2011 Panasonic UK Plasma Range Announced

borich_planner · 21 Mar 2011 at 18:45

How does this range stand up against the new 2011 LCD/LED tvs.

Fr0dders · 21 Mar 2011 at 18:57

borich_planner said:
How does this range stand up against the new 2011 LCD/LED tvs.

too early to tell, no reviews yet.

Fr0dders · 22 Mar 2011 at 15:52

Panasonic Store have their prices up. The products are hidden but easily found using google.

42" VT30 is £1599 http://www.panalivingston.co.uk/Panasonic-3D-TVs-TX-P42VT30B.html
42" GT30 is £1299 http://www.panalivingston.co.uk/Panasonic-3D-TVs-TX-P42GT30B.html

all with free 5 year warranty. Can hardly wait !

fabkat · 22 Mar 2011 at 15:55

Originally Posted by borich_planner
How does this range stand up against the new 2011 LCD/LED tvs.

MrLOL said:
too early to tell, no reviews yet.

Agreed but the new Samsung D8000 seems to be getting rave reviews. Nice looking tv.

The ST30 seems to be getting good reviews in the US which hopefully can only mean better G and V series.

borich_planner · 22 Mar 2011 at 17:44

I been holding out for a G10, G20, and now G30 is out.. If Plasma is still best for picture id go for it. Not fused about any extras, just after amazing picture quality.

insane200 · 22 Mar 2011 at 18:08

MrLOL said:
Panasonic Store have their prices up. The products are hidden but easily found using google.

42" VT30 is £1599 http://www.panalivingston.co.uk/Panasonic-3D-TVs-TX-P42VT30B.html
42" GT30 is £1299 http://www.panalivingston.co.uk/Panasonic-3D-TVs-TX-P42GT30B.html

all with free 5 year warranty. Can hardly wait !

5yr warranty starts 1st april.

fabkat · 22 Mar 2011 at 19:39

first GT30 review is up.

"All in all GT30 is a fantastic 3D TV and I believe that the performance is almost identical to last year’s high-end VT25 / VT20 model"

Sounds very promising indeed...

Fr0dders · 22 Mar 2011 at 22:17

borich_planner said:
I been holding out for a G10, G20, and now G30 is out.. If Plasma is still best for picture id go for it. Not fused about any extras, just after amazing picture quality.

Pretty much. Plasma is still king in the outright PQ stakes.

LED tvs can be thinner etc.. but one advantage they don't have over plasma is PQ.

kosch · 23 Mar 2011 at 13:44

Nice thread guys thanks for the information, think I will hold out till may!

borich_planner · 24 Mar 2011 at 08:24

MrLOL said:
Pretty much. Plasma is still king in the outright PQ stakes.

LED tvs can be thinner etc.. but one advantage they don't have over plasma is PQ.

PQ is all I care about

MG42Maniac · 24 Mar 2011 at 10:08

The 50" G20 can be had for £650 now, lets hope the GT30 is a winner!

insane200 · 24 Mar 2011 at 23:55

MG42Maniac said:
The 50" G20 can be had for £650 now, lets hope the GT30 is a winner!

The Gt30 is basically an vt20 in a new case, it looks fantastic, tbh I prefer it over the vt30.

Also Panasonic are only including freesat in the two top models this year, all the rest will have freeview HD, the 3D telltale have a dedicated 3D button for easier switching from 2Dto3D, the 3D players also do 2Dto3D upscaling, which works much better than the telly doing the same job.

Panasonic are also doing some I apps kinda like Samsung did, so remote control apps, and also dlna apps, it works quite well to, hopefully android will get the same later on.

Power consumption is also impressive on the led range, the 42e30 set to dynamic was using around 86watts, set to normal it was using 46w with a bit of tinkering it probably would go lower.

All the home cinema systems are 3D this year, with only one model of 2D bluray player, Panasonic have definitely improved from last year, plasmas which are only a inch thick, less that use less power than your average light bulb, and they look very nice.

zYx · 25 Mar 2011 at 02:53

I just bought the P50VT20 for £1650. Love the TV and the picture quality!
No keen about paying £2300 for a new model :/

Fr0dders · 25 Mar 2011 at 15:59

it can be had for £1999 already.

Will be down below £1800 within a month or two.

insane200 · 26 Mar 2011 at 13:30

Come back to work after a wek off, and we have the 42gt30 in stock, cant put it out yet as we dont have room, and still have 1 gt20 to clear

Fr0dders · 26 Mar 2011 at 23:09

VT30 shouldnt be long now then

insane200 · 27 Mar 2011 at 10:47

Its due in in may apparently, tbh I would have the gt over the vt for style.

Superficial · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:58

I'm deparate to get a new TV - I'm looking at the TX-P42G30 but I cant find any reviews on it.

I really hope the buzzing has been sorted as this was the only thing stopping me buying the G20.

insane200 · 28 Mar 2011 at 12:54

Superficial said:
I'm deparate to get a new TV - I'm looking at the TX-P42G30 but I cant find any reviews on it.

I really hope the buzzing has been sorted as this was the only thing stopping me buying the G20.

the buzzing was a bit hit an miss tbh, and in most cases the only time its noticable is on very quiet volume.

the one thing that would stop me getting a g30 is no freesat, although not a massive seller, a lot of people do want it.

borich_planner · 28 Mar 2011 at 13:42

I want 46 G30