( 7 reviews )
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( 0 of 1 found this review helpful ) Posted: 02-10-2009
You can't help yourself! You'll find yourself mesmerized by the clarity and richness of this 58" masterpiece! Everything looks so lifelike it's freaky! The picture is impeccable. I was this close to purchasing an LCD until I came across this jaw dropping tour de force! I thought plasma was dead but this baby crowns the king. I can't say enough about the picture so I'll move on! The menu system is intuitive and easy to navigate. I have read some reviews about the sound quality being merely okay. I found the sound reproduction through the built in speakers to be quite good. The TV ships with "Standard" video mode settings which I found to be very dark. You can tweak all of the setting modes to your liking and I would suggest you do. The THX mode setting seemed washed out and not useable to my liking. No matter what settings I tried I could not produce a picture that I liked. My custom mode settings and my tweaks on the other modes are terrific! De-boxing and setup is very easy. This TV is quite heavy so grab a helper! I found no issues with reflective glare. Buy it now!
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Posted: 10-15-2007
This has been a great TV. While heavy during installation, there hasn't been any need to move it around after that, as there have been no defects. The only downside is the resolution for the size. While the HDTV experience is awesome, well, as good as it can when not displayed in 1080i/p, you will notice color blending when watching some of the older shows due to the size of this television. Burn-in happens quickly, so don't have Bloomberg on for more than 2 hours otherwise the stock ticker won't go away for 24 hours. So with all that said, I would purchase this unit again, especially now, given its price. This was my second Panasonic plasma purchase and since LCDs are getting cheaper, it will probably be my last plasma. So with all this said, be the envy of all your friends, and don't forget, superbowl is only 4 months away and the grass is always greener on a BIG HDTV.
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Posted: 08-11-2007
We got this TV about a month ago from Costco. Yeah, it blew my mind. We put it on a wall mount above our fireplace. We're still using the regular coax cable, but we still get 7 channels in HD, which by the way look uber. My xbox 360 looks pretty phenomenal in HD. The main reason we bought it was because of the price. $2300 for a 58" Panasonic? A damn good deal (even if it is last year's model...The newer models have VGA and 1080P, but I honestly can't tell too much of a difference between 1080i/720p and 1080p).
