Panasonic TX32PD30

Bought tv in 2003 and is still going strong fantastic picture well done Panasonic. 10/10

This cost £1000 when new and that was about 10 years ago.. and I have to say it but the CRT outperforms many HD Tv sets you see nowadays, picture and sound as good as the day it was installed. Never any problems. Only down side is it weighs a ton and takes up a lot of space.. we would get much more room with a wall mounted 40 " but because the pictures is so good loathe to part with it yet.. it will probably still be here in another 10 years.

I was trying to change the Panasonic with a new generation TV but i am still searching.... The image is truely fantastic and "real".

Perhaps the best plasma screens can compete, but I'm not sure

The Panasonic TX32-PD30 is by far the best CRT television ever made. After 5 years of constant use the picture and sound quality are faultless.

With 4 Scart Sockets, Component, S-Video and Video Inputs I have never run out of connectivity options.

The picture in picture feature is still fantastic as is piture setup facility itself.

All in all, I will not upgrade to Plasma/LED until this one dies.

To be honest, I hope it lasts forever.

Everything about this telly is fantastic, never a days trouble one great television it still doesn't look outdated by all the lcd and plasma Tvs going on. Beautiful work of art and fantastic picture and sound quality. Well recommend Panasonic TX32PD30.

Was expensive at the time of purchase, but was the only 32inch we could find that was shallow enough to fit in our corner niche. Sensational looks, the best looking thing in our lounge, and has became the focal point when ever we have visitors! The picture is fantastic-way better than any HD LCD/Plasma TV out on the market today and sounds so good, we barely need the surround system on! Nice comfortable remote control too. The only thing I would grumble about would be, that it produces a loud noise when it first switches on, I presume this is normal though.

Would recommend this set to anyone, and I would definitely buy Panasonic again.

A great TV. I read a review on here that said the guy had had three units, the first two developing annoying buzzing/resonance. He said the third was so far OK, but had a devil of a time getting Panasonic to agree the fault existed. Five other reviews said it was just a great TV.

Well, the picture is second to none, and the sound is excellent too with a good balance between bass and treble and no annoying inbalance between music and speech that you get on cheaper sets.

4 Scart sockets allow for so many inputs and extra connections on the front allow for easy camara hook up.

The remote is well designed and easy to use.

The set looks stunning, clean lines, nice stand and the screen is perfectly flat and with a clean surround. In all my research and looking since I still find it difficult to find a better picture within £1000 of this TV.

But it was all let down by this fault identified in the first review I chose to ignore.

After 6 months we noticed a buzzing, and thought it was the sound playing up - a speaker perhaps. However, using a seperate amp with the sound off we still got this magnetic buzzing, like a big magnet affecting the metal components around it.

The service guy at first couldn't find anything, but by his second visit a week later he could easily hear the fault. He tried the speakers, using tape on the casing, sealing the components with some special plastic spray, but to no avail. He did identify that it got worse with high brightness and/or high contrast.

He took the TV in twice, for 6 weeks each time and could't find any reason for the fault. Finally the repair company talked to Panasonic who said it was a feature of large TV sets, they ignored the fact that at times it meant you could not hear the TV programmes over the buzz. The TV was now over a year old but they refused to replace it as this buzz was "normal"! No way, we are not talking a slight electric hum here, but a mega magnetic resonance.

Luckily I bought it from a reputable dealer (John Lewis, who incidently offered a free 5 year warrantee) who listened sympathetically and changed it immediately. Thank you JL.

I wouldn't say don't buy this set, I might just have had a bad set, though that first review got me thinking. But if you get this buzz, stand no nonsense from Panasonic and insist on a replacement. My replacement is the TX32PD50C, the PD30 no longer stocked by JL. Apart from the case I can't tell the difference...I'll let you know if it develops the same buzz!

Purchased my Panasonic TX32PD30 from a reliable on-line shop - condition was great, although delivery took almost 3 months due to popularity of the product. However, it has a constant buzzing from the case (an issue that I have been told is "normal" for a large screen TV, which can get louder or quieter depending on positioning and time of day!), which is proving to be a little annoying for a TV costing over a thousand pounds.

The other problem is a slight "jerkiness" to the picture, regardless of viewing Sky via a scart socket or a DVD via the component inputs. This happens regardless of the picture scan setting selected.

Has anyone else discovered the same problem and, if so, how did you resolve it?

Apart from these (quite significant) problems, it seems like a great TV.

Having spent over 2 months researching all the 32 inch Widescreen TVs on the market at all major electrical outlets by viewing all the sets on display I found the Panasonic TX-32PD30 picture quality was second to none, I was always drawn to this TV & then found myself comparing all TVs to this model. The only other TV which in my opinon come close was the Philips Pixel plus, The Pansonics colour palette is rich & vidid, The levels of detail on terrestrial TV/DVD is pin sharp, & this is what caught my eye & finally made my mind up to buy this TV. The connectivity features included at the back of the tv are 4 Scarts (2 of which appect RGB/super VHS)& progessive scan Which requires a suitable DVD player, Summary Nothing I have seen in the current market of 32inch widescreen TVs can match the Pansonics Detail/contrast & colour palette levels & its the best I have seen.

The Panasonic TX32PD30, in my opinion, is the smartest looking CRT TV on the market, way ahead of any Sony offering. The only one that comes close is the Toshiba one but Panasonic are supposedly a better brand aren't they?

No initial complaints, great picture, decent sound, decent features....But after 2 weeks, the picture went a bit misty white. I thought it was the aerial at first... Informed Panasonic who told me that the tube may have gone. I now await the next one to be delivered and all my fingers are crossed.