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Had I known this before hand, I never would have bought this tv. The cost to replace the board is nearly half of what a new tv would cost me, $450.
However, I did not take into consideration that most reviews are written just a short time after a purchase. This was a big mistake on my part.
I decided to purchase this set after having read all the positive reviews on it. However, only 14 months later, and conveniently, 2 months out of warranty, a circuit board went bad.
I purchased my tv in November, 2008. Yes, the picture is amazing.
After having done some thorough research, I learned that certain Panasonics made during a certain time had some bad parts in them. My only suggestion is to really do your homework before making any purchase, especially buying a new tv.
I talked to 2 different salesmen from 2 different major dept. I have a window at the back of the room on the south side of the house and when the sun shines in, I have to shut the curtains. After all was said and done, it truly is the best thing I've ever purchased. I bought this TV last spring and paid $1600, something I'd said I'd never do. I'm salivating waiting for Football season. They also did warn me about reflection issues with the plasma and they were right.
They explained some stuff about the rate of speed that is captured with the plasma and that they both notice the LCD streaking at times of high action in sporting events.
store chains when I was looking.
I used to occasionally check in to catch the scores of the MN Twins games with my 34 inch Toshiba, now I look forward to coming home and watching the entire games.
Brought it home and set it up and was a little stunned to find out that I needed to upgrade my DirectTV receiver to HD.
If I look close (really, really close), I can see the lights in the room reflect off the glass like screen, but the outstanding picture and contrast make it a non-issue for me.
I was set on the LCD from what I had heard.
After the "spiel", I asked both salesmen what they owned and they both said "plasma".
I'm still paying off the credit card, but haven't sent in a payment yet that hasn't brought satisfaction to mind.
It's really a great TV.
This tv was at least $500 more at the traditional stores (Best Buy, Ultimate Electronics.). We bought it with free shipping and it was delivered by two people with in just a few days of us ordering. It is a great TV. Beautiful picture.
This plasma tv looks awesome mounted on the wall in my gaming/ chilling area. Xbox 360 looks perfect on it and i sometimes hook my overclocked beast of a PC to it (via DVI-HDMI or HDMI-HDMI cable) and max out the eye candy, and let me tell you.ITS UNREAL. Of course HDTV looks great on it.ok.Everything looks great on it. Make sure you get a surround sound audio system to use with this.
The built in speakers will get you buy until you get a surround system. Excellent performing plasma. Has nice hook up and card slots. We watch fast actions sports/movies and this plasma does a great job following the action without shadows or pixelization. This made it an easy choice over any LCD.
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