this has to be a mistake (Panasonic pricing)

[Jeremy Garchow]

Probably trying to liquidate their stock to make room for the 1080p plasmas, I’d imagine.

Jeremy

[Bart Harrison]

Will there actually be 1080p plasma screens ?

Bart

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[Jeremy Garchow]

Oh yeah, they are coming if not already here:

https://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/proplasma/plasma_landing_page.asp

They are marked ‘Full HD’

I just took delivery of the one Bob linked to before the holidays and it’s an awe inspiring display. I work mostly in 720p, so having a 1080p display didn’t really matter to me and as Bob has pointed out, the price was really right.

Jeremy

[Walter Biscardi]

[Bob Zelin] “This is B+H Photo, showing the 50” hi end Panasonic Plasma (the one that AJA used at NAB2006, but the “next gen” version) for $1799. IN STOCK.

Is this cheap, or WHAT ?”

If you look at Panasonic’s own website, you see that they show the 9 model 50″ plasma much cheaper than the older 8 model.

Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.com
HD Editorial & Animation for Food Network’s “Good Eats”
HD Editorial for “Assignment Earth”

“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters

[Chris Borjis]

I bought a 50″ 9UK for $ 1,699 just before new years.

And it has a $ 100 rebate + 5 year warranty.

$ 1,599 is amazing for this panel.

[Bob Zelin]

I just saw the new Westinghouse 42″ LCD display, with DVI, VGA, and analog component input.
This is a 1080p display, and it’s $1300, but my client just bought 9 of these, and they got them from Best Buy for $900 each !!!!!!!!

The world is changing (and there is some guy out there saying “I’m still gonna buy that $35,000 Sony BVM HD CRT monitor”).

Bob Zelin

[Bart Harrison]

The Westinghouse LVM-42w2 (42in) and LVM-47w1 (47in) are amazing displays. Both are native 1080P.

Beware – Westinghouse also makes some El Cheapo displays that don’t stack up, but this LVM series are the “real deal” !!

Bart

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954-894-1221

[Chris Borjis]

are the blacks gray on these westinghouse lcd’s?

Hows the color?

if you had to choose between the 47″ 1080p westinghouse
or the panasonic 50″ 9uk plasma for $ 1,599 which
would you choose?

[Bart Harrison]

Excellent blacks ! And the backlight is even adjustable.

One note: The way these come setup from the factory is awful, but anyone with a good eye (and/or a copy of Avia) can set one up perfect in a minute or two.

Bart

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954-894-1221

[Bob Zelin]

Hi Borjis –

let me answer your question “which is better”. When you go to the NAB show in Las Vegas, and you see EVERY manufacturer of editing systems – AJA, AVID, Apple, Blackmagic – ALL using the Panasonic TH50 series monitor for their booths – even if there is a better display out there – you become very prejudice towards this model. With that said – money is money, and if you can “get away” with the cheaper display – then it becomes a good buy.

Most hi end houses that I am dealing with are simply buying the Panasonic 26″ BT-LH2600W. If they have a monster display in the room (42″, 50″, etc.) – it’s for a “client monitor”.

Bob Zelin (I miss the Sony PVM-20L5/1 CRT monitor).