New Panasonic plasmas

[AVMASTER]

the panasonic th42px60u is available at Best Buy and other national chains ( Sears ). I checked it out at a local BB. Sitting next to a Pioneer plasma my initial thoughts were less than thrilling; somewhere I've seen this plasma before? Oh yeah, last years' model!!!!
With the exception of some cosmetic changes and a lower price i;m not impressed ( maybe it was the way BB had it set-up), then again as the owner of a Hitachi Directors series plasma i'm a bit biased

[ToddL]

the panasonic th42px60u is available at Best Buy and other national chains ( Sears ). I checked it out at a local BB. Sitting next to a Pioneer plasma my initial thoughts were less than thrilling; somewhere I've seen this plasma before? Oh yeah, last years' model!!!!
With the exception of some cosmetic changes and a lower price i;m not impressed ( maybe it was the way BB had it set-up), then again as the owner of a Hitachi Directors series plasma i'm a bit biased

I guess we get our sets late up here. This is all pretty disappointing other than the price.

How would you guys compare the top Philips model(42/50PF9830) to these other ones it looks like it holds its own, even though there was a recall on one of their other models which seems to be giving them a bad rep. I am happy that they had the grit to fix their mistakes and not deny them like a lot of companies out there. Any comparisons?

[AVMASTER]

i have sold these but we have never actually done a full installation job with one and so I have not seen one ISF calibrated; the 50" is fully loaded with a contrast ratio alot lower than what the manufacturer claims ( at least from what i've seen ) but overall a decent set. At its price point i might consider it over the Panasonic simply for design and build-quality