Great for watching TV not so much for movies or gaming I bought this to put up in my office's breakroom after testdriving it in a store. The picture is great Panasonic has the best plasma sets on the market right now. Blacks are very dark whites are bright and the colors are fantastic. Motion is smooth and flickerfree. Even the menus get bonus points here for being intuitive and easy to navigate. I wound up buying two more for the office we liked this one so much.For a plasma this set is pretty lightweight. I was able to wallmount all three of them without any help. The connections on the back are placed so they won't interfere with even a close mount. It's not as thin as many other TVs being a plasma but if you're after a sleek look you're not looking at this TV anyway. Once it's up the viewing angle is excellent. You can see the picture from anywhere except from behind.The downside? It's 720p. This won't interfere with most TV watching even in HD but if you're wanting to hook up an XBox 360 or a PS3 you're going to notice a downgrade in picture quality. BluRay movies won't live up to their potential either. But at this price point a 42 TV is simply not going to offer 1080p.One other potential drawback the box this ships in is HUGE. It's easily twice the size of the TV itself in all three dimensions. It could be tricky to get up a set of stairs and there's also going to be a lot of cardboard to dispose of afterwards. It's all to protect the fragile TV but be aware of what's going to come to your door.
EXCELLENT IN ALL RESPECTS I have had the same old TV for a long time. So old it only had a single jack in the back. Can you imagine my utter amazement when I fired this baby up and put in my favorite DVD? I'm glad I was sitting down because I was knocked aback by the utter new world of viewing before me. Watching Life in the Undergrowth Starring David Attenborough 2006 Had always been a pleasure but now. . .I WAS THERE WITH HIM. I'm in HeavenUnit arrived in perfect shape ON TIME and without a single dent in the box.
Great Tv for the Price I bought this tv for less than $500. I did not want to spend a lot of money on a tv but wanted high def. This tv was almost perfect for what I needed. The picture is very good and the thin stylish black body is handsome. However I wanted a headphone jack to plug in headphones so I could listen to the tv while wife was doing something else in the room. I was able to convert from rca cable to headphones but I had to order a split rca side wire/to a headphone jack on the internet. I figured out how to do what I wanted to do but would have been much simplier if a headphone jack had be on the tv.This is the only complaint I have with the tv. Otherwise a great tv for a good value.
great TV Wonderful TV. Got this TV or my bedroom over a month ago.And so far have been very pleased. Have The Panasonic in my bedroom. The picture is nice and crisp. Movies look great on it. I have watched BluRay and HD DVD discs on it. The picture was nice and crisp.Cant comment on the sound as I have a Vizio soundbar in my bedroom. I have my BluRay player and HD DVD player hooked into the soundbar.
First time plasma I have never owned a flat screen tv. I purchased this on the suggestion of a friend. A tremendous value and price. Love this addition to my home.
Can't Go Wrong With This Set Without question the Panasonic 42 plasma was the best $399 I've spent in recent memory. The Best Buy sale last Friday was either a 1day thing or a mistake because the prices were marked back up to $499 when I revisited the website and were never marked down at all in the store.If you are considering this set *do not* rely on the degraded signal quality in Best Buy stores as a measure of picture quality. I was prepared to accept minor flaws but when I hooked it up at home the picture was absolutely flawless nearphotographic with hidefinition content dvd/bluray and standard definition DirectTV signals were excellent in terms of quality but a bit stretched to fill the screen. I can't comment on hidef TV signals just yet because my DirecTV technician got stuck in some snow this past weekend and had to cancel.
Good Price Poor Quality My fiance purchased this TV at a good price and initially we were fairly pleased. The Mhz and motion quality were only average and certainly never had that beautiful smooth motion most new TV's have. By this I mean how many newer TV's look so much smoother when there is movement in whatever you're watching such as the camera panning across a location. This was disappointing but nowhere near as disappointing as having the TV die after only 5 months of lite usage. Compound that with the fact that being 42 meant I had to carry it to the repair shop only to find out that the needed parts were on back order. Clearly this means that the problem I experienced is widespread especially considering they remained on back order for an entire month before Panasonic decided to just send me a new TV which I'm still waiting on.
Best TV's around I have 2 42 inch Panasonic 720P Viera Plasmas and one 50 inch. I have also owned 3 LG LCD's and a Samsung over the last 4 years. The Panasonic Plasmas are incredible. My dad and brother spent over a $1000 dollars on a Samsung 1080P that looks no better than the 720P Panasonic plasma. I watch a ton of sports and it is awesome compared to the 2 LCD tv's I have.This was the first TV I have bought online. I was a little hesitant at first just because of the shipping but the TV arrived on time and in perfect condition. The price is incredible and so is the picture.
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VIERA Image Viewer for JPEG image slideshows directly from an SD memory card.Inputs: 2 HDMI, 2 component, 2 composite, 1 digital audio output.Includes removable stand; measures 40.6 x 27.8 x 12.1 inches with stand.600Hz Sub-field Drive technology for superb full-HD motion; 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.42-inch Plasma HDTV with 720p HD resolution; 720 lines of moving picture resolution..
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