forget about CRTs...

[Speelgoedmannetje]

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.

Have you tried it with Uridium 2? Next to a CRT?

[Speelgoedmannetje]

I got inspired by your post and I ordered a SOLARA 19" LED TV; 125EUR P&P included.
Just did some testing. CVBS input from A1200 does not give a high quality output but I did find a DB23->SCART cable and that gives good de-interlaced output + sound. See attached picture. VGA output from the scan doubled A3000 output or CV64/3D on a A4000 also works perfect. Did not test the HDMI input yet but none-the-less incredible what one can get at this moment for less than an Indivision. The TV should even allow playing music and videos from an USB stick.
Sure, the screen is rather small but nothing worse than the 1084S it is replacing.

I moved around a year ago (you can see that the F7 did not survive the move). I just get to being settled to start some hard work again (development etc) but I now just had a session of Slamtilt. Switching to the hires screen in that game still gives a rock-solid picture. I blame you for my lost productivity

Sell the 1084s. Not everyone is happy with the output of el-cheapo lcd's (especially with fast moving images)