I like this deal and the tv. 720p is sufficient imho for a 50" plasma. It's the 60" and up that needs the 1080p.

However, the lack of a pc-input is a let down for me. I've been enjoying my trusty old 50" vizio for the last 2 years. Connected via the pc input to a duo-pentium vista pc, i have tv on demand 24 hours with over 100+ hours of hdtv recording of house, 24 hours, csi, lost, bones, you name it, i've got it on the tellie.

For some odd reason the plasma tv's hdmi connection doesn't work for the pc. My regular dlp tv works fine with the hdmi-->PC Connection. Very odd.

Does the base on this TV swivel?

TIA

fyi...for a 1080p plasma you peeps might want to check out the Panasonic TC-P50G10 50" VIERA High-definition 1080p Plasma TV available at buydig for 1199. you also get a free BR player plus 3% fw.
[free BR only via rebate thru today 6/27]

JAg05 said:I decided to buy this TV yesterday afternoon and used the Bing CashBack. It showed up in my account this morning in the amount of $64.80...so it worked for me. This was a good deal...thanks!
So what will be your net?
$899 - 10%, plus 2% FW, plus 8% Bing?

babalu said:what is the 10%?
c'mon man...check the OP's post
"%10 in cart for all electronics over $500"

USCRules said:I like this deal and the tv. 720p is sufficient imho for a 50" plasma. It's the 60" and up that needs the 1080p.

However, the lack of a pc-input is a let down for me. I've been enjoying my trusty old 50" vizio for the last 2 years. Connected via the pc input to a duo-pentium vista pc, i have tv on demand 24 hours with over 100+ hours of hdtv recording of house, 24 hours, csi, lost, bones, you name it, i've got it on the tellie.

For some odd reason the plasma tv's hdmi connection doesn't work for the pc. My regular dlp tv works fine with the hdmi-->PC Connection. Very odd.

Are you saying you tried it and it doesn't work so you had to return it?

You do know that a $5 adaptor converts DVI=>HDMI right. HDMI is just DVI

with coax LPCM audio and HDCP; DVI can also carry HDCP (copy protection).

Or a $30 video card that supports HDMI one way or another.

So many things I want to say here....but won't

@birdman70

please don't

d3a1ninja said:USCRules said:I like this deal and the tv. 720p is sufficient imho for a 50" plasma. It's the 60" and up that needs the 1080p.

However, the lack of a pc-input is a let down for me. I've been enjoying my trusty old 50" vizio for the last 2 years. Connected via the pc input to a duo-pentium vista pc, i have tv on demand 24 hours with over 100+ hours of hdtv recording of house, 24 hours, csi, lost, bones, you name it, i've got it on the tellie.

For some odd reason the plasma tv's hdmi connection doesn't work for the pc. My regular dlp tv works fine with the hdmi-->PC Connection. Very odd.

Are you saying you tried it and it doesn't work so you had to return it?

You do know that a $5 adaptor converts DVI=>HDMI right. HDMI is just DVI

with coax LPCM audio and HDCP; DVI can also carry HDCP (copy protection).

Or a $30 video card that supports HDMI one way or another.

No i mean my vizio does not work with hdmi too well. It could be it's hdmi is generation one stuff and doesn't work with radeon 3650 with hdmi or something else. Either way when i connected it to the hdmi on my pc i get overscanned image and the pc desktop extended beyond the vizio's screen. There was no way to correct it.

The pc input worked without issue so i have no complains.

The JVC 61" dlp on my other room worked perfect with the hdmi from pc. So go figure.

USCRules said:d3a1ninja said:USCRules said:I like this deal and the tv. 720p is sufficient imho for a 50" plasma. It's the 60" and up that needs the 1080p.

However, the lack of a pc-input is a let down for me. I've been enjoying my trusty old 50" vizio for the last 2 years. Connected via the pc input to a duo-pentium vista pc, i have tv on demand 24 hours with over 100+ hours of hdtv recording of house, 24 hours, csi, lost, bones, you name it, i've got it on the tellie.

For some odd reason the plasma tv's hdmi connection doesn't work for the pc. My regular dlp tv works fine with the hdmi-->PC Connection. Very odd.

Are you saying you tried it and it doesn't work so you had to return it?

You do know that a $5 adaptor converts DVI=>HDMI right. HDMI is just DVI

with coax LPCM audio and HDCP; DVI can also carry HDCP (copy protection).

Or a $30 video card that supports HDMI one way or another.

No i mean my vizio does not work with hdmi too well. It could be it's hdmi is generation one stuff and doesn't work with radeon 3650 with hdmi or something else. Either way when i connected it to the hdmi on my pc i get overscanned image and the pc desktop extended beyond the vizio's screen. There was no way to correct it.

The pc input worked without issue so i have no complains.

The JVC 61" dlp on my other room worked perfect with the hdmi from pc. So go figure.

I don't understand how it is a let down then if you have HDMI with your Radeon and this set has HDMI, no need for PC input anymore. Seems that with people saying it works no problem with their HDMI, it would be a good thing for you. I personally have my HTPC 9400 Nvidia hooked up to a Panny 46" last gen with HDMI from my Onkyo receiver with the HTPC going into the receiver for full 7.1 HD sound via Blu-ray and HD-DVD. With the Nvidia 9400, my CPU load is at 15% full bitrate. Works flawlessly since last year so I see no problems with this newer generation as well. I have a PC input in mine, but run it strictly HDMI.