Panasonic PT-52DL10 52 in. TV
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- Aspect Ratio: 16:9 14:9
- Weight: 130 lb.
- Screen Size: 52 inch
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Ooooh la la
Pros
Picture, brightness, Colors, great viewing angle, comparatively small cabinet/footprint
Cons
What cons?
Recommended it?
Yes
The Bottom Line:
If you simply have to have the best picture, this is the TV for you.
First of all, I won this TV in a promotion by my employer, (the one that makes the DLP - Texas Instruments), so I did not pay for it.
Along with the TV and stand, I got the Panasonic TU-HDS20 HDTV/DirecTV receiver, the RCA Oval dish with 2 LNB's, and Yamaha DVD, Yamaha Surround Receiver, and Paradigm Surround Speakers w/subwoofer.
Before I had this, I had a cheap 19" TV with analog cable and VCR.
This system went together easily, and worked right out of the box - no alignment or adjustments needed. I originally got the RCA DTC100 HD Receiver with it, but it has HDTV (component) outputs that only work with RCA TV's unless you want another $150 converter box and more cables, so I convinced my employer to exchange for the Panasonic TU-HDS20 - a smaller better looking component, and in my opinion it is more sensitive for OTA signals, and easier to use, and designed to work with Panasonic TV's.
I had crappy analog cable, and continued with cable until I hooked up the DirecTV. On a TV of this quality, if you put in a crappy snowy/noisy signal, you get a very high contrast, crappy snowy/signal. However, once I got the antenna for OTA installed in my attic and started receiving the HDTV signals for NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, WB, FOX, etc., I was blown away - this picture is phenominal. Same thing on DirecTV. Some people complain about pixelization on DirecTV, but on my system, I see nothing but clear signals. The TV has outstanding contrast, clarity, and brightness. Even in a bright room, the picture is very bright. However, like all TV's, if the sun is shining directly on the screen, even this TV can't overcome that.
Contrary to the previous review, I found the remotes (the remote for the TV and the separate remote for the receiver are essentially identical) to be easy to use and intuitive - you can control most TV functions while in the satellite receiver mode. It also works very well controlling my Yamaha components also.
I went to a high end home theater store, and compared this TV with the various others they had, including Plasma, and I found the Texas Instruments DLP system to be vastly superior in brightness, contrast, and picture quality.
The stand is nice looking, and the TV fits well on it and they are very nice looking, but I think the shelves on the bottom are way are too small. I had to take the center shelf out to fit the Yamaha Receiver in (it was too tall). I stacked the DVD on top of the HD Receiver (The directions on the HD receiver say not to stack, but it was the only way to get them to fit, plus with the shelf removed, I had no choice).
The TV sound, in my opinion, is quite good for such a small TV cabinet, but probably most people forking over the cash for this TV will have a full Dolby Surround System anyway.
My over all opinion of the TV is AMAZING!!!
Along with the TV and stand, I got the Panasonic TU-HDS20 HDTV/DirecTV receiver, the RCA Oval dish with 2 LNB's, and Yamaha DVD, Yamaha Surround Receiver, and Paradigm Surround Speakers w/subwoofer.
Before I had this, I had a cheap 19" TV with analog cable and VCR.
This system went together easily, and worked right out of the box - no alignment or adjustments needed. I originally got the RCA DTC100 HD Receiver with it, but it has HDTV (component) outputs that only work with RCA TV's unless you want another $150 converter box and more cables, so I convinced my employer to exchange for the Panasonic TU-HDS20 - a smaller better looking component, and in my opinion it is more sensitive for OTA signals, and easier to use, and designed to work with Panasonic TV's.
I had crappy analog cable, and continued with cable until I hooked up the DirecTV. On a TV of this quality, if you put in a crappy snowy/noisy signal, you get a very high contrast, crappy snowy/signal. However, once I got the antenna for OTA installed in my attic and started receiving the HDTV signals for NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, WB, FOX, etc., I was blown away - this picture is phenominal. Same thing on DirecTV. Some people complain about pixelization on DirecTV, but on my system, I see nothing but clear signals. The TV has outstanding contrast, clarity, and brightness. Even in a bright room, the picture is very bright. However, like all TV's, if the sun is shining directly on the screen, even this TV can't overcome that.
Contrary to the previous review, I found the remotes (the remote for the TV and the separate remote for the receiver are essentially identical) to be easy to use and intuitive - you can control most TV functions while in the satellite receiver mode. It also works very well controlling my Yamaha components also.
I went to a high end home theater store, and compared this TV with the various others they had, including Plasma, and I found the Texas Instruments DLP system to be vastly superior in brightness, contrast, and picture quality.
The stand is nice looking, and the TV fits well on it and they are very nice looking, but I think the shelves on the bottom are way are too small. I had to take the center shelf out to fit the Yamaha Receiver in (it was too tall). I stacked the DVD on top of the HD Receiver (The directions on the HD receiver say not to stack, but it was the only way to get them to fit, plus with the shelf removed, I had no choice).
The TV sound, in my opinion, is quite good for such a small TV cabinet, but probably most people forking over the cash for this TV will have a full Dolby Surround System anyway.
My over all opinion of the TV is AMAZING!!!
