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Summary: Excellent Picture, Excellent Value
Comment: This is an excellent television for both new users of flat panel HDTV technology and the experienced customers. The display is very vivid and the TV has all the amenities (Save one to be mentioned shortly) that one could want in a television.
Pros: 3 HDMI slots, 2 Composite HDTV connections, 2 standard A/V connections, and S-Video. SD card slot for viewing photos from a digital camera directly on the unit, great for parties. Excellent for the top of the line video game consoles with it's game mode.
Cons: If you are inexperienced with plasma TVs, image retention can be an issue. Always observe proper measures to avoid plasma image retention. Don't leave the channel tuned to a digital weather channel or any other channel or video game that features graphics that stay on the screen in the same location for extended periods. That said, the TV does include some anti-retention features (pixel orbiting, scrolling white bar). No headphone jack for quiet listening, it's only a minor thing, not surprising that it got overlooked. The S-Video jack is tied in to A/V 1, as opposed to having a separate input, meaning if you use S-Video, you have one less A/V input. The screen can be quite dark at times using the default settings, but brightens up considerably when manual adjustments are made (I think that has more to do with it being a plasma TV than the actual TV itself, plasma TVs are notoriously darker than LCD).
Overall, the pros far outweigh the cons, and the TV is an excellent value to boot. Congrats to Panasonic for yet another year of quality flat panel TVs.
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Summary: Great Buy, great set
Comment: Have had the set for about 6 months. It is an extraordinary buy at its new price, and gives a picture as good to my eyes as my buddy's 3 year old Pioneer Elite 40 inch plasma. It does far better in reproducing motion than any LCD I've seen, and has good sound, color balance, and contrast. The locking powercord feature works well. Unless one gets a really good Blu-Ray player, the resolution of this set is quite adequate. I use a top-end Arcam upsampling DVD player with this, and the results are quite filmlike. I have never seen any chroma issues. Before I bought this, I was a diehard Sony CRT guy, but I have to say Panasonic really seems to be hitting lots of plasma home runs. GREAT Set!
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Summary: Screen Problem
Comment: We bought this set 5 months ago. At first, picture was really great. But after 4 months of use, a blue-green vertical stripe appeared at the left side of the screen. I have contacted Panasonic, and they said there was a TV NORM problem (since I bought it in the states, but moved to a PAL-N country and that I should pay for fixing it up, because the warranty was void, for being "out of zone". The answer is ridiculous. Both about the problem and about the solution, since we have a Panasonic representant in our country. Noneless to say, is not easy to move a 42" TV set. I bought it because the price was nice. But now I am very regretfull on having bought this brand. Conduct a search on "Panasonic Plasma stripe problem". You will see I am not the only one. And Panasonic, instead of recognizing the problem, tried to avoid their responsability saying there was a norm problem... Good luck with yours.
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Summary: Good buy for the money
Comment: This TV is an awesome buy for the money. It doesnt come with all the bells and whistles but very happy so far. I got the TV at sears for 1099 2 weeks ago, and then the price dropped to 999 so I got the price match. The picture quality and features of the tv are great even in SD. The sound is so so but I plan to get a surround sound system, as well as a wall mount. One issue I did have was the first TV I got delivered had 4 small bars on the left side that distorted the picture slightly. I had sears bring another TV and take away the old one and its been fine with the new one. Once again sears $999.00 price and you cant beat that for a 1080 plasma tv.
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Summary: Awesome TV Great Price Good Shopping Experience
Comment: This is a great TV, especially for the price. Bought from Amazon, shipped via CEVA and it arrived a day before original date. The only issue was that while tracking it I noticed the shipper said they were awaiting customer info, so I emailed through their website and received a reply within 12 hrs. All they wanted/needed was to schedule delivery. It was scheduled to be delivered between 9 & 12 and they arrived at 9:40. It was up and running in an hour and 3 hours later I was at our local Comcast office exchanging for an HD box. Awesome picture. Has been 2 weeks and still have no negative comments. Kudos all around
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