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Sony 8 inch Digital Video Review

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42 Inch Panasonic Plasma

Let me preface this by saying that I was a television engineer for over 21 years and have been matters related electronics for more than 40 years in total. I am picky!

My first condition is a plasma screen, offset, even the best LCD / LED TV make me crazy. Many people can not see this and I'm fine with that. A bonus with the plasma display is the large off-axis, which means that the image is good since the seats on the side as it does in my comfortable chair to direct.

A second precondition was 1080p, or so I thought. My preferred viewing position is 12 feet from screen to eyes.At 3 feet, real 1080p Blu-ray does not look better on a Sony GXDL52H1 1080p screen that has the TC-P50X1 720p. But at 10 feet, the differences were not so obvious, and at 12 feet, I could live with difference. When you consider that the Sony is $ 4200 vs. $ 700 for the Panasonic, the choice became obvious. It is just TV people!

You will notice that television broadcasting is 1080i, 720i otherwise. This will be a while before you can obtain the full benefit of 1080p. I tell myself when the time comes, I'll pass it to the den and buy 1080p. Perhaps by then the prices have dropped, too.