Hi all,
I've decided to update my living room TV. I've enjoyed my Panasonic TH-42PX70 for 7 years and decided it was time for an upgrade. I was persuing the Panasonic P50GT60 however it's impossible to get anyone to ship it to the Isle of Man where I live and no local stockists have it.
After this week's stellar review of the Sony KDL50, I decided this should be the next set for me. I've even managed to get it for £850 which is quite unusual as IOM vendors are usually more expensive! Anyways, I tested it briefly today and have found it to be quite disappointing.
I first tested it out with my Xbox One and found when playing FIFA 14 the scrolling of the screen from side to side was very slow, kind of like when a cameraman doesn't keep up with the play and over-pans suddenly to catch up in real life. I also tried watching Sky Sports via the Xbox one (via HDMI in) and again whilst watching football found that the action looked jittery, like the ball was almost stuttering in mid-air.
Also no matter how hard I tried I cannot get the colours to look quite right, everything seems overly saturated and lacking detail. Admittedly I'm no expect in calibration so this might well be me.
The sound also seems quite poor. I realise it wouldn't be immense for a set as slim as this and had already planned on getting a soundbar/base, but it really is very poor compared to my much older set!
I haven't yet tried to watch Sky through the TV directly (was using Xbox one as a passthrough) as I'm waiting for a TV stand to be delivery and can't quite get the TV near enough to the box. I'm just wondering if the jitter experience is due to the Xbox passthrough or is this really part of the difference between LED and Plasma? Or is this a case of only using Sky via direct connection to the TV.
If any one other new owners of the set can provide their feedback I'd be very grateful.
I've decided to update my living room TV. I've enjoyed my Panasonic TH-42PX70 for 7 years and decided it was time for an upgrade. I was persuing the Panasonic P50GT60 however it's impossible to get anyone to ship it to the Isle of Man where I live and no local stockists have it.
After this week's stellar review of the Sony KDL50, I decided this should be the next set for me. I've even managed to get it for £850 which is quite unusual as IOM vendors are usually more expensive! Anyways, I tested it briefly today and have found it to be quite disappointing.
I first tested it out with my Xbox One and found when playing FIFA 14 the scrolling of the screen from side to side was very slow, kind of like when a cameraman doesn't keep up with the play and over-pans suddenly to catch up in real life. I also tried watching Sky Sports via the Xbox one (via HDMI in) and again whilst watching football found that the action looked jittery, like the ball was almost stuttering in mid-air.
Also no matter how hard I tried I cannot get the colours to look quite right, everything seems overly saturated and lacking detail. Admittedly I'm no expect in calibration so this might well be me.
The sound also seems quite poor. I realise it wouldn't be immense for a set as slim as this and had already planned on getting a soundbar/base, but it really is very poor compared to my much older set!
I haven't yet tried to watch Sky through the TV directly (was using Xbox one as a passthrough) as I'm waiting for a TV stand to be delivery and can't quite get the TV near enough to the box. I'm just wondering if the jitter experience is due to the Xbox passthrough or is this really part of the difference between LED and Plasma? Or is this a case of only using Sky via direct connection to the TV.
If any one other new owners of the set can provide their feedback I'd be very grateful.
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