CNET rated the panasonic at 4 stars, but that is in comparison to the Pioneer model which is discontinued, and costs twice as much money. Here's the link if you want to read an experts opinion.
http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/panasonic-tc-p46g10/4505-6482_7-33497900.html?tag=mncol;lst
Simply put for the money, this is the BEST t.v. out there, i spent about a month going to stores, comparing features, and with the exception of Viera Cast i love everything about this t.v. I have morning sun in my room, but i found that i could still see the t.v. from almost any angle. And the picture quality is breath-taking.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Panasonic TC-P42G10 Best Picture Yet
This review is for the FREE TV(antenna) people out there. This is the best picture out there (no middleman)! I receive 43 channels free, many in high definition.
I have been looking for a realistic television picture for over 10 years. This is it!
5 years ago I purchased a 32" LCD TV by Samsung becauce it was the best TV for the price. I had wanted to recieve the new free HD channels. I settled for the 32" because at $1200 it was the most TV I could afford at the time. Samsung had made a breakthrough on price/picture quality at that time. Today I am weary of the limitations of LCD tvs. My old Samsung TV's best picture required looking at blurring motion and accents on the colors blue and gray.
To purchase a high quality LED LCD today which has an incredible picture one must pay much more.
Look at the Panasonic G10. I can't stop looking at this TV! The picture is simply stunning. If a person has been tanning, I can see it! It is realistic. The colors are amazingly real once you get off of the standard setting. Go to THX or Custom settings and you will see the color and brightness POP!
A few years ago plasma did not impress me with a highly reflective screen and low brightness. This Panasonic plasma has become what I think is the new standard.
An ethernet connection makes this TV future oriented.
An antenna makes this TV pay for itself in high definition!
I have been looking for a realistic television picture for over 10 years. This is it!
5 years ago I purchased a 32" LCD TV by Samsung becauce it was the best TV for the price. I had wanted to recieve the new free HD channels. I settled for the 32" because at $1200 it was the most TV I could afford at the time. Samsung had made a breakthrough on price/picture quality at that time. Today I am weary of the limitations of LCD tvs. My old Samsung TV's best picture required looking at blurring motion and accents on the colors blue and gray.
To purchase a high quality LED LCD today which has an incredible picture one must pay much more.
Look at the Panasonic G10. I can't stop looking at this TV! The picture is simply stunning. If a person has been tanning, I can see it! It is realistic. The colors are amazingly real once you get off of the standard setting. Go to THX or Custom settings and you will see the color and brightness POP!
A few years ago plasma did not impress me with a highly reflective screen and low brightness. This Panasonic plasma has become what I think is the new standard.
An ethernet connection makes this TV future oriented.
An antenna makes this TV pay for itself in high definition!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Panasonic TC-P42G10 Excellent TV/Excellent value
Have had this TV for almost 2 months. Shipped promptly from Amazon - best price on the web. Excellent picture, color, clarity and no motion blur! I'm somewhat of a "techie" and did a significant amount of research on TV's - LCD vs. Plasma. Bottom line: Plasma has better blacks, better off angle viewing, less motion blur for fast moving scenes and far better value than LCD. I was convinced LCD was better until I did the research, did some comparison viewing, and looked at the costs. I've also been a SONY fan for many years (CRT's, walkmans, headphones, CD players, etc) but am very impressed with Panasonic's product here. Easy to use, great picture, and THX mode makes movies and TV shows look like they should, not like a computer monitor....highly recommend this set and Amazon.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Panasonic TC-P42G10 Don t think about it. Buy it, you will not be disappointed
This plasma tv is simply amazing! I cannot believe the color accuracy of this tv. Like most other reviewers I to felt that the THX mode was way to dim, and VGA is not 1080p that is why I give this hdtv a 4. I prefer setting my panasonic tc-42g10 to custom mode using the settings posted below by someone named goofyjessie.
[...]
Obviously without the Service Menu offsets, this is not a complete answer for anyone, but it should give everyone a starting point for their tweaking.
UPDATE (JULY 13, 2009):
By Thomas J. Norton at Home Theater Magazine
I found the settings below to be the best for THX mode (still to dim).
[...]
FINAL UPDATE TO THIS POST (JULY 25, 2009).
Custom Mode, Game mode, and THX mode seems to be the best modes for calibration. Standard and Vivid are flawed in one way or another.
