Customer Rating: 
Summary: VERY GOOD TV AND GREAT PRICE
Comment: I got my tv two days ago, I love it. The picture is so clear even with out the hd in it. The delivery company was so helpful working around my schedule. The price you can't beat it. I have been reasearching tv's for a couple of months and I always go back to Amazon.com. Thank You, Amazon.
JEFF AND KATHY
Customer Rating:
Summary: First impressions - Panasonic TH-50PX75U 50" 720p Plasma HDTV
Comment: First of all, for anyone who owns a 2004 Prius, this baby will fit in the back just fine. I had researched the box size online before I bought, and researched the cargo space dimensions of my wife's Prius. When I saw the box at the store, my faith in my research wavered. My wife and the guy helping use were very skeptical. The box slipped right into the cargo bay, and the rear hatch closed with no trouble at all. Math and research trump gut feelings.
Getting the box into the house and installing was a snap. My son installed the pylons on the mounting base, and he got them backwards. It is possible. He's one of those who refuses to read instructions. It would be handy if Panasonic designed the mounts to prevent reverse installation, but in reality, I cannot blame Panasonic. Once my son installed the pylons correctly, the panel mounted on the base perfectly.
I connected the Component Video cables and a pair of plain old RCA type audio cables from my DVD. Connected the Cable TV connector to the DVD Recorder, and powered on my new TV.
I was watching poor quality cable immediately after going through initial setup of the TV. We get the most basic analog cable package. Then I popped in LOTR:Fellowship of the Rings for my first real test. My DVD is standard def, but the image was excellent, and audio was good. I'll hook up my wife's Onkyo surround sound system this weekend, then we'll be having some really good sound.
The only minor fly in the ointment is our Infrared headphones. We keep them around for my Dad who does not hear so well. The TV must be putting out some serious infrared noise. The headphones are completely useless. When I take the headphones around to the side of the TV, the sound is fine. Anywhere you can actually see the television picture, the headphones are washed out with some sort of static. It could be that the Panasonic syncs with other devices via infrared, or it could be the plasma display pumps out noise in the IR range. A quick Google will settle that in a few minutes.
So far I will give this TV a high rating. I can't fault Panasonic because I cannot use IR headphones. Looks like I head out and pick up some 900Mhz cans for my Dad.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Simply Superb
Comment: After months of research I finally settled on this Panasonic TV and I can't say that I regretted my decision for one minute since.
I ordered it directly from Amazon, and saving nearly six hundred dollars compared to the "sale" price my local "big box" stores (Best Buy and Circuit City). The order arrived at my home via Amazon's shippers (Eagle USA), and the delivery men were courteous and helpful, removing the tv from the box and taking packaging away.
Setting up the tv with HDMI cables was a snap, (tip: buy the "Cables To Go" high velocity cables from Amazon, they were a fraction of the price and the quality is superb), the instructions were clear and concise and my jaw was appropriately dropping within about twenty minutes of starting to make the connections.
The picture quality and clarity is breath taking particularly after playing with the colour settings which is by and large very easy to do, the remote is somewhat basic, but does the job and the on screen menu is easy to navigate, to make the settings your own. I didn't bother with the sound, so I can't vouch how good or otherwise it is, as I connected it to a Home theater system.
In short, for the price I paid (a little over $1400), this tv is everything I wanted and more. If it is within your budget buy a home theater system with an upconverting DVD player and surround sound, to not do so would be like buying a turbo charged car, and not bothering connecting the turbo charge, something would be missing.
I would throughly recommend this product.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Quality...
Comment: We ordered our set through one of Amazon's approved sellers (Electronics Depot). I decided to call them with a few specific questions. Customer Service was knowledgeable, courteous, and "human". And to top it off we received our order about 3 days sooner than expected. A+ for them.
No doubt this is a quality product. Other reviewers have thoroughly described the fantastic picture quality, etc. An interesting observation I've made about our set is with regards to heat. There isn't any! I have the set in an armoir with a tight 3/8" clearance on the sides and about 3" on top. The back of the armoir has a large hole cut to accomodate a CRT, but it is only about 1" out from the wall. After 6 hours of continuous viewing the set was still cool to the touch everywhere but a small vent on top in the back, and that part was only slightly warm to the touch. This thing runs a lot cooler than my old CRT! Definitely not what I expected from a plasma set.
By the way, if you're looking at a "brick and mortor" store and comparing this TV with others, you may be disappointed or it may look fantastic. All I can say is it is absurdly easy to manipulate the quality of the feed going to the various floor models. Virtually every electronics store out there can and will use this technique to move the merchandise with the best incentives. Their stories about unpredictable signal quality in the store have no merit at all.
Do exhaustive research and read as many objective reviews as possible. It's the only way to judge true quality.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wow!
Comment: I got this locally for under $1,000 and couldn't be happier. I do regret (a little) not getting one with a PC input, but other than that, it's perfect for my TV viewing needs. Built-in speakers are just fine. Remote is super straight-forward. Barely had to read the manual at all. It'll be nice watching the Pats win their fourth Super Bowl on this TV.
