Panasonic 37" Plasma - Any good?

Advice please

My dad wants me to sort him out a 37" TV. He's decided that 32" isnt
big enough and 42" is too much. He's probably right on that given the
size of his living room.

I personally am a panasonic fan, so I'm playing the TH37PX60 against
the newer TH37PX600

http://tinyurl.com/2b5r8j

Everything I have heard about these sets is positive. But is the newer
'600' model worth the extra couple of hundred quid?

And would anyone like to recommend something they consider better?

Cheers
Ed

On 23 Feb, 21:36, "Ed" wrote:
Advice please

My dad wants me to sort him out a 37" TV. He's decided that 32" isnt
big enough and 42" is too much. He's probably right on that given the
size of his living room.

I personally am a panasonic fan, so I'm playing the TH37PX60 against
the newer TH37PX600

http://tinyurl.com/2b5r8j

Everything I have heard about these sets is positive. But is the newer
'600' model worth the extra couple of hundred quid?

And would anyone like to recommend something they consider better?


£845??

God get me a large whisky!!

Sofa - Spud wrote:
On 23 Feb, 21:36, "Ed" wrote:
Advice please

My dad wants me to sort him out a 37" TV. He's decided that 32" isnt
big enough and 42" is too much. He's probably right on that given the
size of his living room.

I personally am a panasonic fan, so I'm playing the TH37PX60 against
the newer TH37PX600

http://tinyurl.com/2b5r8j

Everything I have heard about these sets is positive. But is the newer
'600' model worth the extra couple of hundred quid?

And would anyone like to recommend something they consider better?


£845??

God get me a large whisky!!


Same screen with extras and better speakers. Will you use the extras?

On 23 Feb 2007 13:36:32 -0800, "Ed" wrote:

Advice please

My dad wants me to sort him out a 37" TV. He's decided that 32" isnt
big enough

Has he been talking to my ex?

On 23 Feb 2007 13:36:32 -0800, "Ed" wrote:

Advice please

My dad wants me to sort him out a 37" TV. He's decided that 32" isnt
big enough and 42" is too much. He's probably right on that given the
size of his living room.

I personally am a panasonic fan, so I'm playing the TH37PX60 against
the newer TH37PX600

http://tinyurl.com/2b5r8j

Everything I have heard about these sets is positive. But is the newer
'600' model worth the extra couple of hundred quid?

Personally I would say no. I have the 42" PX60. The sound quality is
fine. The memory slot may be useful - but probably not. Having PIP
would be nice - but unless that floats your boat, don't go there.If it
were £75 then maybe...but not over £200.

And would anyone like to recommend something they consider better?

Nope - especially at those prices! Shame you cant have the 42" - Ive
seen that for near enough your cheapest price on that link! (ie £25
more!) To be honest, I now wished Id bought the 50". You soon get used
to the size and unless the room size is particularly small, I doubt 5
diagonal inches would make that much difference.

My only regret was not waiting - and getting it for half the price I
paid. But its not really a regret. I love the damn thing!

On Feb 24, 12:38 am, guv wrote:
On 23 Feb 2007 13:36:32 -0800, "Ed" wrote:

Advice please

My dad wants me to sort him out a 37" TV. He's decided that 32" isnt
big enough and 42" is too much. He's probably right on that given the
size of his living room.

I personally am a panasonic fan, so I'm playing the TH37PX60 against
the newer TH37PX600

http://tinyurl.com/2b5r8j

Everything I have heard about these sets is positive. But is the newer
'600' model worth the extra couple of hundred quid?

Personally I would say no. I have the 42" PX60. The sound quality is
fine. The memory slot may be useful - but probably not. Having PIP
would be nice - but unless that floats your boat, don't go there.If it
were £75 then maybe...but not over £200.

And would anyone like to recommend something they consider better?

Nope - especially at those prices! Shame you cant have the 42" - Ive
seen that for near enough your cheapest price on that link! (ie £25
more!) To be honest, I now wished Id bought the 50". You soon get used
to the size and unless the room size is particularly small, I doubt 5
diagonal inches would make that much difference.

My only regret was not waiting - and getting it for half the price I
paid. But its not really a regret. I love the damn thing!

Dad wouldn't have a use for PinP unless he could watch one sky channel
in one window and another sky channel in the main picture, and I
presume that isnt possible.

He's going deaf too, so it sounds to me like the 60 is perfectly
adequate.

Thanks for your message. I've been reading on the AV forums about
"running the set in" for a couple of hundred hours. What's all this
about then?

