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.
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.
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)