’s largest newspapers.

By the way, I watched that program on my new Panasonic plasma which continues to get rave reviews from friends – even those who told me LCD was the only way to go.

The ultimate motion torture test: can a plasma display fast moving stage lighting of a music concert at night without lag, breakup and motion artifacts? No Lcd I have seen can cope with this. If someone tells me plasma can display this type of motion properly, I will check the set out.

I do like the 2009 Panasonic X series, but only 54 inches. I’m spoiled for 65 inch or above. The V series is 65, but no one piece glass and no swivel base. Sad.

Wow! This is a great post very much informative.But the fact is that in this technolgy world consumer always prefer for new looks and new LCD HDTV now oled technology comes to the market so what about plasma?
Thanks…

Fact: The error and return rate on LCDs are less than half of those on Plasmas.

Of course these are not huge numbers on either side, but still, I’d rather go with LCDs 3% risk on my investment than a 6% like Plasmas.

The only reason I believe Plasma TV’s MIGHT BE the next to die out because they are far more primitave than LED LCD’s, Laser LCD’s or the still to come OLED. What I mean is plasma like CRT’s used gases xenon, neon, and argon gas which are ionized to form a plasma to eventually produce photons. Oh and don’t forget the magnesium oxide. I am not sure how toxic the liquid crystal compound is or the indium tin oxide electrodes are but from what I can tell the xenon, neon, argon, and magnesium makes plasmas far more toxic than LCD’s.

My 2007 50″ Samsung plasma TV being a flat pannel and far thinner than my 2007 55″ Sony DLP 1080i rear projection and still my plasma is nowhere near as thin as the LED TV. I am not sure about how much more or less toxic Plasma TV are compaired to LED LCD TV’s but Plasmas have more materials in consrtuction, more enegery consumption, but this could change as there was a Plasma the the CES convention and it was comparably thin to the LED LCD. As much as I love plasmas they still have the burn in issue and a few other problems. I have not seen what a top of the end plasma looks like today but I have seen the Sharp Aquos LC-65XS1U-s (LED LCD) and the new Samsung 8 series LED TV and wow they blow my 2007 Samsung out of the water.

My friend has a LCD TV (fluorescent lit) and watched Indiana Jones crystal skull and I did not see any blur or lag, but in a hockey game yes, (but that is because of the cameras at the arena NOT the TV), but the indiana jones movie on the LCD was comparable to a plasma with fast motion. But again the obvious visual difference is that his LCD has a much sharper image but an unnatural sharpness to the point it looks like someone pumped up the sharpness to 100 and the image no longer looks real where as my plasma had a sharp image but smooth not jagged like the LCD. It all depends on personal taste. I like the overall image on an LCD but I hate that sharpness look which is why Plasma takes the cake for me…that is until I met LED LCD.

I made the mistake of buying a Samsung plasma when Panasonic Viera and Pioneer Kuro Elite make the best Plasma TV’s and Sharp Aquos and Samsung make the best LED LCD’s (especially Samsung’s 8 Series LED TV…DROOL!)

Forget SED and FED displays, I don’t think they will make it to the market. CRT died because it was far too outdated and rear projections were just too big and bulky. I think the next big battle will be between LED and Laser TV’s because Plasma might die out. If plasma survives till 2012 I bet it would be equal with other technologies out there. In the end I think LED and OLED TV will take dominance over Plasma and Laser TV. Whomever will win in the LED/Laser battle will be the ones to battle it out with OLED the way Plasma and LCD had their battles from 2002 till more or less the present day. I have not seen a Laser TV in person yet but I have seen the LED TV and as a Plasma fan I was impressed. I bought my plasma in 2007, I personally like to get a new TV every 5 years. Unless the burn-in issues are taken care of, after seeing the the LED TV I will probably purchase an LED TV in 2012 and in 2017 probably a OLED TV. In the end I love plasma’s picture but when playing video games I still have HUGE issues with burn-in. All companies need to work on the burn in problem. Will we ever see a TV will all those strength and none of the downsides i.e. no burn-in like with plasma and no super high sharpness producing unrealistic images with LCD? I hope OLED can deliver because I have a feeling LED and Laser TV’s are only passing fads.

The point is you can’t look at low end $1000-3000 TV’s because you cant make a true comparison with low end technology when there is top of the line stuff out in the market. The best way to decide is to look at TV’s $4000 or higher (regardless of whether you are going to buy it or not.)

“A story ran earlier this year that the European Union was considering banning plasmas because of their high energy consumption. ”

Gawd. I’m really starting to hate that nanny continent.

