Well I took your (most of you) advice and bought a Panasonic TH42PX80

SexyGreyFox · 19 Jul 2008 at 17:38

I'm quite impressed at the moment and it only cost £599 + £56 for 5 years guarantee.

My living room is gutted at the moment and the wife has made me remove 4 speakers from the walls and now I need a wife friendly sound system.
The Yamaha YPS systems look perfect - anybody got one?

Atom · 19 Jul 2008 at 18:04

How do you find it?

I have one of these reserved, supposed to be picking it up on Monday.

SexyGreyFox · 19 Jul 2008 at 18:46

Atom said:
How do you find it?

I just walk in the living room and its there

Seriously, I turned it on and immediately it started to setup on its own.
It then asked me for a password and my address in case it gets nicked.
I searched round for something good and 2001 : A Space Oddysey was on which looked pretty damn impressive.

kingy666 · 19 Jul 2008 at 19:47

Congratulations, the panny's are a good quality t.v. for the money. I have had my 50PX70B for a couple of months and today i got my first HD-DVD which i will watch tonight (Batman Begins and it only cost about £4).

JUST BE WARNED - KEEP THE CONTRAST AND BRIGHTNESS SETTINGS QUITE LOW FOR A FEW MONTHS (200 HOURS OF USE) AND USE THE CINEMA MODE THIS WILL LESSEN THE CHANCES OF GETTING SCREEN BURN OR IMAGE RETENTION.

probedb · 19 Jul 2008 at 20:26

...and don't ever use the Dynamic mode....should be renamed 'Shop Demo' mode.

You're unlikely ever to get screen burn in any more. You will get image retention but it doesn't last very long and you won't actually notice it on anything byt a black screen.

I have a 37PX70.

alx · 19 Jul 2008 at 21:20

Just be careful. Screen burn now days on decent plasma's (like the px80) shouldn't occur unless you really try! However temporary image rentention isn't uncommon whilst the screen is being run in. Just make sure you watch a variety of 'images' so tv channel logos, the black strips on films and game menus don't get retained.

As kingy said keeping the contrast and brightness lowish helps as well.

rubberduck · 19 Jul 2008 at 22:04

Dynamic mode can look ok when being used with a console but even then the brightness needs taking down a bit.

-Ad- · 20 Jul 2008 at 00:02

pre1twa said:
Dynamic mode can look ok when being used with a console but even then the brightness needs taking down a bit.

No it doesn't, it burns your retinas. Looks absolutely horrible on any tv :eek:

Congrats on the tv dmpoole. Forget a wife friendly sound system, be an alpha make and get a full 5.1 system and av receiver to power them. Much better

SexyGreyFox · 20 Jul 2008 at 09:26

-Ad- said:
Congrats on the tv dmpoole. Forget a wife friendly sound system, be an alpha make and get a full 5.1 system and av receiver to power them. Much better

Theres no chance.
You wouldn't believe the amount of cables I have in the house.
My internet is all cabled into every room.
From one end of the living room to the other I have at least 12 cables that run under the floorboards and come up by my TV at one end and PC at the other.
I have cables that run around the side of the house to my motorised satellite system.
My TV area has a total of 14 plugs and my PC area has a total of 26 plugs.
I have a 2,800 watt PA system that takes up a cubby hole and I have musical instruments & amplifiers scattered all over the place.
No way will she let me put more speakers up.
The Yamaha YSP looks perfect and to be honest I'm not an audiophile.

Beansprout · 20 Jul 2008 at 09:34

When you have that many, what's a small handful more?

I have a ridiculous number of plugs, cables, monitors and electronic devices in general so I'll probably die of electromagnetic radiation very soon, but at least I'll know each cable served a purpose, even if only once!

-Ad- · 20 Jul 2008 at 11:14

haha your e-alpha maleness is restored

Nice, best stick with the yamaha then.

TriedandTested · 20 Jul 2008 at 19:23

Any chance of some pictures?

I've got this exact TV on order for pickup next Saturday.

badbob · 20 Jul 2008 at 20:01

Take it out of dynamic mode

danoliver1 · 20 Jul 2008 at 23:41

I use these settings on mine and it looks pretty good

http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/Panasonic-TH42PX80/Settings/

A few pics of mine showing planet earth at 1080p

rubberduck · 21 Jul 2008 at 01:03

-Ad- said:
No it doesn't, it burns your retinas. Looks absolutely horrible on any tv

Congrats on the tv dmpoole. Forget a wife friendly sound system, be an alpha make and get a full 5.1 system and av receiver to power them. Much better

It looked ok to me over vga... Probably not so great over hdmi.

badbob · 21 Jul 2008 at 01:09

A alpha male wouldn't buy a lowly av amp. They'll buy 7 of these..

http://www.krellonline.com/krell_component.php?id=86&page=EVOAMPS

ScarySquirrel · 21 Jul 2008 at 08:35

dmpoole said:
...and to be honest I'm not an audiophile.

That's what I thought before I bought a decent amp and speakers. It is worth the money and effort

[ASSE]Hinchy · 21 Jul 2008 at 09:23

danoliver1 said:
I use these settings on mine and it looks pretty good

http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/Panasonic-TH42PX80/Settings/

A few pics of mine showing planet earth at 1080p

*pics*

I love your set up there. But isn't your PS3 going to die a slow and very hot death where it is? I thought the fan was on the right side meaning its right up against the wall there.

Also, is that the PZ80 you have if you're at 1080p? I thought the PX80 was 720p?

danoliver1 · 21 Jul 2008 at 10:19

[ASSE]Hinchy;12130590 said:
I love your set up there. But isn't your PS3 going to die a slow and very hot death where it is? I thought the fan was on the right side meaning its right up against the wall there.

Also, is that the PZ80 you have if you're at 1080p? I thought the PX80 was 720p?

Theres plenty of room for the ps3 too breath just looks closed in cos of the angle of the pic.

It is a px80 they can accept a 1080p signal and display it very well, even though its native res is really 1024x768.

SexyGreyFox · 21 Jul 2008 at 18:27

badbob said:
A alpha male wouldn't buy a lowly av amp. They'll buy 7 of these..

http://www.krellonline.com/krell_component.php?id=86&page=EVOAMPS

I could pull my two PA stacks into the living room -