Comments on: Panasonic VIERA S1 Series TC-P46S1 46-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV http://www.ewb-egypt.org/panasonic-viera-s1-series-tc-p46s1-46-inch-1080p-plasma-hdtv Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:25:13 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Dirty Harry http://www.ewb-egypt.org/panasonic-viera-s1-series-tc-p46s1-46-inch-1080p-plasma-hdtv/comment-page-1#comment-106 Dirty Harry Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:17:31 +0000 http://www.ewb-egypt.org/panasonic-viera-s1-series-tc-p46s1-46-inch-1080p-plasma-hdtv#comment-106 Pros: <br /> Great feature set and PQ for the price. Fantastic size choice for a 10 foot viewing distance. This may not be as important to others, but this TV runs VERY cool. I bought it for a medium to small bedroom and in the last five years I have used a 32" CRT, a 37" LCD, and lastly a 42" DLP before this. Each of these TV's has made a pretty big difference in how warm the bedroom is in summer. This is the coolest running set I've ever seen or even heard of. <br />This TV does 'push' green a bit just as others have reported but a couple of ticks of adjustment does the trick for me. As soon as it has been used a month or two I'll run an AVIA calibration on it. I also have a 50" PZ85U Panasonic in the living room. We really love this set! <br />The speakers are small and down firing but are OK for late night quiet viewing, but most people will bypass these for a surround system. I just purchased a receiver with Audessey sound leveling and the difference is incredible if only just for the pleasure of NOT having my local stations cut in thier advertisers over the network feed and blow my hair back with the volume difference. I can't be the only on that gets annoyed by that. The oversaturation is so bad on some of the local commercials in the DFW area that the stock TV speakers actually had what sounded like cone breakup without being overdriven at all. It's like having some annoying ass in your house, monkeying around with the volume control. <br /> <br />Cons: <br /> None really but could really use a dedicated sleep timer button on the remote. Also, does not help me pick winning lotto numbers. <br /> Rating: 5 / 5 Pros:

Great feature set and PQ for the price. Fantastic size choice for a 10 foot viewing distance. This may not be as important to others, but this TV runs VERY cool. I bought it for a medium to small bedroom and in the last five years I have used a 32″ CRT, a 37″ LCD, and lastly a 42″ DLP before this. Each of these TV’s has made a pretty big difference in how warm the bedroom is in summer. This is the coolest running set I’ve ever seen or even heard of.

This TV does ‘push’ green a bit just as others have reported but a couple of ticks of adjustment does the trick for me. As soon as it has been used a month or two I’ll run an AVIA calibration on it. I also have a 50″ PZ85U Panasonic in the living room. We really love this set!

The speakers are small and down firing but are OK for late night quiet viewing, but most people will bypass these for a surround system. I just purchased a receiver with Audessey sound leveling and the difference is incredible if only just for the pleasure of NOT having my local stations cut in thier advertisers over the network feed and blow my hair back with the volume difference. I can’t be the only on that gets annoyed by that. The oversaturation is so bad on some of the local commercials in the DFW area that the stock TV speakers actually had what sounded like cone breakup without being overdriven at all. It’s like having some annoying ass in your house, monkeying around with the volume control.

Cons:

None really but could really use a dedicated sleep timer button on the remote. Also, does not help me pick winning lotto numbers.

Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Alexi Manresa http://www.ewb-egypt.org/panasonic-viera-s1-series-tc-p46s1-46-inch-1080p-plasma-hdtv/comment-page-1#comment-105 Alexi Manresa Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:10:46 +0000 http://www.ewb-egypt.org/panasonic-viera-s1-series-tc-p46s1-46-inch-1080p-plasma-hdtv#comment-105 Great TV at a great price. The picture quality is awesome, I replaced a Sharp Aquos LCD and felt like the Panasonic was a step up in quality. I have had the set for three weeks now and have not noticed any heat issues what so ever. I increased the sharpness from the factory settings and toned down the colors some and I am very satisfied with the overall picture quality. Sporting events look great! This plasma is the way to go for sports fans! No doubt. I have my sound via my home theater system so I can not say i use the TV's speakers. Amazon delivered fast (one business day later than they promised) with great service. I highly recommend this TV, you will not be disappointed. A. Rating: 5 / 5 Great TV at a great price. The picture quality is awesome, I replaced a Sharp Aquos LCD and felt like the Panasonic was a step up in quality. I have had the set for three weeks now and have not noticed any heat issues what so ever. I increased the sharpness from the factory settings and toned down the colors some and I am very satisfied with the overall picture quality. Sporting events look great! This plasma is the way to go for sports fans! No doubt. I have my sound via my home theater system so I can not say i use the TV’s speakers. Amazon delivered fast (one business day later than they promised) with great service. I highly recommend this TV, you will not be disappointed. A.
Rating: 5 / 5

