Panasonic TX-P42V10 Reviews: Viera, 42" Screen Plasma Full HD 1080p TV

+ Full of functionality and yet easy to use to switch on and watch. The design is not the super slim bevel of some flat screens but at 8.3cm and only 27Kg it fits nicely on the wall. The picture quality is the reason you'd buy a TV and the HD display is excellent. Run a Blue Ray disc and the quality is purely outstanding. Sports play exceptionally well - why I bought it as it's all I watch - with thye 600Hz,I'm sure playing its part ... not got a grip of that though myself.
Normal TV, typically, is not completely true but as far as HD picture quality this is as good as I've seen and it leaves friends and visitors open mouthed.

- I haven't played with the sound much but thus far it rates as average until I get to grips with film and song.
Other than that no bad points yet.

+ Easy setup of channels. Good standard terrestrial picture. Very good standard deffinition Freesat picture. Excellent HD picture with Freesat HD & upscaled DVD - don't have Blu-ray so can't comment. THX mode handles picture detail,colour saturation & motion particularly well producing natural rather than excessively detailed images. Shows up the production quality of the source being watched. Sound very good but as with most panel tv's limited by shape of the tv.

- Remote control construction does not match the tv's quality. Some picture glare in bright light conditions. Shows up the production quality of the source being watched!

+ Easy setup and great picture out of the box. Also the V10 is a fantastic looking TV.

- None to mention.

+ It's all good, a really great TV

- None found so far

+ Great picture and the set looks smart

- Nothing that I've found.
Although I've only given the sound an 8, I've don't use the tv system as I play the sound through my av amp.

+ Awesome image quality and i/os to suit most people.

- None

+ Wonderful Picture. Breathtaking with Sky HD. In fact - the best of all the TV's.

- Viera Cast YouTube software is ropey.

+ The good points on this TV are the HD picture quality

- The bad points on this TV are the positioning of the scart and HDMI connectors if you want the TV to be flush tight with the wall (it would have been so much better had they been bottom entry!!!!)- The default channel on the TV when 1st switched on is the freeview so if you are running your SKY via HBMI cable you need to press the AV button to switch

+ fantastic picture quality

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+ Great picture, 4 x hdmi inputs, freesat, dvb & analogue tuners,
energy saving options.

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+ TOUGH PANEL DESIGN AND EASE OF USE COUPLES WITH EXCELLENT PICTURE QUALITY.

- RGB SETTINGS

+ Best picture quality, superb design, Freesat, DLNA, DivX

- No DivX+/HD support, youtube only SD format

+ we have a Pioneer which is excellent in every sense but wanted another 'quality' tv but less expensive. We purchased this Panasonic tv on-line before it was available in the shops and we have not been disappointed. The picture quality is excellent and is on a par with the Pioneer. The sound quality isn't by any means poor but could be improved. We will later look to improve this.

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+ Smashing looking TV, nice clean lines, no big ugly buttons. Sound quality is fine (we are not movie buffs so not bothered about surround sound etc). Menu options are easy to follow and set up was a skoosh.

- Can't think in any - only downside is that we would have preferred an LCD TV but at the size we purchased (and after looking at working Samsungs in Comet showing normal TV pictures) we decided to go with the plasma instead - we felt it gave better normal TV watching over the Samsung, although the LCD probably appears better it on BluRay - as I said, we don't watch a lot of movies, so a clear, non patchy picture on normal TV was more important.

+ Don't use the built in speakers so can't comment. However for the rest have been very pleased. Both HD & SD broadcasts via FreeSat are excellent quality particularly like the THX mode. Also the ease with which I was able to connect it to my wireless network was great. It displays photos from the desktop PC excellently and has proved a great way for us to view these in the comfort of the lounge rather than clustered around the PC in the study.

- Bit disappointed and frustrated that MP3 and other audio files on the PC are visible over the network but not playable via the TV.
Viera cast is still somewhat limited unless you are a fan of UTube or Eurosport! More is promised soon?