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Panasonic VIERA TC L42D30 42 Inch 1080p Viera L42D30 - Close but not quite


Panasonic VIERA TC-L42D30 42-Inch 1080p LED HDTV
  • VIERA Connect
  • Flush Design
  • 120Hz with Motion Picture Pro 4
  • DLNA / Wi-Fi Ready
  • IPS Alpha LED Panel
    • Chroma bug * Panel This is advertised as an IPS alpha panel which is supposed to be one of the best panels to date. Indeed the colors do not seem to fade when viewed at wide angles although the screen still turns gray at a fairly small angle 45 degrees I'd say in very dark areas. IPS or not it seems LCD panels still can't match plasma in viewing angle and black levels and this is more important in dim rooms. Yes IPS panels are best but having seen one I'm not so sure not having one is a deal breaker anymore.To get into more details I looked at the pixels with a magnifier and they all appear rectangular and solid to me. No chevron pixels or any other strange shape. My computer monitor also has an IPS panel and that one looks the same. Apparently looking at the panel can't tell you the type. I think I spotted a dead pixel not sure if there are more since I haven't specifically looked for them but they don't seem to intrude very much anyway.* Image quality While watching a TV channel I noticed that this model has the chroma bug aka chroma upsampling error or CUE. There's a good explanation of this at [] I created a small MPEG2 video containing fully saturated blue and red discs of various sizes on a dark gray background and I played it on the TV through DLNA. Sure enough it exhibited the bug regardless of whether the video was interlaced or progressive. The problem is not there if you connect a DVD/BluRay player or a cable box to the TV through an analog or HDMI connection since these don't have any vertical chroma subsampling the former is either a composite or a YPbPr signal while the latter is either RGB always 444 or a 422 or 444 YCbCr signal depending on how the player/cable box is set up. However the problem is visible when watching digital TV channels directly off the cable which are MPEG2 encoded with a chroma subsampling of 420 or when using streaming DLNA or Netflix that is in those cases where the TV itself upsamples the 420 chroma. This is extremely dissapointing in the year 2011. I need to mention I installed the latest firmware upfront. Other than that the TV is doing a pretty good job at upsampling standard material. It detects 32 cadences rather slow a little over one second but at least it works. Other cadences are not detected but are far less common. Note that 32 pulldown does not work for streaming although upscaling is still ok.*DLNA This is working pretty good. No hangs or other issues. The set of supported formats is not huge but covers the basics. The TV refuses to play videos with no audio tracks for some reason but that's uncommon. My lossless WMA tracks play just fine most probably the TV lets the server convert them to LPCM.
    Outstanding Living Room TV Have owned for 6 months now and very happy with this television! This is our first big screen HDTV. 42 is a nice size without overwhelming the room. The aesthetics of this unit are excellent thin bezel classy and looks expensive so many look plasticy and cheap.
    when it worked it was swell Sorry to report but as the saying goes facts are friendly.You need to hope make that pray your set doesn't develop a nasty black line from the top like ours did. The line is maybe 5 inches long and very visible on all inputs. It was confirmed by the repair guy Panasonic sent out. The set needs a new panel. Ok it sucks but these are complex devices.Guess what? It's been in the shop for a month and the latest date without any promise is another four weeks for the part. Two months?Ever try to reach Panasonic for such an issue? It is brutal. Nothing to offer no consideration whatsoever. Just please call the repair shop as it is their job to keep you apprised. Yeah the repair shop calls every week to express exasperation that Panasonic cannot get them the part.We all know things can break but folks the real test is when things go bad how does a manufacturer perform? In this case as badly as you can imagine.One call transferred to parts. Parts looks up the case reports the part is back ordered and it will be at least another month. That makes two months. I ask him who I should speak with? He says the Consumer people. I say OK can you transfer me. He transfers me to a general operator. She says she'll transfer me. She does to family court. Seriously. Family court.Another call nice man listens to my tale. Advises me that the service company and this is not a formal Panasonic outfit just an authorized repair place he insists the repair shop is who I must deal with. The poor guys running that shop are flipping out that Panasonic is putting them in the hot seat when it is the part delay which is the issue.Caveat emptor to you all. I sincerely hope you have units that last forever. But speaking for us we'll never consider anything Panasonic again ever.
    Nice sized trim. First and foremost the screen is Glossy. This to me means that colors are more colorful and detailed. Blacks are black and not washed out from a matte screen. I highly recommend a glossy screen for a bedroom. But use common sense and don't leave the windows open if you don't have to when viewing the tv. I have the back of my tv toward my window and works perfectly fine. Not one single piece of glare at all even with the curtains wide open.For gaming this is excellent. 30ms or so of input lag is phenomenal for an led/lcd tv. However the glow affect from the ips and dark scenes is a huge let down if you're just getting this for movies. Sports and gaming is I think what this tv was made for.The black level is better for me on the D30 then to the Sony HX800 I replaced it with. The HX800 had ghosting in video games and the black levels were so black that they looked globbed. There was no detail in the shadow areas of movies or games. What I mean by that is if you watch a movie with someone in a black suit. You are able to see the wrinkles and creases on it with a tv that has not so black blacks compared to a tv that is known for it's good blacks. This is one thing in gaming that is nice to have.
