Panasonic VIERA G10 Series TC P50G10 50 Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
Panasonic VIERA G10 Series TC P50G10 50 Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
If you demand the best from your viewing experience, the G10 Series of Plasma HDTVs was created just for you. They boast cinema-quality movie reproduction, clear, smooth sports and gaming action – even Web entertainment. All made possible by the Neo PDP technology, which delivers sharp, detailed images, deep blacks and remarkable brightness, and all with lower power consumption.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Panasonic HDTV 50G10
Great TV except for the sound quality. Too much buzz in bass and high tones.
OK at lower levels. Bad as volume is increased.
5 Stars Great TV at a decent price
Finally, after a lot of reviews and investigation I decided to purchase this TV. I had been investigating some of the LED models especially the back lit ones from LG and Toshiba. The LG 47LH90 was on sale from Sears at a decent price along with its home theater but somehow it got sold out pretty quickly. Hearing that the LED tv’s match the quality of plasma with lower power consumption I got attracted to them. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the backlit LED’s at a decent price and hence had to fall back to a plasma. Earlier this year I had read raving reviews of Panasonic 50PZ85U and saw that at local Costco for $1299 but it got sold before they discounted the price further. Anyway, the 50PG10 is latest version of the same model and had similar reviews from hometheatermag so I looked at that. After a lot of research, I finally pulled the trigger when Amazon offered very sweet deal during the black friday week. The TV arrived yesterday and I hooked it up with a local antenna (we dont have cable) and a PS3 that also arrived yesterday. I was worried about the brightness of the TV – if it would be good enough as the reviews in general complained about it. Fortunately, I had no issues with the brightness and it was pretty decent for the ambient lighting I had at my place. I tried netflix streaming (Pan’s Labyrinth) through PS3 and found that the quality was amazing – later realized that netflix uses HD when the equipment supports HD. Next I tried my favorite Gladiator DVD and Resident Evil (2nd part). Gladiator has very rich colors and the first battle scene gives a pretty good idea about the quality of the tv. Again, I was pleased with what I saw in the THX mode. The Vivid mode had better brightness but caused to wash out certain areas. Next, I reviewed the fight in the church scene from Resident Evil and capability of the tv amazed me in terms of handling the contrast. Most of the other tv’s never could handle the contrast of this scene very well.
In all, I am very impressed with this TV so far. It also seems that PS3 has very good upconversion for DVD’s. I will post more after review some of my favorite movies that would test this unit. In particular, here are the movies that I am going to review:
Spiderwick Chronicles
Narnia
Spiderman 3
Beowulf
Underworld Evolution
Golden Compass
Ice Age 2
Cars
5 Stars Best $1000.00 We Ever Spent
This is our first ever hi-def TV, and at the same time we bought it, we also bought a Blu-Ray player.
Neither my wife or I are “extreme” users of this kind of equipment and we really haven’t explored all the technical aspects of this thing. But frankly how our computer looks over it or what kind of lighting and color adjustments it has wasn’t our primary purpuse in buying it to begin with. We bought it to watch TV and DVD’s on. No doubt we’ll be exploring the breadth of capabilities in the future (in particular renting movies on line), but our primary purpose will always remain the same.
That said, we were blown away by this thing right out of the box! We’ve made no adjustments to it, and the picture is incredible. We’ve had it about a month now, and we’re still amazed at the clarity and richness of the picture. The contrast between the deep black and the light/color parts is something to behold. And the Blu-Ray….yes, the Blu-Ray. I’ve spent more money on Amazon on these little discs than I care to admit since buying this TV. And although we’ve never done “Guitar Hero” or anything like that, we’re really wondering what fun that would be on this thing.
As for the sound, we can’t address that since we have surround sound. And the reflection off the screen is not outta line, but a little more than I expected from the reviews. You may have to adjust where you’re sitting when you watch it if you have a bright light source nearby or else pull the blinds so there’s not much direct light on the screen. But all in all, this is a minor niggle and even in retrospect, wouldn’t have kept me from buying this very fine unit.
All in all, and incredible piece of equipment. Frankly, after having this in our living room, the whole family agrees that unless we absolutely MUST see a first run movie when it first comes out and can’t wait for it to get to the open market, then there’s absolutely no need to ever go to a theater. It’s just that good.
5 Stars I feel I made the right choice. Great TV
If your worried about LCD or Plasma, stop. Either way you get a good picture on both styles of TV. Thanks to all the negative advertising by the competition (Short monitor life and screen burn in) Plasmas have a lower price, and thats good for you. From what I have read online the negatives of owning a plasma have been remedied through technology. Newer plasmas have twice the screen life and built in anti burn in screen savers for inactive TV’s that are left on. I have no worries on my purchase of the Panasonic G10 50″. Great picture at about a $700 savings to a comparable LCD.
5 Stars Excellent TV
First, let me say the tv is amazing. It has to be of the best HDTV avaialable. The picture is amazing and I would absolutely purchase the tv again. The sound is ok, but I usually use a my home theater for the sound, which is a must if you are you are going to buy a Tv of this quality. The picture is best when using a blu-ray, then you really see the difference in picture from anything else. Also sports look incredible and zero blurring the motion is crisp and detailed. The Viera cast is really cool and the picture is very good, but not quite blu-ray. However, the sound is only stereo on viera cast. Also no netflix on the viera cast yet.
I paid for two day shipping and Ceva (the shipping company) did not deliver on time, in fact they were a pain to deal with. I called amazon and asked where the tv was and they called ceva for me and refunded the shipping with out hestitation. The money was refunded within one day. Amazon customer service was great, but ceva was a nightmare to deal with.
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