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- Path: sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!earle
- From: earle@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov (Greg Earle - Gainfully Unemployed)
- Subject: Re: Panasonic Gaoo vs SuperFlat
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.003540.22059@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov>
- Followup-To: rec.video
- Keywords: Panasonic tv
- Organization: Gainfully unemployed
- References: <of3F3LW00WBMQ2tS0n@andrew.cmu.edu> <1992Nov20.192343.1408@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
- Date: Sun, 22 Nov 1992 00:35:40 GMT
- Lines: 68
-
- In article <1992Nov20.192343.1408@bmerh85.bnr.ca> stud1b53@bnr.ca writes:
- > As I promised earlier, in response to the email I received
- >regarding my test results, here is a qualitative and quantitative
- >summary of what I found when comparing these three tvs.
-
- And a fine summary it was. Thanks.
-
- >EQUIPMENT:
- >---------
- >
- > Television Model No. List Price (CDN $)
- > ---------------------------------------------------------
- > Sony XBR^2: 32XBR90S (?) $2899 (monitor only)
- > Panasonic Gaoo: PC-33XF20A $1999
- > Panasonic SuperFlat: PC-33SF80A $1749
- > ---------------------------------------------------------
-
- Interesting; I have yet to see a Panasonic 33" model down here in Los Angeles
- amongst the 6 stores I have been to while looking at TV sets in the last month
- or so. I've only seen the 31" models ...
-
- > There has been some confusion expressed to me as to the
- >difference between the Gaoo and SuperFlat. According to
- >the literature, the differences are as follows (applies to
- >the 33" models only):
- >
- > Gaoo SuperFlat
- > ------------------------------ ---------------
- > CCD Comb Filter Comb Filter
- > audio: 20 watts audio: 10 watts
- > ACTIVE DM speakers DOME II speakers
- > headphone jack no headphone jack
- > PIP no PIP
- > Luminance Noise Reduction (YNR) no YNR
-
- Just as a comparison
-
- CTP31XF20 (Gaoo) [US $1699.99 at Good Guys; $1669.00 at Circuit City]
- SuperFlat/CCD Comb Filter/Dome sound
-
- (I understand this was a '92 model)
-
- CTP31XF30 (Gaoo) [US $1899.97 at Good Guys]
- SuperFlat/Digital comb filter/2 tuner PIP
-
- The new '93 XF30 seems to have changed the CCD Comb Filter to a Digital one,
- and they added the 2-tuner PIP.
-
- There's also
-
- CTP3180SF (SuperFlat) [$1299.99 at Good Guys; $1169.97 at FedCo]
- SuperFlat/Dome sound
-
- CTP3284SF (SuperFlat) [$1349.97 at FedCo]
- [I don't really know the differences between the 3180SF and the 3184SF, to]
- [be honest. I also thought these were '92 models, not '93]
-
- I think the Good Guys salesman tried to claim that all of the above sets use
- the same picture tube, Gaoo or SuperFlat (i.e., it's a SuperFlat picture tube).
- I thought they looked really good, but seemed a little dark contrast-wise (at
- least, compared to a Sony XBR^2 that happened to be on display). Of course,
- I'm no videophile, so I always wonder how much of these differences can be
- made up for with judicious use of the brightness/picture/contrast settings (-:
-
- Any other comments on the Panasonic line, 31" or 33", Gaoo or SuperFlat, would
- be appreciated (feature list, qualitative differences, etc.)
-
- - Greg
-