panasonic 50vt20 .. will it be crowned king ?

[ear]

V20. seen it.wonderfull blacks.

 

[simonlewis]

Makes you wonder how many stars the V20 will get, if it follows the trend it will be a four star set.

 

[Andy Clough]

No 'trend'. As Clare has endlessly pointed out, the winner of our September 32in TV Supertest is... a Panasonic,

 

[Anonymous]

Don't know why everyone is getting so excited over these tellys. The upcoming Toshiba one with the PS3 processor sounds a lot more interesting.

 

[TKratz]

slewis:Makes you wonder how many stars the V20 will get, if it follows the trend it will be a four star set.

That doesn't make any difference, it is still a superp TV!
I will not talk about trends but simply refer to other reviews which suggests the V20 performs in between the G20 and the VT20.
My prediction is it gets 4 stars.

 

[Anonymous]

NayTyson:Don't know why everyone is getting so excited over these tellys. The upcoming Toshiba one with the PS3 processor sounds a lot more interesting.

and will probably cost a ton. i really doubt its going to be affordable to the masses.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Iniquity1:and will probably cost a ton. i really doubt its going to be affordable to the masses.

Well, in Japan the 55in sells for Y1m, or just under £7500. But as the man from Toshiba explained at last year's CEATEC show, it does rather more than just 3D.

 

[Anonymous]

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[Anonymous]

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if someone else did the review would the outcome have possibly been different ??

 

[Andrew Everard]

brettweir:if someone else did the review would the outcome have possibly been different ??

As with all our reviews, the review you read is the result of the opinions of several of our test team, not one individual.

Yes, one person ends up writing the copy you read in the magazine, but always - and in this case in particular - there's much discussion of the merits of the product(s), and how it/they measure up to the rest of the market, before the final verdict and star-rating is reached.

 

[JSM15]

All this 4 star/5 star 'controversy' is all rather silly, all reviews and opinions are subjective - the most important thing is how YOU view the set based on your eyes and your experience using the tv.

Besides even if the latest Panasonic plasma's were getting 5 stars, they would likely become 4 star sets once those black levels start 'adjusting'

 

[Anonymous]

I've owned both of these sets in my living room (purchased
retail units, not review samples), had them calibrated and watched a lot
of Blu-Ray content on both and did some 3D gaming via PS3. There's no
question that the Sony HX903 is better than the Panasonic VT20 in 2D
mode, because it doesn't suffer from flicker, posterisation and obvious
motion processing errors (opening scene and the intro credits sequence
for Casino Royale is a good acid test for this); but the Panny gives less
crosstalk in 3D mode so it doesn't mean the Sony is better in every
aspect of PQ. If you watch a lot of 2D movies, the HX903 has the edge, easily.
If you do a lot of 3D gaming, then the VT20 would be the better choice.
Neither TV is bad, in fact they're both excellent especially when compared to the current
competing sets out there, therefore I think WHF's review scores for these particular models are right on the money.

Oh and by the way, my former TV before I made the leap to the 3D world was a professionally-calibrated Pioneer Kuro 5090, so I'm familiar with what a reference level 2D image ought to look like.

Take all reviews you find with a pinch of salt and always make your own judgment after auditioning the sets with your own eyes. I couldn't care less which accolades are heaped upon which set by which reviewers, I make my buying decision using my own eyes. A lot of reviews out there on the web are calling the VT20 "reference level", and that's exaggeration in my eyes, but hey, everyone's entitled to their own opinion.