Hi Jassi
Yeah you're right. At a distance of 10-12 feet, HD-Ready and Full-HD really wouldn't make any difference. I also read the same thing from other websites on the internet. I am now convinced regarding HD-ready. So PV80 is the way to go.
Budget bumping up - well .... still trying to work this out. We wanna try and get the best TV we possibly can at the time we're buying everything for the house. So if we get a 50-inch PV80 now, it would be easier on our pockets to get a small unit later for the bedroom etc. We are also thinking of another option - getting the 42-inch unit now and going for a bigger unit later around April next year.
I wanna get the 50-inch PV80 and the ProFX Fusion 5 speaker system / Denon AVR-1509 package from ProFX offered for 38k. This would be an ultimate combo. Let me see how it all works out. Gotta wait till around end of next month to know the outcome I guess.
Panasonic brand shop in T. Nagar, Chennai (the only one who would give out prices on the phone) has quoted me their best price of 62k for the 42PV80 and 107k for the 50PV80. Quite close to Devi International's price, especially the 50PV80 (just 3k difference) but still not the same. For 3k more, I would rather buy the unit in Chennai itself.
I checked out the Samsung 50-inch full HD plasma at their showroom, sitting on a nice leather couch about 12-13 feet away and the distance, big screen experience etc was superb. 42 inch does look much smaller in comparison. I suppose we can make up for the smaller size by sitting slightly closer at about 10 feet.
Will keep you guys updated.
Warm regards,
Venkat
