Steve Kelly
Prominent Member
Hi all,
I plan on getting a P50GT30 soon (current TV -JVC CRT. Never owned plasma). Im going to see if I can find one to demo this weekend, and then all being well, will order one soon after.
Current sources will be Sky HD box and a Philips non-HD DVD player (with upscaling). Will be upgrading to a BR player at some point in near future though.
I have got loooads of questions Id like answered. I will bundle some of them here, although technically some of them could be in other sub-forums, but it all comes under the same high-level subject of getting a new HD TV.
Questions:
- Are there any better prices out there than Amazon for the 50GT30? I just want the TV for now (and by want, I mean can only afford), so not interested in any bundles deals.
- has anyone bought their GT from Amazon? They are coming in at cheapest for me (£1141), my concern being the courier that they use, are they aware of how plasma TVs should be handled during transportation, etc? are they trustworthy, etc? whats their returns policy like? etc
- I chose 50 as the size required after looking at several Optimum viewing distance of HD TV articles.
This 50 screen is gonna be but a mere 8 foot from my head in theory this seems HUGE! My current JVC CRT is 28, from the same distance. 50 aint far from double the screen size! I dont know if this will be OTT for normal TV viewing. For films of course, this will be great, but for TV viewing, not sure. I would only mainly being using the HD channels, so Im ok that the quality would be fine, I just think that Saturday night viewing of normal TV, ya know, non-film/documentary type shows, just would seem huge!
I know this can only come from personal perception, and everyone's different, but if anyone was once in same position as me, and worried, and it all turned out well... would love to hear from ya!
- How will SD DVD with upscaling (1080i..i assume?) look on this TV? Obviously I know it would not be HD BR quality levels, but hope it would still be good/better than SD transmission. Would be same as Sky HD transmission? @ 1080i?
Note: this one dont matter too much as will get BR player soon enough. Would still like to know though.
- BluRay player I will want one that plays:
Comments:
- TV will be used for Films/TV/DVD only . I do my gaming in another room.
- Ive read a lot of the GT owners/moaners/lovers threads. And nothing in there putting me off getting a GT30!
- I only got my HD box last week, and I taped (I know, I know, it should be recorded, but Ill stick with taped!) Frozen Planet, and I am saving that for getting my new TV. Yippee!
- I LOVE Avatar, I watch it fairly regularly anyway, and once I have got that in 3D and some glasses, thats about all Ill need!
Feel free to answer/comment on as little or many of the Qs/comments as you like!!
Thanks in advance!
Steve the HD Novice
I plan on getting a P50GT30 soon (current TV -JVC CRT. Never owned plasma). Im going to see if I can find one to demo this weekend, and then all being well, will order one soon after.
Current sources will be Sky HD box and a Philips non-HD DVD player (with upscaling). Will be upgrading to a BR player at some point in near future though.
I have got loooads of questions Id like answered. I will bundle some of them here, although technically some of them could be in other sub-forums, but it all comes under the same high-level subject of getting a new HD TV.
Questions:
- Are there any better prices out there than Amazon for the 50GT30? I just want the TV for now (and by want, I mean can only afford), so not interested in any bundles deals.
- has anyone bought their GT from Amazon? They are coming in at cheapest for me (£1141), my concern being the courier that they use, are they aware of how plasma TVs should be handled during transportation, etc? are they trustworthy, etc? whats their returns policy like? etc
- I chose 50 as the size required after looking at several Optimum viewing distance of HD TV articles.
This 50 screen is gonna be but a mere 8 foot from my head in theory this seems HUGE! My current JVC CRT is 28, from the same distance. 50 aint far from double the screen size! I dont know if this will be OTT for normal TV viewing. For films of course, this will be great, but for TV viewing, not sure. I would only mainly being using the HD channels, so Im ok that the quality would be fine, I just think that Saturday night viewing of normal TV, ya know, non-film/documentary type shows, just would seem huge!
I know this can only come from personal perception, and everyone's different, but if anyone was once in same position as me, and worried, and it all turned out well... would love to hear from ya!
- How will SD DVD with upscaling (1080i..i assume?) look on this TV? Obviously I know it would not be HD BR quality levels, but hope it would still be good/better than SD transmission. Would be same as Sky HD transmission? @ 1080i?
Note: this one dont matter too much as will get BR player soon enough. Would still like to know though.
- BluRay player I will want one that plays:
- 3D BR discs
- SD DVDs, and upscales them ,well.
- CDs and is user-friendly for this (most DVDs are soo slow at running CDs, and front panel display is rubbish for CDs). This requirement is more a nice-to-have, than a must-have
....SO
. do we know of any players that fit that bill? Would the DMP-BDT310EB do it?- SD DVDs, and upscales them ,well.
- CDs and is user-friendly for this (most DVDs are soo slow at running CDs, and front panel display is rubbish for CDs). This requirement is more a nice-to-have, than a must-have
Comments:
- TV will be used for Films/TV/DVD only . I do my gaming in another room.
- Ive read a lot of the GT owners/moaners/lovers threads. And nothing in there putting me off getting a GT30!
- I only got my HD box last week, and I taped (I know, I know, it should be recorded, but Ill stick with taped!) Frozen Planet, and I am saving that for getting my new TV. Yippee!
- I LOVE Avatar, I watch it fairly regularly anyway, and once I have got that in 3D and some glasses, thats about all Ill need!
Feel free to answer/comment on as little or many of the Qs/comments as you like!!
Thanks in advance!
Steve the HD Novice