Panasonic TH42PZ85U Review

With the TH42PZ85U plasma TV, Panasonic has achieved picture quality that’s sure to blow you away. The increased native contrast ratio of 30,000:1 ensures exceptionally rich blacks and stunning whites will definitely keep you entertained.

An anti-reflective filter keeps unwanted reflections to a minimum. The result is arguably the most detailed plasma TV in the world.

The TH42PZ85U includes a built-in NTSC/ATSC/QAM digital tuner to receive standard definition, high definition, and digital cable content. The set includes 3 HDMI connections, which enables the transfer of high definition video and audio via a single cable.

Panasonic designed this TV for convenience. Panasonic’s VIERA Link allows users to operate - through HDMI connections - all their home theater components by pressing one button on the TV remote. An HDMI cable carries not only digital video and audio signals, but control signals too.

x.v. Color is the new standard for high definition color. You see 1.8 times more reds, greens, and blues of the RGB spectrum. x.v. Color offers the wider color gamut while Deep Color brings on a better bit-depth. The result is vivid, accurate color with less artifacts.

The best images you can ever view on a Panasonic plasma don’t have anything to do with HDTV. Users can share their JPEG photos taken with an SD Memory Card-compatible digital camera on the TH42PZ85U through the set’s SD card slot. Panasonic also includes with this set GalleryPlayer, which allows users to enjoy the world’s finest high definition art and photography on this HD plasma TV.

Progressive Cinema Scan (2:3 pulldown) achieves exceptionally faithful movie reproduction through a sophisticated analog-to-digital conversion. Movies on film are converted to NTSC interlaced video for television by a process known as telecine conversion, in which the 24 frame-per-second film is converted to video at 60 fields per second. The fields are then paired to create 30-frame-per-second 480i video.
Some of the frames will contain dissimilar pairs of fields derived from two different frames of the original film, which causes artifacts. Panasonic’s Progressive Cinema Scan circuitry converts 480i video to 480p while restoring the original frames of the film for a more authentic movie reproduction. This widescreen TV features a width-to-height ratio similar to movie theater screens, providing a theater-like experience at home.

Incredibly slim and elegant, you’d never guess that the TH42PZ85U includes an integrated 20-watt, side-firing speaker system for maximum stereo separation. But just wait until you turn it on and crank it up. A virtual surround sound system creates an authentic and exciting surround sound effect from only the two stereo speakers while preserving the clarity and definition. This expansive audio provides a fitting complement to the incredible picture quality of Panasonic’s plasma TV.

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