I recently bought a PV8 and so far it has been viewed for 29 hours. But this time has been anough for me to make out that the descision I made is a right one. The picture Quality is excellent. The Sound is also great. You can feel the crispness in sound and the picture. These are my findings so far.
Excellent Picture quality & crisp sound. You will notice very minute blurredness when you watch TV from very close but I guess it happens from the PIXEL Shifting technology being used in Plasmas to prevent Burn-in.
Sleek and good looking. It is simple and sobre to look at. The non glossy look gels with my Living Room surroundings. Reduces manitenance of Scratch prevention.
The Viera Link is great as it allows u to control your Plasma and a Panasonic DVD player with your sinlge TV Remote.(Info as per manuals, Haven’t used it).
Connectivity is great. You can connect 2 HD devices like gaming consoles, Blu Ray Players or any other HD device. Then you can connect 4 more DVD players to the remaining 4 AV ports. That means you can connect 6 DVD players or gaming consoles to AV IN and 2 HDMI ports, 2 Home Theatres to 2 AV out ports, 1 Computer to the TV using the PC port.
My TV is just a week old and is in the Running in period. I will use it very carefully for atleast 200 hours in Zoom 1 mode to prevent burn in. I use the following settings and the picture is very crisp.
Picture Mode: Cinema.
Contrast: 35 to 40
Brightness: 35 to 40
Colour: 45
Sharpness: 20
Colour Intensity: Default
Colour Mode: Cool.
P-NR: Strong
3D-Comb-ON.
Sound Mode: Music
Bass: 0
Treble: 24
Volume Correction: Full.
Powersave: ON
Colour Management: ON
Picture Overscan: OFF.
I initially wanted to go for Sony Bravia 32Tseries but decided to check out Panasonic as well and I really liked the quality of Viera 32X11. Frankly speaking the image quality on the Sony was not crisp as compared to Viera 32X11. I did some research and came to know that only Panasonic and Hitachi manufactures their own Plasma screens and also supply them to other manufacturers as well. So I decided to go with a company that knows what it makes. I bought 32X11 and used it for 3 days but my Parents were inclined towards a 42 incher. So I returned the Viera 32X11 and bought PV8D. Though it was unexpected but I did notice difference in picture qualities of both the TVs. I watched the ICC Champions Trophy matches and there was a sense of smoothness with which the images were shown on the PV8 though at that time I was not aware of that Plasmas can show fast moving images much better. I am happy with my investment. I just checked the Usage time on my viera to confirm that it was not teh demo product. My TV showed that it was used onyl for 29 hours, 15 minutes and has been turned ON for 37 times.
Happy to know that I was given a brand new piece.
The Installaton was prompt. Got a tech at the promised time. No idea about Product service and hpoe I do nto require any