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    Problem with new Panasonic Plasma Television

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    Try going to tweak my tv entering your model # and trying there calibration settings to see if it makes it any better...I have a v10 it was pretty nice out of the box but after break in i went to tweak my tv and it was nite and day for me.

    Thanks for the site. I checked it out but wouldn't you know, they don't have tweak recmmendations for my model. I really have the 46" but all I saw listed was the 50". So I check it out and there were no tweak recommendations for it either. It was a nice try though!

    Problem with new Panasonic Plasma Television

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    Thanks for the feedback everyone! I just don't understand it. I got to thinking, maybe it's the cheap HDMI cables... now I see some of you nodding your heads... ;-) Well, I switched to the same HDMI cable I was using with the Toshiba and the picture *might* be marginably better but still not up to par. I noticed nobody indicated they had the exact some model I have so I might assume the 'S' model (mine had a 'U" in it) is a better TV.

    I am noticing a predominant green hue around the background in movies and TV programs that I hadn't noticed before. Since I can see it in my Toshiba as well but to a lesser extent, I am wondering if it is the HD feed I am getting from ATT Uverse. Man, who woul dhave thought trying to upgrade a simple plasma that is at most 4 years old with another plasma that is supposed to be better would be so difficult!?!

    I am not sure what I should do right now, I probably have about two weeks to decide before my return period expires so any additional advice would be appreciated. maybe someone could agree to take a picture of what some scenes in some movies should look like and they could send them to me. Whether that be some current movies on HBO/Cinemax/Showtime (non-TV-MA movies! ;-) or a DVD movie like Harry Potter, etc. That way, I can compare them to pics of what I am seeing. Would that work?!?

    Thanks!

    Problem with new Panasonic Plasma Television

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    I bought a Panasonic TC-P46U1 46-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV and, to put it bluntly, I am extremely disappointed, I should have known that I wasn't going to replace my $2500 42" Toshiba (bought 3+ years ago) with a $698 television from Wal-Mart. Despite the fact that it is listed as a 1080p and a Panasonic, I cannot get it to have as good a picture as my Toshiba (well, now it is my daughter's...LOL!) So, I have to have a replacement if I return this one.

    So, what I should be looking for if I do end up buying another Plasma? The Panasonic has too dark a picture, and I can't seem to get the colors where they are right for all of my HD channels and Blu-Ray. It is constantly losing focus when I am watching a football game. It seems to lose clarity during fast motion, like an LCD. It supposedly has a 600hz refresh rate so I just don't know why this TV isn't rocking my world!? Anyone have any similar issues with this particular model?

    Circuit City Deals?

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    I went back three times and each time I didn't buy a thing! I came close to buying some DVDs at 40% off but, overall, I think a bunch of suckers got taken! Did anyone get a deal on anything?!?

    Circuit City Deals?

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    I made it to CC on Sunday... wasn't necesarily impressed with any of their sales yet. 30% off their blu rays put them just slightly cheaper than Walmart but I can still get them cheaper on EBAY.

    Funny thing was, the place was packed and it seemed to me that the store was beginning to look pretty empty. I think those liquidators are cleaning up because I certainly wasn't seeing any great bargains!

    New addition to the theater room

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    D-Rex:
    I wonder why they stopped putting that little plastic center-piece in the middle of the horn? My RF 3II's and RB 5's have plastic pieces covering the center of the horn but my RC-7 doesn't. I noticed it absent in your picture of the RC-64 as well.

    Yep, no plastic piece on the RC-64. Was it for protection during shipping?

    I think it has to do with dispersion, as the horn in the smaller series is shorter, I could be wrong. I will be corrected.

    I always considered it being more for looks than actually having a function. It certainly wasn't only for shipping, it was a piece of the speaker that covered the very center of the horn. The ones on my other reference speakers do have a shape that suggests they could perform a dispersion function. Maybe one of the Mods could chime in with the answer?

    What do you guys think about 50" 1080p Plasma for $1,400?

