Guys
Got it this week, only had it up and running for the last 3 days so no chance yet to Avia it or do any serious tweaking.
Compared it to Panny 6, Pioneer 433/434, Hitachi 500 series. Wanted to include NEC42X2 but nobody in the country could give me a demo.
Initial thoughts- Stay away from the Natural mode! if you use the fine mode the picture improves hugely.
Does very well with less than perfect sources, since this is going into the lounge, that was important to me.
Motion handled better than the others including the Panny on which it's based, and no real sign of the dreaded flicker.
There is definitely huge potential with this screen- Having recommended/installed a PW6 for a friend I can honesly say that IMO the futjitsu offers a better overall package than the Panny,
DVD via component_ WOW!!!! Very solid colours for a sdef plasma and very 3D feel to the pictures.
Interestingly, my old Toshiba 330 gave a very impressive picture using interlaced component, I'll have to do some comparisons with the Pioneer 565 using progressive scan and without- it could be that the processing in the plasma is better than that of the players.
Using the freeview box (Pace twin) gives a very respectable picture, although I think it would improve if I had routed a scart for RGB. Using s-video into a converter for the scart input
When I get the chance to have a serious play, I'll post my thoughts, but it'll not compare to some of the technical reviews you'll read elsewhere!! That said I'll try to describe in whatever way I can what I see.
Very happy with my purchase so far. Girlfriend loves it now its here
Hope this helps