Panasonic TC-L42ET5

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• 9 stars

  A Good Value with Some Minor Headaches

  by EricksonLe on August 17, 2012

  Pros: + Excellent 3D picture
  + Comfortable 3D glasses
  + Well Working Apps in Viera Connect
  + Remote is light and responsive
  + Smart tv features impressed and alot of content

  Cons: - Limited picture adjustment capability
  - Does not play nicely with audio receiver

  Summary: The design of the tv is very impressive and the pictures do not do it justice at all, as i must confess I was not a fan of the design ...

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  Summary: The design of the tv is very impressive and the pictures do not do it justice at all, as i must confess I was not a fan of the design from the pa shots on the net but once at home it really dose look the part and gives the competition a run for its money in the aesthetics department. the bezel is a glossy gun metal grey and looks stunning, the screen is glossy too and dose look more impressive than the matt screen of my previous tv. the TV has plenty of connections on the back from the 4 hdmi ports to the 3 usb ports so a lot of options for users. the remote is light and responsive. now that the aesthetics are out the way onto the tv picture (the most important part).
  
  having owned a 32" lg 720p TV I was worried I wouldn't notice a substantial leap in picture quality as the move from 720 to 1080p wouldn't be as impressive as sd to hd but I was very impressed with the full hd picture of the Panasonic ET5, High Def viewing is very good with a bright and colourful picture, I did lower the settings a bit as the out of the box settings were a bit too bright and the contrast was too high but have now settled on a picture I am happy with.
  
  SD picture is not as good as my 32" lcd but that might be down to the source being scaled on a 42" led or my signal strenth and the fact ive not spent more than 5 minuites playing with the setings but its not a terrible picture and it will be less than 10% of my viewing as this is my gaming and computer screen.
  
  speaking of gaming, i decided to hold off from last years passive screens due to LG having input lag problems and having read reviews for this model that have reported input lag measuring just 24ms, I decided I would not take the chance of an lg in case the problems repeated this year, I'm happy to report I can detect no lag on my TV so the reviews must be spot on have tested games from Wipeout HD, battlefield 3, god of war to world of Warcraft and has been smooth playing for me.
  
  Films also perform well on the TV with good motion and great picture I have intelligent frame creation set to min as any more and it produces the soap opera effect.
  
  onto the 3d and this is where i have been absolutely blown away by. I really did not think I'd be this impressed by the passive 3d of the tv. when I ordered the tv I ordered a few 3d films such as megamind and how to train your dragon. megamind is a great shocase for 3d (shame the 3d blueray cost so much) with great depth and pop out. 3d gaming was a little hard to adjust too as i focussed too much on the 3d and kept crashing my ship on wipeout hd! lol but was equally impressed with the 3d tech as i was for the bluerays and look forward to more use of 3d in games.
  2d-3d was ok just added extra depth to films and games so wasn't that impressive.
  
  the smart tv features impressed and alot of content on to choose from, only used iplayer so far but will use the other features.
  as you can tell im impressed with the tv and would recommend it to anyone except those that still rely on SD for there only tv sorce but that might be down to my poor signal or the fact i haven't had a proper ply with the settings. for gamers i would whole heartedly recommend it as it is a very responsive and impressive tv that produces a great picture.
  
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  Hope my review is helpful, good luck!

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