HDTV Panasonic TC-P65VT60 65-Inch Deals & Reviews

Josh Zastrow "jfzastrow" (MADISON, WI USA): TV came well packed and assembly of the stand was straightforward and incredibly simple. I do recommend you have a second person to help you. The VT60 is heavy.
Initial setup is a breeze and pretty standard. Panasonic walks you through and shows you the included features, emphasizing their different home screen options. Fun fact: there is a silly narrator that sounds like a robot. I weirdly enjoyed it, a bit of 80s/90s nostalgia. I setup mine to go straight to the last source (HDMI) as opposed to my home screen. Also, there is a goofy advertisement that pops up at times. You can however turn it off in the settings.

jjb (SF Bay Area): I found some settings to try in a prior amazon review, and also tried some settings i read about in a cnet review; we liked those and have kept them. our room is fairly dark (see below) so the brightness of the screen is really not an issue for us. yes, the samsung 8500 had a noticeably brighter screen in the showroom next to the VT60, but in more normal home conditions my opinion is the VT60 had the superior picture.
Sound was important to us, as both my wife and i are experiencing age related hearing loss. i picked this set over the ST60 in part because the sound is supposed to be better with this set. we do have a soundbar we used with our prior set, and i have set it up and have used it with the VT60 a few times, but overall the sound from the tv is acceptable. another reviewer complained there is not a switch to turn off the tv sound...using the remote to turn the sound off directly (when using a sound bar) works fine.

J. Young "Hello" (Pittsburgh): I hear no buzzing on this unless I get really close with my ears. It increases slightly on bright scenes, but again, you have to be close. I do have a fan noise issue that from my reading on the Internet, others have posted about over the years with various Panny models. My ears may be more prone to this than others since I work with the computer equipment that I do. I found a filter solution someone else posted they did with their VT50, so I will try that first. I have 30 days to exchange, so plenty of time to try other things.

Vineet Bhardwaj (Whippany, NJ): I usually do not write any product reviews but could not resist doing so as I believe people like me (novice) should get some awareness. After having this TV for 45 days approx. I can confidently state that this will not disappoint you if your priority is stunning picture quality. Let me tell you that this TV will blow your imagination away when you see the picture out of the box. The variety of options to calibrate and set the picture settings are tremendous. I am a pretty novice when it comes to technical details (IR, screen burns etc) when it comes to plasmas but I invested a lot of time in various forums to gain some knowledge. Everything from design, sound, black levels is in the top notch category. I have not played much with the 3D images but they look pretty at a first glance (converted the 2D into 3D mode).