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Out of stock | | | | | | If you demand the best from your viewing experience, the new G10 Series of Plasma HDTVs was created just for you. They boast cinema-quality movie reproduction, clear, smooth sports and gaming action-even Web entertainment. All made possible by our Neo PDP technology, which delivers sharp, detailed images, deep blacks and remarkable brightness, and all with lower power consumption. | | | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Product Width: | 48.0 inches | | Product Height: | 32.0 inches | | Product Weight: | 96.0 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 23 reviews |
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| | Features | 1080p Full-HD ResolutionElegant Slim DesignTHX® Certified DisplayViera casttm600 Hz Sub-field Drive
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 Impulse buy with no buyer remorse Apr 17, 2010
I wasn't even looking seriously for a TV and was looking for something smaller but ran across this for $[...] with free Panasonic Blu-ray player included at a Local Video Only store after a little haggling. If have owned this model for the past 6 months and have had no problems with it. The picture is great with anything I have used it for including Blu Ray movies, PS3 games and even used as an external monitor to watch You Tube videos with friends. Panasonic is known for it's superior plasma technology shared with Pioneer plasmas and it most definitely show in this television. The color setting of customizable to my liking. The THX is fine for some movies but a little dark for others.
Like anything visual, It's all a matter of preference and varies between people. My friend has this model in a 42" and has his picture settings on supper bright and he loves it, me not so much. I would recommend going to see televisions on display before buying for this reason. Some people like LCDs better and I think those people are delusional.
I love the optical out it has since I have an older Onkyo receiver that does not have hdmi inputs. This allows a great sound output through my system with out the need of upgrading my receiver(yet!). If you can find this for around what if got this for, I don't think you would be disappointed. The only television I saw that was better was Pioneer Kuro for around four times the price.
Issues that people warned me about with plasma tv's have been unfounded with this one thus far.
 Big freaking TV Feb 14, 2010
PRO:
Color reproduction/depth is great, & we are very happy with the quality of the picture. Having said that, I must warn you that I personally have worn glasses all my life, not coke bottle glasses, but I am used to things being a bit fuzzy and well, I don't really get the appeal of seeing a newscasters every last blemish up close, so I am not that critical as long as there are no glaring imperfections.
However, I do care about how pixilated and horrible standard TV shows look on big TVs. I am very impressed with how well this TV handles standard images at full size. We have 2 SD DirectTV TiVos, one hooked up via Svideo and the other RCA, and while the Svideo machine is clearer, they are both quite impressive on this size TV.
The sound automatic sound leveling is something you dont really notice till you go to someones house who doesnt have it, it just works well and discretely.
We also have a computer hooked up to the TV directly (VGA) and I am very impressed with how well that works. We are able to watch HD & SD videos I have on the machine, we got a Netflix account so that we could stream videos directly off their website (looks great), and we are able to flip over to the computer any time we want to hop on the net without going to the computer room.
CON:
For an energy star TV this TV gives off a fair amount of heat. You can really feel it when standing up close, and we have this on a corner stand, not wall mounted, so it gets good air flow.
Sound modulation works great from show to commercial, but not as great from channel to channel and even less great from input to input.
Sound quality is pretty good, but not quite as good or deep as our 5yr old, SD, $500, JVC. Nice and thin is great, but if saving an inch means worse sound, Ill take the inch.
There are plenty of inputs, if you are replacing your current HD TV and have a all HD equipment For those of us who have SD equipment, youre gonna need an extern AV switch or a decent stereo head unit with AV connections.
There are 4 SD connections on the TV. 2 are component only, so you may need to buy component cables for you PS2, Wii, and SD DVD players. The first non component connection is on the back and is a Composite/Svideo shared connection. The secondary SD connection is on the side and is also Composite/Svideo but additionally shares the sound inputs with the PC connection. So, even though the secondary SD input and the PC input have different entries on the input choice screen and you can swap between the video on either, you cant hook up the sound for both independently.
