Panasonic VIERA G10 Series TC-P54G10 54-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV, Black
(March 17, 2009)If you demand the best from your viewing experience, the 54-inch TC-P42G10 was created just for you. The new G10 Series boast cinema-quality movie reproduction, clear, smooth sports and gaming action–even Web entertainment. All made possible by Panasonic’s Neo PDP technology, which delivers sharp, detailed images, deep blacks and remarkable brightness, all with lower power consumption.Key Features1080p Full-HD Resolution Neo PDP Full-Time 1080 TV Lines Moving Picture…
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August 21st, 2009 at 8:33 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazon has the wrong info for this Plasma
The product information for this TV is wrong on the Amazon site. They are showing the X1 series, not the G10.
August 21st, 2009 at 9:19 pm
I just got the TCP54G10. STUNNING! A little history. I have been looking at HDTVs for about 3 years, and looking at DLPs originally, then went into this year thinking LCD is the way to go. I’m glad I waited, the inverse relationship between the technology and the prices is right this year.
Before you go buy an HDTV, do yourself a favor, look at this TV, and do some research. Read other reviews. It turned me around to plasma and to this 2009 model plasma from Panasonic in particular. I knew plasmas simply have a superior picture, but I thought the price and issues with plasmas were a detriment.
I came into this dead set on an LCD, most likely from Samsung, that was before I started doing research on the latest Plasmas. Picture quality compared to an LCD, it’s simply stunning, LCD has nothing on the plasmas. The Panasonic G10 is nothing short of amazing. The upconvert DVDs on this are amazing, and our Pioneer Blu-Ray is jaw dropping.
While I knew the picture quality on plasmas can’t be beat, I thought the issues outweighed the plusses. No they don’t. A) No Buzzing, (we live in Colorado), B) wattage, very comperable to LCDs, negligable difference between LCDs, C) price, better than LCDs. D) This has a very sturdy, scratch resistant plastic screen. No Glass. E) Burn in or retention of picture. No problem there with this series. F) Price- lower than an LCD.
G) Heat, not noticeably hotter than an LCD (this is BIG).
Oh the dirty little secret. The other manufacturers alledgedly are getting out of plasma, why? Because Panasonic apparently owns the manufacturing plants, and they would have to pay Panasonic, or they have invested in LCD technologies elsewhere and it is thus they have greater margins for LCDs vs plasmas. Thus they can’t compete on price. I’ve seen many reviews now where folks are going plasma vs lcd now.
It handles fast action with no blurriness no flicker (LCDs have just started to get around this with 120 hz). You’ll read about the 600 HZ subfield drive on this latest model and it works fantastic.
This handles 24p very nicely. For 24p processing, you can choose between a 48hz mode (where you will definately notice flickering), but it defaults to 60hz, with no flickering and few “judders” that I can see, in processing 24p at 60hz.
Some reviews say “well it still doesn’t handle “true cinema” 24p because the 60hz is not at the same multiple of the 24fps in which the media was filmed, and thus you won’t see the film at quite the original cinematic cadence as in the theater. While this is technically true, we watch 1080p/24p from the source with 3:2 pull down off, beautifully. (Though avforums, as one of the comments to this review pointed out, has more detail on this, and probably more than you would want). Would I notice “true cinema” 24p at 96hz and like it better, not for the price difference between this and the V series (~$600-$700). Plus, for us, the very durable plastic screen on the G10 was more attractive to us versus the glass on the V10.
While I don’t think most users will want to get too involved in the weeds with this, for a great simple explanation of this 1080/24p see a great explanation at Cnet: http://www.cnet.com/hdtv-resolution/?tag=mncol;txt. ;
For an excellent review of the Panasonic V10 the step up from the G10, and this discussion of 24p processing, see Krueger’s review here at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1P7WSX9L0J94W/ref=cm_cr_pr_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B002C8LX6S&nodeID=#wasThisHelpful
He has the V10, and while it is also an excellent Plasma, according to him, the differences between seeing 24p at 96hz (a multiple of 24 frames per second, allowing the original cadence of the film to be maintained) vs the 60hz processing with the G10 is not a huge difference in viewing, you are getting a stunning picture either way. (BTW, those looking at LCDs, just because an LCD can refresh at 120 hz, a multiple of 24, I have seen in AV forums that this doesn’t mean the set can handle 24p at that rate. You must look at the more technical details for the 24p processing).
