Panasonic TH42PZ80 Reviews: Viera, 42" Screen Plasma Full HD 1080p TV

+ Excellent picture

- Sound quality not brilliant

+ Fantastic picture from standard definition (Freeview). DVD's are amazing and I haven't even hooked up a HD input yet so the best is still to come. Sound is very good considering the thickness of the panel.

- None

+ very good picture whether sd or hd.great value for money,panasonic viera 42" full hd for £750 what more do u want!

- could b a tad brighter

+ Outstanding picture quality, rivals other plasma sets that are twice the price. DVDs played on my Panasonic upscaling DVD player look stunning. Blows similarly priced LCD sets away.

- None that I can think of.....

+ Ease of use, picture quality, SD slot, value for money. Brings the LCD vs Plasma battle to an end

- Sound could be better for what is a nearly a perfect TV

+ Excellent picture quality, good sound, good selection of connections.

- None yet.

+ Very good picture quality, easy to set up

- the glossy finish is a dust trap

+ nice looking tv . great picture. good sound.one of the best tv,s on the market. easy to set up.

- none

+ Purchased the panasonic blu ray player which has really shown the quality of the screen. Really sharp and very good colour.

- Sound is average from screen speakers, which is possibly what you should expect. However have wired up my existing stereo system and produced knock out combination

+ Great quality HD pictures!

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+ Picture quality.

- Positioning of inputs - right in way of the wall bracket, silver band on the front. Will not autoswitch to the HDMI input on turn on and keeps wanting me to set up DVB when I just want it as a monitor for my home cinema.

+ STRAIGHTFORWARD SET-UP

- WHEN USING THE EPG THERE IS A CONSIDERABLE DELAY BEFORE IT APPEARS ON THE SCREEN

+ Very clear picture for HD viewing

- For the size of screen will be much better when more programmes are HD.
Would prefer silver surround but all TVs this year are black!

+ Great TV, Looked around at lots of reviews and glad I picked this one, its brilliant, if you can afford it the panasonic blue-ray player is a must to really show how good the picture on this TV is......

- None !!!

+ all good, great picture, good quality,

- no bad points to date

+ Excellent Picture

- Sound isn't great

+ cant fault the product. excellent value

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+ Great picture, Good looking and the best available at this price.

- No, can't think of any really. You need a surround sound system to best make use of this TV.

+ The features are excellent - great value for money

- I have experienced ghosting on a few of the scart inputs but I have been told this was due to inferior leads

+ Good picture on sd content, excellent picture on hd plus great for gaming

- Third hdmi connection on the front

+ very smart looking ,spartan almost ,but very easy to use just a joy to watch.

- none that i have found so far.

+ High Quality Product for Low price,
Even being 42" it doesnt take over living space
3 HDMI nowadays is a real must. Great all rounder.

- nothing reall bad to say about plasma. Ive No HDMI capable equipment to go with plasma lol
so will have to buy new dvd player and surround. (dont tell the missus)

+ Great crisp picture, stylish modern shape, excellent user friendly menu/setup/controls, Great Brand.

- None

+ simple operation and clarity of picture

- confusing instructions for connecting to other equipment

+ easy set up great picture

- none at the moment

+ Excellent picture with normal Freeview and DVD. I don't have Bluray so don't know what that's like. A great TV at a great price.

- None.

+ The Base Swivells

- Speakers on the tv are not all that great

+ Fantastic tv, had high expectations as have bought panansonic before and this tv did not let us down. Excellent picture quality, sound a bit tinny at first but when adjusted the bass superb. Easy set-up, plug in and follow on screen menu, could not be any easier. TV looks fantastic, my Dad cannot stop going on about how classy it looks and what a clear picture, he's getting one for himself!!
TV and stand bought together for a great price, definately good value for money. We are delighted with our new TV.

- None

+ very nice sharp and sound quality,just a good looking telly.

- none so far.

