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Hmmm. I would have thought someone would have been interested in this development. Maybe all the plasma fans have migrated out of here since I last visited? ?

Panasonic Introduces First 65" 1080p Plasma Also: http://www.i4u.com/article4077.html Also, see here Japanese articles with photos: http://plusd.itmedia.co.jp/lifestyle...5/news038.html http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/do...0825/pana1.htm What is amazing about this isn't only...

Regarding digital, fixed pixel displays like plasmas/DLP/LCD, don't forget the role played by the display's scaling/processing. Often a yucky image on a digital display is due to average or poor scaling of the image to the native resolution. So you end up with various artifacts like blocky...

Re plasma burn-in. This issue has constantly been in the air over at the AVS flat panel form, over the four years I've been there. There have been questions and nervousness over the possiblity of burn-in, but it has turned out to be incredibly rare for any consumer to report burn-in on the...

Thanks Kevin. It was certainly fun doing the comparison. Now I can't stop drooling over owning one of those displays. BTW, it blows my mind how much plasma prices have dropped since I bought my 42" ED plasma about 3 years ago. If I bought from the states (I'm Canadian) for only a couple...

Kevin, here's the link to the Sony Qualia/Panasonic Plasma shoot-out: BATTLE OF THE CUTTING EDGE: Sony Qualia 006 vs Panasonic 65" Plasma Cheers,

"Almost all the manufacturers of plasmas either have plans to phase out plasma production or at least trim their product line over the next few years." Whoops, missed this. The above is indeed wrong. Sony was rumored to get out, but has denied. To quote an industry guru (over at AVS...

"Plasma vs LCoS? Isn't that a bit of a mismatch?" Nope. ;) "Frankly Plasma against anything but LCD from my experience is a mismatch." Stereophile Guide To Home Theater's technical editor, Tom Norton, has quite a bit of experience comparing and measuring top-end displays. He had this...

On another forum I posted a detailed report on my shoot-out between the new Sony Qualia 006 (the subject of this thread) vs the latest Panasonic 65" plasma. I'll post it here if there is any interest. Cheers,

The Sony Qualia 006 RPTV was the hit of the last CES show and has been heavily anticipated. I've had a chance to put that display through it's paces and I agree with others who've seen it: it's easily the best RPTV out there and raises the bar in PQ for anything other than a great front...

Rolando wrote: "non CRT was never even a thought. I had seen a few years ago (as well as plasma) and to this day have heard about how they just don't compare to even RPTV CRT." Actually, if you keep reading the forums and even read professional reviews these days you'll see a lot of...

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Hi gang. I'm helping out an acquaintance with his HT set-up. However, his room is pretty tricky for speaker set-up. Basically they have a bungalow with a large rectangular room as a primary dwelling space. (Approximately 17ft by 35 ft). They are placing their plasma in the center of the...

Hey folks, I'm trying to figure out a puzzle for an acquaintance setting up his HT. He'll be putting his AV receiver in a custom-built cabinet. They don't want to see any cords etc. He wants to use his receiver to listen to the radio and of course wants good reception. However, we are...

"If you spend 10 large on equipment, then cheap out, unwilling to part with a couple hundred bucks for cables, you deserve what you get. Viewing HD material in person, I suspect even the most uninitiated eye would see a difference.o" A difference between which cables? The $40 Ultralink and...

"1. Just because the majority chooses no difference doesn't mean that there isn't one." I'd agree. In fact I'll be doing another cable comparison of my own soon (my Nordost S-Video cable agains my Ultralink S-Video cable). But I couldn't tell the difference in eyeballing them on my...

Scott wrote: "how much variability is there between consecutive, identical photos taken with the camera under these conditions?" Good question. Although I've taken many screen shots before I've never done a test like this wherein the shot-to-shot variability in the camera would be "tested."...

Matt wrote: "BTW I can not find this thread at AVS, mind posting a link? Here Matt: Here is the link to the AVSforum Thread and Poll. Scott wrote: "how do you take the "screenshots"? Veewwy carefewwy. Lights out. No flash (of course...I'm amazed how many folks use a flash when...

Shane wrote: "We're talking about making comparisons on a 42" TV. To me the differences in video quality are not that much on smaller sets and I consider anything >50" a small set. I would say "EE doesn't exist yadda yadda". Shane, that's obviously a consideration. However, the first thing...

Ok guys, I won't keep you in suspense as long as I did for the folks over at the AVSforum. Here is the identity of the cables in the screen shots: Cable A = Canare Cable B = Nordost Cable C = Ultra Link Cable D = XLO We let this blind test go on longer at the other forum with a...

Ok guys, I won't keep you in suspense as long as I did for the folks over at the AVSforum. Here is the identity of the cables in the screen shots: Cable A = Canare Cable B = Nordost Cable C = Ultra Link Cable D = XLO We let this blind test go on longer at the other forum with a...

Brad: I took the photos with my digital camera on a tripod. Lights out. Freeze frame DVD images. Low shutter speed (around 1/4 second), same exposure/shutter speed for each shot in a sequence. It's pretty tricky stuff. The camera has to be at just the right distance or you get weird...

Thanks for the replies so far. Check back on this thread in the next day or so as you may be surprised ;) Mike wrote: "In my opinion a Plasma set is not a really good choice of displays for this test as they cannot produce black correctly, some of the shadow detail may be lost by the...

Hey guys, I did this on another forum and people seemed to enjoy it (and the results were fascinating), so I thought I'd bring it here too. I am posting a link to a gallery of screen shots. The shots compare the performance of 4 different brands of component video cables in my system. These...

Hey guys, I did this on another forum and people seemed to enjoy it (and the results were fascinating), so I thought I'd bring it here too. I am posting a link to a gallery of screen shots. The shots compare the performance of 4 different brands of component video cables in my system. These...

I hear ya John. For the record, I'm a film nut myself...a film school graduate who went on to working in the film business over the past 18 years. I've lit for film, shot film, edited film (done a bit of directing...smaller stuff) and eventually ended up in the sound effects editing side of...

It's always fun to exchange views and experience. And this certainly is the appropriate thread for the topic of plasma image quality compared to other technologies. John wrote: No. Plasma, like any technology, brings to the table a set of individual strengths in terms of picture...

John, Well, that was an impassioned speech. :) I understand your enthusiasm for front projection. I love front projection too. But I think we both know you got a little carried away there. ;) For instance: "Here's my theory, it's simple and I believe accurate: Plasma's are popular for...

I'm big on plasma myself and own a Panasonic ED plasma. However, I wouldn't go so far as to say "plasma is the best" at all. There are too many different factors that come into play, in regards to what each technology (and screen size) has to offer. All specs aside, when the end receiver is a...