Panasonic TH42PZ80 42 Inch Plasma With Freeview

Panasonic TH42PZ80
Price in GBP: £598.00 Incl VAT (EU)

Review: Panasonic TH-42PZ80 42 Inch Plasma TV: Panasonic Pride

Panasonic has been the leading manufacturer of plasma televisions in the world for several months. It continues to show quality specifications and state-of-the-art features in the Panasonic TH-42PZ80. It boasts of true HD or high definition with a powerful screen resolution, showing you bright and colourful images like never before. Find out if Panasonic can add to the possibility of earning more awards from this creation.

Image Quality at Its Best

The Panasonic TH42PZ80 42 Inch HD Ready Plasma TV with Freeview incorporates 100Hz technology for you to enjoy flicker free and crisp pictures on-screen. You can experience and watch movies in full colour and detail with 1920 x 1080 pixels of resolution. This flat screen tv also features high 30,000:1 image contrast ratio, slot PC input, 3 HDMI sockets, SD memory card and 2 Scart sockets. The 100 Hz Fastext VIERA link allows you to easily operate the device. There is advanced 3D colour management too, together with EPG HD optimizer, motion picture noise reduction, sub-pixel controller input and V-Audio with bass boost.

It does not have the Intelligent Frame Creation though and the 24p Real Cinema MCFI or motion compensated frame interpolation technologies that are available in other Panasonic Plasma units. The TV features the similar glossy black design with "Viera inscribed at the top left and "Panasonic" inscribed at the bottom centre. The TH42PZ80 can be told apart from the PZ85 and PX80 series through the silver protrusion that looks very much like an upper lip that extends the full width of the frame at the panel bottom.

Getting More

If you purchase the TH42PZ80, you can also avail of the 5-year warranty for free, depending on your source and location. The package includes the TV set, pedestal stand, remote control with batteries, cable connectors and instruction manual. The TV set boasts of the unique Panasonic V-Real 3 Pro Plasma Technology for you to view high quality images on the very wide 1080p panel measuring 106 cms diagonally. There are 4,096 equivalent steps of gradation and the native 30,000:1 mega contrast.

As for the V-Real Pro Processor, it features the digital remastering processor 1080p and digital processing chip-set 1080p. The V-Real Pro Driver features the HD optimizer, 24p Real Cinema, 100Hz of Advanced 3D Colour Management, motion pattern noise reduction for clearer and more fluid images during high action scenes and sub-pixel controller.

Ease of Use and Affordability

The Panasonic TH42PZ80 42 Inch Plasma TV features V-Audio Surround sound and Integrated Digital Terrestrial Tuner so you can conveniently watch Freeview channels in the best resolution. The device has PC input so you can connect it to your computer for document viewing and other types of work and presentation. You have SDHC card networkability and Viera Link for ease of operation as well. The whole TV measures 1064 mm in width, 723 mm in height and 327 mm in depth. The unit weighs 30 kgs without the pedestal. Adding the pedestal will result to a total of 34 kgs.

The Panasonic TH-42PZ80 comes in at a price of £598 which is very affordable considering its power-packed features and ease of operation. A lot of individuals have reported the relaxing and comfortable display that no other brands of flat panel televisions can provide sufficiently. This TV set has lived up to the name of Panasonic and is expected to help boost its reputation more in the next months to come.

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