The Panasonic Viera TX-P42V10 - Worth Considering

By Darlene Barton

Panasonic has always been a leader when it comes to electronics and one of their newest models of flat screen televisions, the Panasonic TX-P42V10 is an example. This is a nicely designed plasma television that does give some push to the competition that is out there. It is a highly advanced television and the consumer should be pleased with some of its qualities and features.

The first new feature that the Panasonic TX-P42V10 has to offer is the Viera Cast and what that is, is the ability to connect to the Internet without using your computer. This is done through a portal that Panasonic has set up. Although the content is a far cry from you would find by using your own computer, the idea of receiving the Internet directly through your television is one that could certainly be enhanced in the future.

There are a few things that you can access now through Viera Cast, and it is certain that there will be more added in the future. Right now you can access a photo sharing site called Picasa as well as access to YouTube videos. There is also access to stock reports, sports, weather, etc.

Having a lot of different electronics that you would like to have integrated with your television can sometimes be quite difficult and confusing, but; the Panasonic TX-P42V10 has included a device that makes it extremely easy to set everything up as one home network and not a bunch of individual pieces of electronics here and there.

There is also what is called the THX mode and what this is for is to ensure that all the color levels are at a high quality level including the black level and ensuring that the sharpness and brightness are at their maximum best performance.

Panasonic has worked hard on improving the quality of the Panasonic TX-P42V10 picture and have done so by improving the materials and processing, gas discharge and cell design. By doing this the quality has improved immensely.

Plasma televisions have always compared very nice with that of the LCD, but their biggest complaint has been that they have used far more power than the LCD does. The Panasonic TX-P42V10 has fixed that problem with a new feature that lets it keep its picture quality and at the same time cuts down on using power to achieve the quality.

There have been some major color enhancements as well one of them has been improving the HD color for HDTV broadcasting as well as allow twice as much colors to improve the coloring from past televisions.

Some other nice features are the Freesat tuner, an SD card reader that allows you to view videos or your jpegs. Comes equipped with a full on HD screen and what they call a Viera Link which enables other equipment that is hooked up to the television to use one remote without even having a universal remote that you would normally have to have. A wonderful feature regarding the audio is its ability to gauge the size of the room and produce sound that will fit the room that the television is in.

With its new advancement in Black Level, the Panasonic TX-P42V10 has moved its picture quality up a notch and despite some of it's shortcomings, this television is still one of the top flat screen television sold. - 30542

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