BEST TV FOR MONITOR

[Tony Lorentzen]

The Panasonic VT30 plasma models are pretty great! The new VT50 models should be out soon, too.

 

[Steve Das]

The Panasonic VT30 plasma models are pretty great! The new VT50 models should be out soon, too.

Panasonic VT are perennial favorites on CNET Review but color/performance of Samsung PND 8000 seems to really impress them.

http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/panasonic-tc-p55vt30/4505-6482_7-34468892.html#reviewPage1

In nearly every way the VT30 lives up to the expectation. If Panasonic's claim about its black-level stability holds true, allowing it to outdo the 2010 models after a few months of age, the VT30 is the blackest plasma we've tested since the Pioneer Kuro (but the Kuro is still better). Other areas of this Panasonic's picture quality are also generally superb, although it doesn't stand quite as tall above the competition as last year's VT25 series did. The competition, namely Samsung's best plasmas, has gotten better, and the PND8000 we tested (review posting soon) outdoes the color accuracy of the VT30, although the Samsung falls short of the Panasonic in a couple of other areas. The Samsung is the better value, however, so if you want the best picture for your dollar, the VT30 is not the way to go. But if you want the best picture regardless of cost, the Panasonic TC-PVT30 series is our No. 1 pick this year.

http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-...7-34468622.html?tag=mncol;rvwBody#reviewPage1

The Samsung PND8000 series has outstanding overall picture quality, with excellent black-level performance, and the most accurate color of any TV we've ever reviewed. It can handle bright rooms well and exhibits the nearly perfect screen uniformity of plasma, as well as superb 3D picture quality.

http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/samsung-pn59d8000/4505-6482_7-34468622.html#ixzz1nzBcUvRU



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