Panasonic Viera TX-P42S10
The basics
The Panasonic Viera TX-P42S10 is a 42-inch Full HD (1080p) plasma television with 30,000:1 native contrast ratio. It has 400Hz sub-field drive, JPEG playback, Freeview tuner and three HDMI ports. It measures just 105mm thick, and weighs 27kg.
The good
Evolution has turned dinosaurs into chickens and orang-utans into Megan Fox, so why shouldn’t it transform Panasonic’s ancient hot and heavy plasmas into this modernistic thing of splendour? The P42S10 is now (almost) as slim as an LCD, with low power consumption and the latest 24p playback and frame smoothing motion algorithms. The feature list is fully evolved, too, thanks to x.v.Colour, 100Hz scanning and a wide choice of picture modes. Standard def Freeview pictures look fine but feed it a HD source and the Viera blossoms into life with picture quality that will have you glued to the screen like optical Araldite.
The bad
To achieve this level of picture perfection, at this price-point, Panasonic has stripped out anything unnecessary. You won’t find the slinkiest menus or the most rip-roaring sound on board this Viera, and three HDMI inputs is really the bare minimum these days. There are no VieraCast web widgets, either.
The bottom line
In the cut-throat eco-system of flatscreen tellies, it’s strictly survival of the hottest. Panasonic’s plasmas prove their worth by shrinking waistlines and price-tags while offering images that are bright, smooth and arse-slappingly exciting.
User comments (7)
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Dave Hill01 August 2009
Tesco are doing O% interest on TVs makeing some good offers
Report as inappropriateJason Bottomley11 August 2009
Show me the best gadgets!
Report as inappropriateandy11 September 2009
panasonic store in guildford have the best prices i have seen at the moment with 0% apr and 5 year warrantys free
Report as inappropriatethe-pilgrim27 October 2009
Took your advice, glad I did as this tv is extremely good. You're spot on, with an HD feed it is incredible. Very happy, thanks guys!
Report as inappropriateGMurray05 March 2010
been looking at the tellie for a bit now, I was going to go with an LG 42LH3000 for just under £500 (Dixons) but have decided to pay the extra £100 for "better blacks" (at least so i've read over and over again on a number of review sites and customer reviews). Hughes Direct is doing it on amazon.co.uk at the moment for a penny under 600 squid (and officially on their own website for £200 MORE!!). Glad to see it got top marks from the Gadget Show too, now my mind really is made up!
Report as inappropriateMRFIVE16 October 2010
NICE TELLY
Report as inappropriateDamienReete22 January 2011
Elo, I am a newby. Better had say howdy. I use up alot of time cunjoring opinions on techy stuff, reckon this site will help shed some more light on my love of electronics see you around (sorry if this is the wrong thread to post this) ---------------- My System: AMD Phenom x5 3.6GHZ (overclocked and unleashed!) ASUS Geforce GX260 6GB Kingston Triple Channel Memory 1TB WD Caviar <a href=http://viera-neopdp.co.uk/v20_series.php>panasonic v20</a> Monitor / Television Coolermaster 750W Power Supply
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