PLUS, the PC VGA connection is going to be sprouting out of the side of you slick super thin TV because it is not inset enough for a standard connection VGA connection to remain hidden.
2 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 the big lie Feb 04, 2010
I don't play victim well, but like many Panny consumers this year, I think I've earned my part. Panasonic has committed a huge and atrocious bait and switch with their 2009 models of plasma HDTV's.
Do these million dollar execs think they can get away with a big fail and pass it off to their consumers? Maybe they can, but I, and many others, will do everything not to allow them.
The picture quality of the G15 is beautiful... for about the first 300 to 500 hours--and then it devolves into a mash-up of image retention and residual charge {blacks that become a glow of gray.)
When I first installed my TV I thought, wow, nice. Then, out of nowhere, after two months of impressive PQ, suddenly (really suddenly) the screen became like a collage of everything we'd watched in the last 24 hours--glowing. My friends, my kids, even my babysitter asked, "why am I seeing all those.... logos."
But really there's nothing special about my TV. I don't need a new panel, or an A board. And I certainly don't need a tech to tell me we're all stuck with what's sticking on our screen. The TV is so flawed it is beyond a simple firmware download. If it had an accelerator pedal, it would stick, and crash through your wall.
What a cute trick Panasonic played: make sure the picture is lovely for awhile, get good reviews, and most likely those undiscerning American eyes won't notice the collapse of luminance, a failure of electromotive force, and poorly modulated static feed and God knows what else. The only interesting thing the 2009 Panny's can do is surprise you by their next failure.
Right now I'm watching a blue-ray of the film MOON. Mixed in the dark scenes and the horizontal black bars (proper for the film's ratio) is a mishmash of graphical remains (or ghosts) for CNN-LIVE, IFC, ESPN HD, NY1, and menus for Time Warner, Netflix and for the G15 itself. And if I weren't eight feet away I could probably see too much more. (By the way, ghosts of those horizontal black bars stick around for a full screen picture.)
Panasonic's 2009 models of plasmas should be recalled. If they are not then Panasonic will have committed one of the worst acts of fraudulence by an electronics company in recent history.
Be advised: stay away from all Panasonic products until they properly acknowledge and resolve their grand 2009 bill of shoddy goods.
Excellent picture! Feb 02, 2010
This is my first large-screen TV, the Panasonic TC-P50G15. Moving up from a Panasonic 27" tube/CRT TV, this is obviously a drastic change. I've had the new set installed for a few weeks now, and am nothing but impressed.
I took a lot of time to research the typical LCD vs. plasma stats and arguments, and settled on plasma for a few key reasons.
1. The room where we watch TV is usually dark
2. Never have to worry about refresh rate with plasma
3. Deep blacks and very rich colors
My wife and I saw a TC-P50G10 on display at a store, and were impressed with its picture, compared to other models sitting beside it. The G15 series is essentially identical, except for a different outer bezel and maybe some minor features - but the picture is the same.
I have the TV paired with a Sony BDP-N460 Blu-Ray player, and standard cable for now, but I'll likely upgrade to digital soon. Long story short, I am highly impressed with this television. Movies are incredible!
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 Great TV, but not worth it over the G10. Jan 14, 2010
This is a fantastic set, the best TV anywhere near the price at its size. The only problem is the G15 is a gimmick for Panasonic to get some extra money out of people who don't realize the G10 is the same thing. The G10 is constantly $200-$400 cheaper, with bonuses such as on demand credit, free blu-ray players, special financing, etc.
The absolute only difference between the G10 and the G15 is the depth of the television, with the G15 HAVING THE ILLUSION OF being slightly slimer. However, this slimer design is not useful for ANYTHING since the back of the lower half of the television bumps out an inch giving this television the same actual depth as the G10. This is the ONLY difference between the televisions.
Again, I'm only giving this set 3 stars because it is a ploy to get people to pay a $400 (retail) premium over the G10 for a sheet of metal on the back of the television that that makes the television appear an inch thinner...on the top half.
If you get the set for a great price, then more power to ya. If you're thinking of paying extra money for it, don't waste your time.
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