Hello again.

Will use screen for bog standard DVD's plus digital freeview. Will invest in Sky HD box only after I see it working next year.

So I went to see the 37 inch PV500 with my 598. The dealer did not have a BNC component lead so only saw it in S-video. Used Gladiator and Black Hawk Down to watch. Picture was bright with plenty of contrast even in bright light of showroom.

Colour tones of faces quite nice. No colour banding. No "dot crawl". Detail goodish on stationary shots but slight jerkyness on pan shots which curtailed detail. Picture not as good as my 5 year old Sony CRT in most other respects. Decided this was not good enough for the �1630 price of this model on Dixons/Currys websites much less the �2100 this dealer wanted.

However. . .
Noticed a Panasonic 42 inch PW5 and a 42 inch PW7 in the corner, both playing bog standard DVD's and was pleasently suprised at how good they were. Dealer confirmed the displays were on interlaced input via S-video. Lots of contrast and good colour again even in bright light of showroom. Picture slightly softer than PV500 and more closely resembled my Sony CRT. No really dark shots so couldnt really comment on dot crawl, but no sign of "jerkyness" on pan shots that the PV500 had. Lower res not too bad a problem at 8 feet away. I could be fooled into thinking they were just big CRT's.

Will now . . .
Continue research into Panasonic PW7/8 and HD7/8 the 37inch versions. Low res of PW7/8 37inch should be better than on 42 inch as there are more dots per inch on the smaller screen.

So. Is my understanding correct ...
1. PW6/7 series low res and 60Hz only.
2. PW8 still low res but now capable of Brit 50Hz.
3. HD6/7 series higher resolution( still 60Hz only ???)
4. HD8 series higher res ( capable of 50Hz???)

With suitable input board, all models capable of taking an analogue component HD feed but down sampled. (Yes ??? no ???)

Whats the advantage of the 50Hz on the PW8 or HD8 series panels ? Does it only come in to play when I want progressive scan ?

regards
Shaun

G65, DSP3200, DSP3300, MC200, HD621.