08-16-2013, 01:32 PM
I just picked up the CNET best by overall HDTV which was a Panasonic Plasma. Got the 60". Unfortunately for me I experience what some people call the "Rainbow Effect" where I see silhouettes of rainbows around areas of high contrast vs low contrast. So bright menus on dark backgrounds, any black and white tv, and even regular tv like a persons head moving along a darker backdrop all look like crap to me. I knew this was a problem on Rear Projection DLP tvs but didn't find out about the problem with Plasmas until I got home with it. It has something to do with the way the pixels pulse individual colors rapidly.
I took it back and got something else but since I had the panasonic a few days I will comment that the apps were slow to respond and kind of annoying. The tv itself places adds all over the place that was annoying to see. And the 3d performance kind of sucked. The few 3d things we looked at... whenever something got close to the screen it appeared to double itself. Other than that 3d was pretty cool though. I'd definitely recommend active 3d over passive 3d any day if 3d is important to you.
On the plus side the picture itself looked amazing. My wife had no problem with the rainbow effect and we both thought the picture was astounding. Too bad I can't have plasma because it's the best I've ever seen. Ended up going back and getting a 60" LED/LCD Samsung with no apps and no 3d because I didn't think it was worth the extra $500 for those features..
I took it back and got something else but since I had the panasonic a few days I will comment that the apps were slow to respond and kind of annoying. The tv itself places adds all over the place that was annoying to see. And the 3d performance kind of sucked. The few 3d things we looked at... whenever something got close to the screen it appeared to double itself. Other than that 3d was pretty cool though. I'd definitely recommend active 3d over passive 3d any day if 3d is important to you.
On the plus side the picture itself looked amazing. My wife had no problem with the rainbow effect and we both thought the picture was astounding. Too bad I can't have plasma because it's the best I've ever seen. Ended up going back and getting a 60" LED/LCD Samsung with no apps and no 3d because I didn't think it was worth the extra $500 for those features..