What 42" Telly?

Django x2 · 30 Oct 2009 at 17:18

Between 500 and 700 notes, have seen the x10 which I've always seen as pretty good units.

Any other suggestions for this price range?

TIA

Django x2 · 30 Oct 2009 at 17:25

Hmm, G10 for a little over budget!

Ev0 · 30 Oct 2009 at 17:57

THFC · 30 Oct 2009 at 20:36

Philips 42PFL9664

review here -

http://whathifi.com/Review/Philips-42PFL9664/Specs/

Have a Panasonic myself

-Ad- · 30 Oct 2009 at 21:18

Just find the best specd panny for your notes

Solid tvs that just get on with the job.

Django x2 · 30 Oct 2009 at 23:54

I can stretch to a G15. Is it really worth it?

-Ad- · 30 Oct 2009 at 23:55

What a keyboard.

hudson86 · 31 Oct 2009 at 09:05

my G10 packed up after 6 weeks, am getting a replacement on Tuesday

Kept cutting out after 5 mins turned on with no sources.

Upto that point i was very pleased with the TV, Blu Ray etc amazing.

There's a lot of discussion on Avforums about its Standard Def picture quality, i find it far better than my old Panasonic TX60 32 LCD, but it might be worth having a read.

insane200 · 31 Oct 2009 at 12:37

Lucero said:
I can stretch to a G15. Is it really worth it?

only if you want to connect it to your router for viera cast, and having your pc as a media center.

Ev0 · 31 Oct 2009 at 20:28

The media streaming function on the G15/V10 isn't a bad extra, doesn't stream HD content though and file formats are limited (although luckily everything I have plays ok).

Depends on the price difference really and if you'll use the extra features, plus I think the chassis is a little different (thinner?) on the G15.

The V10 gives you even more over the G series but again puts the price up more, it's never ending!

insane200 · 1 Nov 2009 at 13:55

Ev0 said:
The media streaming function on the G15/V10 isn't a bad extra, doesn't stream HD content though and file formats are limited (although luckily everything I have plays ok).

Depends on the price difference really and if you'll use the extra features, plus I think the chassis is a little different (thinner?) on the G15.

The V10 gives you even more over the G series but again puts the price up more, it's never ending!

pretty sure the g10/15 are the same bar the viera cast function.

the v10 is lovely but the only differnce i can see is it has DCC .

Ev0 · 1 Nov 2009 at 15:42

insane200 said:
pretty sure the g10/15 are the same bar the viera cast function.

the v10 is lovely but the only differnce i can see is it has DCC .

They have different cases/chassis, check the pictures out on the Panasonic site. From the specs looks liek the G15 is a little thinner than the g10.

G10 Picture

G15 Picture

G10 also has 3 HDMI sockets whilst the others have 4

V10 also has a THX certified calibration mode which is quite handy as you can't change some settings on these models

insane200 · 2 Nov 2009 at 13:36

il have a play in bit with the thx mode then.

Ev0 · 2 Nov 2009 at 18:53

Mine's on THX mode all the time

Forces overscan off mind you, doesn't bother me as I like to see the whole picture but some people don't like it.

Colours look good in the mode and I like the fact I know it'd be damn hard to get the settings any better as I hate fiddling with colours etc wondering if I've got it setup right

Baz · 3 Nov 2009 at 09:23

LG 42LH5000 will set you back 699 and is a stunning TV

insane200 · 3 Nov 2009 at 12:35

Ev0 said:
Mine's on THX mode all the time

Forces overscan off mind you, doesn't bother me as I like to see the whole picture but some people don't like it.

Colours look good in the mode and I like the fact I know it'd be damn hard to get the settings any better as I hate fiddling with colours etc wondering if I've got it setup right

i couldnt find it :confused:

where in the menu should i be looking ?

the only model i could find with THX is the Z series.

Ev0 · 3 Nov 2009 at 17:56

It's just one of the modes (you have a V series right?) in the main viewing modes options.

So you have cinema, game etc, one of them will be called THX.

insane200 · 3 Nov 2009 at 19:22

Ev0 said:
It's just one of the modes (you have a V series right?) in the main viewing modes options.

So you have cinema, game etc, one of them will be called THX.

I dont personally but we have them in the shop, i found it in the end tho, i had a play but the only difference i could see was it made the picture darker and removed som the pixelation on sd images.

i personaly prefer normal mode

Ev0 · 3 Nov 2009 at 21:18

It shouldn't make the picture darker, it sets the gamma to 2.2 (as you can't set the gamma on uk models, grrr) iirc and sets the colours to a THX approved calibration.

It doesn't touch the brightness settings, that's what the brightness setting it used for

insane200 · 5 Nov 2009 at 12:57

Ev0 said:
It shouldn't make the picture darker, it sets the gamma to 2.2 (as you can't set the gamma on uk models, grrr) iirc and sets the colours to a THX approved calibration.

It doesn't touch the brightness settings, that's what the brightness setting it used for

Cheers , i dont tend to look that far into the details, as most of our customers would leave baffelled if we told them every thing