Panasonic VT25 vs GT25 Differences Explained

Panasonic released their mid-range GT25 line of 3D TVs shortly after the introduction of their flagship VT25 line. Looking at the specifications of both lines of Plasma TVs, it is a bit difficult to understand what the actual difference between the VT25 and GT25 TVs are. Obviously there has to be some difference to justify a $500-$700 price difference between the two. This article will compare the VT25 vs GT25 to point out any differences and similarities between these two excellent Plasma 3D TV offerings from Panasonic.

Firstly, the VT25 series is available in the following sizes: 50 inch, 54 inch, 58 inch and 65 inch.

These are the largest 3D TVs offered by Panasonic at the moment and it makes sense that their premium line of Plasma 3D TVs are also their largest.

The GT25 series is only available at 42 inch and 50 inch screen sizes. Being the mid-range 3D TV offering, this also makes perfect sense.

This is one area where there is definitely a difference between the VT25 and GT25 3D TVs. The VT25 series features Panasonic’s premium Infinite Black Panel Pro panel technology. Infinite Black Panel Pro is an improvement in the front panel technology that reduces electrical pre-discharge allowing for extremely deep blacks and great contrast ratios. The VT25 series of 3D TVs have been universally praised for their Kuro like black levels and superior 2D and 3D image quality.

The Panasonic GT25 features the Infinite Black Panel feature which is meant to do exactly the same as Infinite Black Panel Pro technology, but is a less complex implementation of the technology. While it certainly improves black levels and image quality by a lot, it certainly can’t match the black levels of the VT25 series. However, it should be noted that the GT25 still has great picture quality, and for the price, it is a fantastic 3D TV. This is why the GT25 made it to our list of Top 5 3D TVs.

Surprisingly, this feature is only available in the GT25 series and not the VT25 series. It is a pretty fun feature and when it works, it can be reasonably good at converting 2D content into 3D. However, this doesn’t always work (same goes for all manufacturer’s implementation of 2D->3D conversion) and will be less and less important as more and more 3D content is made available to the consumer.

This is one area where the Panasonic VT25 is much better than the GT25. This is primarily due to the 96Hz ability of the VT25 (not to be confused with 600Hz Sub-field motion, which both have) which allows the VT25 to display 24fps content very smoothly via 4:4 pulldown techniques (24*4=96Hz) giving very accurate motion display. On the other hand, the GT25 does not have this feature and has to use 3:2 pulldown techniques resulting in judder in smooth panning scenes or when text is scrolling across your screen.

However, don’t be alarmed by this. It isn’t a huge issue as judder due to 3:2 pulldown is something every TV has had till last year and even now, a lot of the current 3D TVs cannot manage judder free viewing of 24fps content. Also, keep in mind that content from your HD cable provider is provided at 60Hz, so judder is not an issue in the case of cable content.

These are the primary differences between the VT25 and GT25. The VT25 is definitely one of the best 3D TVs currently available on the market. However, it is also quite a bit more expensive than the GT25. While the GT25 doesn’t have the same black levels as the VT25, it still produces a very impressive picture with excellent color accuracy, is THX certified and also has the added bonus of being able to convert 2D content to 3D. Additionally, the GT25 series features the same revolutionary RGB phosphors pioneered by Panasonic that help eliminate cross-talk when viewing 3D content. Depending on your budget, you can’t really go wrong with either one of these fine Plasma 3D TVs. Be sure to check our Panasonic 3D TV reviews to read unbiased reviews of all the Panasonic 3D TVs currently available in the market.

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Panasonic VIERA TC-37LZ85 HDTV Review

Panasonic VIERA TC-37LZ85 Review

Most of Panasonic's HDTV lineup are plasmas. The company does not produce many LCD models. In fact, currently, the TC-37LZ85 is only one of two 37" Panasonic VIERA LCDs. The other is the more expensive TC-37LZ800.

But don't think of the TC-37LZ85 as the poor cousin because it includes all the features and performance that you would expect from the 2008 class of 37" 1080p LCD HDTVs.

(Editor's Note: We have been trying to rope this Panasonic into our roundup of 37" LCD HDTVs from different manufacturers. Even though it came in late, we still believe that it belongs in the herd. We have reviewed seven others individually. This Panasonic VIERA is the eighth and final one in the corral.

