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      01-28-2007, 06:27 PM   #23
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      01-28-2007, 09:17 PM   #24
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So, are you telling me that my DVD may work on LCDs but not on Plasmas???
Never heard of it. Never seen the sticker on the DVD player saying -- Use it only with LCDs...

The sampling out of the DVD player is at Fs rate and both, LCD and Plasma simply upconvert it to the same rate (and freq) for the output, therefore, I don't see it as an issue...looking from the engineering perspective. It could be an issue with that specific unit, or connection. But, FCC makes sure that if the "X" DVD player works with latest LCD TVs, it should with the latest Plasmas too.

Just my opinion...
Uh, no, that's not at all what I'm saying. My point was that the electronics in TVs are very different from model to model, brand to brand and technology to technology. LCD presents a poor signal very differently than a plasma. And, it is feasible that your LCD will upconvert flawlessly, while his plasma doesn't, particularly if they are a different brand. The FCC has nothing to do with how a set processes the signal. A set simply has to be physically capable of HD resolution to be considered an HD set. There was a published test last year (I forget the mag) of almost every popular "HD" Plasma, DLP and LCD set on the market. You might be suprised that fewer than 1/2 were actually capable of presenting a true HD picture (720p). Most presented the picture as 720i, meaning only 360 lines of information were presented on the screen at one time, even though the screen was physically capable 720 lines of resolution and could legally be termed an HD set.

Panasonic plasma's do not use the best upconversion electronics... Pioneer, Fujitsu, and others are much better... but Panasonic tend to have the most accurate picture at their price point and were one of the few that passed the above test with every '05 - '06 model displaying true 720p HD.
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      01-28-2007, 09:17 PM   #25
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Guys, I tested it out with my buddy's DVD player which is Progressive Scan, and the picture looks great. Thanks for all the input.
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Noticed the same thing with my 'old' progressive scan DVD player when I upgraded to plasma (50 inch Vizio -- love it BTW, Pioneer 50" was nicer but 2x as much) and connected via component cables. So I upgraded to Oppo 971 upconverting DVD (I can watch all the DVDs I already have and wait for the format war and HD-DVD/BluRay disc and player prices to settle down) and the picture is spectacular. Oppo 971 includes DVI & HDMI cables in the box.
Oppo 971 is a great deck! Congrats.
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The best TVs on the market are still plasma. The Panasonic VT is currently tops. The Pioneer Kuro was the best but they pulled out of the business and all of their employees and technology were taken over by Panasonic.
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GET LED plasma are outdated
Holy crap! You do realize this thread is from 2007 dont you?!?!?!
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      05-24-2013, 06:45 AM   #29
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      05-24-2013, 09:04 AM   #31
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The best TVs on the market are still plasma. The Panasonic VT is currently tops. The Pioneer Kuro was the best but they pulled out of the business and all of their employees and technology were taken over by Panasonic.
I still have my kuro elite. it's awesome. Still the best tv available today for blacks and true color. The new sony 4k is pretty damn nice tho but nothing in 4k yet.

Panny cant come close to the kuro even tho they have the technology.
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I still have my kuro elite. it's awesome. Still the best tv available today for blacks and true color. The new sony 4k is pretty damn nice tho but nothing in 4k yet.

Panny cant come close to the kuro even tho they have the technology.
Kuro hasn't been available for several years so it's kind of pointless to discuss it but look into the new Panny ZT series. They seem to have finally beaten, or at least matched, the Kuro for black levels. I can't possibly get my room dark enough to notice the difference but I currently have a Panny GT that is phenomenal.
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