+ Picture
Quality

- Only 2 HDMI ports to rear

+ Large screen with fast refresh, so no ghosting. Great solid and crisp sound

- Remote could have option to switch between channels (the previous and current channel). Could do with a list of channels and programmes when pressing the select button on the remote.

+ Easy to set up and easy to connect VIERA LINK products.

- Would have prefered the third HDMI port on the rear of the set.

+ i felt that this product was the best i could buy and after using it i am still of that opinion. i am delighted with this amazing piece of equipment.

- none for me and i expect reliabiliy to be excellent too.

+ Slimline and pleasing to the eye. Very easy to setup.

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+ very impressive television

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+ 3rd HDMI socket with SD card socket in front makes for easy access, especially when wall mounted. A surprisingly useful touch. I still prefer Plasma screens and this is a great screen for the money. I cant fault it so far for image quality.

- None that I wasnt expecting so far.

+ Brilliant picture quality

- None

+ easy to set up, vastly improved viewing experience against old style TV's for everyone in the room.

- n/a

+ Style, Picture Quality, Easy to use

- None

+ Picture and sound are great.

- Not enough scart sockets, had to buy a splitter box. Get the one with manual switches.

+ great looking tv easy to use simple set up

- none i can think of very satisfied

+ Picture is great, plenty of ports/connections, easy to use, great value!

- Nothing really springs to mind...

+ High quality and good appearance

- Still struggling a bit with how the interface works with a Sky box, but that might be me.

+ Looks good, Sounds good, excellent value.

- Haven't found any yet.

+ There is a natural hue to this television when compared to other cost comparable products. Excellent value for money.

- None

+ excellent value with all the extras 1080p 100hz etc

- when watching football still not total picture clarity but will wait and see whats its like with proper hd supplied into it.

+ User friendly. Can't wait for high definition programs to start. Over the years I have had 1st class reliability from various items of Panasonic equipment.

- No bad points, but perhaps one or two extra program facilities

+ easy to set up out of the box. great picture and contrast. link direct to home cinema ...

- none

+ Great tv posible the best for the price great when playing blu ray films and also good with gaming, nice design to.

- sound not great but not bad ever little disapointed with tv 3 red dead pixels on screen my eyes aways go to the three red dots, wish that panasonic should test the tv's before selling them out

+ Easy to set up, excellent image quality on both HD and SD (after some tweaking) and good sound. Excellent value for money.

- SD quality quite soft out of the box, but excellent after some tweaking. Would benefit from more customer friendly picture settings.

+ Easy set up, image and sound quality

- Remote control is badly made... Thats about it

+ Great picture & sound, easy set up and menu system.

- Bit pricey & coooling fans can be intrusive in quite room and low sound volume

+ clear picture, looks really good gloss black edge.
works really well playing games.

- cant find any yet..

+ EXCELLANT SOUND &IMAGE QUALITY, LOOKS BRILLANT WALL MOUNTED

- NO BAD POINTS

+ good quality all round

- not big enough need 52" ! my mistake.

+ easy to install and use

- none

+ Excellent picture using internal Freeview tuner. Very easy to set up.

- Green tint when using my Hauppauge MVP streamer.

+ Fantastic picture, looks great

- None

+ Everything I expected

- None

+ Very nice picture quality for both normal and HD tv.

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- No bad points

+ Great picture, easy to use TV.

- None. It ticks all the boxes; 1080p, 100hz,with 30,000:1 ratio giving real "black" unlike others

+ Geat picture quality - extremely easy to set up - it does it all itself.

- None

+ Picture, easy setup

- Too much frame, particularly at the base. I like a tv that has the picture sitting low so That I have the choice to put on a higher stand.

+ Plugged it in and switched it on. Easy set up procedure. Within 5 minutes it was up and running and with all the settings on standard "Normal" the picture is excellent. Blacks are amazing. I am using SD Sky+ and the picture is fab. Standard DVD also looks brilliant. Have no analogue/digital reception at my house (darkest Cornwall) so I cannot comment on that aspect of the TV.

- Have not come across any as yet.

+ Excellent picture quality on HD and BluRay, easy set up and use.