BEST CALIBRATED SETTINGS I HAVE FOUND ON THE WEB SO FAR! SUPERIOR THEN THOSE I POSTED EARLIER! Note: I now use the settings below for game playing, movie watching, and everyday hdtv watching. Settings posted by someone named Orta.
[...]
Finally, I went ahead and brought the DVE HD BASICS cd to further tweak my settings. Well that about sums it up, Farewell!
[...]
Obviously without the Service Menu offsets, this is not a complete answer for anyone, but it should give everyone a starting point for their tweaking.
UPDATE (JULY 13, 2009):
By Thomas J. Norton at Home Theater Magazine
I found the settings below to be the best for THX mode (still to dim).
[...]
FINAL UPDATE TO THIS POST (JULY 25, 2009).
Custom Mode, Game mode, and THX mode seems to be the best modes for calibration. Standard and Vivid are flawed in one way or another.
BEST CALIBRATED SETTINGS I HAVE FOUND ON THE WEB SO FAR! SUPERIOR THEN THOSE I POSTED EARLIER! Note: I now use the settings below for game playing, movie watching, and everyday hdtv watching. Settings posted by someone named Orta.
[...]
Finally, I went ahead and brought the DVE HD BASICS cd to further tweak my settings. Well that about sums it up, Farewell!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Panasonic TC-P42G10 Excellent TV/Excellent value
Have had this TV for almost 2 months. Shipped promptly from Amazon - best price on the web. Excellent picture, color, clarity and no motion blur! I'm somewhat of a "techie" and did a significant amount of research on TV's - LCD vs. Plasma. Bottom line: Plasma has better blacks, better off angle viewing, less motion blur for fast moving scenes and far better value than LCD. I was convinced LCD was better until I did the research, did some comparison viewing, and looked at the costs. I've also been a SONY fan for many years (CRT's, walkmans, headphones, CD players, etc) but am very impressed with Panasonic's product here. Easy to use, great picture, and THX mode makes movies and TV shows look like they should, not like a computer monitor....highly recommend this set and Amazon.
Friday, October 9, 2009
Panasonic TC-P42G10 Great TV. Great Value
I've been researching HDTVs for the past couple of years, and I finally took the plunge when I found a great deal on a 42" Westinghouse LCD back in May. I thought it was a great set... for about 2 weeks. The color would shift noticeably when you moved more than 30 degrees off center. Then the digital tuner started to go.
Since then I've been through 3 more LCDs and one Plasma before I decided that the Panasonic G10 was the way to go. My problem with the LCDs is I am just not happy with the off-angle shift in the black level. When you're sitting head on, LCDs can look great, but as soon as you move off center, you can see the black is not consistent across the screen. This is especially apparent when you are watching a movie with the black bars across the top and bottom. Plasmas are not subject to this issue and plasmas have deeper blacks. This makes a HUGE difference (to me) when watching movies.
The other plasma I had was the Panasonic 42px14 ([...]). I returned it, however, as it had a few issues that kept it from being great (overscan, slow channel editing, etc), and I wanted a 1080p set.
The G10 was a great fit, because I needed a 42" or 46" set and the 1080p as well as the great review on CNET. I bought the G10 through the Amazon Warehouse Deals, and got a screaming good deal (saved about $200) and got a better deal than the S1 (the set just below the G10). The only downside I can see to taking this route is that since I purchased the set, the prices have risen significantly (almost by $200) through the same Amazon Warehouse Deals. I guess you just need to be patient and wait for them to drop again. I don't feel like the prices should fluctuate that wildly. It just feels too opportunistic. Yeah, yeah, I'm well aware of supply and demand, but at some point it just becomes an excuse to abuse trust.
But that has nothing to do with the quality of this set. And back to that point, I am extremely satisfied with this tv set. The image really looks sharp and even standard definition is watchable. People complain about the speakers on all flat panel tvs, but I've found these ones to work great for casual viewing. Just nudge up the bass to about +5.
My recommended settings are going to be in more of a range, since this completely depends on your viewing environment. But here's what I think looks great.
Use Custom setting
Drop the Contrast to somewhere between 55 and 65.
Raise Brightness up to between 56 and 64. Really, just raise it until you notice the black level start to lighten up, then drop it back a notch or two.
Drop the Color back to about 40-46.
Reduce Tint to about -5.
I just left Sharpness as is (75, since I don't see any bothersome artifacts on the screen).
Everything else I pretty much left at default.
Ok, what else do you need to know?