You can read the other reviews here: LG 37LG50, Samsung LN37A550, Toshiba REGZA 37RV530U, and VIZIO VO37L, AOC Envision L37W861, Sony BRAVIA 37XBR6 and Sharp AQUOS LC-37D64U.)

Performance: 4.5 I found that once I tuned the TC-37LZ85, I was comfortable enough with its consistently excellent video performance that I could sit back, relax and enjoy the show. Like almost all the other 37" LCDs in the roundup, the audio, though decent, did not match the video quality.Features: 4.5 With three

HDMI supports standard, enhanced, or high-definition video, plus multi-channel digital audio, and interactive controls on a single cable. It transmits all ATSC (Advanced Television Systems Committe) HDTV standards and supports 8-channel digital audio. First product releases using HDMI occurred in 2003." class=gloss>HDMI inputs and an SD card reader for playing back photos, about the only major feature missing is picture-in-picture. The connection panel does not provide a VGA input and the picture control tool set will not satisfy the tweakers. If any of these are important, then start subtracting half points. Ease of Use: 4.5 With the default Picture Mode settings supplying a good starting point, setup for most people will be a matter of making a handful of minor adjustments. And if you have questions, Panasonic's Concierge Service is free. Value: 4.5 I have seen the street price of the VIERA TC-37LZ85 below $1000. Considering its picture quality and attractive features, this 37" 1080p LCD becomes a value contender.Ratings are relative to when the review was written. The obvious example is Value, what you could purchase for $2000 two years ago or even two months ago would seem like a bad value for that price now. We have given only a precious few 5 Star ratings, which we reserve for truly outstanding accomplishment.

The thick 2" high gloss piano black bezel is so retro - harkening back to late 2007 - that the front of the VIERA TC-37LZ85 looks fresh and fulsome next to the wispy and willowy narrow frames that are in vogue.

To observe the most distinguishing feature on the face of this TV, you need to step up close and look down from above. The speaker enclosure subtly sweeps out in an arc between the non-glare IPS screen and the non-swivel stand. The curvature is punctuated by its silvery mirrored surface.

This almost 49 pound TV (with stand) is one of the heaviest 37" LCDs that we have reviewed. Though at three feet wide, it still is manageable for one able body.

Next to the pad of operational buttons on the back right edge is the side connection panel, which provides an HDMI input, a Composite input with matching stereo Audio Ins and a headphone minijack.

Literally inches away on the back and facing out, the larger panel furnishes two more HDMI inputs, two Component inputs (YPbPr) with matching stereo Audio Ins, one S-Video, and one Composite input.

Also on the rear panel are a digital Audio Out (optical), a stereo analog Audio Out, and an RF connector that links to integrated NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuners. Since the tuner system is Clear QAM compatible, you can attach your cable TV signal directly into the RF connector and tune in unscrambled cable stations.

For those concerned about the DTV transition coming up, the ATSC tuner is the key. With the proper antenna, you will be able to tune in digital signals broadcast over the air.

Conspicuous by its absence is a VGA (15 pin D-Sub) used to connect your PC to your TV and have it substitute as a computer monitor. If you have that in mind for the TC-37LZ85, then your computer's video card will need an HDMI or It can also carry an analog signal and comes as DVI-I (integrated - analog and digital), DVI-D (digital only) and DVI-A (analog only). Dual link DVI connections add additional resolution capabilities. Digital cable lengths should not exceed 15 feet. Specifications on DVI are available at www.ddwg.org. Click for more details on DVI." class=gloss>DVI out that you can link to one of the TV's HDMI ins.

The VIERA, like all the other 37" TVs in the roundup, does not provide an Ethernet port to connect to your home computer network or the Internet. Nor does it have a picture-in-picture capability.

More importantly for photographers, behind a swinging door on the right side of this HDTV is an SD card reader, which allows you to upload JPEG photos from SD cards.

If your digital still camera uses compact flash cards, it is a bit of a nuisance to transfer your photos to an SD card, but seeing your images in full HD is worth the trouble.

The Photo Viewer software gives you a choice of display times, 1 - 10 seconds, 15, 20, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120 and manual. But the only transition between slides is a quick Wipe down.

The non-backlit remote control is ungainly but functional, with big square buttons. As always, I would have preferred separate input buttons for the video sources.

Our process of measuring the power consumption of our review units is straightforward. We plug the TV into a watt meter, called Watts up? Pro, and take a simple sampling of readings during the playback of a full screen video clip.

