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Panasonic TH-42PX25U/P Review

by Sean Captain

- Panasonic's 42-inch plasma handles color well, taking third place for that attribute in our tests of eight models. We saw deep reds in footage from a classic car show, for example, and natural-looking skin tones for characters in a high-def recording of The George Lopez Show. The TH-42PX25U/P also took third place for displaying detail, with minimal video noise in TV recordings and DVD movies. But the TV placed sixth in our measure of brightness and contrast--ironic given that Panasonic touts the high contrast specifications of its plasmas as a major selling point. The end result was a middle-of-the-pack rating, with the TV placing fourth out of eight for standard-definition and high-definition content and fifth for DVD performance.

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Reviewed by: decosails

Duration of ownership:

Strengths: Good looking, quiet, cool running, many features

Weaknesses: poor customer service

Overall Evaluation: have had the set for one year, in that time there have been 6 service calls to fix the problem with dead pixels and bright pixels. after the set is on for 3-4 hours the bad pixels will start to show up, at times there will be 30 to 40 of them. the set has had 3 circuit boards plus the plasma screen replaced all to no avail, the problem has gotten worse and panasonic will not replace the set.it is impossible to speak to anyone at panasonic that can make the decision to replace the set, all you can do is speak to a clerk who will take the information down.
Reviewed by: kenirok

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Strengths: Picture viewable at any angle, Pleanty of inputs and outputs on both back and front, Easy Setup and the little extras.

Weaknesses: HIMI input is in a hard to reach place. Could use better cable management.

Overall Evaluation: I have a HDTV in my living room that is not a plasma and this beats its hands down in the HD catagory. Picture quality is great and local HD channels come in better than the SAT HD channels. Easy to use and set up. Had it wall mounted and even the technicians whom wall mount 20 to 30 TV?s a month commented on the ease of mounting it. This is one of the Best HDTV I?ve seen and even my friends who have HD plasmas in their homes can?t believe how much better and cheaper it is compared to theirs.

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