Sony or Panasonic? Could anyone who's done this debate before share with me your thoughts?
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get the sony I checked them both out at CC and the Sony blows away the Pana. See for yourself the picture is really nice on the Sony, the pana is just OK. also no remote for the Pana or swivel screen.
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I talked to the Sony warranty people for over an hour today. This is some of last years 4k parts, so it does have a track record. The panel is new just coming out in September. The one thing I like about the Sony is that they are not getting the Chinese boards. Way too many quality control issues coming out of the student free labor in these electronic plants. The tech high school kids are working for free and the quality shows. Samsung and Panasonic have had quality issues in both the Plasma and LCD/LED, read all the reviews here and you will see what I mean. I own two Samsung's, and switched to Sony, because of returning 3-Plasmas, 3-blu-rays, and having my current Samsung LED fixed twice. I own a PS3 and it just runs, when my Samsung Blu-rays would not. See my latest review on the size of pixels for repair under warranty.
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Sorry I missed your question earlier, but hopefully you can change your mind about the Panasonic. Viera has awful color and any SD source just looks atrocious. My experience with this SONY is that most SD cable looks sharp and clean, with good motion handling and less noise that you'd expect from the typical LCD. It all depends on how you're viewing your SD cable. Most cable providers send digital, analog, and HDTV network channels thru their line. I have a splitter on my cable line, sending one output to the set's RF input and the other to my cable box and then thru S-video cable. SD cable boxes today are mostly SD-digital. The digital SD stations actually look quite good, far better than you'd expect from an LCD. SD-DVD is even better, and BluRay looks best if your player can downscale to 720p (the SONY's own built-in 1080 downscaler is likely not as competent as the one on your BR player). The HD feeds thru your cable line look outstanding with 1080, 720, nd even 480 signals -- pure analog SD thru that line is tolerable, but not nearly as crisp as the SD-digital versions of those same channels. Thru your cable box, pure analog stations look a bit grim, red, and undersaturated; but digital-SD stations look very clean, almost as nice as SD-DVD. I'd avoid the Panasonic. In fact, this SONY might not be perfect (you'll have to use the RGB controls to tone down the really heavy Red), but it's the best 26" LCD I've seen in a while. Samsung makes a 26" that looks good in reviews, but build quality and reliability are extremely poor, and the Samsung suffers from motion artifacts that look much worse than with the SONY.
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Not sure about Amazon as I haven't researched this---but you can call customer service and they will respond immediately (within an hour). I have found them very helpful and reasonably knowledgeable. Also I have researched all major brands and asked at least 3 techs in my area about reliability of 3 flat panels brands. While this is a loaded question since technology is changing so rapidly, all said Panasonic is very good and so far very reliable. Finally I also went to a few a/v specialty stores and a LOCAL major furn/appliance/ELECTRONICS store and asked who services their products. So I have found someone (or 2) businesses within 50 miles of my medium sized city who have excellent reputations. Not wanting to bash Best Buy, HH Gregg, etc. but the techs I talked with had reservations about buying extended warranties from the big store chains. I have no direct experience so I cannot really say. I have researched this V-10 for my mother and she will be buying from a local dealer. She's willing to pay a little more for correct setup and calibration and to integrate with her high end home theater separates. An extended warranty is optional through the dealer or local technician of my choice. Next to last, a very quality oriented Factory Authorized Service Center PROPRIETOR within 50 miles from my house stated that he is part of a network of technicians and recommended cpscentral.com (Computer Priority Service). I have not visited this site. Last I encourage you to investigate in your area before buying. The reason I'm so diligent is that my mother is replacing a 5 yr old Pioneer Elite plasma which cost $10,000 and now will either be repaired and come to my home or recycled. This should help you--don't let your excitement out weigh good reasoning!!
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Panasonic Pricing & ETA has been leaked...http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-20030645-1.html?tag=mncol;1nSeems like they're worth waiting for the new generation.
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Thank you very much NLee. You have confirmed what I was suspecting... after much reading around the web and on Amazon. I really appreciate you taking the time to do that.I'll get the Sony one.All the best to you... Jonathan
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I think they are both excellent tvs. I was deciding between the 2 models, and finalized my choice when I checked them out at the store. I went with the Sony 40v4100.
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I am in your same boat...trying to choose between a samsung pn58b650 vs. panasonic tc-54v10. Panasonic is 58" and now several hundred cheaper (with coupon code). I keep going back and forth...any help out there? Is panasonic better than samsung...as is generally stated? thanx in advance for any feedback.
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That clinches it. Amazon's good about accepting returns (I returned a Samsung late last year), but sounds like it's not worth the hassle this time. Thanks for confirming my choice. (I like Panasonic, too, but when I ask for a personal favorite from some of these sales guys who are around hundreds of TV sets every day, they almost always say Sony's the one.)
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Haluk,Thanks for the response; I realize now that I actually have the Panasonic TH-50PX77U, but I'm guessing that the solution is the same, and too expensive as well. Although I am in the market for a new computer, so it wouldn't have to be a VGA based laptop, but still prob. too expensive regardless?Thanks
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A few testing co. like CNet and CR rated the Panasonic over the Sony. They are the tech people and I am not. And for the Panasonic to be at $400 is something I felt could not be beat. Now my only problem is picking out an SD card.
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I went with the Panasonic. According to consumer reports the panasonic blows the sony away in color. Sony only has a 3.3 camera meg as well compared to the 5 of the panasonic. The only place where the sony won out was battery life but extra batteries for the panasonic is only 44 dollars on amazon.
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I have the same question! I'm having the same experience with the Sonys and that's why I'm thinking of purchasing these. Did you find out anything?
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Thanks again. I'll be deciding by the end of the week, because I'll have to return the Canon by Saturday! Another thing re: the Panasonic is that you can attach certain lenses to it to extend the zoom and possibly some other stuff. I like that Idea. I love cameras with big wide lenses on them!Take care, and thanks for your thoughts.
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Ok, I finally made the purchase.............. Being cheap and broke, I got the Panasonic p50g15........ Good price $1295. OTD.,Now, the next thing is I don't know Squat about hooking it up........... Please refer to the 50g15 review to read about my installation questions if you think you can give any advice ! Thanks :)
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I just checked out their website and they have most of the latest releases, as well as 3 different quality formats, SD, HD and HDX which is better than regular HD. Their prices are the same as Amazon and CinemaNow, not sure why you think their prices are so bad? Panasonic has Amazon VOD in case you're interested.
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what i have read is that the olympus is more compact to tote (but not a compact size) than the panasonic. the panasonic has some higher marks than the olympus but averaged out the olympus is the editors choice. the x-d card may be a factor too. no camera is the right choice...but i'm on my way to place an order for the olympus. also, i've owned both brands and have been happy with both. tl