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I spent weeks researching TVs and even cancelled my order for a Sony WEGA for this baby. And it was the best decision I ever made. The picture quality is unbeatable (unless you go to digital). The colors are rich and vibrant and the picture is so amazingly sharp that you can count Vanna White's eyelashes. And its so easy to use, even I could understand how to use the menus. You will NOT be disappointed.

This set has great picture quality for DVD (with S-Video input). Butthe sound quality is quite bad. Too much echo even with surround sound turned off. No adjustment will cure the problem. I can bearly hear the newscaster reading because of echo. I am not picky on audio nor trying to build a home theater system. But this problem is going to make me to return it.

I've had this television for almost 6 months now, and while I've enjoyed the large picture (the largest for a tube tv), I have one problem. There are horizontal lines of light and dark that scroll up the screen when watching DVD movies. I have used RCA cables, S-video, and a coaxial, and they all have the same problem. The problem is most obvious in the black bar areas above and below the picture in a widescreen movie. Panasonic boasts about the Panablack technology, but that is really the main drawback to this televsion. I don't know about the sound because I use home theatre sound, but the speakers are small to keep the set from being a monstrosity like the Sony Trinitron Wega. The other thing this set lacks is component video inputs. That would allow me to try one more option to get rid of those lines, but now that I've sunk over $1,000 into this set, I guess I can live with it.