Saw the deal in Target catalog today (TAS). Can see it online too. Looks like australia wide deal. 3 year warranty and looks like value for money.
Platinum 54.5" 4K UHD TV @ Target for $599, 3 Yr Warranty
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Lvarunynr on 06/12/2016 - 19:07 target.com.au (752 clicks)
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Saw some of these "Platinum" branded ones the other day on the back page of a brochure. Seems to me they're a more basic brand but not 100% sure.
I got the 55 inch 1080 Platinum for 400 when they were running them out and its great for the price. I'm fussy about image quality and its not perfect but I can enjoy watching it. The sound is crap of course but it is on most TVs.
The 3 year warranty beats the big brands and is very valuable because so many TVs get problems these days.
How does it compare to, say, a 40" AWA Plasma?
Especially if you want to game on with these TV's, research input lag before you decide
First we had "Signify" and now "Platinum".
Who comes up with these names?
What more proof do you need to suggest that 4k alone is not worth it. Resolution means little if everything else isn't right.
Hence why the last 1080p plasmas still look better than any 4k LED/LCD.
This is a false statement. The 1080p plasmas you are referring to must be the kuros which are the flagships.
4k is just that: roughly 4 times the resolution of 1080p.You compare a generic $600 1080p plasma from target back in the day and compare the picture with this generic $600 4k lcd tv and I guarantee you this 4k rubbish will still blow that plasma out of the water.
Speaking as someone who still has one of the Plasma's from back in 2008, yes they look much worse than 4k.
I doubt he is referring to the Kuros. They were not that widely available and were discontinued a long time ago. The last of the Panasonic and Samsung plasmas were really great TVs. I guarantee my Panasonic plasma looks a hell of a lot better than all of the 4K rubbish that gets posted here, and would hold its own with a lot of the more expensive 4K sets.
Sorry to say but I highly doubt that. I've had a decent 60" LG plasma before but if you run a 1080p blu-ray from the plasma and compare it to a 4k blu-ray running off a hisense m7000 and there is just no competition at all.
Deeper and more uniform blacks? Sure, but for outright picture clarity and details, it's impossible as it's not about the panels but about the amount of pixels and the relevant 4k video that is being fed into it.
lcd tech is fundamentally flawed but we are not talking about 1080p plasma vs 1080p lcd.
@Zarcady: No doubt about the 4K content. But considering in Australia we get our TV from varying sources. There will still be many instances where the plasma outperforms the LCD.
Rubbish.
First, LG never made anything competitive to the last of Panasonic and Samsungs plasmas.
Second, you can't say that a hisense m7000 outperforms the best plasmas like you do. Why? Contrast. I don't care how high the resolution is, the blacks are still rubbish in comparison, which to me are more important for the overall quality of the content. Most who know what they're looking at, agree. Resolution (as the sub-$500 4k panels proves) is only a small part of the final experience. 16k wouldn't help an LCD put out an acceptable black. The tech is rubbish.
Any instance that isn't 4k, there is no question that the best (last) plasmas outperform LCD.
And what's the % of 4k viewing in Australia today? I'm sure it's less than 1%.
@Ripped: I have never said that the m7000 will beat the best plasmas out there. And comparing the m7000 to the very best plasmas are not apples to apples.
It also sounds like you have no real experience with actual plasmas or cannot remember that far back in the past. Most plasmas that were sold did not produce deep blacks and certainly the tech is physically impossible to produce true blacks like the OLEDs.
I have seen a kuro in action before and the picture was absolutely beautiful but when you have actually seen a 4k blu ray being displayed on a 10bit HDR with WCG, its just a different picture. Things just pop out with vibrant colours.
Like I said before, Lcd tech is flawed but you cannot get 4k 10bit HDR on the plasma, and I would rather the 4k lcd and wait until the OLED comes down in price.
Each to their own. I dont really care about the lack of 4k content because I dont watch free to air tv and just waiting for the m7000 to come down in price so I can add it to my HT system.
I've got the Panasnic VT65 plasma. I'm looking at it right now. I have no experience in plasma you say? WTF? And no, they don't produce as good a black level as OLED, but that's beside the point. Plasma black level on this model, the ST65 and the last of the Samsung range produce a fantastic black level.
Go and look at comparisons between this and the Kuro, there's all but no difference in black level (Kuro slight edge), yet the Panasonic wins in other areas such as colour saturation.
Point remains. Any LCD, despite resolution, displays an inferior image.
does anyone know what HZ this TV is??? if its only 4k @ 60hz I wont bother but if its 120+ hz im keen…. trying to find info on this model is proving hard.
Description
With a slim profile and brilliant 138.5cm screen, the Platinum PT5506UHD gives you great high-definition viewing and the specs you're after in a big screen TV.55 Series.
Ultra HD 4K.
LED backlighting.
HDMI x4.
USB Recording & playback.
Built-in digital tuner.
138.78cm viewable screen size.
Power source: 110V-240V.
3 year warranty.
Anyone know if it has VESA mounts, or if it does, the size?
No. Checked it doesnt come with mounts, you need to buy them separately. I saw some in target for around $29 or so.
I wish there were some reviews of it available