Philips 42 PF 5321 Plasma TV
October 31, 2007
Television is a most favourite electronic product for those who have interest on entertainment. This television brings everything to your living room with impressive images and realistic sound effects. Philips has recently introduced Philips 42 PF 5321 Plasma TV which functions with the help of plasma technology.
The reputed brand Philips offer 42 inches screen which can support 15:9 aspect ratio. This is nothing but a ratio which refers the relationship between the width to the height of the screen. It is simple to adjust the brightness setting as you like. The highest brightness setting is 1100 cd/m². The maximum horizontal resolution of the unit is 852 pixels and the vertical resolution is 480 pixels.
Philips 42 PF 5321 Plasma TV is manufactured with the stuff to accept frequencies up to 50 hertz. Use either NTSC or PAL tuner. You can get 2 distinct audio technologies namely Dolby Virtual Surround, Nicam and Stereo. Two speakers have come equipped for enhancing the audio output. Each speaker has the stuff to offer 15 watts power individually. Teletext is a useful option through which you can know about day to day news, sports and movies.
You can use 3 scarts as either AV input or AV output. Other two vital options available in this device are sleep timer and progressive scan. This scanning feature helps you to get crystal clear images on the screen. Video text option is also available with Philips 42 PF 5321 Plasma TV. Users can enjoy double channels in a single screen by enabling ‘Picture in Picture’ feature.
Totally 2 HDMI interfaces are equipped. Silver coating has used for decorating the exterior attractively. This smart home entertainer is designed with the compact dimensions as 123.6 x 72 x 28 cm as W X H X D. The weight of the unit is just 39.2 kilo grams.
Samsung PS-50Q96HD Plasma TV
October 30, 2007
Choosing an ideal television from the UK market is not an easy task. There are innumerable brands available with distinct features and prices. One of the reputed electronic products manufacturing company, called Samsung sells the Samsung PS-50Q96HD Plasma TV. Plasma display technology has been used to procure images on the TV screen. These models are available in most of all the leading shops in the UK with affordable prices.
• Setting brightness is an art to view impressive images on the screen. You may not get attractive images if you set high brightness. But Samsung PS-50Q96HD Plasma TV has come with the maximum brightness level up to 1300 cd/m2.
• Digital tuner is equipped with the product which is needed for receiving more than 25 free view channels. The number of channels may change according to the coverage.
• When you want to enjoy music personally it is better to use headphones. Plug it into headphone socket and forget the atmosphere with heavenly sound effects.
• The need of scarts arises while you want to interact with other devices like game consoles or DVD player.
• It is sure you will get brilliant images on the screen by producing pixels up to 1048320.
• You can enjoy your favourite show or movie with the large enough screen of 50 inches.
• If you require, simply use ’sleep timer’ option to turn off your device automatically.
• Enjoy Nicam sound technology in this home entertainer.
• 175 Degree is an optimum angle of vision of Samsung PS-50Q96HD Plasma TV.
• As the product has made with 44 grams weight, you can easily mount it on your wall like a painting.
• Samsung has been marketed the product with the dimensions as 1231 x 789 x 104 millimetre as W x H x D.
• Get a TV stand to place it safely.
Pioneer PDP435FDE Plasma TV Review
October 29, 2007
Since its inception in 1937, Pioneer has carved a niche for itself in the world as a manufacturer of innumerable items for your home, DJ equipment, car audio and multimedia like state of the art Plasma TVs, DVD, DVD players, A/V amps, subwoofers, speakers and receivers.
Important features
The Pioneer PDP435FDE Plasma TV has a 43”wide flat screen. It being a digital TV, one can be assured of not getting hassled by white patches on the screen as is seen on analogue TV screens. It has the standard image ratio of 16:9 required for home cinema systems. It is HDTV ready and requires another receiver for receiving HDTV signals. It has an impressive brightness of 1100cd/m2 and a contrast ratio of 1200:1. The screen resolution is 1024 x 768 pixels. The comb filter is a digital 3 line one. It also has adjustable colour temperature. The combined effect of these features produces image of average quality.
It has a viewing angle of 1600. It enables multiple channels viewing in inset windows with availability of sound only in the main channel.
The sound effects are tremendous with virtual surround sound and SAP/MTS stereo effects with two speakers of 2×13 watts.
It’s built in tuner uses NTSC/ PAL/ SECAM video broadcast standards. The broadcast format displayed is 720p (HDTV) / 480p (EDTV) / 480i (SDTV) and it supports the broadcast format 1080i (HDTV) / 720p (HDTV). 1080i appears to be of the same resolution of 1080p because of interlacing or progressive scanning, even though it has only half of it. But it has double the frame rate of 1080p. It also has more shake than 1080p.
It is provided with 1 HDMI, 1 RF, 1 component and 3 21pin SCART rear input connectors. Front input connectors are 1 Composite, 1 Audio (RCA), 1 S-Video and 1 D-Sub (RGB PC). 1 Audio (RCA), 1 Composite and 1 S-video rear output connectors are present. They provide easy connectivity.
