Panasonic 50" + Plasma

[Lostprophet]

I have been looking at upgrading my 42" Panasonic plasma for ages; well since i got it 4 years ago.

I am looking at 50" screens but ideally wanted a 58". Why is is the price so difference so vast? 50" is approx £1300 and a 58" is £3500!! Don't get it!

It is a shame Pioneer have stopped selling their LX5090 screens! I would love one!

Any idea what Panasonic I should go for? My budget is £2k tops! I dont want 3D nonsense TV.

Edited by Lostprophet on Monday 4th October 15:31

[tdm34ds]

Lostprophet said:

I have been looking at upgrading my 42" Panasonic plasma for ages; well since i got it 4 years ago.

I am looking at 50" screens but ideally wanted a 58". Why is is the price so difference so vast? 50" is approx £1300 and a 58" is £3500!! Don't get it!

It is a shame Pioneer have stopped selling their LX5090 screens! I would love one!

Any idea what Panasonic I should go for? My budget is £2k tops! I dont want 3D nonsense TV.

Edited by Lostprophet on Monday 4th October 15:31

If you don't want 3D then the Panasonic TX-P50V20 is the baby.....

[OldSkoolRS]

I saw one these 50V20 models today and thought it looked great, picturewise and general appearance too. I did wonder though why the dear 3D models don't have the nice brushed metal surround just a cheap looking gloss black one...seems the wrong way round to me. I hope to get a 50V20 myself in the not to distant future.

[Lostprophet]

OldSkoolRS said:

I saw one these 50V20 models today and thought it looked great, picturewise and general appearance too. I did wonder though why the dear 3D models don't have the nice brushed metal surround just a cheap looking gloss black one...seems the wrong way round to me. I hope to get a 50V20 myself in the not to distant future.

What price have you seen this TV going for? the cheapest I have seen it is for £1350.

don't you fancy the 3D TV?

[OldSkoolRS]

I saw it in 'House of Fraser' so not particularly competative price wise there IIRC it was more than your best price though. I tend not to buy neccesarily on price, either going to a local independant firm or I have bought from John Lewis before and they've price matched anyway, plus they give their 5 year guarentee as well.

I'm not too fussed about 3D really, especially for TV. I tend to watch films on my projector so it's just as well I'm not to bothered about upgrading that to 3D as it will be a major expense looking at the prices of the new JVC projectors due out soon...

[Legend83]

Lostprophet said:

It is a shame Pioneer have stopped selling their LX5090 screens! I would love one!

Edited by Lostprophet on Monday 4th October 15:31

Keep your eyes scanned on the AVForums classifieds. I have seen a few top Pioneers for sale recently, most with a transferable warranty....

...second-hand obviously, but still. Worth it for perfection!

e.g. http://www.avforums.com/forums/tv-projector-classi...

Ok, this one is now sold, but you get the idea.

[Plotloss]

50V20 is the 5090 Kuro engine with slightly superior film.

It's actually the marginally better set, though the case isn't as nice.

[Lostprophet]

Plotloss said:

50V20 is the 5090 Kuro engine with slightly superior film.

It's actually the marginally better set, though the case isn't as nice.

i read reports that it is not as good as the 5090 but not far off at all!