“The French can be French, and the Danes be Danish, and Europe be European, only because of America”….Mark Steyn

The new plasma technology uses half the energy. At least Panny’s 2009 models. I almost bought a Viera S1.. but, I stood in front of LCD’s and that Panny plasma for about 3 hours over the course of a month in these stores.. and I ended up walking out with a 2009 Samsung LCD with 70000:1 contrast ratio (pretty good for an LCD). Yes, I understand the plasmas can produce more colors.. but it was the eyepopping brightness that the Panny could not match. The swivel base was a plus also. Oh well.. maybe I will try a plasma for my finished basement next.

1. Argon, Neon, Xenon are all inert gases. You can’t metabolise them like Oxygen but they are not poisonous like Chlorine or Fluorine, etc. Magnesium is only dangerous in extremely high doses, after all it is a required mineral, or if you set it on fire and if touches water or Aluminum. (MaGnesium shavings help ignite ALuminium.)

2. Bitch all you want about the EU nanny states but as an American who has been in and out of the EU for decades and is currently living in Switzerland I have one observation. The United States IS ONLY because the “French were french” and the “English were english” and the “Spanish were spanish”. If they hadn’t been then we wouldn’t be here. The USA isn’t as different as I would personally like to think it is. But I do love going home.

3. There is a reason that the Theatre and Music and A/V industry use Plasmas more often than LCD monitors. We have only just now started using LCD monitors because they are so relatively cheap. Plasmas are much better looking and more consistent over time and distance (read road abuse) than LCDs when used in this kind of environment.

4. I think that the truth is we will find PDP and LCD are hearing the death knell from OLED. After all direct displays (almost) on stages are LED. IE. JumboTron, etc. I believe that we will find that LCD is saying that PDP is dead because they want to distract from the fact that when OLED or some other variant becomes cost effective it will spell the end. OLED is stunning.

Having said all this I don’t think that we will be able to afford one (OLED) for another decade.

Looks like my next HD will be a projector or a plasma.

Plasma over LCD anyday. I do like the brightness of LCD’s, but the colors on the newest LCD can’t compare to even the oldest plasmas. LCD has the advantages of being lighter, and a lot cheaper and easier to fix when it breaks. Plasmas have the better color and the screens will not crack from a hit with a nerf gun. (I fix tv’s and the amount of LCD’s with cracked screens from a nerf gun is unbelievable) I buy fix and sell a lot of lcds and plasmas and I have had the most expensive lcd’s you can buy, and I can honestly say they don’t even compare to my 50″ Samsung plasma. I don’t know much about the LED’s but from what I have seen in store displays it seems like they have combined the picture and color quality of a plasma with the brightness of an LCD and made it thin as a small book. A little too new and a little too expensive for me for now. I think I will wait a little while and see how they do.

Every day almost, one reads of new of new break though tech.on OLED research. The latest from Seko/Epson. They came up with a new efficient way to deposit the organic material on the substrate, very much like the ink jet process in todays printers/copiers. What this this mean? Far lower cost in manufacturing cost with much less material and labor cost. This is why OLED will ultimately replace plasma and LCD, not to mention the better all around picture quality.

Seiko/Epson: 37″ OLED and larger ready for production in 2012.

This is the company that introduced the worlds’s first consumer color LCD TV in 1984.

The link: http://www.oled-info.com/seiko-epson-plans-launch-37-inkjet-printed-oled-tvs-2012

Panasonic 50″ V10

I just replaced my 37″ Westinghouse LCD with a Panasonic V10. Before I bought the V10 I did a lot of research both online and hands on in the stores. Pretty much right away I knew I didn’t want one of the new LCD’s. The 120/240Hz compensation for motion blur made all the movies look as though they were shot from a high def camcorder. Absolutely horrible. On the new LCD’s the blacks were very black but lacked detail. On the Plasmas, the blacks were blacker, but still provided discernible detail. One of the biggest issues that people say they have about Plasmas is the dim screen. I was worried about this too. In the stores, the LCDS blew away the Plasmas with their scorching bright screens. That means absolutely nothing when you get it home and have it calibrated to your living/theater room. If you were to leave those settings as is from the showroom floor, it would A: cut the life of the screen in half. B: Give you a headache when watching a movie for 2hrs. C: Wash out the image quality and ruin any type of cinema experience. Granted a bright screen works great in a bright room. But for me, when I watch a movie I want the theater experience. So after a month of research, I went with Plasma. When I got the set home, I logged onto Cnet.com and looked up their calibration settings and set it accordingly. The V10 is one hell of a T.V. Thin, attractive, and the image quality (although not as good as the high end Kuro) is pretty near perfect.