Summary: VERY GOOD TV AND GREAT PRICE
Comment: I got my tv two days ago, I love it. The picture is so clear even with out the hd in it. The delivery company was so helpful working around my schedule. The price you can't beat it. I have been reasearching tv's for a couple of months and I always go back to Amazon.com. Thank You, Amazon.
JEFF AND KATHY
Customer Rating:
Summary: First impressions - Panasonic TH-50PX75U 50" 720p Plasma HDTV
Comment: First of all, for anyone who owns a 2004 Prius, this baby will fit in the back just fine. I had researched the box size online before I bought, and researched the cargo space dimensions of my wife's Prius. When I saw the box at the store, my faith in my research wavered. My wife and the guy helping use were very skeptical. The box slipped right into the cargo bay, and the rear hatch closed with no trouble at all. Math and research trump gut feelings.
Getting the box into the house and installing was a snap. My son installed the pylons on the mounting base, and he got them backwards. It is possible. He's one of those who refuses to read instructions. It would be handy if Panasonic designed the mounts to prevent reverse installation, but in reality, I cannot blame Panasonic. Once my son installed the pylons correctly, the panel mounted on the base perfectly.
I connected the Component Video cables and a pair of plain old RCA type audio cables from my DVD. Connected the Cable TV connector to the DVD Recorder, and powered on my new TV.
I was watching poor quality cable immediately after going through initial setup of the TV. We get the most basic analog cable package. Then I popped in LOTR:Fellowship of the Rings for my first real test. My DVD is standard def, but the image was excellent, and audio was good. I'll hook up my wife's Onkyo surround sound system this weekend, then we'll be having some really good sound.
The only minor fly in the ointment is our Infrared headphones. We keep them around for my Dad who does not hear so well. The TV must be putting out some serious infrared noise. The headphones are completely useless. When I take the headphones around to the side of the TV, the sound is fine. Anywhere you can actually see the television picture, the headphones are washed out with some sort of static. It could be that the Panasonic syncs with other devices via infrared, or it could be the plasma display pumps out noise in the IR range. A quick Google will settle that in a few minutes.
So far I will give this TV a high rating. I can't fault Panasonic because I cannot use IR headphones. Looks like I head out and pick up some 900Mhz cans for my Dad.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Simply Superb
Comment: After months of research I finally settled on this Panasonic TV and I can't say that I regretted my decision for one minute since.
I ordered it directly from Amazon, and saving nearly six hundred dollars compared to the "sale" price my local "big box" stores (Best Buy and Circuit City). The order arrived at my home via Amazon's shippers (Eagle USA), and the delivery men were courteous and helpful, removing the tv from the box and taking packaging away.
Setting up the tv with HDMI cables was a snap, (tip: buy the "Cables To Go" high velocity cables from Amazon, they were a fraction of the price and the quality is superb), the instructions were clear and concise and my jaw was appropriately dropping within about twenty minutes of starting to make the connections.
The picture quality and clarity is breath taking particularly after playing with the colour settings which is by and large very easy to do, the remote is somewhat basic, but does the job and the on screen menu is easy to navigate, to make the settings your own. I didn't bother with the sound, so I can't vouch how good or otherwise it is, as I connected it to a Home theater system.
In short, for the price I paid (a little over $1400), this tv is everything I wanted and more. If it is within your budget buy a home theater system with an upconverting DVD player and surround sound, to not do so would be like buying a turbo charged car, and not bothering connecting the turbo charge, something would be missing.
I would throughly recommend this product.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Quality...
Comment: We ordered our set through one of Amazon's approved sellers (Electronics Depot). I decided to call them with a few specific questions. Customer Service was knowledgeable, courteous, and "human". And to top it off we received our order about 3 days sooner than expected. A+ for them.
No doubt this is a quality product. Other reviewers have thoroughly described the fantastic picture quality, etc. An interesting observation I've made about our set is with regards to heat. There isn't any! I have the set in an armoir with a tight 3/8" clearance on the sides and about 3" on top. The back of the armoir has a large hole cut to accomodate a CRT, but it is only about 1" out from the wall. After 6 hours of continuous viewing the set was still cool to the touch everywhere but a small vent on top in the back, and that part was only slightly warm to the touch. This thing runs a lot cooler than my old CRT! Definitely not what I expected from a plasma set.
By the way, if you're looking at a "brick and mortor" store and comparing this TV with others, you may be disappointed or it may look fantastic. All I can say is it is absurdly easy to manipulate the quality of the feed going to the various floor models. Virtually every electronics store out there can and will use this technique to move the merchandise with the best incentives. Their stories about unpredictable signal quality in the store have no merit at all.
Do exhaustive research and read as many objective reviews as possible. It's the only way to judge true quality.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Wow!
Comment: I got this locally for under $1,000 and couldn't be happier. I do regret (a little) not getting one with a PC input, but other than that, it's perfect for my TV viewing needs. Built-in speakers are just fine. Remote is super straight-forward. Barely had to read the manual at all. It'll be nice watching the Pats win their fourth Super Bowl on this TV.