PLASMA TV After you replaced the first one because of breakage, I found the replacement to be wonderful. I hooked it up and found the plasma display to be all that you claimed.
HD resolution is perfectly fine on this EDTV as long as you watch it from at least 8 feet away from the screen.
The multiple connections make it easy for a person to hook up all the peripherals.
It doesn't make sense to spend the extra money on a true HD set when this one produces such a clear...
[Panasonic 42" Professional Series Plasma Display with up to 8.58 Billion Colors - 4000:1 Contrast Ratio (TH-42PWD8UK) review by D. Wien "Happy Viewer" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | D. Wien "Happy Viewer" | | Review Date: | 02/01/2006 | | User Location: | Northwest NJ | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (14 of 14) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Recommended for those sticking with standard-def TV. If you subscribe to Consumer Reports--as I do (5 year subscription)--see my review on this magazine--note that the Panasonic plasmas are rated not just a little, but much higher than any other brand name within the comparable price range. Panasonic has plasma down. You must pay thousands more to get a better picture. This is the bottom line at this time. Perhaps things may change in time, but not quite yet. I am not affiliated with Panasonic and am merely summarizing my extensive and thorough re...
[Panasonic 42" Professional Series Plasma Display with up to 8.58 Billion Colors - 4000:1 Contrast Ratio (TH-42PWD8UK) review by Drake-by-the-Lake "movie criti can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Drake-by-the-Lake "movie criti | | Review Date: | 01/11/2006 | | User Location: | State of Euphoria | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
98% (155 of 157) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Forget about HD... with this, you'll never know the difference This is our first plasma/flat screen tv. It's a big move up from our 27" tube. We have a basic set up... Tivo hooked up via s-video and a progressive scan DVD via component video. This product is a display only. It doesn't have a built in tv tuner and so we use our Tivo for that. The picture quality of the Tivo on this display is marginal, but still better than what we used to have... and from 12'-15' back, you probably won't notice the difference from an HD display. The DVD output, on the...
[Panasonic 42" Professional Series Plasma Display with up to 8.58 Billion Colors - 4000:1 Contrast Ratio (TH-42PWD8UK) review by Rich Manalang can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Rich Manalang | | Review Date: | 12/15/2005 | | User Location: | SF Bay Area, CA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (27 of 28) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Best EDTV Out There ! The price of this tv is 500-800 dollars less than the nearest true HD 42" plasma tv. The picture is awesome in progressive DVD. Sattelite tv is good to very good. If you watch DVD movies often, you will love this tv. The only bad thing I can say about this tv is that it should come with a HDMI connection, but for 130-150 dollars you can install one in the empty input. I am glad Panasonic builds a great EDTV for those of us who can't afford a HDTV.
[Panasonic 42" Professional Series Plasma Display with up to 8.58 Billion Colors - 4000:1 Contrast Ratio (TH-42PWD8UK) review by S. Haley can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | S. Haley | | Review Date: | 03/05/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
88% (16 of 18) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Expect to add extras This is an excellent plasma TV. However, as others indicated it doesnt come with an HDMI outlet although it can be purchased for extra, about 150 dollars. Also it doesnt include speakers, so expect to pay an extra 500 for a decent sorround sound system, it also doesnt include a stand, so expect to pay another 200 for a stand although whats the point of purchasing a plasma if your not going to mount it? It defeats the purpose! Also it DOES make a huge difference, having an elegant TV like this mo...
[Panasonic 42" Professional Series Plasma Display with up to 8.58 Billion Colors - 4000:1 Contrast Ratio (TH-42PWD8UK) review by RicK "Rick" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | RicK "Rick" | | Review Date: | 03/20/2006 | | User Location: | South town, Ca. | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
67% (23 of 34) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great EDTV Plasma! This is a beautiful TV. I've had it for 6 months and I am very happy with it. For one, the minimalism of it. I just wanted a monitor. I didn't need a tuner since I have a HD cable box and I didn't need speakers since I have a great surround sound system. Also, I find it distracting that consumer versions of flat screens have all that stuff attached, as one reason people like flat screens are the aesthetics. I think the EDTV picture is excellent, and I feel comfortable I made the right decisio...
[Panasonic 42" Professional Series Plasma Display with up to 8.58 Billion Colors - 4000:1 Contrast Ratio (TH-42PWD8UK) review by ACNY "NY Reader" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | ACNY "NY Reader" | | Review Date: | 07/11/2006 | | User Location: | NYC | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
88% (8 of 9) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Picture so good you'll forget about HD I bought the TH-42PWD8UK after exhaustive research and dozens of showroom screenings. To be blunt, these Panasonics have (both the HDs and EDs), by far, the best picture you can have in your home and I'm delirously happy with it. There are a bunch of caveats and issues, though. The flat screen TV decision cuts across a mess of issues:
1) Plasma versus LCD. LCDs look better in the average showroom because they have smaller pixels (finer grained picture) and brighter backlighting....
[Panasonic 42" Professional Series Plasma Display with up to 8.58 Billion Colors - 4000:1 Contrast Ratio (TH-42PWD8UK) review by Joshua G. Feldman "Technophile can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Joshua G. Feldman "Technophile | | Review Date: | 06/12/2006 | | User Location: | New York | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (8 of 8) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great Value - Best Buy - No brainer ;) This is an excellent plasma TV. I have it for little more than 6 months and I am happy that I bought this baby!
I did research for about 8 months before I bought Panasonic TH-42PWD8UK. First thing, look @ at consumer reports or any website for reviews on Plasmas - on top 10 list more than 50% will be from Panasonic. This company knows how to dig plasmas. Second part is you need to decide about your needs - what exactly you are looking for. In my case, I wanted a plasma that's slim &...
[Panasonic 42" Professional Series Plasma Display with up to 8.58 Billion Colors - 4000:1 Contrast Ratio (TH-42PWD8UK) review by S. Shah "desi101" can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | S. Shah "desi101" | | Review Date: | 10/12/2006 | | User Location: | Chciago, IL USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
87% (7 of 8) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Great TV..that needs a few extras Great TV. Much more affordable that HDTV and it looks pretty much the same. So much so, I bought this TV twice and may buy two more. Make sure you decide if you're going to mount it on the wall or put it on a stand and buy these accessories at the same time that you are buying this tv. You may also need some adapters BNC to RCA etc. All in All...I great buy.
[Panasonic 42" Professional Series Plasma Display with up to 8.58 Billion Colors - 4000:1 Contrast Ratio (TH-42PWD8UK) review by Matthew A. Hogarth can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Matthew A. Hogarth | | Review Date: | 07/09/2006 | | User Location: | British Virgin Islands | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
83% (5 of 6) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Works extremely well with 1080i or 720p signals! I've been pretty happy with the performance of the TH-42PWD8UK. I've had it for over a year now. Picture quality from DVD using component cable is very good, and has been what I am using it mostly for. I never feel the need for HD. DVDs looks awesome, as this unit is the native resolution of DVDs. I won't be far off to say that none of the HD sets in the store looks better than this one.
But the reason I am writing this review is my surprise finding of how well it scales 1080i or 72...
[Panasonic 42" Professional Series Plasma Display with up to 8.58 Billion Colors - 4000:1 Contrast Ratio (TH-42PWD8UK) review by R. Chi can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | R. Chi | | Review Date: | 10/30/2007 | | User Location: | San Francisco, CA USA | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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