Panasonic plasma dead
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Our old Panasonic plasma has gone kaput, press the power the power LED flickers a few times then just shuts down. Tried unplugging and holding the power in and nothing. It's old +10 years I think and I guess it's just failed.
It was a great TV, excellent picture quality and teamed with a Virgin Media box.
So, this means it's new TV time. I am a bit out of the loop on latest tech, I presume OLED is still the best screen type to go for? It's used for general TV watching, films and a bit of streaming through the VM box, it's never used for gaming.
The Panasonic has served us well and happy to buy Panasonic again but open to other brands. Ideally don't want to pay too much, circa 1.5k.
Any advice or recommendations appreciated.
It was a great TV, excellent picture quality and teamed with a Virgin Media box.
So, this means it's new TV time. I am a bit out of the loop on latest tech, I presume OLED is still the best screen type to go for? It's used for general TV watching, films and a bit of streaming through the VM box, it's never used for gaming.
The Panasonic has served us well and happy to buy Panasonic again but open to other brands. Ideally don't want to pay too much, circa 1.5k.
Any advice or recommendations appreciated.
I'm guessing you're after a 65" thereabouts?
Very recently bought an LG C4 65" & very happy with it being my first OLED.
In hindsight I might have saved up the extra for a same sized G4 for a little extra brightness. But not sure I could justify that extra outlay to be honest.
I tend to view everything in Filmmaker Mode anyway more for my own piece of mind.
I've had Panasonic plasma & LED before but the move to LG OLED was pretty seamless as the interface is easy to use.
Very recently bought an LG C4 65" & very happy with it being my first OLED.
In hindsight I might have saved up the extra for a same sized G4 for a little extra brightness. But not sure I could justify that extra outlay to be honest.
I tend to view everything in Filmmaker Mode anyway more for my own piece of mind.
I've had Panasonic plasma & LED before but the move to LG OLED was pretty seamless as the interface is easy to use.
Our Panasonic plasma went a while ago - I'd read the screen starts to show a blue tinge and then the power supply fails and that's exactly what ours did.
One thing I'd say is the sound was fine for everyday use to the extent I'd never thought about it on the Panny. On the new LED TV it was hopeless, especially dialogue. Ended up with a Sonos Beam so that was £350 I hadn't expected to spend.
We do now also have an OLED in our kitchen / diner - it's a bright, south facing, room and it is pretty hopeless during the day. I knew this, but I didn't want to use a soundbar so I got a Sony with their Acoustic Surface and I think the sound is pretty good.
One thing I'd say is the sound was fine for everyday use to the extent I'd never thought about it on the Panny. On the new LED TV it was hopeless, especially dialogue. Ended up with a Sonos Beam so that was £350 I hadn't expected to spend.
We do now also have an OLED in our kitchen / diner - it's a bright, south facing, room and it is pretty hopeless during the day. I knew this, but I didn't want to use a soundbar so I got a Sony with their Acoustic Surface and I think the sound is pretty good.
Wacky Racer said:
Our 42" Panasonic Plasma is still going strong after sixteen years....incredible really, never had any trouble. I think it was £750 at the time.
If you use it quite a bit you won't want to calculate how much it's cost you in electriity!OTOH, it does save having the heating on sometimes.
Sheepshanks said:
Wacky Racer said:
Our 42" Panasonic Plasma is still going strong after sixteen years....incredible really, never had any trouble. I think it was £750 at the time.
If you use it quite a bit you won't want to calculate how much it's cost you in electriity!OTOH, it does save having the heating on sometimes.
Sheepshanks said:
If you use it quite a bit you won't want to calculate how much it's cost you in electriity!
OTOH, it does save having the heating on sometimes.
I can second this, ive recently got rid of an old plasma and got i think a qled or something, The room is noticeably cooler, but the electric bill has gone down a surprising amount. Dread to think how much it cost to run.OTOH, it does save having the heating on sometimes.
And the weight difference was also surprising.
Also would agree about the sound, the new tvs have nowhere to fit decent speakers, so a sound bar or something is a must.
The number of green light flickers is an error code. You can look them up online easily. A few years ago my Panasonic stopped working. I think it flashed 7 times but blank screen. I bought the relevant board off ebay for £50, opened up the TV and fitted it. Worked perfectly ever since. Very satisfying.
The TV was 15+ years old. I have now changed to a new Panasonic OLED (admittedly their top OLED Master Ultimate spec) and I think I was mixing a "warm" picture with a blurred picture. The difference is incredible.
The TV was 15+ years old. I have now changed to a new Panasonic OLED (admittedly their top OLED Master Ultimate spec) and I think I was mixing a "warm" picture with a blurred picture. The difference is incredible.
NiceCupOfTea said:
Another with a Panasonic Plasma here, a 50” from their final year of Plasmas. Ours packed in a couple of years ago and a new module of some description from ebay fixed it. Pleased I did as I hated the UI on most new TVs.
What! They don't make Plasmas any more???What's goin' on?
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