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Very Black, Not Better Than Pioneer’s Kuro
CNet’s David Katzmaier eats, breathes and shits Giant Plasmas, so when he reviewed Panasonic’s 85 series plasmas, their best until the 800 and 850s come out, I noticed. In a nutshell, the 46-inch (yes, 46-inch) 1080p set’s 30,000:1 contrast ratio gives it some of the blackest blacks he’s ever seen…but unfortunately, still not as black as a Pioneer Kuro, although close.
Shadow detail was not as good, however, appearing too bright, and the sets pushed reds a bit. The set scored below average in standard def upscaling, noise reduction and to top it off the power consumption was conspicuously high for its size. It does have 3 HDMI ports. This set, for all the reasons listed above, scored a 7.7. (That’s low on CNet’s relatively stubby scale.) UPDATE: David writes in to say he expected more from this set, but it is still fifth best, overall.
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