One of the beter choices for the money In this review I may sound somewhat critical of the TV, because it is not perfect. But understand that it is probably the best you can do for the money, the thin profile, picture quality and a few other criteria I had. I give it a full score with the thinking that if you take into account these parameters you will automatically exclude other offerings that may give you a better picture. And rankings are supposed to be relative to what you would get given your constraints. So scoring at less than...
[Panasonic 2PX50U 42" Flat-Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (TH-42PX50U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 07/13/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
98% (278 of 282) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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5 Stars only for HD signals...that's it! This television must have a clean HD signal to truly realize HD enjoyment. So far, some of the programs on the Discovery HD Theater are the only ones that meet my extremely high standard of picture quality. I am an experienced photographer, so I have a critical eye for true lifelike imagery. This television gets pretty close at times. The only other that could compare that I saw was the new Sharp 45 inch LCD. This screen is very nice, but 1500 dollars more. It was very close to to TV when ...
[Panasonic 2PX50U 42" Flat-Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (TH-42PX50U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/21/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (31 of 32) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Best Plasma for the Money! I got this TV a week ago, and am catching so many DVDs on it: seeing details I missed on my old 27" TV set. I took some time going to local stores and comparing the picture quality between this set and other 40+ plasmas and LCDs. I settled on Panasonic due to reputation and picture quality. I've also read that new plasmas don't have burn in problems (as long as you don't have static images on for too long), and have long life spans. If you're stepping up from a tube set, the only negative ab...
[Panasonic 2PX50U 42" Flat-Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (TH-42PX50U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 08/22/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (48 of 50) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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The best plasma in its class Recently picked up the Panasonic TH-42PX50U 42" Plasma HDTV after lots of researching and absolutely love it. I'm a first time plasma buyer and was particular about choosing the best performer for the money.
The three qualities I was looking for in a plasma were: 1. Produce very deep black color similar to a CRT / 2. Produce a sharp image under HDTV broadcast / 3. Produce natural yet vibrant colors. The Panasonic does all three and outperforms any other plama from other top manufac...
[Panasonic 2PX50U 42" Flat-Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (TH-42PX50U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/12/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
94% (55 of 58) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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So far so good...finally! After way too much research and shopping, I finally decided on this model because of the price and the reputation of Panasonic plasmas. I chose to order my plasma online, to me a big risk, because of the lower prices and no sales tax. I selected Amazon.com because of my previous experiences with them (never an order this big or expensive) and their reputation. To be honest, my first attempt was dissapointing. After placing the order, I revisited my account to track to the shipment. What I found ...
[Panasonic 2PX50U 42" Flat-Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (TH-42PX50U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 06/06/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
91% (103 of 112) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Nice plasma This is my first plasma TV and Panasonic did not disappoint. The picture is awesome and the speakers are not bad. I do not expect their 2 speakers to sound like my sound system but it is more than enough for TV. I like the fact that it has Dolby Digital for surround sound. I felt like I was watching the NBA final in the arena itself with Dolby Digital on HDTV. I am impressed with its HD tuner. I can get all of the local HD channels clearly using an indoor antenna. DVD also looks great. I can't ...
[Panasonic 2PX50U 42" Flat-Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (TH-42PX50U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 06/19/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
91% (11 of 12) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Incrdible...why was I missing this? This plasma is amazing. Watching HD is a totally new experience. I presently have a Time Warner HDcable box (Scientific Atlanta) because they have not been successful in installing the CableCard...three tries...also made by SA. Has anyone been successful in their CC installation. The picture, sound, looks, etc are outstanding. This replaced the TH-42PX25U and according to Panasonic it is less expensive(MSRP of $3499 vs $5499) because the glass manufacturing process has yielded great price reduct...
[Panasonic 2PX50U 42" Flat-Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (TH-42PX50U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 06/21/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
89% (17 of 19) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Gorgeous ! Beautiful saturated colors, but what makes it stand out from its far-behind competitors is the black level. The blacks in the darkest part of the picture are so deep that its virtually unchanged when the TV is turned off. That's the technology that puts Panasonic plasmas ahead of the competition - the ability to turn off the pixels completely without any residual or offset emission from the darkest pixels. The other brands (Samsung, Phillips, etc) cannot do that and the result is some shade of g...
[Panasonic 2PX50U 42" Flat-Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (TH-42PX50U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/21/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
88% (15 of 17) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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I'm the unlucky guy who had the bad experience Usually on Amazon customer reviews, someone had a bad experience with a product and I wondered why I couldn't find anyone who had something go wrong with the Panasonic 42" plasma...then I realized that person was me.
Eight weeks ago, I had read all the good reviews, saw the TV and was impressed and plunked down my nearly $3k for a television set...I still can't get used to that much money for a TV.
It looked good. I liked it a lot for video games, movies, over-the-air ...
[Panasonic 2PX50U 42" Flat-Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (TH-42PX50U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 02/20/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
87% (35 of 40) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent I have been real happy with this TV. The picture is outstanding when you have a good HDTV signal, and very good even with a standard resolution signal. Football games are great. This TV is plenty big enough for my room, but I find myself wishing that I had sprung for the the 50" Panasonic plasma.
[Panasonic 2PX50U 42" Flat-Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV (TH-42PX50U) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/27/2005 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
70% (7 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |