maxflinn:robjcooper:....just like the VT20 was this time last year, eh Max!well it got extremely close, so one might therefore logically presume it's succesor{{{{{{{{ ("might")}}}}}}}} actually be better, eh rob!
Max,
I wouldn't really describe the inability to handle 50hz material properly or having unstable black levels as 'getting extremely close'. And the assumption that just because some Kuro tech and a few staff had gone to Panasonic meant some folks presumed that last year's models were Kuros in everything but name, which was certainly quite rapidly disproved.
Perhaps his time around Max, waiting and actually seeing one in the flesh would be a safer approach, rather than blindly proclaiming the premature death of 'The King' ! Still, as always your threads on the matter made good reading, and at least you were man enough to admit your early proclamations were somewhat ill-advised and premature ! And you never know, this year Panasonic may also have got someone else to design their cabinets, rather than Albert Boxy, from Boxy, Fatt, Square, & Ugg-Lee Inc.!
Rob