The Pioneer is the best of the ones you mentioned. The media reciever
takes some of the processing and the input cards out of the tv and
into a little av box. As far as wiring and installation goes, this is
a great thing unless you run out of cabinet/rack room OR if the
distance from your cabinet/rack to the TV is longer than the cable
they provide to connect the two. Longer cables are available, but
they are ridiculously priced. All PDP panels have glass fronts, so
glare factor will be similair - try an articulating mount (so you can
swing it away from glare for a specific seat) and/or blinds.
You'll have to check by specific model, but I believe the Pioneer is
an NEC (which is good imho).
http://www.plasma.com/classroom/whomakesplasma.htm
On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:25:49 GMT, Larry <x@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>I'm in the market for a 42" plasma, and have pretty much narrowed my
>search down to these two models and their equivalents - now I'm looking
>for real-world testimonials and experiences with them.
>
>I'm looking at the Panasonic TH-42PX50U (consumer TV) (and maybe the
>TH-42PHD8GK/S (the commercial monitor) against the Pioneer PDP-4345HD.
>They all seem to be about the same price, $2,600 - $3,000.
>
>Here are some of my specific concerns/questions:
>
>1) Glare is a big issue, since the TV is on the wall across from a big
>bay window. We close the curtains for movies, but daytime TV is in a
>fairly bright room with the sun coming in directly behind the couch.
>There's some reflection now with my 32" CRT, which I can put up with,
>but I don't want anything that will be worse.
>
>2) Regarding the Pioneer "media receiver," does this have to be used? I
>already have a Pioneer VSX-D711, which, although it's not HDMI-capable,
>controls my whole home theater system. I'd rather not add a component
>if I don't have to, especially when I'm not sure what purpose it serves.
>
>3) The commercial Panaosnic doesn't have a tuner - which I don't think
>is a problem, since I wouldn't use it to catch any OTA signals - at
>least I don't think so. I have Dish Network, and their HD offerings are
>pretty slim at the moment, so am I wrong here? I'm in suburban NYC, so
>I think I might have OTA HD signals available for my local channels and
>networks?
>
>4) Pioneer still has a link to the 4345 on their web site, but at least
>one retailer says this isn't their newest-generation plasma. Anyone
>know about this?
>
>Thanks in advance for all the comments!
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