Panasonic TH-42PX60U

Panasonic TH-42PX60U Plasma TV Review

Featuring a 9th generation gas-plasma screen, the 42-inch Panasonic TH-42PX60U features a width-to-height 16:9 aspect ratio similar to movie theater screens, providing a theater-like experience at home. Its maximum of 29 billion colors and over 3,000 shades of gradation provide exceptionally fine detail for outstanding HDTV reproduction. The set's built-in ATSC (DTV) tuner pulls HD signals (480p/720p/1080i) right from the airwaves, and its QAM tuner is fully compatible with unscrambled HDTV cable reception. A standard analog NTSC tuner receives standard-definition (SD) programming. It also includes a Secure Digital (SD) memory card slot, enabling you to take an SD card directly from a digital still camera or camcorder and insert it directly into the TV for quick and colorful photo slideshows.

A plasma screen renders vivid colors like you've never seen before (as in, up to 29 billion in this case), extremely wide viewing angles (wider, even, than those of most LCD screens), and easy placement due to a plasma monitor's slim profile--the TH-42PX60U is a mere 3.7 inches deep, one of the slimmest plasmas around--perfect for desk or wall mounting. Brightness tends to be extremely uniform across plasma screens, which are also impervious to the picture distortion and negative color balances that afflict CRT monitors when placed near lighting or sound systems.

The Panasonic TH-42PX60U features a 1024 x 768-pixel resolution and an amazing contrast ratio of 10000:1. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) The 3D Y/C digital comb filter constantly analyzes the three dimensions of picture height, picture width, and picture changes-over-time, to reduce dramatically edge image artifacts while improving transition detail. Other features include V-Chip parental controls, on/off sleep timers, closed-caption decoding, aspect ratio control, and video input labeling.

The Panasonic TH-42PX60U TV's internal stereo speakers are powered by 10 watts per channel (for 20 watts of total power). It features the following connection options:

� Component (Y/Pb/Pr): 2 inputs (with 2 audio inputs)

� HDMI: 2 inputs

� Composite (RCA audio/video): 3 inputs (1 on the front), 1 output

� S-Video: 3 inputs (1 on the front) HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any AV source with an audio and/or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV). HDMI supports standard-definition (SD), enhanced definition (ED), or high-definition (HD) video, plus multi-channel digital audio--all using a single cable.

If a component doesn't have an HDMI connection, you'll also get great picture reproduction using the three-jack component video (Y/Pb/Pr) input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. Component video output is available only for DVD playback.

What's in the Box?

Panasonic TH-42PX60U Plasma TV, remote control (with batteries), pedestal base, power cord, printed operating instructions

So what Features Does the Panasonic TH-42PX60U have?

� Screen size: 42 inches

� TV type: Plasma

� HDTV capable: Yes, with integrated cable QAM/ATSC receiver

� Digital Cable Ready: No

� Resolution: 1024 x 768 pixels

� Aspect ratio: 16:9

� Speaker wattage per channel: 10 watts

� Number of speakers: 2

� Response time: n/a

� Brightness: Information unavailable

� Contrast ratio: 10000:1

� Comb filter: Yes, motion adaptive 3D Y/C comb filter

� 3:2 pulldown correction: No

� Scan velocity modulation: No

� Line doubling: No

� Color temperature control: No

� Includes DVD player: No

� Includes VCR: No

� Signal type: NTSC/ATSC

� Auto channel setup: Yes

� Closed captioning: Yes

� Last-channel recall: Yes

� Multilingual menu: Yes

� Parental control: Yes

� Picture-in-picture (PIP): No

� Remote control: Yes

� SAP: Yes

� Sleep timer: Yes (on/off)

� Composite A/V: 3 inputs (1 front), 1 ouput

� S-Video: 3 inputs (1 front)

� Component video: 2 inputs

� DVI: 0

� HDMI: 2 inputs

� RF: 0

� PC VGA: 0

� USB: 0

� Firewire: 0

� Headphone jack: 0

� Front/Side AV jacks: Front

� Surround sound: Yes, virtual

� Sound leveler system: No/Yes

� Item width: 40.2 inches

� Item height: 27.8 inches

� Item depth: 3.7 inches

� Item weight: 65 pounds

� Stand included: Yes

� Wall mount type: Information unavailable

� Power consumption: 390 watts

� Warranty: 1 year

Conclusion

The Panasonic TH-42PX60U 42" Diagonal Plasma HDTV gives you deep blacks, bright whites and 29 billion colors -- it's an image so close to real life, you'll swear you were in your favorite programs instead of just watching them. Enjoy crisp, lifelike details with the up to 10,000:1 contrast ratio. Deep blacks provide excellent shadow detail during dark scenes, while brilliant whites render bright scenes with vivid realism. Receive and view local over-the-air broadcasts in stunning HDT, using the built-in HDTV tuner. You can even share your JPEG photos taken with the built-in SD card slot. Features a width-to-height ratio similar to movie theater screens, providing a theater-like experience at home.

The Panasonic TH-42PX60U is one of the best plasma tv's on the market. Panasonic have been in the front rank for some time when it comes to plasma tv's, the TH-42PX60U is no exception. The main selling point for this tv is the picture. It's supplies one of the best pictures on the market. The SD slot can be slow taking up to 20 seconds to move from picture to picture. When your tv arrive be sure to set it up right. You may find vivid mode will not give you the best picture. The final seeling point for the Panasonic TH-42PX60U is the price, the tv is being sold at a very competitive price.

Panasonic TH-42PX60U Plasma TV Review

What's in the Box?

So what Features Does the Panasonic TH-42PX60U have?

Conclusion

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