Panasonic VIERA TC-P42X1

• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 6 reviews
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• 6 stars

  Great picture. Good price for a plasma

  by usadna on March 10, 2009

  Pros: The picture is really good. The HD looks fantastic. Sleek clean look. 3 HDMI inputs. Motion, especially fast moving sports are smooth and not jumpy.

  Cons: The Viera link thing is useless unless you already own or are planning to buy compatible Panasonic equipment to use with it. I was annoyed to discover no RCA audio outputs and even more annoyed that the TV audio does not come out the optical dig out!

  Summary: The audio is a big deal to me and I made the mistake of assuming this unit had a simple RCA audio output to hook up to my home theatre ...

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  Summary: The audio is a big deal to me and I made the mistake of assuming this unit had a simple RCA audio output to hook up to my home theatre surround sound amp...but no. The ONLY audio output is a digital optical out. So I buy a converter box ($75) to convert the signal from digital to analog. I have a DVD player, VCR & a satillite dish hooked up to the TV. I can now hear all the audio thru my home theatre EXCEPT the TV output! So if I tune into the free TV signal with my rabbit ears, the TV audio does not come thru the digital output! Unreal. Here I thought modern technology was wonderful. Besides this little pet peave of mine along with the useless Viera feature, I love it! The picture is really good.

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  3 out of 4 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 9 stars

  Very Good Plasma Set

  by mschro on September 7, 2009

  Pros: Great picture, easy set up. Good styling. Looks great in a bright room. Great price.

  Cons: Could have audio out rca jacks.

  Summary: This is my second 42" plasma. Other is a Samsung. Panasonic was put in a living room with alot of light. Looks great in bright or dark. I was about ...

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  Summary: This is my second 42" plasma. Other is a Samsung. Panasonic was put in a living room with alot of light. Looks great in bright or dark. I was about to get it at BBuy for 679 but found it at $529 and free shipping, and I couldnt pass it up. Fantastic value. TV speakers are adequate but I have it hooked up to a surround system. Have had it for a couple weeks with no complaints. My 3 year old Samsung 42" plasma has a brighter picture, but the Pany looks great. Just different. Pany handles the fast movement of sports a tad better. Thought about a 1080p but just couldnt see enough difference for the extra bucks. It also blows away our 32" samsung lcd as far as depth of colors. Get very true blacks with plasma. Can't go wrong with this plasma.

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  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  Best TV EVER BUILT!!!!!

  by subhajits on August 28, 2009

  Pros: Best Picture Quality and Sound Quality is good too.

  Cons: NO CONS!!! WHAT SO EVER!!!!

  Summary: I bought the same tv at best buy for 780 including tax.

  Summary: I bought the same tv at best buy for 780 including tax.

  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 8 stars

  Excellent TV for an oustanding price

  by electrofreako on August 16, 2009

  Pros: Lightweight, great picture quality, easy to install and program, so far so good

  Cons: Just bought it, can't find any cons yet.

  Summary: The value is excellent.

  Summary: The value is excellent.

  1 out of 1 users found this user opinion helpful.

• 10 stars

  GREAT TV AWSOME PRICE

  by RICH1970FORD on March 8, 2009

  Pros: COLOR AND PICTURE LOOKS GREAT

  Cons: NOTHING PERFECT FOR FIRST PLASMA

  Summary: GREAT PRODUCT GREAT PRICE $850 OUT THE DOOR TAX AND A 5 YEAR WARANTY

  Summary: GREAT PRODUCT GREAT PRICE $850 OUT THE DOOR TAX AND A 5 YEAR WARANTY

• 10 stars

  So far, so good...

  by an80sreaganite on June 18, 2009

  Pros: VERY easy installation and set-up. Excellent picture quality and great features.

  Cons: So far, I have seen little downside (admittedly, we have only had it for 4 days). I am a little wary of the life of the TV, but only time will tell.

  Summary: We had to replace our old T.V. due to a lightning strike, so we decided to get into the 21st century and go HD. We were not considering Panasonic, ...

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  Summary: We had to replace our old T.V. due to a lightning strike, so we decided to get into the 21st century and go HD. We were not considering Panasonic, but after looking at the choices available at Best Buy, we bought this set for $599. It was clearly the best TV for our needs at that price ($899 for 1080p). We have is it placed between two windows, so we have the picture on bright, but it is still far superior to our old TV (which we had on the other side of the room and hence had a lot of glare.)
  
  The only glitch in set up was the ?auto power off? which turned the power off if there was no signal. Since we wanted to use one remote to turn on/off cable/TV/receiver we had to change the default settings. But, still it was pretty straight forward. I am definitely looking forward to using the add-on features of the set. (SD Card, etc?)
  
  Like I said, so far we love the TV, but I remain leery about the life of the TV, as out last set was 10 years old. I have no illusion of out TV lasting 10 years, but I will be disappointed if it lasts less than 4 years.

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