The first measurement is at the TV's default picture setting, which is often some form of Vivid. This TC-37LZ85 review unit arrived at my door with the Picture Mode already set to Custom, though I assume this is not the normal new-out-of-the-box default setting.

Whatever it might be, I still decided to take a reading at the TV's Vivid setting. The meter ranged from about 181 to 187W. Panasonic's manual states maximum power consumption at 222W.

At the Standard default, the reading dropped to 151 to 153 watts. If you pick the Cinema default, power drops dramatically to 95W.

We also take a reading after we adjust the picture to our preference, which is a much less bright image than Vivid. The power consumption lowered to 114 to 117W. Of course, depending on how you like to set up your TV, your mileage may vary.

Finally, we turn off the TV and measure how much power it is using. With the TC-37LZ85, the meter sank to 0. Panasonic states the Standby consumption as less than .2W.

The start up time from Standby was a reasonable 7 to 8 seconds.

To calibrate the monitor, we use the the Blu-ray version of the Digital Video Essentials DVD called HD Basics. We are playing the DVD on a Pioneer BDP-94HD Blu-ray player connected to the HDTV with an HDMI cable.

We use the test patterns to adjust black level, white level, and color bias. The player is set to output a 1080p signal, which is the Maximum Resolution.' class=gloss>native resolution of the TC-37LZ85.

The Picture menu provides the basic adjustments, Picture (Contrast), Brightness, Color (Saturation), Tint (Hue), Sharpness, and Backlight.

Panasonic offers five Picture Modes: Vivid, Standard, Cinema, Game and Custom.

I chose Custom, then moved to the Color Temperature settings, which range from Cool (the bluish end) to Warm (the reddish). I opted for Normal. Next, I turned down the Backlight to fit my dim, light-controlled room.

The two minor changes that I made from the default settings were Color, which I dropped a few notches, and Tint.

Tint, (sometimes labeled Hue on other TVs), was the real wild card. Depending on my source material, I would push it towards Green or with other content, towards Red.

I see this fluctuation as a characteristic of the DVD players and programs and not a flaw with the TV. As a matter of fact, this VIERA responded well to my tweaks and produced very good picture quality.

Now, if you really want to get down to the nitty gritty of subtle adjustments of specific colors, this is not the TV for you. The TC-37LZ85 simply does not have a expanded toolset of advanced picture adjustment controls, which I don't mind if the settings available do the job. And they do.

On a side note, I'm usually not a big fan of the Cinema preset Picture Mode. It's often a bit too muted and warm for me. To my surprise, after I adjusted Custom to my preference, I clicked over to Cinema and it was very similar. I could live with Cinema, though I would probably have to switch the Color Temp from Warm to Normal.

Since this HDTV arrived late, I didn't have a chance to compare it to other 37" TVs that were in the roundup. Therefore I must rely on my notes and visual memory.

To begin, I just went back and replayed some of my reference DVDs, on the TC-37LZ85. When it comes to high definition DVDs, the VIERA performs admirably. The video is clean, sharp and colorful, with good flesh tones.

If you really want to test your HDTV, you should feed it an occasional B&W classic like Josef von Sternberg's sumptous Scarlet Empress starring Marlene Dietrich.

The black levels on this Viera could be deeper, but they compare well to the other 37" LCDs. None of them can match the deep, smooth blacks of a good plasma TV. And none can transmute standard definition lead into high definition gold.

A non-scientific indicator of a TV's performance is my twitch level when watching content. When I am critically viewing for factors like color balance and contrast, if I spy some flaw in the image, my thumb begins to twitch for a tweak on the remote control.

When I can go through scene after scene without a twitch, that's good. And when I find myself relaxing and simply enjoying the movie, that's very good. With this Panasonic, more often than not, I was in my comfort zone. Even Dr. Phil in HD didn't knock me out of it.

Since the TC-37LZ85 does not supply a VGA input, I connected the TV to my desktop PC with a DVI to HDMI cable (DVI out of the video card to HDMI into the TV). From the TV's menu, you can assign one of the Audio Ins associated with the Composite or Component inputs to serve as the audio source for this HDMI input.

I set the video card to output 1920 x 1080 and the result made me want to designate this VIERA my dedicated computer monitor, especially since I have added a Blu-ray player into the box. Internet pages and word documents were easy to read, even from a distance. At 37", editing images in Photoshop becomes much more efficient.

