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Old 18-09-2008, 16:43
RoystonVasey
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Just setting up my Panny TH42PZ85 and I'm finding it slightly worse picture than my old Philips 37 inch LCD.

My LCD is 1080i yet the Panny is 1080p and supposed to be much better (well it should be as it cost far more)

Anybody able to give me an ideal set up contrast etc....
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Old 18-09-2008, 20:54
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My LCD is 1080i yet the Panny is 1080p and supposed to be much better (well it should be as it cost far more)
1080P is only very slightly better than 1080i, and that's only on a true 1080P50 source with fast moving action - otherwise it's no different.

What type of signals are you using?, according to various posters on here Panasonic sets don't have very good scalers, so SD tends to be poor - from the few Philips sets I've seen SD looks very good, so presumably Philips have good scalers. HD wise they should probably look much the same?.

Given the choice I'd take the Panasonic though, I wouldn't touch a Philips.
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Old 18-09-2008, 21:12
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I've fiddled with the settings a bit and SD looks better than the philips now.
I've got 2 HD sources, a PS3 and a HDMI philips dvd player. Both of which look superb but the only difference I can tell from the philips LCD now is the Panny's images seem more real
Bluray looks like the images can be touched on the Panny
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Old 18-09-2008, 22:15
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I've fiddled with the settings a bit and SD looks better than the philips now.
Well done!


I've got 2 HD sources, a PS3 and a HDMI philips dvd player. Both of which look superb but the only difference I can tell from the philips LCD now is the Panny's images seem more real
Bluray looks like the images can be touched on the Panny
If your Philps DVD is just upscaling, then it's not an HD source - just an SD one.
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Old 18-09-2008, 22:27
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1080P is only very slightly better than 1080i, and that's only on a true 1080P50 source with fast moving action - otherwise it's no different.

What type of signals are you using?, according to various posters on here Panasonic sets don't have very good scalers, so SD tends to be poor - from the few Philips sets I've seen SD looks very good, so presumably Philips have good scalers. HD wise they should probably look much the same?.

Given the choice I'd take the Panasonic though, I wouldn't touch a Philips.
So some people say but I looked at quite a few TVs before buying my Panny plasma based largely upon it's SD performance.
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