- 3rd HDMI socket is on the front so if you do need to use it, looks untidy

+ Beautiful tv, great picture and channels setup in seconds

- Tv's speakers not powerfull enough [but not that bad really] Works well on surround sound
Always starts up on terrestrial not AV [sky]

NONE OF THE ABOVE MUCH OF A PROBLEM REALLY

+ Good picture quality, and eco setting which adjusts colour according to lighting conditions. Not a bad buy!

- Sound takes a little getting used to, have not fitted other speakers yet.

+ Freeview picture very good, upscaled picture from DVD source to 1080p is excellent, yet to try HD source. For the energy minded the average metered power use has been about 220 watt (depends on contrast setting). I spent ages looking at all Plasma and LCD tv's and beleive that the Panasonic TH42PZ80B plasma was the best choice.

- Nothing of note.

+ Picture quality in High Def is Excellent but I must add that I was very surpised at how well it handles Standard Def images, much better than expexted.

- Not really any bad points, many mention the sound this is fine and more than compitent but anyone spending this sort of money on a TV will most probably invest in a seprate sound source anyway.

+ Excellant picture quality combined with good sound at at a great price.
Really good value for money.

- None found as yet.

+ Looks good . it more or less set itself up

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+ Good picture quality, sound obviously not as good as with surround sound ,but in a small living room its good enough. Not got HD box yet but cant wait to try it.

- There are so many similar panasonic plasma tv s, its hard to decide which one to go for. For the money I think I made the right choice.

+ This 1080p set does a fantastic job of upscaling regular PAL signals to fit its panel. But it really shines when a full HD input is present. One of the really good things (for me at least) is the three different zoom options. If you have an old 4:3 PAL source (older TV broadcasts normally are in this format) then you can use zoom1 which will keep the aspect ratio but chop off the top and bottom. When a proper widescreen source comes along the set automatically switches to wide mode anyway - so no more flattened images!

- Not got any that spring to mind :-)

+ Price is reasonable and picture pretty good - picture of plasma I still think looks more natural than LCD, which looks more like a drawing than the real thing, if you see what I mean

- I had the Panasonic PX80 before and the freeview reception on that was better, plus the picture seems to have more contrast and brightness. HD picture flickers a bit when panning from side to side, the PX80 didnt do that, but the PX70 did.

+ the contrast is better than any other tv i have seen.

- its hard to stop watching

+ Good looking set with freeview, excellent picture & sound

- None, really.

+ Future proofed (well before 3DTV becomes available for under a grand anyway)
All the features you need to make the most out of having a:
HD Reciever,
5.1 Surround Sound with up scaling DVD player,
HDMI cables,
Monster Optical Cable,
and PS3,

- Non Standard VESA measurement of 660mm X 320mm
Only 2 rear HDMI slots.

+ The television is attractive ( I never thought I would like such a large television in our room), It was very easy to set up and has loads of freeview channels. It is sturdy on its base and has excellent picture and sound quality.

- I would have preferred it to be all black ( it has a silver bit at the bottom)

+ Great picture
Nice looking unit
Plenty of input connectors (of different types)

- very heavy!
no HDMI calbe supplied

+ I understand when buying a large plasma you need what this has got , 1080p, and 100hz, to stop plasma "lag".Much cheaper versions with 50hz but you get what you pay for!!.
Fantastic clear picture, very handy camera sd card slot, overall well pleased.

- Supposedly the sound is not as good as some models, but not so i have noticed.

+ Superb picture quality. No idea about the sound as I listen exclusively through my surround system, Simple to set up with a good selection of inputs.

- Distracting silver bezel at the bottom of the set. Third HDMI input only on the front drop down panel. Power consumption is reputedly high although it's too early to know what impact this will have on my bills.

+ Great TV with fantastic picture quality. Hooked with an BlueRay player the image quality is mind blowing.
Supplied stand as also very good.

- None so far.

+ Excellent out of the boxx

- None

+ Clear shrap picture.

- Collects too much dust, on the smooth finish.