New Panasonic TV's

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JimmyLizar

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#34054 17-May-2009 12:21

Building a house at the moment. Getting 2x new tv's to go with. Yay!

Looking at the following tvs, both Pansonic plasmas:

50" - TH-50PY800

and

42" - TH-42PY800

Just want to know if anyone has got any good deals any of these two tv's recently.

Thanks

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#215567 18-May-2009 11:51

I've got the TH-50PV80 which is the same but only 720p and its sweet :D No regrets about buying it. If its going to be helpful to you flick me any specific q's about my model and Ill answer them :)

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#215628 18-May-2009 15:55

If you're looking at those, and in UHF region, I'd suggest looking at 850 models, they're pretty much the same, but include Freeview|HD

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JimmyLizar

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#215635 18-May-2009 16:21

Yeah it did think about those but as a general rule they are an extra $500. Also see here

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#215659 18-May-2009 18:07

New model release is imminent, so should be some good run out deals.
Unless you have MySkyHDi or are only going to use the TVs for blu-ray or other HD sources, you will be sorely disappointed by the analogue performance (particularly on the 50). A freeview STB is roughly $300, so inbuilt is only $200 more, but the Freeview PVR deal would solve that.

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JimmyLizar

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#215660 18-May-2009 18:09

Dingbatt: New model release is imminent

How imminent?

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#216062 19-May-2009 20:05

I was talking to Panasonic yesterday and they said mid to late July. I brought my 50PY800 last July for $3650 cash ( with a HT system by redemption plus $600 worth of freebies ) and can get the same deal now ( minus redemption ) and am in the market for another one the same, so when the new models are released these will be two models old and there are still a few around. I am betting, by August I will pay around $3000 cash for one.

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#216176 20-May-2009 09:15

JimmyLizar:
Dingbatt: New model release is imminent

How imminent?

As I understand it retailers should have details over the next couple of weeks. The new range has new model designations (X,V,G). Not sure when the first shipment is landing, but that should mean retailers will be running current/previous model stock numbers down.

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#217117 23-May-2009 08:38

HN are having a big sale this weekend, I checked out the price of a TH-42PY800 over the phone - $2298...not bad, just have to convince the financial controller that we need to upgrade :-)

Also have a look at the Panasonic UK site (http://www.panasonic.co.uk), their range gives a great indicator as to what we can expect here in NZ.

Cheers

JimmyLizar

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#217130 23-May-2009 09:10

I just checked the Harvey Norman website...no catalogue on there for the sale. Has the sale been advertised in newspapers?

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scherfie

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#217145 23-May-2009 10:21

I heard it on the radio driving home last night - the HN web site could do with some improvements...

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#217169 23-May-2009 11:43

website is hopeless on HN. need to go in person. and behave like uncle scrooge. you'll be surprised how much discount they're willing to give. even on already so called discounted products. i've banned myself from HN window shopping coz i'm a sucker for good discounts.

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