]]> By: Larry Peterson http://www.ewb-egypt.org/panasonic-viera-s1-series-tc-p46s1-46-inch-1080p-plasma-hdtv/comment-page-1#comment-104 Larry Peterson Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:55:34 +0000 http://www.ewb-egypt.org/panasonic-viera-s1-series-tc-p46s1-46-inch-1080p-plasma-hdtv#comment-104 I received this tv about a week ago and right out of the box the wife noticed the left side speaker had a very annoying rattle noise when any bass frequencies came through it.Called Amazon and they told me to contact Panasonic first to see if they could resolve the problem.They had me do alot of finagling with the audio adjustments to determine if I had set it up right or not I guess,all of which I had already tried.When I told them the problem was still there after the adjustments he tried to tell me it was caused by the tvs speakers being so small.I knew this couldn't be the reason because the rattle was only on the left speaker.Still he insisted there was nothing wrong with the set.When I told him that I was just going to return it to Amazon he then offered to send out a tech to look at the set with the caveat that if the tech decided that there was not a problem I would have to pay for the service call.I told him that this was not acceptable since the tech would probably be biased in their favor since they are paying him,they informed me that was all they could do.On that note I told that him I would be having Amazon pick up the set for return and terminated the conversation.Needless to say I am very disappointed in Panasonic's handling of this issue and am considering returning the blu-ray player I also just purchased from them. <br />The picture on this tv in HD is very good as long as the room is not bright,Standard def is mediocre at best.I guess the days of companies standing behind their products is just a thing of the past. <br />On the plus side Amazon has been very cooperative so far but have not yet tried returning the set yet. Rating: 2 / 5 I received this tv about a week ago and right out of the box the wife noticed the left side speaker had a very annoying rattle noise when any bass frequencies came through it.Called Amazon and they told me to contact Panasonic first to see if they could resolve the problem.They had me do alot of finagling with the audio adjustments to determine if I had set it up right or not I guess,all of which I had already tried.When I told them the problem was still there after the adjustments he tried to tell me it was caused by the tvs speakers being so small.I knew this couldn’t be the reason because the rattle was only on the left speaker.Still he insisted there was nothing wrong with the set.When I told him that I was just going to return it to Amazon he then offered to send out a tech to look at the set with the caveat that if the tech decided that there was not a problem I would have to pay for the service call.I told him that this was not acceptable since the tech would probably be biased in their favor since they are paying him,they informed me that was all they could do.On that note I told that him I would be having Amazon pick up the set for return and terminated the conversation.Needless to say I am very disappointed in Panasonic’s handling of this issue and am considering returning the blu-ray player I also just purchased from them.

The picture on this tv in HD is very good as long as the room is not bright,Standard def is mediocre at best.I guess the days of companies standing behind their products is just a thing of the past.

On the plus side Amazon has been very cooperative so far but have not yet tried returning the set yet.
Rating: 2 / 5

]]> By: Jdub http://www.ewb-egypt.org/panasonic-viera-s1-series-tc-p46s1-46-inch-1080p-plasma-hdtv/comment-page-1#comment-103 Jdub Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:58:32 +0000 http://www.ewb-egypt.org/panasonic-viera-s1-series-tc-p46s1-46-inch-1080p-plasma-hdtv#comment-103 Finally pulled the trigger and purchased this TV after shopping for 18 months, largely based on reviews. First, [...] shipped me a broken one, and it took me 10 days (and probably 10 hours of headache) to get a response from them - clearly not worth the good price I got. Then the replacement was broken. (I have read multiple other accounts about this, so would guess this is a fragile model.) Unit #3 was finally functional, a month and a half after I ordered, but I have been terribly disappointed by the limitations of this TV. There is no VGA input, so I have had to purchase either an expensive docking station or converter box to hook up my laptop. There is only a digital audio out, and it is a fixed line-out, so I now have to use the remote from my stereo to mute or adjust the volume. My previous 15 year old TV at least provided RCA audio outs which could be adjusted via the remote. So basically I've taken a step backwards in terms of usability. If I were to shop around again, I would be much more sensitive to these issues, as they now affect my interaction with the TV every time I use it. Very disappointing; clearly Panasonic is cutting corners and cheapening their product. Rating: 1 / 5 Finally pulled the trigger and purchased this TV after shopping for 18 months, largely based on reviews. First, [...] shipped me a broken one, and it took me 10 days (and probably 10 hours of headache) to get a response from them – clearly not worth the good price I got. Then the replacement was broken. (I have read multiple other accounts about this, so would guess this is a fragile model.) Unit #3 was finally functional, a month and a half after I ordered, but I have been terribly disappointed by the limitations of this TV. There is no VGA input, so I have had to purchase either an expensive docking station or converter box to hook up my laptop. There is only a digital audio out, and it is a fixed line-out, so I now have to use the remote from my stereo to mute or adjust the volume. My previous 15 year old TV at least provided RCA audio outs which could be adjusted via the remote. So basically I’ve taken a step backwards in terms of usability. If I were to shop around again, I would be much more sensitive to these issues, as they now affect my interaction with the TV every time I use it. Very disappointing; clearly Panasonic is cutting corners and cheapening their product.
Rating: 1 / 5

]]> By: Scott Shortridge http://www.ewb-egypt.org/panasonic-viera-s1-series-tc-p46s1-46-inch-1080p-plasma-hdtv/comment-page-1#comment-102 Scott Shortridge Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:25:13 +0000 http://www.ewb-egypt.org/panasonic-viera-s1-series-tc-p46s1-46-inch-1080p-plasma-hdtv#comment-102 I've been waiting for over a year to buy a new flat panel TV, and finally decided on this set based on reviews and great price. The price dropped below $1,000 and they were offering a free BD player, I couldn't resist. Unfortunately, when the set arrived it did not work. There was sound, along with a loud buzz, but no picture. So, I declined shipment and called Amazon customer service. As they are now out of stock on this TV, and apparently have no plans on ordering any more, I was provided a refund and will have to choose another model. I'm sure it would have been a great TV, had it only worked! Rating: 1 / 5 I’ve been waiting for over a year to buy a new flat panel TV, and finally decided on this set based on reviews and great price. The price dropped below $1,000 and they were offering a free BD player, I couldn’t resist. Unfortunately, when the set arrived it did not work. There was sound, along with a loud buzz, but no picture. So, I declined shipment and called Amazon customer service. As they are now out of stock on this TV, and apparently have no plans on ordering any more, I was provided a refund and will have to choose another model. I’m sure it would have been a great TV, had it only worked!
Rating: 1 / 5

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