So the last of my tube TVs died last night. I had a pretty 26 inch Sony that was only about 8 years old. Its my bedroom tv, and went to turn it on and something blew inside. I am not going to fix it. Now I need a new bedroom TV. I really like the new Samsung and LG TVs. I had assumed I would be getting LCD, but I am definately going to look at plasma seriously now.

After 10 years of that good old 27 inch tube, I finally got the ok from the wife to by a brand new HDTV, so I did all my homework and it basically points out to a Panasonic TC-50G10, but now I am now reading on that 24P original encoding that Bluray outputs if you select it from your player, but this set don’t do 24P, I have to go up a notch again to TC-50V10 to get this feature… Is it really worth it if you watch a few movies/Bluray a week? Do we really notice that flicker they say going from 24P to 60P?

Thanks.

Dan…Get the TC-50G10. It can display 24p @ 60 htz just fine. Save the money. I got one myself

Consumers are sheep. Most people are too lazy to actually find out which technology is best. Out of the many friends and associates I have most do not even bother doing the research on the pros and cons of each of the technologies. They usually rely on the input from the salesman. In fact, I have a friends that sells these at a chain and he does not even know the pros and cons-and he is number 2 at his company!

It will be years before LCD can match plasmas off axis viewing advantage. Only the most expensive of LCD panels can come “close” at best.
Motion lag? LCD is getting better but still can not match plasma consistently enough to say the “same as plasma”.

I do not know why I even bother, go to AVSforums.com and see how many new consumers show up there with posts asking if they should get HD cable etc to make the picture look better.Most of them think the TV itself magically makes any content “high def” These are the same fools that are choosing lcd over and over.

Take it from someone who works in an electronics store and who sells tv’s for a living. LCD Televisions are far superior and have far more advantages that plasmas. First, less electricity generated. Customers can feel the heat coming off of them as soon as they go up to them. Most customers I deal with say picture quality is the main reason why they buy a television and generally Sony, Samsung, and LG LCD Tv’s have the best picture quality period. People also still see blur on some plasma models. That’s because the 600hz subfield drive that is on some plasma models really has nothing to do with refresh rate. It is how fast the color reproduces. So 120 and 240 hz LCD’s have better motion. Period. LCD over Plasma. take it from an expert.

IS PLASMA FADING?

Take a look here.

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/33010449/ns/technology_and_science-tech_and_gadgets/

IS PLASMA FADING?

Take a look here.

I heard that plasma televisions need new tubes every few years, is this true?

not at all.

There are a lot of advances when it comes to display technology. Oftentimes, most of them are better than LCDs and Plasma when it comes to performance and quality, however, since new display technologies are harder and more expensive to manufacture, Plasma has been a very cost-effective choice for many consumers.
Nice post HD guru!

When I researched the plasma versus lcd’s back when moby dick was a minnow, all the sales people were making up stories about the plasma’s, trying to sell the lcd’s and I don’t see where that has changed.
Buyers are walking into these sotres and letting these sales people convince them to buy something they don’t want, they are letting themselves be convinced that the picture they are seeing is not real, and the sales people are adjusting the settings on the tv’s in the stores so that the pictures are better on the products they make more money off of. Buyers need to wake up!

After I did my research and corrected the sales person, I bought my first plasma, a PDP-5030HD. I have been thrilled ever since, except for 2 problems. The major one is something happened to mine the other day, I still get sound and light on the screen but no picture.

I need to find a technician to tell me what’s wrong and/or I have to buy a new one. I was shocked to find out that Pioneer is exiting plasmas and there are only a few pioneers still around. The requirement to purchase from an authorized dealer is making me very nervous and limiting even further my selection. So I need some help,
1. does anyone know what might be wrong with my existing set and do you think it’s fixable?
2. If I have to buy another one, I’d love a pioneer but it appears I’d be limited to the PDP6020 from an authorized dealer or a 151fd from a dealer via amazon, and amazon is supposedly authorized so I’m not sure how this will work – any input would be appreciated
3. Last resort is to buy the Panasonic 50V10. I bought my son a panasonic last year and the picture is really good. I’ve done my research and would consider the 50V10 as a replacement. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I’ve been researching for a couple of days now and would appreciate any thoughts.Thanks for your help
Appreciated reading this thread and the information on this site

