Saturday, November 8, 2008

Panasonic TH-42PX60U 42-Inch Plasma HDTV

Featuring Panasonic's 9th generation gas-plasma screen, the 42-inch 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 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 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
Plasma TV, remote control (with batteries), pedestal base, power cord, printed operating instructions
Customer Review: TH-42px60u
Watch out this TV has a ton of problems check out Fixia.com! I have had this less than 2 years and the thing has had 3 major problems. Panasonic has finally given up sending people out to fix it. Now if i want anything I have to pay myself when the TV was a lemmon to begin with. What a joke you pay $1400 for a TV and they rip you off. This TV has 3 common problems 1 The power board (when this happens it will not turn on) 2 The electronics package ( when this happens it give u bar code lines usually the left hand side 3 The plasma screne itself ( when this happens half or all the screne will go black or white) DO NOT BUY THIS TV
Customer Review: Excellent TV
I cannot say enough good things about this television. Only wish it had a computer input, but my new comp has component video out, so that is no longer a problem either. Stunning screen, made the super bowl that much better. Highly, highly recommended.


There is a bewildering array of electrical appliances available, both online and offline from traditional UK stores. Whether you are purchasing a vacuum cleaner, a dishwasher or just a simple kettle, you have not only a huge range of manufacturers from which to choose, but also a massive array of models, colors, speeds, power specifications and so on. How do you choose?

Ok, you might believe that the easiest way is to walk into your nearest retail center and take your choice. However, how much do you really know about the product you are looking for? Of course a salesperson could help you, but many are wary of in-store sales people, even though most are genuinely trying to help you.

In any case, buying offline is becoming increasingly less popular with those that have experienced internet shopping. A High Street store finds it difficult to meet the prices of an online store, and the same is basically true of large retail centers with large premises and loads of staff. It is a lot less expensive to buy most electrical appliances online. However, there is a problem with online.

You have the same problem with a normal electrical shop, and that is range. Let's say you want to purchase a vacuum cleaner. One shop might stock one make and the next another. Sure, they will likely sell most of the popular makes, but how many models will you be able to see. How about their specifications: what is the suction power, has it a bag or is it bagless, is it a cyclone cleaner and what kind of filters does it have? What minimum dust particle size can it filter out and are the filters replaceable or permanent?

Have you ever met anybody that could answer all of these questions for you? So how is it any different buying online? After all you have to click from one website to another, and write down all the information you get before you finally make a choice. And even then, you don't really know how good the product you are buying is. Well, this is certainly true with regular online stores. But what about a comparison site?

A comparison site compares and reviews a number of options for you. The site itself checks up on the specifications and compares what you get with what you pay, and then you can make your mind up yourself on which you want. Such comparison sites are becoming increasingly popular with online shoppers, since they can compare products sold across a wide range of online stores, and even auction sites.

Most people believe that eBay is the least expensive source for anything, but this isn't the case. It frequently is, but only if the item you are buying is new, and there are online sites that sell electrical appliances cheaper than any online auction site (eBay might be the biggest, but there are others). Comparison and review sites check these too, and you can be certain that the products offered on such sites are of the quality stated.

No hidden shocks with these, just honest-to-goodness information and advice. You still make the choice, but at least it will be based upon impartial advice. Most people find it difficult to choose between one electrical appliance and another of the same type, and such websites are designed to make the choice a lot easier for you.

Summary:
Electrical appliances are not easy to buy due to the wide variety available, and an online comparison site can help significantly by providing a comparison between the options at your disposal. http://www.ShopSuperMarket.co.uk is where you will find a review and comparison of a wide range of electrical appliances, old and new, and from a wide range of suppliers.

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