As for the audio emanating from the pair of 10W speakers, it's good for TV audio, but it won't be confused for the depth and differentiation of sound that you will hear from a dedicated audio system.

The Audio Menu supplies the basic Treble and Bass controls, and a few advanced features like Surround and Bass Boost, but no Equalizer. I find that with stereo speakers activating Surround tends to muffle dialog.

I also noticed that if I chose PCM audio out on the concert Blu-ray DVD of Dave Matthews and Tim Reynolds performing Live at Radio City that I couldn't turn the Volume past half before the speakers started to shake and distort. If I switched to Dolby Digital 5.1 output, the audio levels dropped and I had more range in the Volume control.

Still, I recommend bypassing these integrated speakers, especially for audio fidelity critical content.

The Panasonic VIERA TC-37LZ85 pumps out first-rate picture quality that stands up well to the other 37" LCDs in our roundup. If you are an avid videophile who likes to fine tune your TVs, then the limited picture adjustment toolset is not for you.

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Panasonic TH-42PH10UK 42" Plasma

Panasonic TH-42PH10UK 42" Plasma Monitor
Dick De Jong
July 30, 2007
HDTV Solutions

The recently released TH-42PH10UK updates Panasonic's 42" offering in their Professional Plasma series. This monitor contains all the elements that you would expect from a commercial product like interchangeable input boards and the ability to be networked into a multi-display matrix. But for many of you searching for a great looking plasma for your home theater, the TH-42PH10UK is well worth considering.

This monitor will not fit neatly into everybody‘s home viewing environment since it is not a bona fide HDTV. For example, it does not have any TV tuners, neither ATSC nor NTSC. You'll need a cable or satellite set top box to watch broadcast TV. Also, though Panasonic does make speakers for this unit, they are sold as an extra accessory. But if you are serious about your home theater experience, you probably already have a dedicated sound system including speakers.

This á la carte approach to components is one of the appeals to the TH-42PH10UK. If you don't need a tuner or speakers, why pay for them? The pricing plan even applies to the stand. The baseline cost is just for the monitor. If you want a stand, it's extra. But if you have decided to wall mount the unit, why buy a stand? Of course, the wall mount is extra, but at least, you are only purchasing what you need.

Before you read further, I must point out that the Maximum Resolution.' class=gloss>native resolution of this plasma is 1024 x 768. If your eyes just widened in surprise, that is a natural reaction in these days when every new monitor seems to be 1920 x 1080. But the TH-42PH10UK, which began shipping in June, maintains the same resolution of last year‘s Professional Plasma 9 Series.

Judging from the superior picture quality of this plasma, you really can't fault Panasonic for their decision not to up the resolution on their 42" model. If you read our article on viewing distance, Pull Up a Chair, you'll see that you would need to move your chair as close as five feet away from the TV before you would notice a difference in detail between a 1080p TV and a 720p. (The HD format that most closely matches this Panasonic is 720p.)

Of course, the image can look so great that you will want to scoot your chair up. Watching the gorgeous Phantom of the Opera HD-DVD, we found ourselves sidling up to about three feet away. Not once, did I think, "Boy, I wish this was 1080p." (I have previously written about my thoughts on pixel envy, …It's the Picture. They haven't changed.)

(Editor's Note: We have posted a video review of this Panasonic monitor. You can see it here.)

Out of the Box
The TH-42PH10UK's design with a gray bezel with a black surround inside doesn't particularly distinguish itself from the crowd. Since the control buttons are on the bottom left of the bezel facing down, the Panasonic logo and the Power light are the only ornamentation on the otherwise clean face of the display.

This industrial visage beckons for the monitor to be hung on a wall in a ultramodern loft with concrete floors and Le Corbusier couches. Of course, I can imagine that an ingenious interior designer could dress it up with a faux frame and make it feel comfortable amongst chintz, chenille or shabby chic.

With the á la carte method of selling this product, it's not surprising that the components are packaged separately. In my case, with this unit, I dealt with three boxes. The monitor came in one, the stand in a second, and the

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On the back of the monitor, three slots are available for a variety of input terminal boards. The standard base unit in the U.S. usually comes from the factory with Slots 2 and 3 filled with a BNC Component Video Terminal Board (Slot 3) and a BNC Composite/S-Video Terminal Board (Slot 2). I like an HDMI input, so I requested one for this review. Depending on your requirements, Panasonic offers a range of boards including a Serial Digital Interface for high end video applications.

