PANASONIC TH-42PWD6UY 42-IN. PLASMA $1289

[marcplante]

Seems like a very good price on this unit, though the shipping and mount (even table stand) could add up pretty fast.

http://www.pricemad.com/productdetail.asp?level=45&catid=50&productid=3600

Marc

 

[BoKingWen]

All I have to said thier resell rating is very low. This sound like a spam?

 

[MrChad]

http://www.resellerratings.com/seller8520.html

Also, this unit is an EDTV, not HDTV.

 

[marcplante]

Realize that it's not HD, though this is still a decent price for the unit (vs. $1599 incl. shipping posted earlier this week). I was also not aware of the reseller's ratings. Apologize.

 

[onefew]

the other post is for a PWD7UY, ive personally never heard of a PWD6UY, is this a typo? If so then its a good deal, otherwise, the 7UY is what all the hype is about

 

[marcplante]

PWD6UY is last year's model, though I'm not aware of huge changes that were made.

 

[dallas4u]

Besides that, the other was w/ free shipping, and w/ this one shipping is $250... which brings the price up to about $50 less... still, not bad if they don't screw you.

 

[tnguyen88]

The 6 and 7 designate which generation glass is used in the set. The glass has improved over generations, which equates to a better picture, and some counter measures (I don't know the details) for burn in. Panasonic just recently released their 8th generation consumer models and the industrial models are expected in a few months, which is why the 7th generation industrial models are dropping in price. Definately a steal at these prices.

Even though the set is ED the picture quality blows away most 42in HD sets. I ended up buying the latest consumer model ED (TH42PD50U) after I saw it sitting next to quite a few HD models from other brands. The picture is just simply better and at my viewing distance, I will never see the difference between HD and ED. The only time I noticed a difference was when I was like 2 feet away.

 

[ouzome]

Many people here bought this model over a year ago for $2400 from Dell which was a super hot deal at the time involving stacking several codes, and waiting six months for them to come back in stock. I use this tv everyday and it has an excellent picture. The stand as shown in the picture will not be included with the TV. I purchased the stand from bhphoto.com. If I had the money I would purchase another tv for this price (if the seller is legit).

 

[GHirsch76]

There is a HUGE difference between this years 7U and last years 6U. The halflife of the 7U has be increased to 60,000 hours vs's the 6U's 30,000 hours. This means the pixels on the TV will not start dimming untill the 60,000 hour mark. There is also new technology that slightly shifts the screen in small increments to further prevent screen burn. Its a great price if you need a nice looking TV with a great picture on the cheap to free up some space in a room. I still think its a great price for this unit if youre not going to be putting huge hours on it. But if this is going to be your main TV that will be heavily used daily you may want to pony up a few hundred more for the 7U. Lots of people will argue that this is an EDTV and therefore sucks but Panasonic makes one hell of a EDTV that other manufactuers cant hold a candle to. You will also notice only a 10 percent difference between the picture quality of this tv and the HD model. Your standard definition channel will also look better on EDTV model than it will on the HD model. Just giving my 2 cents since i really researched and own the ED and HD models.

 

[pjs]

If the 60,000 hour figure is in regard to the phosphor life, then that means that at the 60,000 hour point, the phosphors in the display (for a constant electrical energy provided to them) put out half the light that they did when the display was brand new. This is an estimate on Panasonics part. Your Mileage May Vary. Beyond the "half life" point of the phosphors, the display is still useful. Just a little dimmer. Turn up the brightness a little to compensate.

The chance that something in the display will fail, rendering the display inoperative can be expressed as MTBF (mean time before failure: the point at which half of the study sample has failed and the other half has not) and hopefully is also in the tens of thousands of hours.

Of course this is affected by how high the brightness (and contrast) settings are. 60,000 hours is SEVERAL years of use. 30,000 hours is also many years of viewing, just half of 60,000. DUH!

Keeping the brightness and contrast turned down will extend the useful life.

I find, that for a 42 or 43 inch plasma display, EDTV is fine. HD costs a LOT more and while giving a more detailed picture, especially at a side-by-side comparison with EDTV, I can be happy with EDTV in a 42" size, especially for well under $2K.

Paul, the 1derful1

 

[flot]

Originally posted by: pjs
I find, that for a 42 or 43 inch plasma display, EDTV is fine. HD costs a LOT more and while giving a more detailed picture, especially at a side-by-side comparison with EDTV, I can be happy with EDTV in a 42" size, especially for well under $2K.

The "realistic" price (from a non shady vendor) for the current year's model of this set is about $1600. Wal-Mart, of all places, has a 42" HDTV plasma available for preorder for $2000. That clearly indicates things to come.

If this were a legit vendor and you could get it for $1300 + reasonable shipping, that would be a different story...

 

[GHirsch76]

BTW if you do decide to purchase this unit you can purchase the additional DVI terminal blade which is sold for $199 for about $150 at LA Monitors. You can check out their EBay store here:

http://stores.ebay.com/LaPlasma_W0QQssPageNameZl2QQtZkm


They also have the "tilting" wall mount which is usually sold for $299 for $72 here.

Ive purchased both my plasmas here and they were really great. They didnt mind working with you over the phone, they ship fast from their warehouse and have no problem with accepting credit cards. Some of these shady places want you to pay by wiring the money and just ship from someone elses warehouse.