VT30 unpacked and being tested...So far so good.
We set this side by side with my 42V20, a 42C10 and a Sharp Quattron!
Screen Uniformity:First thing I always check is the panel's uniformity. Compared to the V20 and the C10, the VT30 exhibits a near perfect screen play field, though we did notice a slight corner "light" but it's nothing really bad. Our V20, on the other hand, did not display any corner "unevenness", so it's worth mentioning.
Because of the numerous raves about this TV, we decided to be as critical as possible. It will also help me decide on wether the VT30 will be a keeper or not
Initial HD test:Fired up "The curious case of Benjamin Button" on our PS3 set to 1080p with 24p activated (All other picture enhancements from the TV was set to off). The black levels of this TV is AMAZING! Jet black, deep and inky, what I like about the VT30 (for now) is the fact that the picture definition is very plasma for a plasma...Reason I say this is because right after the V20, Panasonic plasma models were trying to emulate the brilliance of LCD and LED, which wasn't really a very good idea!
Colors were excellent and really brings me back to why I love plasma since the days of the PV70 (
Had a short exrta marital affiar with LED after the V20). However, we noticed that there was a slight brightness shift to the VT30 but it's something we have to confirm, because as I write this initial impression...My partner and I are still marveling at this baby out of the box.
Tell you what...Our new test blu-ray "Titanic" from Amazon just arrived and we will watch the whole movie (2-D/3-D) today and give you guys feedback.
Green blobs? Don't know yet, but if anyone can point out a particular movie and scene, we'll look at it right away.
For now...bye