Monday, April 19, 2010

TV Review: Panasonic VIERA TC-P50G25 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV

Panasonic VIERA TC-P50G25 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV

Manufacturer: Panasonic
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50 inch Viera Full HD 1080p Plasma HDTV with VIERA G25 Series Plasma is the center of your entertainment universe
With VIERA CastTM, enjoy what the web has to offer right on the big screen
Viera Image Viewer for Image and AVCHD playback

GREAT TV

Review Date: March 16, 2010

Reviewer: B. Bingman, .indianapolis in

I will make this simple. This TV cannot be beaten. Ihave a samsung 240htz LED and this panny blows it out of the water. I purchased this tv yesterday for 1241.00 at my local HH GREGG.

Blows LCD away

Review Date: April 14, 2010

Reviewer: Nitro Bandit, Phoenix, AZ USA

This pannasonic G25 is amazing. Clear, Crisp Picture. Colors are amazing, unlike an LCD. You never would know the difference unless you saw a plasma. Unfortunatly plasmas got a bad rap years ago and people shy away from them. This model (as do others including samsung) have built in image retention elimination devices. Follow the break in for the first 100 hours and you have nothing to worry about. The sound levels arent bad, you probably have a surround system anyways so it dont matter. This picture gets better and better as it breaks in. All store demos are pretty crappy and usually the plasmas are off to the side. If stores used a good setup and dialed in the sets its unbelievable how many they would sell, but most people drift to the big bright LCD or LED. This tv is bright and colors are unmatched. Hockey games and fast paced sports are crap on lcd, but on plasma when the hockey players stop, you can see every sliver of ice fly through the air. Plasmas are less money and better picture the an lcd, why buy an lcd? I looked at the samsung, however they have a realllly bad rep for buzzing. Get it, dial in your settings and you too will be blown away.

Great TV, with only a few minor issues

Review Date: March 24, 2010

Reviewer: jjbjhawk, Kansas

My wife and I bought bought this TV two weeks ago and we have been very happy with it so far. This was our first big-screen/HDTV and we were glad we chose this TV. We were able to find it for $1000 on sale at Nebraska Furniture Mart.

I have been most impressed with the color quality with the TV. The depth of colors, especially the blacks, make me happy we chose a plasma over an LCD. Plus, the 600 Hz refresh rate blows away even the "state of the art" 240 Hz on LCD/LED. There are no awkward looking movements on this TV like you see in the LCD/LED TVs in the stores.

The sound quality on this TV is fine; I have read a lot of reviews that say that similiar Panasonic models have horrible sound quality. Unless you are expecting Bose-quality sound coming from the TV, the sound is fine and in fact better than our previous CRT TV. It's not a big deal to me if the sound isn't Bose-quality; I'd rather pay less for the TV than have to pay more for a built-in speaker upgrade.

I really don't think the THX certification is that big of a deal. The THX picture mode is nice, but I prefer the custom picture settings that I have self-calibrated to my preferences on the TV. All the THX cerfitication really means to me is that the TV your are buying is one of the manufacturer's higher-end models.

We did have a problem with a couple of the pixels going completely white during one of the first nights we had the TV. We were worried at first, but it's been over a week and we haven't had any problems. I've heard that plasma TVs may require some time to get running at full capacity (or something to that extent) so we weren't too concerned.

The only other thing I notice about the TV is that it does make a faint buzzing sound while running. I have read this is standard with all plasma TVs. It's not really that noticable unless you are really close to the TV and have the sound way down. It's quite minor if you ask me and I wouldn't let it change your mind between buying a plasma and buying a LCD/LED TV.

G25 was worth the wait

Review Date: April 12, 2010

Reviewer: B. Onat,

Definitely worth the wait. I was pondering to buy the G10, but then saw all the hype on the internet, and decided to wait for 3 more weeks for it. Awesome picture, and it is so light (compared to G10) I carried it into the house all by my self. that 10 lbs difference was just enough reason to get the G10.

Regarding LEDs, I still think it is premature. until you have an LED in each pixel, I do not think it is worth getting. Although bright it is just another LCD.

Only negative thing is I could not figure out where I can buy the dongle to make it wireless.

All is goood

Review Date: March 29, 2010

Reviewer: scarvo, plymouth ma

This tv is one hundred percent dead on. This is my sixth hdtv and let me tell you the g25 blows them all away. Easy to set up put this on thx mode, sit back and you wont believe your eyes. The picture is jaw dropping. I could babble all day about why you should get it. Simply look at the price ,look at the specs, look at the picture, look at who makes it and it equals a no-brainer. Thank you tv gods I believe !!!! April 10. I have had this tv for a couple of weeks now. The most important thing I have noticed is that in standard definition it is fantastic, yup fantastic. Last night my wife way watching tv and I noticed it wasnt in hd by using the controller info and I couldnt believe my eyes. I'm telling you, you will be making a HUGE mistake if you buy another tv. Everyone who has seen it can't believe the picture, they all want to come over with movies and watch it on the g25 (im not kidding). Stop reading buy one and I promise you will see that you have made the right choice. This is the best electronic purchase I have ever made!!!!!