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Offline mechy

Re: forget about CRTs...
« on: July 04, 2015, 03:44:15 PM »
Kremlar,
   good to see you are still alive and well. Looks good on the plasma! can you try out pal mode stuff when you have time?  also what model is the panasonic?

Mech



Quote from: Kremlar;792060
I have an old 42" commercial Panasonic plasma that I absolutely love.  It's only 480p, but the picture is just great - not as sharp as the latest LCDs but it just has a certain depth about it that I've always liked.

I've had this plasma for 10+ years - my first flat panel display.  Bought it without speakers but added them after.  It's been solid as a rock for me, most recently installed in my master bedroom.

Decided to get a Fire TV Stick for my master bedroom but the plasma does not have HDMI.  Funny how a $35 purchase can trigger a $500 purchase.  :)  So, I replaced my trusty old plasma with a new Insignia 55".

Anyway, I always though the Panasonic plasma would rock as a display for my old Commodore/Amiga stuff and I was right!  Brought it down to my basement home/office and mounted it to the wall.  Tested with my C64 (composite), Amiga 600 and also my Amiga 4000T (RGB > VGA and also RGB > VGA > BNC) and the display performs great.  There's also an NTSC/PAL switch in the menu options but I haven't tested PAL.  All Amiga modes I tried seem good.

My model has VGA, composite/svideo and BNC which is switchable from RGB to component.  I believe there's a DVI card available as well but I never owned one.

Anyway, I love it and would definitely choose this over an old CRT or new LCD for a low res retro display.  My model is a 42PWD6UY but I'm sure there are others in this series that would perform just as well.

It doesn't do the picture justice, but here are a couple of pics:
http://www.techav.com/misc/retro/plasma1.jpg
http://www.techav.com/misc/retro/plasma2.jpg
http://www.techav.com/misc/retro/plasma3.jpg
http://www.techav.com/misc/retro/plasma4.jpg
http://www.techav.com/misc/retro/plasma5.jpg
http://www.techav.com/misc/retro/plasma6.jpg

The C64 and Amiga Workbench pics show a pattern on the screen but it's not there in person - image is very smooth.

I thought this was worth sharing so cross-posted to a few different forums.
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