First Take
Panasonic's latest flagship plasma TV, the TH-42PV500A, inherits the unique design of the original Viera series while featuring many up-to-date enhancements. We take a closer look at this top-of-the-line plasma TV to find out whether Panasonic has another winner in hand. ...
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Average User Rating
from 10 users
8.3
out of 10User Reviews
Crystal clear picture quality for high definition input from Xbox 360 console
Apr 16, 2006Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Rock solid non-vibrating picture when gameplayer moves camera view side to side.
Cons: Top and bottom horizontal black bars in movies still visible.
Opinion:
The left and right vertical lines are absent while watching in widescreen - that's OK. But new technology is needed to stretch out and make vanish the top and bottom horizontal bars - by using the remote control cursor, a computer chip will use two horizontal lines, one for the top black bar and one for the bottom black bar. The viewer will move the cursor to the edges where the picture and black bars meet, press Enter and the lines will make vanish the black bars. If Panasonic's new blue disc player has a digital tuner, then I would understand why it's not needed in the TV because of addded cost.
Best TV among all Plasma and LCD
Feb 16, 2006Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Real "black" can be found, I like HDMI
Cons: Has the issue of "burn in" solved?
Opinion:
I bought this model in Hong Kong in last October at a price of HK$28,000 (with a gift of panasonic 5.1 theatre). Two built-in TV turners included. I can play PSII games and watch the TV news at the same time. Thatis terrific!
Especially, I like to play "Star War III" DVD using a HDMI DVD player on this TV which support HDMI. The smooth movement of picture, excellent color saturation,high contrast resolution and the 5.1 surround sound made me feel watching a movie in a real movie house.
If panasonic can confirm that the common issue of "burnt in" in plasma TV has been solved in this plasma TV, I would be more comfortable to play PSII games using this Plasma TV.
Good model, value to buy
Oct 12, 2005Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
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Opinion:
The colors are rich n sharp, picture black is good, brighter screen with hdmi input n pc card reader. PC input date is clear n sharp compared with others. Pls check the other with picture n date b4 u buy!!! Thanks
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