Do you still run a plasma ?

[Cupramax]

2 still going strong here, a 50” VT65 and a 42” G10.

[Clockwork Cupcake]

Digger said:

I remember owning a Panny TX32PK something or other - was quite tricky wall-mounting it . . .

Two person lift for sure

I fear that when I finally upgrade I will have to pay for an "installation and disposal" simply cos of the weight of the bugger. Not sure I can lift 35-40kg on my own.

[leef44]

LunarOne said:

leef44 said:

Well this thread is making me realise I better get with the times.

I have now given away my perfectably good 36" CRT Sony from 2002, cost about £2k at the time.

KV36FS70? The best CRT TV ever made by a long margin. So good I lusted after it for years and still remember its model number by heart!

Yep all 99kg of it

[Teddy Lop]

LunarOne said:

leef44 said:

Well this thread is making me realise I better get with the times.

I have now given away my perfectably good 36" CRT Sony from 2002, cost about £2k at the time.

KV36FS70? The best CRT TV ever made by a long margin. So good I lusted after it for years and still remember its model number by heart!

Was never a fan of sony kit, My BiL talked my sis into buying the 32 back in the day which was big ticket for them, my sis was livid when I bought the plasma and effectively made it an antiquity.

[rodericb]

leef44 said:

Well this thread is making me realise I better get with the times.

I have now given away my perfectably good 36" CRT Sony from 2002, cost about £2k at the time.

I am now using my 50" Panasonic plasma with 1080i. I didn't want to go all out with 1080p.

Mind you, I'm still using my Casio digital alarm clock from 1982.

Those last-of-the-line HD CRT's still have a good picture, for what they are, but just don't have the connectivity! I had a Panasonic 32" 1080i CRT (TX76PW300A). I purchased it in 2004 and used it until 2010. Replaced by a Sony 46" HX820 (big screen fever!) and I gave the Panasonic (and the digital set top box) to a friend who used it for quite a few years after that.

[mk2 24v]

My faithful Panasonic TX36PD30 (purchased new way back at about 1700quid!) Was replaced about 2 and a half years ago by my friends Panasonic TX-P46GT30 and I bloody love it!

The old 36inch CRT did have an uncanny ability to make most things shown on it look very warm and non fuzzy, and never noticed any motion blur either.
The 46inch plasma was one hell of a jump for me, and the 3D glasses do still get used.

Also can't believe how good Avatar looks on normal 3D Blu-ray, even if it is 10 years old

[anonymous-user]

I bought my 37" Plasma from der on here (Digital Direct) back in 2008, still using it and the surround sound system today.

I'm pondering what to replace it with, it's been a brilliant TV and not had any issues.

What i paid at the time.

Panasonic TH-37PX80B 1 £564
Pioneer DCS-370 1 £188.70

[Hammerhead]

Yep, a Panasonic TX-P42V10B that I bought new from Moss of Bath. Still going strong!

[757]

50" 'Panasonic Plazzy' Viera...still going here, 2005 vintage, don't see point in upgrading, it was a free house move gift from my family as they wanted an upgrade... FireTV stick connects, don't need much else from a TV tbh.

...the "Joy of running a shed TV"....may catch on?!

[1000 Miglia]

42" Panasonic in use here , don't know when I got it .

It has an annoying fault that crops up only if I watch the more obscure channels but not enough to throw away
an expensive TV .

[Ahonen]

Yep, 42" Panasonic plasma here, which has just celebrated its tenth birthday. It keeps the sitting room nice and toasty in the winter.

Seriously though, after ten years it still works very well and none of my friends' newer TVs seem to offer any appreciable advantage over it. At that size I doubt 4K would really look any different to my eyes. It will be a sad day when it eventually dies.

[ComStrike]

I had a Panny 50PZ70. Big heavy brute of a thing. To date one of the best sets i owned, replaced it about three years ago with another panny which is utter gash.
LG C1 which i purchased at xmas comes very close to the original PZ

[LP670]

Ive just replaced my Panasonic V20 with a Sony A80J. Must have had the V20 for 11 or 12 years but it developed a fault over the last 6 months where it either would not turn on first time or would randomly turn itself off then on again.

[nammynake]

Still using a Panasonic TXP42GT30 as our main telly since buying new in 2011. I’m in no rush to replace it.

[stub101]

I’m still running my Pioneer 427XD Plasma owned from new since early 2008.

I keep meaning to replace it but feel disappointed when I see friends 43/48” TV’s as the picture quality doesn’t seem anywhere near as good - unless we’re talking 65-75” but my room can’t take that.

[Digger]

stub101 said:

I’m still running my Pioneer 427XD Plasma owned from new since early 2008.

I keep meaning to replace it but feel disappointed when I see friends 43/48” TV’s as the picture quality doesn’t seem anywhere near as good - unless we’re talking 65-75” but my room can’t take that.

Stop making excuses FFS . . .

50" - 55" will suit you perfectly!!

[croyde]

I mentioned earlier that I'm still running my Panny Plasma 44ins from 2011.

Picture is still wonderful but the on board sound is noticeably bad.

Watching Germany England last night and the crowd totally drowned out the commentators.

Thought it was a bad mix at first and did try playing with the equaliser. No change.

I stuck an old pair of headphones into the, up to that point never used and not known about, jack on the side.

Sounded far far far better.

Guess it's time to plug in my old onkyo amp and a couple of speakers. All sitting in a box since my last move.

Can't bring myself to replace the screen plus it makes a nice radiator

[TEKNOPUG]

croyde said:

I mentioned earlier that I'm still running my Panny Plasma 44ins from 2011.

Picture is still wonderful but the on board sound is noticeably bad.

Watching Germany England last night and the crowd totally drowned out the commentators.

Thought it was a bad mix at first and did try playing with the equaliser. No change.

I stuck an old pair of headphones into the, up to that point never used and not known about, jack on the side.

Sounded far far far better.

Guess it's time to plug in my old onkyo amp and a couple of speakers. All sitting in a box since my last move.

Can't bring myself to replace the screen plus it makes a nice radiator

Some manufacturers are beginning to release integrated stereo amps with arc/Earc connections. Hopefully this will become common practice in the future, so that people can easily have quality sound with their screens without having to buy 30kg amps with 17 channels when all they want is to power a pair of book shelf speakers.

[croyde]

TEKNOPUG said:

Some manufacturers are beginning to release integrated stereo amps with arc/Earc connections. Hopefully this will become common practice in the future, so that people can easily have quality sound with their screens without having to buy 30kg amps with 17 channels when all they want is to power a pair of book shelf speakers.

I tried it jack to jack with a very old and tiny Bluetooth speaker this morning and it was a massive improvement

[anonymous-user]

The sound on the old plasmas TV was never that good, I've always used a suround sound system fed by a fibre optic link from the sky box.