Sony or Panasonic? Could anyone who's done this debate before share with me your thoughts?
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get the sony I checked them both out at CC and the Sony blows away the Pana. See for yourself the picture is really nice on the Sony, the pana is just OK. also no remote for the Pana or swivel screen.
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I went with the Panasonic. According to consumer reports the panasonic blows the sony away in color. Sony only has a 3.3 camera meg as well compared to the 5 of the panasonic. The only place where the sony won out was battery life but extra batteries for the panasonic is only 44 dollars on amazon.
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Edward... it's been too long ago... I really don't know the difference now... I will say that the system didn't last very long... It was the first time that a Panasonic product let me down... Hope this is helpful...Walt.
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That clinches it. Amazon's good about accepting returns (I returned a Samsung late last year), but sounds like it's not worth the hassle this time. Thanks for confirming my choice. (I like Panasonic, too, but when I ask for a personal favorite from some of these sales guys who are around hundreds of TV sets every day, they almost always say Sony's the one.)
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Sorry I missed your question earlier, but hopefully you can change your mind about the Panasonic. Viera has awful color and any SD source just looks atrocious. My experience with this SONY is that most SD cable looks sharp and clean, with good motion handling and less noise that you'd expect from the typical LCD. It all depends on how you're viewing your SD cable. Most cable providers send digital, analog, and HDTV network channels thru their line. I have a splitter on my cable line, sending one output to the set's RF input and the other to my cable box and then thru S-video cable. SD cable boxes today are mostly SD-digital. The digital SD stations actually look quite good, far better than you'd expect from an LCD. SD-DVD is even better, and BluRay looks best if your player can downscale to 720p (the SONY's own built-in 1080 downscaler is likely not as competent as the one on your BR player). The HD feeds thru your cable line look outstanding with 1080, 720, nd even 480 signals -- pure analog SD thru that line is tolerable, but not nearly as crisp as the SD-digital versions of those same channels. Thru your cable box, pure analog stations look a bit grim, red, and undersaturated; but digital-SD stations look very clean, almost as nice as SD-DVD. I'd avoid the Panasonic. In fact, this SONY might not be perfect (you'll have to use the RGB controls to tone down the really heavy Red), but it's the best 26" LCD I've seen in a while. Samsung makes a 26" that looks good in reviews, but build quality and reliability are extremely poor, and the Samsung suffers from motion artifacts that look much worse than with the SONY.
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I have used both. The hands down winner is the Panasonic. It's just more powerful. I get a better shave and it seems more waterproof.
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I just checked out their website and they have most of the latest releases, as well as 3 different quality formats, SD, HD and HDX which is better than regular HD. Their prices are the same as Amazon and CinemaNow, not sure why you think their prices are so bad? Panasonic has Amazon VOD in case you're interested.
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Haluk,Thanks for the response; I realize now that I actually have the Panasonic TH-50PX77U, but I'm guessing that the solution is the same, and too expensive as well. Although I am in the market for a new computer, so it wouldn't have to be a VGA based laptop, but still prob. too expensive regardless?Thanks
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John, Yes, of course. BTW the Panasonic is a fantastic TV and the picture is the best you can find for movies and for other HD programing. I have only on occasion watched 3d programing and/or movies. It's fun but the glasses take a bit to get use to. Denis
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Dear M Yamamoto, sorry to disturb you again, but your opinion is precious.In the above situation, please where do you locate Sony Nex 7 and where is Leica in all this and vs Panasonic?Deep thanks
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Thanks Dick, Im getting the panasonic, The way i figure, it doesnt matter what technology is used to produce the WOWs as long as thats the final result, Thanks,Linda
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Hi Glenn,Wow, thanks for doing that research for me. You found out in minutes what has taken me weeks!!! Well I guess with what you found I will have to narrow it down to either the T90 or the ZS3. I was reading other blogs that said that Panasonic is going to introduce a ZS7 and that might result in a price decrease on the ZS3 which is always good. I've talk to some people who are big fans of Sony cameras but, when you look at the table for shutter lags, they really are not doing so well. I will take your advice and go give them a "test drive" at Best Buy before I finally buy one. Thanks again for your time, that was very nice of you ;)Isabel Hi Glenn,Wow, thanks for doing that research for me. You found out in minutes what has taken me weeks!!! Well I guess with what you found I will have to narrow it down to either the T90 or the ZS3. I was reading other blogs that said that Panasonic is going to introduce a ZS7 and that might result in a price decrease on the ZS3 which is always good. I've talk to some people who are big fans of Sony cameras but, when you look at the table for shutter lags, they really are not doing so well. I will take your advice and go give them a "test drive" at Best Buy before... » Read More Hi Glenn,Wow, thanks for doing that research for me. You found out in minutes what has taken me weeks!!! Well I guess with what you found I will have to narrow it down to either the T90 or the ZS3. I was reading other blogs that said that Panasonic is going to introduce a ZS7 and that might result in a price decrease on the ZS3 which is always good. I've talk to some people who are big fans of Sony cameras but, when you look at the table for shutter lags, they really are not doing so well. I will take your advice and go give them a "test drive" at Best Buy before I finally buy one. Thanks again for your time, that was very nice of you ;)Isabel « Show Less
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I've pretty much decided on purchasing the Panasonic 50PZ800U. I notice from your previous post that you have LCDs in your home as well. How would you compare the viewing experience between those and your new plasma? As far as HDTV, do you have Cable or Satellite? I currently have Satellite, but will switch to FIOS based on reviews in Consumer Reports.I really appreciate your time!
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+1 on Panasonic. You could spend another $400 and get a Pioneer, but Panasonic BD players weren't voted a "Good Buy" by many journalists and magazines for nothing. I have two Panasonics in my house, a BD60 and a BD55 (current model is the BD80). I need the BD55 for the 5.1 analog out to my 10 year old Sony ES receiver so I can get to hear Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. Yeah, blu-ray picture is good (on the at least a 720p/1080i display) but I think the sound is a huge improvement.You can get a BD80 for $172 today at Amazon.com, too.Best of luck with your decision. +1 on Panasonic. You could spend another $400 and get a Pioneer, but Panasonic BD players weren't voted a "Good Buy" by many journalists and magazines for nothing. I have two Panasonics in my house, a BD60 and a BD55 (current model is the BD80). I need the BD55 for the 5.1 analog out to my 10 year old Sony ES receiver so I can get to hear Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD. Yeah, blu-ray picture is good (on the at least a 720p/1080i display) but I think the sound is a huge improvement.You can get a BD80 for $172 today at Amazon.com, too.Best of luck with your decision.
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I just ordered the 52V4100 as well. Was this close to getting the Panasonic Plasma, but after reading last week Pioneer and Toshiba are dumping Plasma technology, and next year Samsung and Vizio are phasing it out, I am led to think Plasma is losing the battle for some reason. Perhaps it's all the rumors of burn in, break-in periods, excessive heat and energy usage. I don't know. I went with the Sony. The price I got was too good to pass up ($1250 with free shipping).
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I am in your same boat...trying to choose between a samsung pn58b650 vs. panasonic tc-54v10. Panasonic is 58" and now several hundred cheaper (with coupon code). I keep going back and forth...any help out there? Is panasonic better than samsung...as is generally stated? thanx in advance for any feedback.
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Thomas, I am so sick of trying to get the Samsung to work, that is, making VHS tapes into DVD disks. You say the Panasonic is a good one, right? Mind sharing the model number? Also, what kind of DVD's does it take? Thanks, JJ