Recent content by FuzzyinLondon

Thanks Ketan and everyone else who's offered advice. I'm glad I decided to hold fire. It's not an essential upgrade and I'll probably think about it again a year from now if finances allow.

Thanks Paul. I think a few people would be. Hopefully one of the experts can weigh in.

Hi All I'm after a little bit of advice. I've spent the last couple of years rebuilding my system in an attempt to streamline things based on my usage. On the home cinema side of things, I have and Onkyo TX-SR875 hooked up to 4 Monitor Audio BR1s, MA BR Centre and a B&W ASW608 Sub. I'm happy...

Ok, a couple of things here. Firstly, the set is still brand new and any new plasma panel takes a while to calm down colour wise. I wouldn't get too much into the calibration side of things until you've had the set for a good couple of months. When I first got mine, I noticed a fair bit of...

I do love my 50GT30 but for 2D, I've still not seen anything better than the 9G Kuros. While there are a few benefits you might get out of the newer models - media streaming ability, Smart tv internet platforms etc, most can be added through and external box. 3D is the only thing you would gain...

I had a PS3 hooked up to a 4280XD (42" from same generation) and happily gamed on it for hours with no adverse effects. I would say the 8G and 9G Pioneers are probably the most resilient consumer plasmas ever made when it comes to retention and burn-in. As long as you're sensible and don't leave...

The most accurate out of the box settings are the THX and Cinema (with colour balance set to warm). They're the closest to the industry standard Rec709 and are definitely worth using for the first few hundred hours. I'd leave contrast, brightness and colour at default and dial down the...

The panasonic plasmas are definitely worth looking at for 2D picture performance. At that size I'd be checking out the 42GT30(3D) & 42G30(2D Only) as they're both within your budget and have the features you're after. There are some cracking package deals on the GT30 at the moment and would...

Hi emptage It's quite a broad question but it becomes easier to narrow down your choice if you set yourself a target budget and size. Also, is 3D performance important to you? Also, the top manufacturers now offer a lot of media streaming and internet features. Ask yourself is these would be...

At 46", your choice of premium plasma screens is limited to one - the GT30 as others here have said. My advice would be to see if the space you're intending to fit the screen into can accomodate an extra 4" because that is when the choice really does get interesting. I've got the 50GT30 after...

I think that exclusive deal that Panasonic have with Fox for Avatar comes to an end in Feb so if you're thinking about selling it, you'd better be quick.

Old cinema projectors projected each frame twice so you might describe them as 48hz to usual the television parlance. The reason for this is to reduce the amount of flicker discernable to the human eye. I think modern digital cinema projectors do the same but are capable of delivering 48fps to...

Same package deal at John Lewis. Plus you get that lovely 5 year JL warranty and free delivery. Also, a number of dealers are offering that package with the Panasonic 5 Year warranty. It's currently £949 at Sevenoaks. Richer, I believe are doing it for £979 with their own 5 year warranty. My...

Received mine on time too.

Cheers Andrew. Details sent.