I would imagine that most retailers would deliver the monitor with the terminal board already installed. But after laying the unit face down on a soft flat surface, the process was just a matter of removing the four screws holding on the Slot 1 base plate, sliding in the board, and securing it with the screws.

Next to the three slots are a VGA (15 pin D-sub) PC input with stereo Audio In (minijack) and a serial RS-232C terminal. These two inputs are standard issue on the monitor.

Since we are touring the backside of the TH-42PH10UK, it provides two sturdy handles, which are always appreciated. The 57 pound (40" W x 24" H x 3.5" D) monitor is not back breaking, but maneuvering it around to attach it to the stand is much easier with the handles.

The stand reflects the Professional Series design, dark gray metal and very solid. Once the monitor is slipped over the stand's arms and screwed on, it's not going anywhere, literally. The display is fixed. It doesn't swivel or tilt on the stand. It would take a fairly good bump before this structure would budge. But if you do have an especially rambunctious household, Panasonic includes a set of bands to secure the stand to the furniture.

The non-backlit remote is functional and not fancy. It's not a universal remote so it isn't overpopulated with buttons. The ones there are large and their labels are easy to read. I also like that each video input has a dedicated button, which makes switching from one to another a breeze.

With no tuner on this monitor, there is no channel setup to discuss or fuss with. Panasonic does include an interesting Picture in Picture (PIP) feature that can be setup in three different orientations.

When the sub picture is overlaid in the PIP, you can even move it from corner to corner. The one drawback is that you cannot combine some analog signals. For example, a Component and PC signal cannot be displayed simultaneously. Other analog pairings do work like Composite/S-Video with Component or PC.

As a reminder that the TH-42PH10UK is a professional product used in digital signage applications, you can assign the monitor an ID number and set it up as part of a multi-display matrix, with up to sixteen screens.

If you are one of those who shy away from plasmas because of the specter of image retention, this display contains a number of features that prevent or reduce that from happening. My favorite is a function called Wobbling, which automatically shifts the image imperceptibly.

Setup
Calibrating this Panasonic plasma was painless, which is high praise from me since I often find the task distasteful and frustrating. Of course, a big portion of the pleasure emanated from the fact that the monitor's picture pleased my eye the first time I fired it up. The biggest tweak was to change the Picture Menu mode from Dynamic to Standard.

To back up a couple of steps, we still go through our basic setup procedure of viewing a series of test patterns from the Digital Video Essentials DVD, (the SD version). We switch between playing back through the OPPO DV-981HD and the Toshiba HD-A20. We use the HDMI connection. Both DVD players can upconvert a standard definition DVD. Since the TH-42PH10UK is closest to a 720p monitor, that is how we set the players' output resolution.

Let me be clear. The TH-42PH10UK will not accept 1080p signals. It does support 720p and 1080i and simply downscales them to its native resolution. The OPPO manual advises changing its output to match the monitor's. Of course, as a tech support guy recently suggested, try either setting, 720p or 1080i and see which one works best for you. Don't be surprised if you can't perceive much difference.

The Picture Menu on the Panasonic provides the basic controls: Picture (Contrast), Brightness, Color (Saturation), Tint (Hue) and Sharpness. The second page offers Color Temp (Normal, Cool, and Warm), Color Management (On or Off), and Advanced Settings.

If you turn this last option On, then you are presented with another two page menu. The first includes Black Extension, Input Level, Gamma, and AGC (Automatic Gain Control). As a rule, I will experiment with these to see how they effect the picture, but I usually return them back to their defaults and try to solve any image problems with the basic controls first.

On the second page of the Advanced Settings menu are individual Bias and Gain adjustments for Red, Green and Blue, with labels like W/B High R and W/B Low R. As a warning, steer clear of this whole page unless you are an experienced technician. You can really screw up your picture with these controls if you don't know what you're doing. If you just can't help yourself and you end up with fuchsia flesh tones, at the top of the first page of this menu is a Normalize button. One click will restore the default factory settings.

As I mentioned, those factory settings were pretty much on the money. Now, I've been doing this long enough and I've seen too wide of range of source material to state unequivocally that you will have the same results as I have. And just surfing through the different HD channels that we receive through Dish Network, I will admit that I want to fine tune here and there. But for me, with the Picture Menu turned to Standard, I felt comfortable with the defaults as a good baseline.

