Plasma Tv Sale: Panasonic TC-P54G25 54-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV Review

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(More customer reviews)After spending a couple of weeks seriously researching tv's, I decided I wanted to go plasma.I weighed the options of LCD, LED-LCD, Plasma and DLP, and concluded that all along I've wanted Plasma.Friends and acquaintances tried (hard) to convince me that LCD or even LED was the way to go...especially in my living room with 3 windows.I spent many hours trying to convince myself that LCD was what I wanted, but no matter what, I always came back to, "...but with Plasma, I can..."Thus, the search began for the Plasma that best suited our needs.

I considered LG (PK750/950), Samsung (C550/590) and Panasonic (S2/G25).I knew going in that Panasonic was the brand to have (some might argue) if you want Plasma.Given their purchase of Pioneer's Plasma tech in the last year, I figured they'd be a lot more expensive than the price I paid.LG's looked great, but although slimmer, were priced a little higher and had a major glare issue.Not for us.Samsung is leading the way in tv tech.Their LCD's are top-notch (from what I've seen), so I figured their Plasmas must be close behind.They looked good, had good specs, but 2 things kept me from Samsung - Glare (not as bad as LG, but not as good as Panasonic) and Buzz.So many people complain about their Samsung Plasmas making loud buzzing noises.I didn't want to take a chance and narrowed it down to Panasonic.There's about $400 price difference between the S2 and G25, and before yesterday, only 2 reviews existed on Amazon for this tv and both were not-so-good.But I made the decision to go with the G25 and I couldn't be happier.On to the review...

I purchased from Amazon for almost $250 less than Best Buy's "on sale" price, saved on tax (about $150) and got free shipping.Amazon contracted Pilot freight to deliver my tv and they did a great job...especially for free shipping.Wasn't white glove, but the delivery guy was well within the time frame, friendly and put the box exactly where I asked him.I opened the box and there stood the largest purchase I've made in quite a few years.I thought the tv stand I had would suffice for this, but it is a little larger than I thought, so we need to shop for a new tv stand.The pedestal the tv comes with is solid - wide base and has two posts on each end to support the tv.Eight screws later, the tv is mounted on the pedestal, sitting on my now-dwarfed tv stand.I didn't have any HDMI cables at that moment, so I hooked up my antenna and ran a quick setup and tuned in to the lcoal digital channels.WOW!!!I'm not sure I've ever seen a tv display look so good.I've always been in awe of my friends DLP and LCD tv's, but from a not-so-great antenna signal, our tv looked way better than theirs.I purchased HDMI cables last night and hooked up the satellite receiver and my PS3.WOW again!!!!I've never seen a movie, game or tv programming look so clear with so many colors and black blacks...not like the LCD we have upstairs in our room.I switched the tv to THX setting and to my untrained eye, it looked liked a well-calibrated tv.I softened the contrast, brightness, sharpness, etc down to 50, as Panasonic and other tech-ies recommend a 100 hour "break-in" of the tv.So I'm gonna be cool with it for a week or two and then modify the settings more to my liking.The frame of the tv is black, and one of my two least-favorite parts of the tv.It will definitely retain a lot of fingerprints and smudges, but I figure once the tv is on a new stand and placed where we want it, there will be no need to go touch the tv except to dust it off.There are 3 HDMI connections (2 back, 1 side), 2 component connections, SD card slot, USB ports and an ethernet port.Plenty of connections to do what you want...although my second least-favorite part of the tv is the fact that the Digital Optical out only sends out a PCM/Stereo signal to my audio receiver, not Dolby Digital 5.1.Only what is being pulled in from the OTA tuner will be sent DD/5.1 if available.From what I understand though, all tv's do this, not just the Panasonic.The remote is handy, has a "light" button and lights up almost all the buttons in red (helps in the dark).The menu is not too complicated to navigate through and use.The speakers a just ok, but I am running all sound through my reciever and speakers.The screen is large and does and excellent job blocking out glare.The display is crystal clear and like said earlier, the tv produces such rich, beautiful colors and some very black blacks...and all with very little glare.Very smooth motion for sports or action flicks to round it out.

Overall, the G25 is a top-notch tv with plenty of bells and whistles.One could go larger for the same price, but will sacrifice many features that this tv provides.And I'm conviced that no other retailer could beat the price that Amazon sells this for.For a plasma, or any tv for that matter, at the $1,600 price-point, this is the tv to have.

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Product Description:
Building on its award-winning 2009 Plasma line, Panasonic's 54-inch VIERA TC-P54G25 Plasma HDTV features a new panel with NeoPDP technologies that provide the best balance of black and white under brighter environments while also offering higher energy efficiency. The new NeoPDP Plasma panel also further reduces reflections and creates sharper pictures with higher contrast in brighter environments. This G25 series model provides 1080p resolution, full-time 1080 TV lines of moving picture resolution, and 600Hz Sub-field Drive for superb motion clarity.
This and other models in the G25 line offer Panasonic's improved VIERA Cast functionality, which enables you to stream Internet video and audio programming as well as turn this HDTV into a high-definition, wireless video conference center with Skype capabilities (when using the optional Panasonic communication camera and Wi-Fi adapter accessories). You can also play back JPEG images and AVCHD videos stored on SD memory cards and operate a variety of VIERA Link components--from Blu-ray Disc players to digital cameras--through a single remote.
Adhering to Panasonic's commitment to the environment, this VIERA model--as well as all 2010 models--features improved power consumption and meets the new, more stringent Energy Star 4.0 requirements. And you'll get a long Plasma panel life of up to 100,000 hours--more than 30 years of viewing when watched 8 hours a day--before the brightness of the panel decreases to half.

