Regular Price: $1,699.95 Panasonic TH42PZ85U Plasma HDTV - 42", 16:9, 30000:1, 1920 x 1080, 1080p, ATSC, NTSC, HDMI In Now Just $1,099.97 - FREE SHIPPING
Panasonic TH42PZ85U Plasma HDTV
Panasonic 1080p plasmas match the most advanced pixel resolution and image-processing technology with an ability to beautifully reproduce fast-moving images. So every detail is rendered with amazing clarity, and all the action is delivered with unbelievable fluidity. 1080p also delivers amazing color reproduction resulting in impressive contrast and beautiful, natural colors. What you get is warm, accurate skin tones, deep blacks, gorgeous greens, breathtaking blues and vivid reds for color that’s as rich and bold as life itself.
Turn Your Living Room into a Gallery
GalleryPlayer® allows you to enjoy the world’s finest high definition art and photography on your Panasonic HD plasma TV. Use the free GalleryPlayer® software to purchase and download the images you like, and then play them on your Panasonic HDTV right from your PC. Sign-up is easy and free. Plus, you get a free collection of high definition images to enjoy right away in your home or office.
Share Digital Photos on the Big Screen
Share your JPEG photos taken with a Lumix® digital camera on your Panasonic plasma using the built-in SD card slot2. Simply insert the SD card, which is about the size of a postage stamp, into the SD slot on the TV and enjoy a photo slideshow with Photo Viewer.
Specifications
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Features
- NEW! 42" Class (41.6" Diagonal) Widescreen VIERA Plasma 1080p HDTV with Increased Native Contrast Ratio
- PC Input
- New Anti-Reflective Filter
- Deep Color Technology
- Game Mode
- Built-In SD Card Slot/GalleryPlayer® Ready to View
- 3 HDMI Inputs and VIERA Link® HDAVI Control
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ATSC - Means 2009 Digital TV Ready Buy with confidence that ATSC TVs are designed for the future! The ATSC Standard for Digital Television (DTV) encompasses a number of Standards, Practices, and Guidelines for Digital Television. What it means for today’s television consumer is that ATSC TVs are ready for the future! They comply with the requirements for the transition to Digital TV sets and all digital transmission to occur by February 17th, 2009. ATSC Digital Ready TVs have digital tuners already. TVs and related Tuner products that are not ATSC will require a separate digital tuner after the transition date. |
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How Compatible Is HDMI? HDMI is fully backward compatible with PCs, displays and consumer electronics devices incorporating the Digital Visual Interface (DVI) standard. Both HDMI and DVI were pioneered by Silicon Image and are based on TMDS®, Silicon Image’s powerful, high-speed, serial link technology. HDMI supports standard, enhanced, or high-definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio on a single cable. It transmits all ATSC HDTV standards and supports 8-channel digital audio, and with 5 Gbps of bandwidth, HDMI can accommodate future enhancements and requirements. Because HDMI was designed specifically for consumer electronics applications, it offers an array of additional consumer enhancements. As digital content can manifest itself in a variety of sizes, resolutions and formats, HDMI-enabled systems will automatically configure to display content in the most effective format. In addition, if implemented in a specific device, HDMI enables a single remote point and click, allowing manufacturers to deliver home theater systems that automatically configure from a single command from a remote control — turning on or off the components necessary to view a DVD, listen to a CD, or watch cable or satellite TV. What is the difference between HDMI 1.3 and HDMI 1.3a, or 1.3b? How can I identify which HDMI products support a specific feature, such as DVD Audio or Deep Color? What Is Firmware Upgradeable? What is the difference between Active HDMI and Passive HDMI? |
REVIEW BY: Reviewed Sep 04, 2008
I honestly thought I could never have this level of performance given my limited budget. Thanks Panasonic and Tigerdirect.
REVIEW BY: Reviewed Aug 19, 2008
I got this TV at a big box on sale several months ago and have been very pleased. No problems, easy set up, great picture. I viewed the similar 720P model side by side and reviews said you probably couldn’t see the difference on this screen size. I could and I’m very happy I paid the extra for the 1080p. I’ve bought plenty of other items from Tiger and have never had a problem but I wanted it that day so I went to the big box to be able to bring it home that day… only reason I didn’t get this via Tiger.
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With the TH42PZ85U plasma TV, Panasonic has achieved picture quality that’s sure to blow you away. The increased native contrast ratio of 30,000:1 ensures exceptionally rich blacks and stunning whites will definitely keep you entertained.
An anti-reflective filter keeps unwanted reflections to a minimum. The result is arguably the most detailed plasma TV in the world.
The TH42PZ85U includes a built-in NTSC/ATSC/QAM digital tuner to receive standard definition, high definition, and digital cable content. The set includes 3 HDMI connections, which enables the transfer of high definition video and audio via a single cable.
Panasonic designed this TV for convenience. Panasonic’s VIERA Link allows users to operate - through HDMI connections - all their home theater components by pressing one button on the TV remote. An HDMI cable carries not only digital video and audio signals, but control signals too.
x.v. Color is the new standard for high definition color. You see 1.8 times more reds, greens, and blues of the RGB spectrum. x.v. Color offers the wider color gamut while Deep Color brings on a better bit-depth. The result is vivid, accurate color with less artifacts.
The best images you can ever view on a Panasonic plasma don’t have anything to do with HDTV. Users can share their JPEG photos taken with an SD Memory Card-compatible digital camera on the TH42PZ85U through the set’s SD card slot. Panasonic also includes with this set GalleryPlayer, which allows users to enjoy the world’s finest high definition art and photography on this HD plasma TV.
Progressive Cinema Scan (2:3 pulldown) achieves exceptionally faithful movie reproduction through a sophisticated analog-to-digital conversion. Movies on film are converted to NTSC interlaced video for television by a process known as telecine conversion, in which the 24 frame-per-second film is converted to video at 60 fields per second. The fields are then paired to create 30-frame-per-second 480i video.
Some of the frames will contain dissimilar pairs of fields derived from two different frames of the original film, which causes artifacts. Panasonic’s Progressive Cinema Scan circuitry converts 480i video to 480p while restoring the original frames of the film for a more authentic movie reproduction. This widescreen TV features a width-to-height ratio similar to movie theater screens, providing a theater-like experience at home.
Incredibly slim and elegant, you’d never guess that the TH42PZ85U includes an integrated 20-watt, side-firing speaker system for maximum stereo separation. But just wait until you turn it on and crank it up. A virtual surround sound system creates an authentic and exciting surround sound effect from only the two stereo speakers while preserving the clarity and definition. This expansive audio provides a fitting complement to the incredible picture quality of Panasonic’s plasma TV.
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