hi all
after waiting since the end of jan for a flatscreen i finally got my new panasonic th42pz85 last week from john lewis, having read a few other posts from other people i thought id stick my thoughts in aswell!
1. i can really reccommend john lewis. i wanted to buy from them for the 5 year warranty (bad experience with car engine blowing up in the past - i like a decent warranty!). After not holding the pz70 i originally ordered until they said they would, and then selling it, i decided to wait for the pz85, and with the order for this they totally redeemed themselves! I got mine from the sheffield branch and the girl amanda that i dealt with was very knowledgeable and friendly and she kept me up to date with the order while they were waiting for stock of this tv to arrive. the day before the delivery they called to tell me i was third on the list and would be there around 10.30am. at 10.00am the delivery guys turned up and carried the tv down to my flat. 10 mins to build the stand and hook it up and im up and running!!! 5 stars to john lewis!
2. im really pleased with the tv. the freeview tuner seems as good as sky+ hooked up to it. as other people have commented it depends on the channel as to what the picture is like, for example bbc1, sky 1, channel four are really good pictures, other channels like uk gold with older programmes are not so good, but then they arnt so good with the crt either!
3. the tv really shines when hooked up to a decent source.
xbox 360 is amazing - gaming is so much better on big screen!
i bought a toshiba ep30 with 3 hddvd for £50 from ebay until i can afford blueray, i bought it mainly as a cheap upscaler, but have since managed to buy a few hddvds from ebay for less than id pay to rent a dvd from blockbuster!
pictures both upscaled from dvd and the hddvd are absolutely stunning. planet earth on dvd is superb. transformers on hddvd takes it to a new level for me absolutely no judder at all with 24fps, silky smooth, super crisp edges.
my only problem is that i had the audio outputs from the ep30 hooked up to my stereo amp for beefier sound but it was out of sync with the picture, so unhooked it and im just sticking to the tv for sound at the moment, i probably really need to get surround sound next..........
i have used the thx set up but it seems the contrast ends up quite high with this, can anyone reccomend another good set up dvd to use? whathifi team would you be able to scribble down and post the best settings you find when you review the tv?
im not an expert reviewer by any means but im really really pleased with the tv so far so thought id let everyone know what i think of it!
ant
after waiting since the end of jan for a flatscreen i finally got my new panasonic th42pz85 last week from john lewis, having read a few other posts from other people i thought id stick my thoughts in aswell!
1. i can really reccommend john lewis. i wanted to buy from them for the 5 year warranty (bad experience with car engine blowing up in the past - i like a decent warranty!). After not holding the pz70 i originally ordered until they said they would, and then selling it, i decided to wait for the pz85, and with the order for this they totally redeemed themselves! I got mine from the sheffield branch and the girl amanda that i dealt with was very knowledgeable and friendly and she kept me up to date with the order while they were waiting for stock of this tv to arrive. the day before the delivery they called to tell me i was third on the list and would be there around 10.30am. at 10.00am the delivery guys turned up and carried the tv down to my flat. 10 mins to build the stand and hook it up and im up and running!!! 5 stars to john lewis!
2. im really pleased with the tv. the freeview tuner seems as good as sky+ hooked up to it. as other people have commented it depends on the channel as to what the picture is like, for example bbc1, sky 1, channel four are really good pictures, other channels like uk gold with older programmes are not so good, but then they arnt so good with the crt either!
3. the tv really shines when hooked up to a decent source.
xbox 360 is amazing - gaming is so much better on big screen!
i bought a toshiba ep30 with 3 hddvd for £50 from ebay until i can afford blueray, i bought it mainly as a cheap upscaler, but have since managed to buy a few hddvds from ebay for less than id pay to rent a dvd from blockbuster!
pictures both upscaled from dvd and the hddvd are absolutely stunning. planet earth on dvd is superb. transformers on hddvd takes it to a new level for me absolutely no judder at all with 24fps, silky smooth, super crisp edges.
my only problem is that i had the audio outputs from the ep30 hooked up to my stereo amp for beefier sound but it was out of sync with the picture, so unhooked it and im just sticking to the tv for sound at the moment, i probably really need to get surround sound next..........
i have used the thx set up but it seems the contrast ends up quite high with this, can anyone reccomend another good set up dvd to use? whathifi team would you be able to scribble down and post the best settings you find when you review the tv?
im not an expert reviewer by any means but im really really pleased with the tv so far so thought id let everyone know what i think of it!
ant
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