Sleep timer and parental control are other features available. It comes with a headphone jack and a regular remote control.
The Pioneer PDP435FDE Plasma TV is an expensive mediocre visual performer.
Philips BDS 4241 V Plasma TV
October 28, 2007
Philips BDS 4241 V Plasma TV has been marketed all around in the UK. The device has dedicatedly designed to impress the buyers through distinct features and shortcut functions. Philips, a reputed manufacturing company has made this product by its intelligent designer team. The device can offer various impressive features like 42 inches screen, HD ready technology, 720p display format, HDCP compatibility, progressive scan, 3D digital comb filter, 16:9 image aspect ratios etc.
1. Screen
The diagonal screen size of the unit is 42 inches and it functions by utilising plasma display technology. Philips BDS 4241 V Plasma TV has made as a wide screen format.
2. Dimensions
The dimensions of the product determine the physical properties. This unit has designed with the compact dimensions as 103 cm width, 9 cm depth and 62.5 cm height. The product weighs around 31 kilograms.
3. HD ready
It is an advanced technology which is used for receiving high definition signals on the screen.
4. Display format
Philips BDS 4241 V Plasma TV has come with the display format as 720p.
5. Resolutions
It is possible to support various DTV resolutions namely:
• 480p
• 720p
• 1080i
• 480i
• 576i
• 576p
6. PC Interface
Users can use 2 different PC interfaces namely DVI and VGA.
7. HDCP compatibility
HDCP stand for ‘High bandwidth Digital Content Protection’ which is essential to protect your digital content.
8. Progressive scan
It is a new technique used for representing motion images on your screen. Every pixel will represent each frame in this process.
9. Display resolution
Philips BDS 4241 V Plasma TV has the stuff to procure images with high resolutions like 1366 x 768 pixels horizontally and vertically.
10. Power requirements
The product needs an operational power up to 300 watts.
11. Audio support
Total audio output capacity of the unit is 20 watts. This device functions with the support of stereo sound output mode. Two embedded speakers are use for high quality audio support.
12. Display features
You can adjust brightness up to 1000 cd/m2. It offers 24 bit colour and 3D comb filter. The unit has availed in the market with the pixel pitch ability as 0.9 x 0.676 millimetres. You can view television comfortably with the viewing angle as 160 degrees horizontally and vertically. Viewers can view two channels in a single screen with “Picture in Picture” option.
13. Additional options
There are various additional options are available like:
• Auto Power Off
• teletext with 1000 pages memory
• on-screen menu
• auto power on
• 3:2 pull down compensation
• 2:2 pull down compensation
Panasonic TH-42PA20 Plasma TV
October 27, 2007
Panasonic TH-42PA20 Plasma TV is an impressive product which has come with admirable features like 42 inches screen, flat design, thin construction, real
black drive system, progressive scan, anti-reflection coating, digital signal compatibility, HDTV monitor, DVI, 16:9 aspect ratio, 1.08 mm dot pitch, 260 cd/m2 brightness, 1070 million colours, 160 degree viewing angle, 280 watts power consumption etc to make television viewing exciting.
There are various playback options are available in this Panasonic TH-42PA20 Plasma TV. They are:
• PAL BG
• PAL I
• SECAM DK
• SECAM L
• NTSC M
The screen is constructed with super thin design and is a flat screen. It has featured with real black drive system. It is simple to display the images on the screen at a single pass with the help of ‘progressive scan’ feature. You can view reflection-free pictures on the screen as it has anti-reflection coating. The monitor has featured with HDTV monitor that supports both high definition and enhanced definition. This monitor has come with the potential to procure resolutions up to 1366 x 768 pixels.
The compact home entertainer is designed with the compatibility to broadcast digital signals like:
• 1080i
• 720p
• 480p
• 480i
DVI stands for “Digital Visual Interface” which is a useful connectivity feature. The ratio between the width and the height of the product is known as ‘aspect ratio’ which is measured as 16:9. The maximum dot pitch ability of the device is 1.08 millimetres. You can choose either normal mode or high mode for setting brightness on the screen. You can get brightness up to 260 cd per meter square in normal mode and up to 350 cd per square.
You can view a maximum of 1070 million colours in your TV screen. The optimum viewing angle of the device has measured as 160 degrees.
Various Red-Green-Blue (RGB) resolution of Panasonic TH-42PA20 Plasma TV has listed as:
• 1280 x 1024 resolution in SXGA
• 1024 x 768 resolution in XGA
• 800 x 600 resolution in SVGA
• 640 x 480 resolution in VGA
Panasonic offers a BNC connector and Mini DIN 4 pin ‘S-Video’ input. Other 5 BNC connectors are used for RGB input or component input. The unit can support various RGB signals like Y, CB OR PB, Cr or Pr etc.
Two speakers are used for enhancing the audio system which offers 8 watts each. The system requires AC power supply up to 100 to 240 volts. 42 x 26.9 x 3.9 is the compact dimensions of Panasonic TH-42PA20 Plasma TV which indicates the actual width, height and depth. The freestanding unit just weighs 78 lbs.
