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mc1510
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I am looking to get a plasma panel display to be used for DVD movie playback only, as part of my home-cinema set-up.
During a demo of the Panasonic TH-42PW7 plasma panel at the Brighton branch of Sevenoaks Hi-Fi yesterday, I asked whether on a SD DVD playback the new TH-42PHD8 would give me better picture quality than the PW7 (I was working on the assumption that more pixels = sharper picture). All of the sales staff agreed that, in their opinion, on a SD DVD source the new PHD8 screen gave a noticeably worse picture than on the SD PW7 model.
I was told that if I wanted to get the best picture quality possible for DVD playback on one of the new HD screens, I would need to replace my Pioneer DV-737 DVD player with one that offered an up-scaled digital video output.
I'm not looking to replace my DVD player, so if what I was told is true then I would I be better off with a PW7 or PW8 for DVD playback form the DV-737?
Has anyone here had the opportunity to compare SD DVD playback on both an SD and HD plasma, and did they find that the SD plasma provided better picture quality on this source?
Interest to know what anyone has to say on this!
Cheers
During a demo of the Panasonic TH-42PW7 plasma panel at the Brighton branch of Sevenoaks Hi-Fi yesterday, I asked whether on a SD DVD playback the new TH-42PHD8 would give me better picture quality than the PW7 (I was working on the assumption that more pixels = sharper picture). All of the sales staff agreed that, in their opinion, on a SD DVD source the new PHD8 screen gave a noticeably worse picture than on the SD PW7 model.
I was told that if I wanted to get the best picture quality possible for DVD playback on one of the new HD screens, I would need to replace my Pioneer DV-737 DVD player with one that offered an up-scaled digital video output.
I'm not looking to replace my DVD player, so if what I was told is true then I would I be better off with a PW7 or PW8 for DVD playback form the DV-737?
Has anyone here had the opportunity to compare SD DVD playback on both an SD and HD plasma, and did they find that the SD plasma provided better picture quality on this source?
Interest to know what anyone has to say on this!
Cheers