Key Features

Panasonic's VIERA G25 series Plasma HDTV with streaming content from VIERA Cast partners.
VIERA Cast: Enjoy a variety of streaming movies, TV shows, and music, photo slideshows, and home video conferencing with VIERA Cast's assortment of online content--including Amazon Video on Demand, Netflix, Pandora, Twitter, YouTube, and Picasa. VIERA Cast's addition of Skype (requires optional communication camera; model TY-CC10) enables you to connect and communicate through voice and video calls from the comfort of your own living room.

This VIERA HDTV includes two USB ports for connecting a keyboard or a Wi-FI LAN adapter (sold separately) as well as an Ethernet port for wired LAN connection. No PC required.

VIERA Image Viewer: View full-HD images with the integrated SD card slot, enabling you to view JPEG photos and AVCHD videos captured from your digital camera or camcorder on the big screen. Navigate your images via an easy-to-use thumbnail display, and choose from among five types of background music and five display effects. Plus, messages and memos can be added to photos from a PC to create detailed travelogues and original slideshows with messages.

VIERA Link: Allows the interlinked operation of various AV devices--from DVD and Blu-ray Disc players to home theater sound systems to digital cameras and camcorders--using only the VIERA remote control by simply connecting the devices to each other by an HDMI cable (see pop-up illustration).

Game Mode: With Game Mode, quicker image response increases the enjoyment of video games when a game console is connected to the TV. What's more, VIERA produces the dark images in video games more clearly. This mode works with the anti-image retention (wobbling) function, too.
NeoPDP: By redesigning the Plasma panel's cell structure and developing an innovative new filter, Panasonic has tripled the luminous efficiency (compared to 2007 models) of its VIERA Plasma HDTVS--resulting in stunningly beautiful images while also reducing power consumption.

1080 Moving Picture Resolution: With 1080 lines of moving picture resolution and integrated NeoPDP technology's high-speed drive performance, the display time for each image frame is shortened to minimize afterimages, making decisive calls in football matches and delicate motions in figure skating performances appear crystal clear.

600Hz Sub-field Drive: 600Hz technology lets you view superb full-HD motion and still images with 1080 lines of resolution. For even greater clarity with motion images, Panasonic uses its own unique image-analysis technology, which converts the motion in each scene into data. And each frame is practically displayed for a shorter length of time than in previous systems, to reduce aftereffects (see an illustration of 600Hz technology).

Infinite Black: The luminous efficiency of this NeoPDP Plasma panel has been improved by reducing the electrical pre-discharge that causes graying has greatly enhanced black gradation. The result is crisp blacks with no graying--even in living rooms with bright, afternoon lighting. And minimizing the electrical pre-discharge helps to both raise contrast and save energy.

THX Certified Display: THX reproduces film images as the filmmakers intended them. To receive THX certification, TVs undergo stringent tests to determine, for example, whether the exact same brightness and color are displayed at all screen locations, and whether black levels satisfy standard criteria.

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What's in the Box

Panasonic G25 series Plasma HDTV, removable stand, remote control (with batteries), operating instructions

Panasonic 2010 VIERA Plasma and LCD Comparison

Series: G25 Plasma S2 Plasma U2 Plasma C2 Plasma U22 LCD X2 LCD C22 LCD Models: TC-P54G25 54"
TC-P50G25 50"
TC-P46G25 46"
TC-P42G25 42" TC-P65S2 65"
TC-P58S2 58"
TC-P54S2 54"
TC-P50S2 50"
TC-P46S2 46"
TC-P42S2 42" TC-P50U2 50"
TC-P42U2 42" TC-P50C2 50"
TC-P46C2 46"
TC-P42C2 42" TC-L42U22 42"
TC-L37U22 37"
TC-L32U22 32" TC-L37X2 37"
TC-L32X2 32"
TC-L22X2 22" TC-L37C22 37"
TC-L32C22 32" VIERA Cast
-- -- -- -- -- -- VIERA Image Viewer
(AVCHD, MPEG2, JPEG)
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(JPEG)
(JPEG)
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(JPEG) VIERA Link
webcam capable NeoPDP Panel -- -- -- -- -- THX Display -- -- -- -- -- -- Contrast Ratio Infinite Black Dynamic: 2,000,000:1 Dynamic: 2,000,000:1 Dynamic: 2,000,000:1 Dynamic: 20,000:1 Dynamic: 20,000:1
22": 15,000:1 Dynamic: 18,000:1 Moving Picture Resolution 1080 lines 1080 lines 900 lines 720 lines -- -- -- Anti-Reflective Filter -- -- -- -- -- Display Capabilities 1080p, 1080i,
720p, 480p 1080p, 1080i,
720p, 480p 1080p, 1080i,
720p, 480p 720p, 480p 1080p, 1080i,
720p, 480p 720p, 480p 720p, 480p 600Hz Sub-field Drive -- -- -- 120Hz -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Game Mode -- -- -- Speakers 2; 20W total 2; 20W total 2; 20W total 2; 20W total 2; 20W total 2; 20W total
22": 6W 2; 20W total Surround Sound HDMI input 3 (1 side) 3 (1 side) 3 (1 side) 2 3 (1 side) 3 (1 side)
22": 1 2 Component input (Y, PB, PR) 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 Composite input 2 (1 side) 2 (1 side) 2 (1 side) 2 (1 side) 2 (1 side) 2 (1 side)
22": 1 2 PC input 1 (side) -- -- -- 1 1 1 USB 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- Ethernet LAN input 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- Digital Audio output 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 iPod Universal Dock -- -- -- -- -- -- Energy Star Series: G25 Plasma S2 Plasma U2 Plasma C2 Plasma U22 LCD X2 LCD C22 LCD

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