I have been in the tv business for the last 6 yeras. 4 as a sales associate at sears and 2 as a repair technician for a large service company. I can tell you that many of the bad reports about plasma tv’s are just that bad reports. Plasma tv’s are very good sets. They have very sharp pictures and support fast moving pictures very well. They also have no more repair issues than lcd sets. And both lcd and plasma sets are far better on reliability than dlp or lcd projection sets. Now brand is also make a huge difference. For plasma sets I would never buy anything but Samsung or panasonic. Those of you who complain about plasma because you own an LG that has broke down doesnt mean that it broke because it is a plasma; it is because you own an LG. In the repair industry we refer to LG as “L”owsy “G”arbage. For LCD sets I would only purchase Samsung or Sony products. But would not reccomend them if you are a big sports fan because they do not handle fast moving pictures very well. Now if you dont have room for a 42″ television or larger then you have to buy an LCD and I would reccomend that you purchase a Samsung or Sony with 120 or 240 HZ. Plasma TV’s are here to stay and are very good sets as long as you stick with good brands and buy a decent version. Samd thing with LCD’s you get what you PAY for. I personally own both a 42″ Samsung Plasma and two 32″ LCD. 1 Samsung and 1 Sony. I just recently purchased the 32′ Samsung 1080p 240 HZ and I love it. The other lcd and plasma I have owned for 4 years and have never experienced a single problem but I also bought a higher end version. All of the sets and brands I have talked about have the least amount of repair problems compared to the amount sold in the US. So do not worry about purchasing a plasma as long as you buy a samsung or Panasonic and stay away from lower end models sold at many stores including the all famous cheap Wally World. “WalMart”

I am currently looking to buy a 46 to 50 inch TV. I am looking either at the Samsung Series 8 LED or the Panasonic plasma V10. One thing that keeps coming up is that plasmas are not good for a bright room. I do not have a dedicated home theatre and the TV will be wall mounted in the lounge room. We have floor to ceiling windows on one wall (to theright of and about 3m away from TV) which let through quite a bit of light and no blinds on the windows. Will this affect the plasma and should i go with the LED instead?
Thanks

I am the victim of LG…bought a new LG plasma 2 yrs back and i don’t know what had happened the inside screen smashed …. well i know its not my son who did it otherwise, it would leave behing some mark on the outter screen and the second thing which i believe could be the reason was, the same day my duilding had some electricty problems , they were fixing the transformer and the electricity was switched off and on time and time again…. could this be the reason ? don’t know I am off to buy a Panasonic Viera plasma 42″ …. looked at samsung as well, but i guess Panasonic is the best when it comes to Plasma ….. Guys stay away from LG plasma

I have a samsung hl61a750 dlp 2 years old and it has been a great tv.the compliments we get about the picture quality never end. this tv is on at least 16 hours a day with the kids and gaming
all the time it gets used. I know dlp technology is old but i really don’t understand why samsung quit making them soon after they started using the led light engine.You can’t beat the price for the size, i got this one brand new for 1799.00 on sale. they seemed to have fixed the problems they had with older models. But sales dictate what to manufacture i guess, even thou mitsubishi still makes them and still sells plenty of them. to replace my 61″ with a big lcd would be quite expensive however a big plasma would be cheaper. I have located a new 67″ samsung dlp with led engine in new york in the box for about 1900.00 pretty cheap for that size.

42″ LG Plasma purchased in 2005, what a waste of $3000. Never again, will I waste money in a technology, so I can be a guinea pig! LCD’s recognizable history is where I trust my instincts. Learned the hard way.

I had a Lg 32″ LCD model# 32LC7D-UB die in 2 years. Screen flickers then goes black. The repair cost is equal to a new walmart 32″ LCD

LG’s response was basically “too bad, 1 year warranty only”. What a waste of money. Maybe their plasmas last longer, but I’m done with LG. Stay clear of LG LCD products. I hope people read this before purchasing.

Hi,
Any comments/inputs abt Panasonic TH-p50c10, which is HD Ready ?

Hi guys,
I need a budget plasma tv, can’t decide between the Samsung PS42B430 (series 4) and the Panasonic Th-P42C10S. Any users of these tvs? Comments please? thank you!

I don’t think so I have been using three of them with no problems whatsoever!
Chris Harris

I don’t think so I have been using three of them with no problems whatsoever!
Chris Harris
http://www.gossimer.com/hosting.php

Hi,

I just saw LG 50PK550 Plasma TV in a showroom. It had excellent picture quality with a blu ray disc source. I’m interested in buying this set and have read some reviews, which are good. However, it’d be good to have a second opinion, as I mostly see here people recommending Panasonic or Samsung Plasma sets. Thanks.