Product Description
106cm visible screen size (diagonal). 16:9 aspect ratio. Integrated digital tuner. HD Ready. 100Hz. 15000:1 native contrast ratio. 2 x SCART sockets. 3 x HDMI inputs.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #709 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Panasonic
- Model: TH-42PX80B
- Released on: 2008-02-11
- Dimensions: 72.75 pounds
Features
- 106cm visible screen size (diagonal). 16:9 aspect ratio.
- Integrated digital tuner. HD Ready.
- 100Hz. 15000:1 native contrast ratio.
- 2 x SCART sockets.
- 3 x HDMI inputs.
Editorial Reviews
Manufacturer's Description
With its 2008 Panasonic Viera Plasmas, Panasonic brings an astonishing 1,000,000:1 contrast ration to the table. advanced pixel resolution and image-processing technology with the plasma TV's natural ability to beautifully reproduce fast moving images, so every detail is rendered with amazing clarity, and all the action is delivered with a high degree of fluidity.
What is a Plasma TV? A plasma TV is a thin, high-resolution flat panel screen that uses a matrix of tiny cells that are charged by precise electrical voltages to create a picture. Plasma displays are bright, have a wide colour range, produce deep, true blacks, have a wide viewing angle, and are light enough to be wall-mounted or placed on a stand. Plasmas come in a range of sizes.
What's New This Year?
- Super Contrast--native contrast ratios on the PZ85, PZ800 series are 30,000:1, double last year's 15,000:1. Dynamic contrast ratios are up to 1,000,000:1.
- new anti-reflective filter; lead-free "Tough Under Force" panel is resistant to impacts and scratches
- Built-in SD card slot with Photo Viewer/Gallery Player software
- x.v. colour and Deep colour (HDMI 1.3 features)
- 24p native reproduction
- Game Mode auto-adjusts image quality suitable to games and includes anti-image retention
- Viera Link is now compatible with Onkyo and Yamaha home theater systems
- At least 2 HDMI inputs on all models (4 on PZ800 series)
- THX Certification on PZ800 and PZ850 series
| | Amazing colour reproduction The incredible black reproduction of a Panasonic High-Definition Plasma TV results in impressive contrast and beautiful, natural colours. So you'll get warm, accurate skin tones, gorgeous greens, breathtaking blues and vivid reds. For colour that's as rich and bold as life itself, look to a Panasonic Plasma TV. |
| | Consistent brightness from any angle A Panasonic Plasma combines anti-glare and anti-reflection technology with the natural light-emitting properties of plasma, to give you a super-wide viewing range with a crisp, beautiful image from almost any angle. |
 | Smooth, graceful motion When you're watching sports or movies with fast-motion graphics, you want a TV that can keep up with the action. With over 900 lines of moving picture, self-illuminating plasma displays eliminate afterimages in fast-action scenes. So whether you're watching a sporting event or an action-packed movie, you'll always get the most impressive viewing experience possible. |
 | 1,000,000:1 Contrast The Panasonic's Real Black system (a pre-discharge suppression system) and improved panel production processes combine to reproduce outstanding blacks with superb contrast. Each image is richly expressive, from bright scense, like scorching desert landscapes, to dark cave scenes. Compare the image produced by conventional HDTV on the left to the Real Black image produced on the right |
 | More colours Viera HDTVs support the xvYCC colour profile (Extended YCC colourimetry for Video Applications), or "x.v. colour" for short. Standard RGB colour space allows the display of a portion of the colours that are viewable to the human eye. The next generation "xvYCC" colour space actually offers an available range of colours that exceeds what human eyes can recognize. - Next-generation "xvYCC" colour space supports 1.8 times as many colours as existing HDTV signals
- Lets HDTVs display colours more accurately
- Enables displays with more natural and vivid colours
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 | Deep colour Where x.v. colour expands the available range of colours your HDTV can display, Deep colour increases the number of colours your HDTV can display within that range, for smoother transitions from colour to colour.
- Lets HDTVs and other displays go from millions of colours to billions of colours
- Eliminates on-screen colour banding, for smooth tonal transitions and subtle gradations between colours
- Enables increased contrast ratio
- Can represent many times more shades of gray between black and white.
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Connectivity
Viera flat panel HDTVs interact with an array of high-definition devices and services, making it easy for consumers to access and enjoy content as never before. As of 2008, Viera Link is compatible with Onkyo and Yamaha home theater systems.
 | Videos and stills recorded on SD cards can easily be viewed via the SD slots on Panasonic Blu-Ray Disc players and Viera HDTVs. |
 | Viera Link means easy connectivity via HDMI cables. Finally, consumers can easily operate their Blu-Ray Disc players, DVD recorders and home theater systems with a single remote control device. |
 | Equipped with an RGB input terminal, VIERA can connect with your PC and serve as a large-screen monitor. |
 | Long Life Panasonic plasma panels are rated to last 100,000 hours, which is about 30 years of regular or 11 years of non-stop usage before the brightness of the display is halved. |
 | Get Full HD with Blu-Ray Disc Players A Panasonic 1080p plasma television is able to render 1920x1080 pixels, but standard DVDs have a resolution of just 720x480. Blu-ray discs output true 1080p High-Definition resolution and have a storage capacity ten times greater than standard DVDs, so no pixel gos to waste. |
Customer Reviews
Great value
We had to look in to a replacement for a 2 year old Hitachi 37LD6600 which gave up the ghost and would have cost around £500 to repair. After a lot of consideration of all options (including Samsung and Sony LCD's), we plumped for the 42PX80B.
We've had it a week and all I can say is that it was really worth the money! Obviously, still in the process of 'burning' the screen in, but picture quality in both normal and high definition is outstanding, particularly when it comes to dark and contrasty scenes where most LCD's won't compete. I can't wait until the ~200 hours of burn-in are up so that I can turn up the contrast and brightness! Sound quality from the set isn't bad, and certainly better than I expected from a flat panel, but it isn't too much of an issue as we're using a home cinema set-up.
Other things worth commenting on are the solid build quality (nice to see a metal back panel and really decent connection to the pedestal), connectivity and ease of use. Even the box that the set came in made the job of removing the unit easy (release a few clips and the bulk of the packaging slides off).
Overall, I would heartily recommend this TV as long as you take the usual precautions that you would with any plasma.