I did find the Sharpness control to be curious. The slider goes from -15 to 15. Usually, we start with Sharpness turned down. With most TVs as you move up through the scale, you will notice a gradual increase in sharpness. With the TH-42PH10UK , clicking from 0 to 1 was like flipping the Sharpness switch on, nothing gradual about it. For those of you who like to view on the razor's edge, you'll want to set it to 1 or above. But even at 1, you may notice a telltale ringing especially on high contrast edges.

Performance
In a word, performance was excellent. Even some SD broadcast TV was good. But when you feed it HD programming from an HD-DVD, ah, what a delight. I attempt to be unbiased, but any TV that can deliver solid blacks turns my head. This Panasonic plasma paints it black.

Phantom of the Opera Widescreen HD-DVD

I find that with an image with a strong black foundation, the colors are richer. Couple that with the TH-42PH10UK's Full On/Off contrast measures the ratio of the light output of an all white image (full on) and the light output of an all black (full off) image. 2) ANSI contrast is measured with a pattern of 16 alternating black and white rectangles. The average light output from the white rectangles is divided by the average light output of the black rectangles to determine the ANSI contrast ratio. When comparing the contrast ratio of video devices make sure you are comparing the same type of contrast. Full On/Off contrast will always be a larger number than ANSI contrast for the same video device." class=gloss>Contrast Ratio of up to 10,000 to 1 and you will begin to understand why I'm not so obsessed with this monitor's 1024 x 768 resolution.

For example, the Voom HD Gallery channel's program on the work of French glass artist, Emile Galle provided a dazzling demonstration of this display. Galle's luminous Carp vase as it spun revealed gorgeous gold and green textures and mesmerizing coral eyes.

Switching to the Xbox, the video experience was equally as engrossing. I attached to the Panasonic with a VGA cable and set the Xbox output to 1024 x 768, Widescreen. Once again, I did not feel underprivileged at this resolution. Test patterns showed only the slightest cropping of the game image.

To test the laptop on the Panasonic, I plugged in a VGA cable and set the computer's resolution to 1024 x 768. Opening up Photoshop, I noticed a definite stretching horizontally when the TH-42PH10UK's Aspect was turned to Full. If I set it to Normal, the computer window was inset horizontally with gray bars on the right and left, but the image was now in the proper proportions. (My graphics card does not have a widescreen option nor could I change the setting to any higher resolutions, which may also have solved the stretching.) Even though photos reproduced well, text didn't look so hot. I would suggest that you not use this plasma for surfing the web.

Finally, I must report that I noticed a bit of banding or contouring with static gradated backgrounds. I usually could write this off to low quality source material, especially with compressed satellite signals, but I saw it a little too consistently from a number of different sources. And of course, one of the advantages of digital inputs like HDMI is its clean throughput, which in this case more clearly exposes any deficiencies in the source material. I would much rather see occasional banding then smooth (or muddy) my input through an analog connection.

Also, you really have to be looking for banding because in most programs, this phenomenon would be a fleeting occurrence if it happened at all. And as I have admitted, I sit much closer to the screen then most reasonable viewers.

Conclusion
The Panasonic TH-42PH10UK is a professional plasma display that can fit comfortably into many home theater installations. One look at the monitor's superior picture quality and you will quickly forget its 1024 x 768 resolution.

First, realize, that ratings are relative to when the review was written. The obvious example is Value, what you could purchase for $2000 two years ago or even two months ago would seem like a bad value for that price now.

Second, we have given only a few 5 Star ratings, which we reserve for truly outstanding accomplishment.

Performance: 4.5
I appreciate the high contrast level, deep blacks, and rich colors that plasmas can produce. The TH-42PH10UK upholds that reputation.

Features: 4.5
This is a monitor. And as a professional display, it contains most of the features that you would expect for a monitor. But if you are looking for a full fledged HDTV with tuners and flash card readers, you will need to look elsewhere.

Ease of Use: 5
The Setup menus are straightforward, the manual is informative and the remote control is delightfully uncluttered. What more can you ask for?

Value: 4.5
I realize that the TH-42PH10UK's resolution is only 1024 x 768. But if you can overcome a case of pixel bias, for the price that I have seen this high performing plasma selling, you should definitely put it on your short list.

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