    Excellent TV Needed a TV for my office and was looking for something that was from a quality mfg affordable and a good picture. In my main viewing rooms I will admit that I have Plasma TV's because they are hands down the better performing display for various reasons but LCD/LED definitely have some positives as well if you don't require the very top of the line image quality that Plasma offers. My main reason I purchased this TV was because I had 2 very large windows that bring in a lot of light into my room and this display is very bright as are LCD/LED's in general. I plan to watch News Sports and some misc shows while I'm working in my office. I was not looking for the best cinematic experience in my office if I needed that I would have purchased a Panasonic VT30 Plasma. While researching this TV I read several reviews on this model and they ranged from awesome to terrible so I was really debating purchasing this TV. Panasonic has never failed me with my 3 other Plasma TV's and they consistently rate at the top of the performance and reliability charts every year so I decided to take a chance and purchase this LCD/LED model and see for myself. I've had a few days to play with it now and it's a very nice TV. Colors are rich contrast is good handles video games very well for an LCD/LED. I particularly like how the TV looks it's very sharp very thin design lightweight and the bezel is very sleek. I required no additional help unpacking and even mounting it was so light. I'm comparing this to the 3 other Plasma TV's I have that weigh a ton. I really have nothing to complain about and don't see how this TV could get some of those terrible reviews that a few wrote of. If you are a videophile and want the best picture with no compromises then go Plasma all the way but the Panasonic TCL42D30 television is very nice TV.
    Poor HDMI compliance. May not work on your devices I bought the Panasonic because I thought the big brand name would ensure no problems. Far from it I was surprised to learn the hard way that Vivera actually means some kind of proprietary HDMI communications. It seems the folks at Panasonic like to play with HDMI technology and decided to deviate from well established standards for this technology. They use this unsupported functionality to control other Panasonic devices. In concept it does some neat tricks like turn off your Blueray when you turn your TV off etc. However this extra communications creates problems and confusion for non Panasonic devices. In most cases my devices just choose to ignore the TV because it is talking nonsense. So here I am with an expensive TV that all my devices refuse to talk to HDMI talk. It would be fine if I had all Panasonic devices but I have a mix of media equipment Kenwood surround sound Xbox 360 Sony blueray TiVo HD etc So in short this TV does not play well with any of it. Even with the Vivera technology turned OFF this TV still does not communicate with my other HDMI devices. I fear the Panasonic engineers stopped their testing once they new it worked well with other Panasonic devices.I contacted Panasonic support and read the manual carefully on this issue. It states they do not explicitly support compatibility with other nonPanasonic HDMI devices. This is because in order to do that they would have to abandon the Vivera technology whatever that means. So in short I was out of luck. The real clue hits you when they say to only connect with Panasonic HDMI cables.If you have all Panasonic or you just want to hook up cable then this TV is great. If you are like me and really like your devices connected and working well avoid this TV.
    good 42'' led lcd tv This Panasonic TV has a veery good sound and picture quality. It also has modern features like internet media player and more.
    Amazing This tv has been nothing short of spectacular. The color is crisp there's no lag and the sound quality is good and loud.
    Viera L42D30 Close but not quite Pros nice clean elegant look startup and initial setup was very easy and quick. Its size and dimensions meant it fit exactly into my builtin entertainment center all 40inchers were a little too small and every other 42 was about 1/4 too wide to fit. Bought one used through Amazon and that was a super smooth process yay Amazon!Cons I wish I had taken the evaluations more seriously that called this TV a cheap one with some fatal flaws []. The fatal flaws revolve around motion and difficulty representing accurate color.* MOTION Motion is blurry even with Motion Pro set to max SD TV looks grainy. We have a Viera 720p TV and that one looks better than this 1080p TV.
    Very Nice Set I bought this tv Oct. 5 2011 it works very well the picture and color is very good. I also purchased wireless LAN Adaptor for internet not much going on there. Now I need a sound system for it If someone know of a good one let me Know of itThe set does not work with an older audio sound system with just audio input.


    VIERA Connect.Flush Design.120Hz with Motion Picture Pro 4.DLNA / Wi-Fi Ready.IPS Alpha LED Panel..


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