Panasonic P42X1 ($599)

Tyr-Sog · 06-07-09, 11:43 AM

Just a heads up. Sears has these oon sale for $599. Just grabbed one and OMG, Plasma is :drool: :drool: .

IMO the picture slaughters my 2 year old calibrated 42" Toshiba Regza lcd right out of the box with panasonics stock settings. I sold my Tosh for $600 so it was a wash and at first I was a bit unsure if I should being I loved the picture the Regza gave. But wow!

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...000P?adCell=W3

Tyr-Sog · 07-09-09, 10:38 PM

I upgraded to the S1 model for $799

. Much better picture but the x1 was no slouch for the price.

CAUTION · 08-31-09, 01:20 PM

I am hoping that someone can answer this question. I am thinking of getting this tv, my concern is the refresh rate. My question is will this plasma tv be good for xbox online gaming? I will be using it to play 1st person shooters.

11-15-09, 10:19 PM

Plasma, imo SUCKS because of its splitting colors effect. I certainly wouldn't recommend it for high contrast differential viewing or for gaming.

It is a bichromatic "rainbow" effect. Awful. I had my hands on credit card ring for a Kuro, but couldn't stand that particularity.

And it absolutely exists on every single plasma, 600hz "sub-field" or not. It's there. You want to see it? Here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sahJbx-2fA

It makes me naucious. Just watching this video. It isn't as bad in person, but viewing for 20 minutes starts giving me eye strain. If this somehow doesn't bother you, Kuro's (and I guess Panasonic models now, since they are Pioneers PDP provider) are absolutely beautiful, although whites are not as nice as on LCD's.

06-07-09, 11:43 AM	#1
Tyr-Sog goS-ryT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan Posts: 931	Panasonic P42X1 ($599) Just a heads up. Sears has these oon sale for $599. Just grabbed one and OMG, Plasma is :drool: :drool: . IMO the picture slaughters my 2 year old calibrated 42" Toshiba Regza lcd right out of the box with panasonics stock settings. I sold my Tosh for $600 so it was a wash and at first I was a bit unsure if I should being I loved the picture the Regza gave. But wow! http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...000P?adCell=W3 __________________ Asus G74sx-Republic of Gamer Laptop 3dmark06 16,128(stock)

07-09-09, 10:38 PM	#2
Tyr-Sog goS-ryT Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Royal Oak, Michigan Posts: 931	Re: Panasonic P42X1 ($599) I upgraded to the S1 model for $799 . Much better picture but the x1 was no slouch for the price. __________________ Asus G74sx-Republic of Gamer Laptop 3dmark06 16,128(stock)

08-31-09, 01:20 PM	#3
CAUTION Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Columbus, OH Posts: 134	Re: Panasonic P42X1 ($599) I am hoping that someone can answer this question. I am thinking of getting this tv, my concern is the refresh rate. My question is will this plasma tv be good for xbox online gaming? I will be using it to play 1st person shooters. __________________ Intel Core i7 940 2.9GHz OC @ 3.8 G.SKILL PI Black 3GB DDR3 2000MHZ Nvidia EVGA X58 SLI MotherBoard 2X BFG GTX295's in Quad SLI 9800GT for dedicated PhysX TOPOWER 1200 Watts Power Supply SLI Ready! Western Digital SATA-150GB-Raptor 2X Western Digital SATA-500GB-Caviar SE in RAID 0 CM COSMOS S Custom Case 2X Gateway XHD3000 30" Widescreen HD LCD Monitor Notebook: HP Pavilion dv9820us

11-15-09, 10:19 PM	#4
pakotlar Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Panasonic P42X1 ($599) Plasma, imo SUCKS because of its splitting colors effect. I certainly wouldn't recommend it for high contrast differential viewing or for gaming. It is a bichromatic "rainbow" effect. Awful. I had my hands on credit card ring for a Kuro, but couldn't stand that particularity. And it absolutely exists on every single plasma, 600hz "sub-field" or not. It's there. You want to see it? Here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sahJbx-2fA It makes me naucious. Just watching this video. It isn't as bad in person, but viewing for 20 minutes starts giving me eye strain. If this somehow doesn't bother you, Kuro's (and I guess Panasonic models now, since they are Pioneers PDP provider) are absolutely beautiful, although whites are not as nice as on LCD's.