Comparison of popular 42-inch Plasma Televisions
November 8, 2008
LG 42PG3000 Plasma Television, Panasonic TH-42PZ85U Plasma Television and Samsung PS42A457 Plasma Television are popular TVs from some of the giants of the entertainment industry. A brief comparison of these 3 models is given below.
Display:-
| Attributes/Name | LG 42PG3000 | Panasonic TH-42PZ85U | Samsung PS42A457 |
| Screen size (inches) | 42 | 42 | 42 |
| Resolution | 1024 x 768 | 1920 x 1080 | 1024 x 768 |
| Brightness (cd/m2) | 1500 | 1500 | |
| Dynamic Contrast Ratio | 20,000:1 | 1,000,000:1 | 30,000:1 |
| Aspect Ratio | 16:9 (widescreen) | 16:9 (widescreen) | 16:9 (widescreen) |
Connectivity:-
| Attributes/Name | LG 42PG3000 | Panasonic TH-42PZ85U | Samsung PS42A457 |
| HDMI | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| SCART | 2 | - | 2 |
| Component | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Composite | - | 2 | 1 |
| S-Video | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Freeview Tuner | Yes | No | No |
| Audio output | 1 optical digital | 1 digital | 1 optical digital |
| PC Input | Yes. Also has PC audio input. | Yes. Also has PC audio input. | Yes |
| USB Input | Yes | No | No |
| Others | AV Input, CI slot, RF Input, RS-232C | Integrated ATSC Tuner, SD Card slot, 2 Analog Audio Inputs, Analog Audio Output | Headphone slot, 1 RF Input, Audio Monitor Output |
Audio Aspect:-
| LG 42PG3000 | Panasonic TH-42PZ85U | Samsung PS42A457 |
| 2 speakers with SRS TruSurround XT and Clear Voice technologies. Speakers are invisibly concealed behind the frame. Output power = 20W. | 2 Full range speakers with surround sound. Output power = 20W. | 2 speakers with SRS TruSurround XT technology. Output power = 20W. |
When it comes to technology and performance, LG certainly ensures that no stone is left unturned. They have always strived to make one feel that “Life’s Good!”. LG 42PG3000 HD-Ready plasma TV has been equipped with LG’s native Dual XD Engine, which plays an important role in picture quality enhancement. Smooth motion pictures without judder and artifacts are achieved by the 100Hz Picture Processor as well. Also letting you get the complete viewing experience, are the 3 modes- Game, Sport and Movie modes. These modes adjust display attributes internally to suit viewing content. Making life easy is a user-friendly interface too, giving you a grid type menu with easily recognizable icons. Additional features include enhanced noise reduction, sleep timer, on/off timer, manual clock, 8 day Electronic Programme Guide, Colour Temperature Control and Cinema 3:2/2:2 Pull Down. The classy looking, glossy black LG 42PG3000 plasma TV, claims to brighten up your living room by its sheer existence.
Panasonic - steady players in the entertainment arena, have given real tough competition to their rivals. Their “Ideas For Life” have surely worked magic on consumers. Panasonic TH-42PZ85U Full HD plasma TV features the 480Hz Sub-Field Drive, which provides clear vivid images of fast moving pictures, suitable especially for action movies and sports. Being Full-HD capable, fine detailed images are displayed on the screen. It also incorporates the 24p Cinematic Playback technology which gives a theatre-like experience to viewers at home. The digital cinema deep colour with x.v. colour technology produces a wide range of colours with natural, yet rich touch to them. The panel has an anti-reflective coating too, to cut off reflections. Other features include Sub Pixel Control, Digital Cinema Reality, Noise reduction routines, 3D Color Management and a Game mode. The black bezeled Panasonic TH-42PZ85U plasma TV also promises to deliver deep black levels with good performance.
Samsung, with their smart innovative technologies, have carved a great niche for themselves in the entertainment world too, giving some sleepless nights to their competitors. Samsung PS42A457 HD-Ready plasma TV, houses the DNIe+ technology that produces clear, natural looking pictures with great depth of detail. The Colour and Motion Optimisers along with the Contrast and Detail Enhancers, create rich colours and life-like images. This TV also employs the 100Hz processing technology to make motion pictures appear smooth and clear. The Filterbright feature takes care of removing on-screen reflections and displaying bright pictures too, suitable for viewing under any lighting condition. It features an Entertainment mode as well, which facilitates hot-key operation to switch among movie mode, sport mode or game mode. Noise reduction techniques, clock, on/off timer, sleep timer and Teletext are also offered. The black glossy Samsung PS42A457 plasma TV too, has the eye-capturing style to enhance the decor of any living room.
