[quote user="professorhat"]Indeed, even on a plasma, ITV coverage is not brilliant I'm afraid. Bearable, but not brilliant. Will be so happy when F1 goes back to BBC next year - I just hope they take Brundle et al with them![/quote]
Im with you on that Proff. I have heard rumours that Murray Walker may be making a come back for the BBC. I hope the ITV guys switch over as they do an amazing job. The racing may be dull at times but the team make up for it.
I got my new Pany 42"PZ85 today and you can deffinately notice how bad ITV is with say BBC1. I havn't had much time with it yet but I have to say im very impressed so far. Only watched sd from the Digital On board tuner and through SKY. Sat about 10 ft away from it and most of the channels look very good. Considering how much bigger the screen is than my old 32" Pany crt, im sure the pictures better on the plasma.I havn't spotted any motion blur so far. Glad I went for a plasma at this size,as the lcd's I saw couldn't compete with the plasma's on motion handiling.
Im still waiting on my hdmi lead to arrive so havn't tried dvd's or more importantly GT5 in 1080p
. I was going to "borrow" my brothers lead but he was watching films on his PS3.
I havn't tweaked it much yet, just made sure to turn off IFC and a very quick set up. The sound was a little bit tiny at 1st but a quick tweak on the settings solved that. I have to say I was expecting the sound to be terrible after all the talk about how bad the sound is on lcd and plasma. But I was pleasantly suprised how good it was,also the BBE VIVA virtual surround works well. Im not sure if it's different on an 80 as the 85 and 800 have upgraded audio. But it's plenty good enough for normal stuff. I have a proper surround system for movies etc.
1 thing I will need at some point is to get a proper stand, when funds allow of course. Im using the cabinet from my old 32" at the moment. And while it will do for now it doesn't look the most stylish with a nice plasma sat on top.