Burn-in / Image retention? Not an issue with these sets. Temporary Image Retention can happen, but it's easy to remove, and if you keep the contrast where I mentioned (lower than 75 at least), it shouldn't really ever be an issue. I've never seen it in the 2+ weeks I've had this set.
Plasma Gases Leaking? Come on, you aren't really going to buy into that myth are you? Nothing but urban legend junk, guaranteed... even if you do claim you have a friend who had to get his plasma set recharged (psst... you're friend got taken).
High Energy Usage? If you tame the contrast to around where I've mentioned above, you'll see energy usage that is very similar, if only a tiny bit higher than the same size LCDs. Seriously, we're only talking a difference of maybe a couple bucks a month (at most) in energy costs.
So... if you're still on the fence, then get off it! Prolonged fence sitting is going to hurt your posterior and make it hard to walk straight.
Since then I've been through 3 more LCDs and one Plasma before I decided that the Panasonic G10 was the way to go. My problem with the LCDs is I am just not happy with the off-angle shift in the black level. When you're sitting head on, LCDs can look great, but as soon as you move off center, you can see the black is not consistent across the screen. This is especially apparent when you are watching a movie with the black bars across the top and bottom. Plasmas are not subject to this issue and plasmas have deeper blacks. This makes a HUGE difference (to me) when watching movies.
The other plasma I had was the Panasonic 42px14 ([...]). I returned it, however, as it had a few issues that kept it from being great (overscan, slow channel editing, etc), and I wanted a 1080p set.
The G10 was a great fit, because I needed a 42" or 46" set and the 1080p as well as the great review on CNET. I bought the G10 through the Amazon Warehouse Deals, and got a screaming good deal (saved about $200) and got a better deal than the S1 (the set just below the G10). The only downside I can see to taking this route is that since I purchased the set, the prices have risen significantly (almost by $200) through the same Amazon Warehouse Deals. I guess you just need to be patient and wait for them to drop again. I don't feel like the prices should fluctuate that wildly. It just feels too opportunistic. Yeah, yeah, I'm well aware of supply and demand, but at some point it just becomes an excuse to abuse trust.
But that has nothing to do with the quality of this set. And back to that point, I am extremely satisfied with this tv set. The image really looks sharp and even standard definition is watchable. People complain about the speakers on all flat panel tvs, but I've found these ones to work great for casual viewing. Just nudge up the bass to about +5.
My recommended settings are going to be in more of a range, since this completely depends on your viewing environment. But here's what I think looks great.
Use Custom setting
Drop the Contrast to somewhere between 55 and 65.
Raise Brightness up to between 56 and 64. Really, just raise it until you notice the black level start to lighten up, then drop it back a notch or two.
Drop the Color back to about 40-46.
Reduce Tint to about -5.
I just left Sharpness as is (75, since I don't see any bothersome artifacts on the screen).
Everything else I pretty much left at default.
Ok, what else do you need to know?
Burn-in / Image retention? Not an issue with these sets. Temporary Image Retention can happen, but it's easy to remove, and if you keep the contrast where I mentioned (lower than 75 at least), it shouldn't really ever be an issue. I've never seen it in the 2+ weeks I've had this set.
Plasma Gases Leaking? Come on, you aren't really going to buy into that myth are you? Nothing but urban legend junk, guaranteed... even if you do claim you have a friend who had to get his plasma set recharged (psst... you're friend got taken).
High Energy Usage? If you tame the contrast to around where I've mentioned above, you'll see energy usage that is very similar, if only a tiny bit higher than the same size LCDs. Seriously, we're only talking a difference of maybe a couple bucks a month (at most) in energy costs.
So... if you're still on the fence, then get off it! Prolonged fence sitting is going to hurt your posterior and make it hard to walk straight.
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Panasonic TC-P42G10 Beautiful plasma picture
This TV is simply wonderful. I can't imagine a better TV for the price. I replaced a CRT HDTV with this, and this TV beats it in every single way. Simply can't compare this to LCD's in the same price range. To get similar quality on an LCD you're going to spend almost twice as much.
I watch cable TV, DVD, Blu-Ray, and play PS3 games. All look amazing.
The only very small complaint I have is that the TV can be a little dim if I watch it during the brightest part of the day. My condo is very bright (skylights) so it's probably more the fault of my place rather than the TV.
I watch cable TV, DVD, Blu-Ray, and play PS3 games. All look amazing.
The only very small complaint I have is that the TV can be a little dim if I watch it during the brightest part of the day. My condo is very bright (skylights) so it's probably more the fault of my place rather than the TV.
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