Thus, LG 42PG3000 plasma TV, Panasonic TH-42PZ85U plasma TV and Samsung PS42A457 plasma TV, do promise to deliver fine performances with their latest features and technologies.
Samsung PS 50A558S1F Plasma TV
November 7, 2008
The impressive appearance is the key feature of the plasma television for attracting the customers. Like every Samsung product, their plasma television also is high in demand. The brand has introduced their new model of television and is available in the market in the name Samsung PS 50A558S1F Plasma TV.
The weight of the plasma TV is 37.4 kg. The brightness supported by this television is 1300 cd/m2. The device is HDTV compatible and HD-ready. Inbuilt digital TV tuner helps the free viewing.
A very wide screen with 50 inches will definitely satisfy a viewer. Progressive scanning helps to generate a picture in a single pass. Integrated stereo speakers give you rich sound. The 2 speaker delivers 10 W power for each of them.1920 x 1080p is a high resolution compared to other models. 480i/p, 576i/p, 720p and 1080i/p are the given picture formats of the product. Picture in picture feature is a remarkable feature supported by the product.
The supported contrast ratio of this 50” plasma TV is 1000:1. 2 HDMI inputs and 2 Scart connections are available with the system. A very high viewing angle is provided to the plasma television and is 175/175 degrees for H/V. The supported sound format is SRS TruSurround XT.
1 USB cable, 1 component input, 1 composite input, 1 VGA input, S-video input and phono output are available with the device. Sleep timer facility helps to switch off the device after a short period of time fixed by the device. The digital audio output of the device is optical. Digital noise reduction is an advantageous feature of the system. The playback supports the TV is NTSC. The frequency of the plasma TV is 100 hertz.
The dimensions of the Samsung PS 50A558S1F 50” Plasma TV is (height) 76.98 cm, (width) 123.03 cm and (depth) 9.5 cm.
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Samsung |
| Model | PS 50A558S1F |
| Weight | 37.4 kg |
| Dimensions | 76.98 cm, 123.03 cm, 9.5 cm |
| Screen Size | 50 inches |
| Resolution | 1920 x 1080p |
| Number of speakers | 2 |
| Speaker Power | 2 x 10 W |
| Sound type | Stereo |
| Brightness | 1300 cd/m2 |
| Viewing angle | 175degree |
| Features | |
| Built-in speakers | Yes |
| Picture in picture | Yes |
| Sleep timer | Yes |
| Auto tuning option | Yes |
| HD-Ready | Yes |
| Digital video noise reduction | Yes |
| On/off timer | Yes |
| S-Video | Yes |
| Component video connection | Yes |
| Progressive scan | Yes |
Samsung PN63A650 Full HD Plasma TV
November 5, 2008
Samsung PN63A650 widescreen Plasma Television, playing home to some advanced features and technologies, seems to deliver high-end audio and visual performances. This 63” plasma TV offers Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, ensuring clear pictures filled with fine details. The plasma screen also features anti-glare technology, to cut out reflections and anti-burn-in technology to eliminate image retention. This 18 bit panel produces some deep rich colours as well. A high dynamic contrast ratio of 1000000:1, makes for some eye-catching picture and images to be displayed on the screen. This widescreen TV with image aspect ratio of 16:9, also offers 1080p progressive scanning. The DNIe feature along with Ultra Filterbright technology contribute to enhancing picture quality too. The picture can be switched between Custom/Standard/Music/Movie/Speech modes to suit viewing and audio content as well. Also, a wide viewing angle of 175 degrees is offered both horizontally and vertically, to enable comfortable viewing from any part of the room.
This plasma TV presents good connectivity too, with, 4 HDMI inputs, a USB port, 2 composite signal inputs, an S-Video input, 2 component signal inputs, a digital audio output, a headphone slot, a PC input, a mini-phone stereo audio line input and an audio line output. Two speakers with SRS TruSurround XT and Auto volume adjustment and Balance control produce stereo type surround sound effects. Additional features include Picture-in-Picture, Colour Temperature Control, digital tuner and analog tuner.
With a width of 60.2”, a depth of 17”, a height of 40.2” and a weight of 185.2 lbs, this TV comes equipped with a table-top stand that can swivel. Thus, the simple, black bezeled, Samsung PN63A650 Full HD Plasma TV, definitely seems to capture attention in any living room and provide great entertainment.
Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ750U Plasma Television
November 3, 2008
Why go to a cinema hall when you can get theatre-like experience at home, with the Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ750U Plasma Television. With Full HD resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, deep contrast levels and advanced colour technology, great quality pictures can be viewed on this plasma TV. It is also equipped with the 24p cinematic playback feature, which adds to displaying pictures just like the big theatre screen, without any judder or artifacts. Vivid and clear images are obtained with the 480Hz Sub-Field Drive, while viewing fast action movies or sports channels. Deep colour and x.v. colour technologies along with Digital Cinema colour, produce a wide range of rich, deep colours with natural tones. Noise reduction techniques have also been incorporated in this widescreen TV, to get rid of motion pattern noise and video noise. Motion Adaptive 3D Y/C Digital Comb Filter, 3D Colour Management and Sub Pixel Control are present as well, in order to enhance picture quality. Fine sound effects are produced too, by 4 speakers with BBE VIVA HD3D surround sound. A Games Mode is also offered, for those who love playing games on the screen. A special feature called Viera Cast has been built into this TV, which displays a web menu for accessing videos from YouTube or viewing pictures from Picasa Web album or getting latest Bloomberg TV updates for weather and financial matters.
This Full HD TV features a 50” screen with a Native contrast of 30,000:1 and a Dynamic contrast of 1,000,000:1, which enables displaying of bright pictures. It also has an anti-reflective coating that makes viewing comfortable even in a bright environment. Progressive scan of format 1080p is offered and input signals of formats - 1080p/1080i/720p/480p are compatible with this TV. It features an extensive list of connections as well, namely, 4 HDMI inputs, 2 composite video inputs, 2 component video inputs, a PC input, Integrated ATSC Tuner, SD Memory Card Slot, 2 Analog Audio inputs ( for HDMI) , 2 S-Video inputs, 2 Audio inputs (for Video), an Audio input (for PC), 2 Audio inputs (for Component Video), 1 RS232C, 1 Composite Video output, 1 Analog Audio output and 1 Digital Audio output. Also providing ease of operation of the HD AV devices connected to this TV, is the Viera Link feature, that allows control of these devices via a single remote control. The SD card slot allows you to plug in the SD card from your camcorder into the TV and watch your home videos on the high-definition wide screen. You can view photos too, using the built-in HD Photo viewer.
Thus, Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ750U Full HD Plasma TV, certainly seems to have the potential of being a great entertainer with all the advanced features and technologies that have been incorporated into it.
Panasonic TH-C42HD18 Plasma Television
November 1, 2008
Panasonic TH-C42HD18 Plasma Television features a High-Definition plasma panel with 1080p progressive scanning. The screen is coated with an anti-reflective filter which enables clear viewing of the TV, even in a bright environment. The 480Hz Sub-Field Drive technology, displays sharp, clear motion pictures, with well defined movements with no blur. This makes watching sports or action movies, very comfortable and pleasant. 24p Cinematic Playback display is offered by this TV, so you can witness theatre-like experience while watching movies. The judder and other artifacts occurring during the pull-down process is removed, thus, giving natural and clear looking pictures. About 4096 shades of gradation are also offered by this TV. The Deep Colour and x.v. Colour technologies exhibit rich, life-like hues. Additional features like Motion Pattern Noise Reduction, Sub Pixel Control, Motion Adaptive 3D Y/C Digital Comb Filter and 3D Color Management also play important roles in delivering enhanced picture performance. Anti-Image Retention is taken care of as well, by the Pixel Shifter feature.
This 42” widescreen plasma TV features an image aspect ratio of 16:9. Its’ HD screen resolution is 1024×768 pixels. A respectable contrast ratio of 15,000:1 is offered as well. Input signals of formats 1080p/1080i/720p/480p are compatible.
The following connections are offered by this plasma TV:-
- 2 HDMI Inputs
- 2 Composite Video Inputs
- 2 S-Video Inputs
- 2 Audio Inputs (for Video)
- 2 Component Video Inputs
- 2 Audio Inputs (for Component Video)
- 1 Composite Video Output
- 1 Analog Audio Output
- 1 Digital Audio Output
- Analog Audio Input ( for HDMI)
- SD Memory Card Slot
- Integrated ATSC Tuner
The HDMI CEC functionality of being able to control AV devices connected to the TV via a single remote control is achieved by the Viera Link feature. 2 Full-range speakers with 20W total output power, produce surround sound effects. Thus, equipped with technologies, that make watching TV a relaxing experience, Panasonic TH-C42HD18 HD-Ready Plasma Television certainly seems to add beauty to your living room.
