Hitachi 32PD5300

Hi,

Great forum!

I have pretty much decided to buy the Hitachi 32PD5300 from John Lewis Brent X, £2295 with 5 year warranty.

Picture & features were good enough for me & it's as much as I want to spend
& I preferred the picture to a £4000 LCD 32" that was next to it.

I would just like to read some opinions about this plasma.

Any of you own one? What do you think of it? etc etc?

Any advice?

Thanks.

 

If you get a 32" plasma, there's a good chance that within a couple of weeks you'll be wishing you had a 37".

 

I knew someone would say that!

Thanks for the reply.

I chose the 32" as it's actually for my parents.
They looked at some of the 37" & 42" plasmas & lcds but felt they were just too big for the living room & too expensive.

I would have gone for the 42"!!

LC.

 

Picture and features look good to me as well.
I have the 42 inch version though and I'd recommend it. It looked huge when first installed (a week ago) but is now shrinking day by day.

I had feared the setting up somewhat having read a few of the posts, but while it might lack some of the flexibility of the pd5200 it sure is a lot easier to set up.
The default picture settings have a bit too much brightness and contrast but if you search the forum there are some recommended settings which give a better all roung picture.
I am also impressed by the cinema sound created by the speakers.

The most important advice though is to get a good price elsewhere and get John Lewis to pricematch it. That way you get the best price and the 5 year warranty. John Lewis in Edinburgh pricematched Electrosaver (0870 350 1050) for me - Thanks others on this forum for this information on previous threads.
This saved me £450 and I got the 5 year warranty and a free portable DVD player. Well Chuffed.

Cheers
Mac B

 

Thanks for replying.

I thought the only difference between the pd5200 & pd5300 was the external media box. Is this right?

I have also seen the Panasonic TH37PE30 for £2895 at John Lewis,
but Krish do it for £2249.

Any opinions on this plasma?

Thanks.

 

worth noting that the pd5200 is hd compatible but the pd5300 isn't

 

If you put in the correct promotion code on the Currys web site, you can get the 37" PE30 for £2098 delivered. That's what I did. And you can get interest free credit.
Mine was delivered three days after they received the finance papers. I wholey recommend this set.
If you need the code private message me, as I'm not sure on the forum rules regarding these things.

 

How is it not HD compatible?

 

I think he means the DVI port is no longer available. The newest euro1080i boxes have DVI, but they have YUV as well, so not a biggie, I'm pretty sure they'll all take a 1080i signal, it's what they use in Japan. (along with any other format you like, they have competition in HDTV)