Suffice to say, the G10 handles blu-ray action stunningly, and 24p just fine at the 60hz. We have the Pioneer BDP-51FD BonusView Blu-ray Player plugged straight into this with the HDMI cable (which for a blu ray player is a fantastic player). No Issues. We are running straight 1080/24p from it. No flickers, no blurriness, no jaggies or artifacts that we have seen. I’m hard pressed to see any “juddering” in large pan shots either (i.e. Batman Dark Night). Stunning clarity. This plasma is nice and bright (plus you can adjust the picture in alot of areas, but perhaps not as much as some videophiles may like), and the deep blacks are stunning with little shadowing (i.e. loss of detail) that we can see. It does have a THX certified display setting, which may be too dark for many users. You also have a custom setting where you can set the basic picture settings to your taste, though again, it doesn’t have some of the more detailed settings available that some videophiles may like.
Versus LCD, Plasmas can handle a nearly infinite color palate so the pictures come out very natural, and you can see all the nuances of colors (like the Planet Earth series). An LCD looks, well, manufactured in terms of the picture, and can only handle so many colors.
Bottom line, from someone who was dead set on an LCD: this turned me around to an even greater picture with plasma. For us the G10 a stunning TV, you can’t go wrong. It gets very positive reviews from all that I have read. We LOVE it. Panasonic also has great reliability history. We looked at Samsung but they looked like they had some issues with their sets that Panasonic doesn’t have in the G10 series. The G10 and the step up V10 are both stunning TVs, and easily in the top TVs for 2009, you won’t go wrong with either of them.
On shipping from Amazon, fantastic experience. The shipper called ahead, worked out a time, TV arrived 1 day earlier than estimated, they brought the tv down to our home theatre room in our finished basement, setup the TV, put it up, plugged it in, checked it out at a high level, offered to take the packing material away. A+ service.
August 21st, 2009 at 9:52 pm
I finally convinced my fiancee that we needed to upgrade her old 27 inch CRT in our living room to a new HDTV and after researching for a few months, I came to the conclusion that this was the TV I wanted to replace it with. I have absolutely no regrets on this purchase. The picture is stunning out of the box when hooked up to our DirecTV HD receiver. I haven’t even had to change any of the default settings to adjust the picture settings. I have yet to run a blu-ray movie through it, but my PS3 is hooked up and playing some LittleBigPlanet on it looks twice as nice as playing on my old Sony 52 inch 1080i rear projection set. Sound through the built in speakers is fine, but with a TV like this, you’ll be doing yourself a disservice to not get a set of 5.1 or 7.1 speakers and receiver to fully enjoy your HD. The Viera Cast is a nice little bonus, although watching YouTube videos on such a big screen is really muddy looking. I hope they add in NetFlix streaming to go along with their Amazon rental service built in already. Standard definition tv watching isn’t bad at all once you get use to the filtering/upconverting that the set does. I do wish their was at least one more HDMI and one more component input on the back to hold all my gaming systems and various other accessories I would like to hook up to this TV, but that’s the only knock I have against this fantastic TV. I can’t wait for football season to start!
August 21st, 2009 at 10:31 pm
5.0 out of 5 stars
TV is amazing, how I got it not soo amazing..
I did tons of research before buying and first bought a 50 G10 from BestBuy but realized I could get the 54 from amazon for maybe an extra 100$.
August 21st, 2009 at 11:15 pm
I bought this TV from the local Video Only for $1850 in late May, but didn’t pick it up until the Friday before Father’s Day (since I got it for my father), or install it until a week later. I’ve had it all hooked up (to 3 SONY DVP-CX777ES 400 Disc DVD – SACD(TM) – CD Changer, Sony receiver, Psyclone PlayStation 2 Hi-Grade Source Selector, Samsung DVD recorder, PlayStation 3 80GB, Linksys PLK300 PowerLine AV Ethernet Adapter Kit, Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router, Cyberpower 1030HT 10-Outlet Surge Suppressor – 6000 Joules 15A RJ11/Coax(3)/RJ45 EMI/RFI) for a week now. Sound can be a bit tinny, but if you want to watch a movie or concert on TV you can just use the optical audio out to your surround system. Standard definition TV looks ok. All the new channels we get thanks to the internal HDTV tuner are great. Standard definition movies look excellent, but Blu-ray movies from the PS3 are breathtaking. We tested it with The Fifth Element (Remastered) [Blu-ray] and… WOW. The detail is astounding. For a perfectionist like me bass and blacks add the depth necessary for a true entertainment system. The black/color/detail this TV is capable of will meet all your needs, wants and then some. We have it set up in a room with a large window wall casting bright sunlight directly on the screen almost all day and there are no problems with glare/reflections obstructing or negatively impacting the view. One thing I would say, if you have to watch standard definition, you should be no less than 10 or so feet from the monitor. The lower the resolution, the harder it is to watch on a 54″ screen. However, with quality Blu-ray and high definition video games you can be nose-to-glass and still enjoy the view.
I definitely recommend this product.
February 4th, 2010 at 3:11 am
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