The bezels have a gloss black finish, as well as the non-swiveling stand is also gloss black. Unlike many flat panels, you have to attach the supplied stand, but it is a simple task requiring eight screws; just use a Philips screwdriver handy. Having a friend nearby to put the nearly 60-pound unit into position will be a excellent thing too.
The front looks very clean, with no lines or compartments for front inputs. The lower bezel has a nice slope, the power on/off button, a remote sensor as well as the Contrast Automatic Tracking System (C.A.T.S.) sensor which adjusts panel brightness to match ambient lighting.
The correct side has six primary controls (channel up/down, volume etc) that you will never use; that is what the remote is for. On the left side is definitely an HDMI input for a camcorder or game program, composite A/V input, and an SDHC card slot to view photos utilizing the Viera Image Viewer. Unfortunately, it doesn’t handle AVCHD camcorder videos. You have to spend more for that new G10, V10 and Z1 Series models to obtain this feature.
The rear has the jack pack with one more two HDMI inputs (three total), two component and A/V inputs, as well as digital audio out. No shockers right here, but an additional HDMI input will be a plus.
The TC-P42S1 comes using the plasma panel, as well as metal posts and screws to attach the supplied stand. You also get a plain-vanilla remote, batteries, power cord, cleaning cloth plus a trilingual Quick Begin Guide (58 pages in English). Like every other HDTV, you will will need your own HDMI cables to connect your equipment. A green note: Panasonic touts the energy savings with the S1; how about reducing all of the tape utilized to hold every one of the pieces into position inside the carton?
We attached a Verizon FiOS cable box and Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-ray player towards the set. Prior to obtaining into the content, we were very pleased seeing the default picture setting was “standard,” rather than the over-the-top vivid used by many other brands. Panasonic suggests making use of vivid in a bright area, but we wouldn’t use it even if our lives depended on it. That’s a bit harsh, but avoid this setting just as you would a visit from the IRS. Standard is used in fairly dim rooms, and colors are really natural. The cinema setting is obtainable for dark viewing areas, plus there’s a game mode and custom, and tweak contrast, brightness, color, tint, sharpness, color temperature and black level among others. This is more than enough for that average viewer who rarely even touches picture parameters. That is why we’re glad standard is the default. Nonetheless those trying to find Imaging Science Foundation (ISF) choices, or Panasonic’s Studio Reference setting, look elsewhere. (With this set you don’t really need it but we’re acquiring ahead of ourselves.)
As well as power saving, Panasonic claims the new Neo PDP panels are brighter than last year’s models, have deeper blacks, a lot more shades of gradation, last 100,00 hours, and provide a 40,000:1 contrast ratio (versus 30,000:1 for that older PZ85U). That all sounds great in a press release, but how do Tv shows and movies really look? We tested against a 50-inch TH-PZ750U, which was a top-of-the-line model in 2007, to discover.
We watched a wide variety of Tv programs in standard mode with a few tweaks for personal preferences; you lack to be in custom to do this. The Stanley Cup hockey finals serves as a good test for motion, as well as the set handled the action with ease. Panasonic states the Neo PDP panels have a 600 Hz subfield drive compared to 480 Hz for older screens. Motion detail seemed a bit crisper versus the ’07 panel, however, either one blows away any LCD HDTV, so maintain that in mind, sports fans. Overall, Television shows were a mixed bag, but that is much more due to the source material. ESPN HD and Versus looked fantastic, Judge Judy, not so excellent (no snickering, please). The Tv simply reproduced the signal—for much better or worse—which is what it is supposed to complete.
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