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    I will probably be much better served by leaving those funds in my stock account and buying TWO 50" Plasmas at this time next year if I want to!

    I definitely wouldn't pull money from stocks to buy a tv. You will end up paying way more for that tv than you think in the loss of compound interest.

    Well, that's assuming your stocks are actually gaining value.

    I just dropped about 4 grand into Well Fargo and Lincoln Financial. I think they will appreciate alot more than a TV will, but I sure wanted that TV!

    Circuit City Deals?

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    Yeah, I certainly don't expect them to drop prices by 50% immediately. It took Linens and Things over a month to drop their prices to "liquidation" prices. But, if someone goes to Circuit City and notices a substantial decrease then I certainly want to know about it! When they make the drop, things might start going fast.

    Circuit City Deals?

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    If anyone finds any Circuit City deals then post them here. Personally, I am looking for the best price on a laptop for my wife. Nothing elaborate, just your average laptop. Of course, I am up for any blu rays half off, Wii games, HDTV's or just about anything electronic! ;-)

    Wall-E

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    My favorite, visually, has been Cars. I rented WALL-E on blu ray and will probably watch it tonight. I have seen the SDVD and thought it was cute but I didn't think it was as good as Cars, Nemo, etc. Maybe I just took offense to the fat blobs, seeing as I am becoming one. ;-)

    Dark Knight

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    I just bought it today from Columbia House! Looking forward to seeing it in BluRay! Saw it in SDVD just a few weeks ago and thought it was a great movie! Yes, Heath is the reason, simply a wonderful performance! I was wondering what the big deal was until about half-way through, then his appearances in the movie became more frequent.

    The death of HD-DVD?

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    Blockbuster, Best Buy, Net Flix all say no more HD DVD will be on their "shelves". Is this old news? Does everyone now agree that Blu-Ray is the declared winner? Now, is this when the cost of Blu-Ray players goes back up? ;)

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    Blu-Ray versus HD-DVD

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    The Professor is right, haha. I work at BestBuy, and while the Blu-Ray demo itself looks really nice, the actual trailers look pretty "noisy". Makes me wonder if BestBuy is trying to promote Blu-ray over HD. I dunno, could be just a coincidence. But our Blu-Ray player is out front on a really nice 1080P LCD, while the HD player is at the back on a pretty low end hdtv. By the way, someone mentioned what a great job the HD player does on upconverting. Does anyone know if they do a better job than latest Sony upconvert players? Mine does a pretty good job, I've just never compared them side by side.

    I was in Best Buy about a week ago and I saw the movie 'The Wild' playing on a 52" LCD 1080p television on a Blu-Ray disc. It grabbed my attention in a hurry! I then went on to ask how well that Blu-Ray disc would play on my 720p plasma... he said, in his opinion it would look even better to to the better blacks of a plasma. Well, back to the point, I then asked him where the HD DVD set-up was playing. He took me to a 32" or maybe it was a 37" LCD television, I am not even sure if it was a 1080p, and that is where they had the HD DVD system playing some boring-looking demo disc. Needless to say, I left the store wondering if Blu-Ray was far superior to the HD DVD. I certainly don't think I can take what I saw at Best Buy as conclusive evidence but seeing Blu-Ray sure made me want to step up to the plate and buy one! But, Blu-Ray cost the consumer about 2X what the HD DVD player costs... maybe that is Best Buy's incentive to push Blu-Ray?!?

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    Pirates of the Caribbean

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    I guess you can put me into the 'watched the movie but thought it fell short' category. Yes, I still liked it, I will watch it again just to make sure I didn't miss anything. But, I really loved the first one and thought it was outstanding. Maybe the first one was just too good for me which set me up for disappointment with the second one.

    I am extremely pleased they have the "old captain" coming back, Geoffery Rush is fantastic in this role! I am excited about the 3rd installment, might be the first Blu Ray DVD I purchase (if I decide to go Blu Ray)!

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