Panasonic TC-P65S2 Reviews

Panasonic 65" Plasma TV
by svenlg , 2010-08-30

The LCD vs. Plasma vs. LED essays by Consumer Reviews are the most useful articles I found before purchasing this screen. ( [...] ) Because of their articles, I trusted this screen to be the perfect balance of size, viewing clarity from any angle, reduced glare, comprehensible options, and price. So far, it's better than I'd imagined.

If you go big, go for this one!
by Gerald Schoenburg from MOORPARK, CA USA, 2010-08-29

I bought this TV based on Raul's review. Thank you! I bought it on 8-20 and it was up and running in my home on 8-25. The delivery service was CEVA. They are a first class service, and sent two really nice guys to lug it upstairs and unpack it. The TV was not damaged anywhere, and they handled it with care.

I connected it to all my stuff, and the picture was great right out of the box. My calibration was a minor tweaking of some of the settings. The picture was bright and clear, with perfect color. Blu Ray movies are even better than I watched on my old Samsung 61 inch LED.

We are amazed at the picture, especially at this price. This is a true bargain.

Some people were disappointed by the 3 HDMI inputs. Well maybe one more would have been nice, but that problem can be solved with a receiver with multiple HDMI inputs or a lossless switch. Raul and others have done great reviews so no need to get into a lot of the technical aspects. I just wanted people to know who are considering this TV, to buy it. You don't have to be an electronics wizard to get a great picture.

Enjoy!!!!

Excellent Value, Especially for the Price!
by xRUSTYx , 2010-08-18

First Off ...

To the guy that rated it 1 star -- Dude, read the specs before you purchase something, especially a $2,000+ item ... geesh

Now, on to the P65S2 ... Hands down, an amazing buy. We got it when it was $2025 w/ free shipping from Amazon! Can't be the price! We did the 100 hour break in, calibrated it to our liking, and have loved it ever since.

We are moving up from a 42" 720p Panasonic plasma that is about 4-5 years old now. We plan to put that one in our bedroom, and the 65S2 is now in our bonus room. We sit about 10 ft away from it, and its just awesome! Picture/Clarity/Black levels are wonderful ... Sound, well ... Its not the greatest, as you can expect from a TV, thus the reason you need a decent Soundbar, 3.1, or 5.1.

At this point in owning it (2-3 weeks) I have yet to have a single issue. Pilot delivered it and did a great job in allowing me to set it up and test it!

Overall A+++ Experience from Amazon, Pilot, & Panasonic. Will likely continue to get Panasonic as long as they keep making great equipment like this.

The only way to go for a 65" format
by T. Howlin from Virginia, 2010-08-15

We got the TV a week ago, did the 100 hour burn in using software available for free online. Then, a day spent calibrating it to our taste and when all that was done, we had a spectacular picture, especially sing our BR player. We have owned a Panasonic Plasma for four years now, no burned out pixels, no quality issues at all, hopefully this one will be equally as reliable.

For those that want to use this with your PC, understand that this is a next generation TV and isn't going to interface to a normal video card. If your PC is current, it may well have an HDMI port on it and then this TV will work just fine. Or, if your Blu-Ray player is Internet ready, you will be able to download movies to it and watch them on the TV.

The sound quality from the TV is marginal at best, I'm not even sure why they put speakers in the set. I can't imagine anyone buying a set this size and not using a home theater setup with it. When played through our Onkyo system, who cares about the TV speakers.

If you're like me, you've probably researched LCD, LED, HDLP and Plasma and in sets this size, the transitional capability is much better than the other technologies in my opinion. No matter the level of the set, every LCD/LED set I previewed had momentary blurring in fast action scenes like sports. I get none of that on the plasma set. Although our media room allows for the proper viewing angle from every seat, you can get well outside the ideal range and the plasma picture is still accurate and bright.

There is some glare off the screen in bright light but again, in a dedicated media room application, it's not an issue. The price of this set has been dropping pretty steadily so it's quite a bargain at under $2K. Do check it very carefully when delivered, including using a flashlight at an oblique angle on the screen to detect any hairline cracks. It wasn't a problem with mine but have heard of screen being broken in transit and hard to detect small cracks in normal light.

I think Panasonic owns the plasma field and this is a another step up in what they offer.

Product has no warranty, commercial grade, not Panasonic Authorzed Dealer
by Terry Linn , 2010-08-14

Attempted to register warranties with Panasonic. Panasonic indicted the product has no US Warranty and is Commercial Grade Product not to be sold to US Consumers. Panasonic indicated WorldWide Stereo is not authorized to sell this Panasonic product. Seller declined to allow us to return product causing us to have to resolve the matter with our bank.