On Feb 24, 12:38 am, guv wrote:
On 23 Feb 2007 13:36:32 -0800, "Ed" wrote:

Advice please

My dad wants me to sort him out a 37" TV. He's decided that 32" isnt
big enough and 42" is too much. He's probably right on that given the
size of his living room.

I personally am a panasonic fan, so I'm playing the TH37PX60 against
the newer TH37PX600

http://tinyurl.com/2b5r8j

Everything I have heard about these sets is positive. But is the newer
'600' model worth the extra couple of hundred quid?

Personally I would say no. I have the 42" PX60. The sound quality is
fine. The memory slot may be useful - but probably not. Having PIP
would be nice - but unless that floats your boat, don't go there.If it
were £75 then maybe...but not over £200.

And would anyone like to recommend something they consider better?

Nope - especially at those prices! Shame you cant have the 42" - Ive
seen that for near enough your cheapest price on that link! (ie £25
more!) To be honest, I now wished Id bought the 50". You soon get used
to the size and unless the room size is particularly small, I doubt 5
diagonal inches would make that much difference.

My only regret was not waiting - and getting it for half the price I
paid. But its not really a regret. I love the damn thing!

The best I've seen the 37" for is about £900 with the stand that he
needs. I cant see the 42" for less than 1099

On 24 Feb 2007 00:19:45 -0800, "Ed" wrote:

On Feb 24, 12:38 am, guv wrote:
On 23 Feb 2007 13:36:32 -0800, "Ed" wrote:

Advice please

My dad wants me to sort him out a 37" TV. He's decided that 32" isnt
big enough and 42" is too much. He's probably right on that given the
size of his living room.

I personally am a panasonic fan, so I'm playing the TH37PX60 against
the newer TH37PX600

http://tinyurl.com/2b5r8j

Everything I have heard about these sets is positive. But is the newer
'600' model worth the extra couple of hundred quid?

Personally I would say no. I have the 42" PX60. The sound quality is
fine. The memory slot may be useful - but probably not. Having PIP
would be nice - but unless that floats your boat, don't go there.If it
were £75 then maybe...but not over £200.

And would anyone like to recommend something they consider better?

Nope - especially at those prices! Shame you cant have the 42" - Ive
seen that for near enough your cheapest price on that link! (ie £25
more!) To be honest, I now wished Id bought the 50". You soon get used
to the size and unless the room size is particularly small, I doubt 5
diagonal inches would make that much difference.

My only regret was not waiting - and getting it for half the price I
paid. But its not really a regret. I love the damn thing!

The best I've seen the 37" for is about £900 with the stand that he
needs. I cant see the 42" for less than 1099

I've seen the 42" for £900. It probably involved using vouchers. AV
forums is usually a good source for best prices. Try also to buy
through John Lewis if you can (with price match) to get their 5 year
warranty...

On 23 Feb 2007 23:57:12 -0800, "Ed" wrote:

snip

My only regret was not waiting - and getting it for half the price I
paid. But its not really a regret. I love the damn thing!

Dad wouldn't have a use for PinP unless he could watch one sky channel
in one window and another sky channel in the main picture, and I
presume that isnt possible.

He's going deaf too, so it sounds to me like the 60 is perfectly
adequate.

Thanks for your message. I've been reading on the AV forums about
"running the set in" for a couple of hundred hours. What's all this
about then?

Basically when you first use a plasma, older sets needed to be run in
by not having the brightness too high. I did do this with my set -
even though others have stated on these sets its not necessary. From
memory, I don't recall seeing anything mentioned in the user guide
about running in - which if it were necessary, you'd expect them to
show it. (I may be wrong about that - it was a year ago I bought it!)

When in doubt though, its best not to take chances - thats what I
thought. Its no real issue though. Just means not using the "dynamic"
setting for a few weeks.

"guv" wrote in message
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On 23 Feb 2007 23:57:12 -0800, "Ed" wrote:


Basically when you first use a plasma, older sets needed to be run in
by not having the brightness too high. I did do this with my set -
even though others have stated on these sets its not necessary. From
memory, I don't recall seeing anything mentioned in the user guide
about running in - which if it were necessary, you'd expect them to
show it. (I may be wrong about that - it was a year ago I bought it!)

When in doubt though, its best not to take chances - thats what I
thought. Its no real issue though. Just means not using the "dynamic"
setting for a few weeks.



plasmas seems to attract some strange stories.
last week a guy at work seriously warned me - ' don't forget - after a
couple of years they need to be re-gassed' !?
i asked him how exactly they would open 1024x768 individual sealed little
things .... he had no answer.



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