TV Advice - Panasonic 50" (127cm) HD Plasma TV TH-P50X50Z

[Kopfjaeger]

Budget under $1k

General Purpose:  Kids tv, needs to be tough as they have already smashed a 37" LCD

Requirements: LAN (Ethernet) connection, DLNA

http://www.dicksmith.co.nz/product/GE3523/panasonic-50-quot-127cm-hd-plasma-tv-th-p50x50z

this TV covers most of the bases and being plasma hopefully will be a little more kid proof.  it isn't full HD or have much in the way of Smart TV capability.

is there any difference between the TH-P50X50Z and the TH-P50X50

opinions ?

[Kopfjaeger]

well Harvey price matched DS so they got the sale

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Cool, that looks like a good TV for that price.

So are plasma TV screens more resistant to damage?


Don't see much point in Smart TV's in NZ. Too much content restrictions in NZ.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

This TV for $35,000

http://www.sony.co.nz/product/kd-84x9000

Or a new car/deposit on a house.

[Kopfjaeger]

Cool, that looks like a good TV for that price.

So are plasma TV screens more resistant to damage?


Don't see much point in Smart TV's in NZ. Too much content restrictions in NZ.

The glass panel in a plasma is tougher than a plastic LCD panel at least.  As for the SMART TV stuff, onboard skype would have been nice but meh

[Bounty Hunter]

glass panels in plasma's reflect ALL of the light in the room, it's a major pain in the ass.

[Kopfjaeger]

glass panels in plasma's reflect ALL of the light in the room, it's a major pain in the ass.

Agreed however the location of the screen will be towards walls so hopefully it won't be too bad reflection wise

[Bounty Hunter]

Agreed however the location of the screen will be towards walls so hopefully it won't be too bad reflection wise

You will see the walls, when the sun is on the walls, you will see the walls, when the light is on, you will see the walls.

And now that I've told you this you will always see the walls and every time you watch the TV you will think to yourself "Bounty was right....all I can see is the walls" you will start seeing the walls in your sleep, when you're commuting to work, when you're at work, when you look out of windows you will see a reflection of THOSE walls.

I'd say you're better to go with an even cheaper LED/LCD to throw in the lounge, then maybe buy a 28 inch for the bedroom? I dunno what your TV (porn) watching habits are like though

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

I do like the fact that LCD/LED screens reflect very little. Much easier to look at.

I noticed my Laptop screen tends to be much more reflective (because it is glass?) and can be annoying, however I can easily change the position so no big deal.

[Bounty Hunter]

I do like the fact that LCD/LED screens reflect very little. Much easier to look at.

I noticed my Laptop screen tends to be much more reflective (because it is glass?) and can be annoying, however I can easily change the position so no big deal.

you can get covers for laptop screens too.

dunno why you cant get them for TV's.....possible product?

[Kopfjaeger]

sales guy mentioned something about anti glare coating on screen so not to use any abrasive compounds for cleaning

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

sales guy mentioned something about anti glare coating on screen so not to use any abrasive compounds for cleaning

Yes, don't use sandpaper. Good advice.

[Growler]

I use Jif and steelo on my screens, 100% effective








































at fucking your screen

[Kopfjaeger]

well its all up and running however the USB connection has frequent overvolt failures  especially with older portable drives, lucky they are only a backup as the tv is connected to the home network via Cat5e

the media server works quite well although won't recognize some audio streams from .mkv's

the reflection issue......is real and all i can say is thank god the panel points towards a neutral tone blank wall. no problem at night though

[O-L-W-A-G]

Look into program's that auto convert videos placed in a folder if you have a dedicated file server.

[Kopfjaeger]

i use Mezzmo on two different win7 systems yet the same mkv plays fine on one but no audio on the other.  did not have a lot of time to troubleshoot but i'll have another crack next week