Brief Comparison Of Popular 42 Inches Plasma Televisions
October 4, 2008
Walking past a TV store, one’s attention will certainly be captured by the Plasma TVs on display in the window. What a great treat to the eye that would be, to see the TVs, standing elegantly, basking in the admiration of the on-lookers. With the big giants of the plasma market, like LG, Samsung, Pioneer, Philips, Panasonic and Toshiba, constantly striving to bring out the best plasma models, laden with the latest technologies, consumers will always find themselves in great dilemma while making a choice.
A brief comparison of 6 most popular plasma TVs is made below, hoping to help consumers in their decision making process. Our contenders are - Pioneer PDP-428XD plasma TV, Samsung PS42A457 plasma TV, Panasonic TH-42PX80B plasma TV, Philips 42HF7444T plasma TV, LG 42PG3000 plasma TV and Toshiba 42WP46P plasma TV.
| Physical Features Attribute/Name | Pioneer PDP-428XD | Samsung PS42A457 | Panasonic TH-42PX80B | Philips 42HF7444T | LG 42PG3000 | Toshiba 42WP46P |
| Screen diagonal measure (inches) | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 | 42 |
| Dimensions W x H x D (mm) | 1040×679x115 | 1055×667x 96.2 | 1020×727x327 | 1240×680x104 | 1040×674x84 | 1273×710x137 |
| Image Aspect Ratio | 16:9 | 16:9 | 16:9 | Not provided | 16:9 | 16:9 |
| Weight (kg) | 30 | 26.8 | 28 | 42 | 25.5 | 25 |
| Display
Attribute/Name |
Pioneer PDP-428XD | Samsung PS42A457 | Panasonic TH-42PX80B | Philips 42HF7444T | LG 42PG3000 | Toshiba 42WP46P |
| Resolution (pixels) | 1024 x 768 | 1024 x 768 | 1024 x 768 | 1024 x 768 | 1024 x 768 | 852 x 480 |
| Screen brightness (cd/?) | Not provided | 1500 | Not provided | 1200 | 1500 | 1000 |
| Image contrast ratio | 16,000:1 | 30,000:1 | 15,000:1 | 10,000:1 | 20,000:1 | 3000:1 |
| Display Formats | 720p | 720p | 720p | 720p | 720p | 480p |
| Connections
Attribute/Name |
Pioneer PDP-428XD | Samsung PS42A457 | Panasonic TH-42PX80B | Philips 42HF7444T | LG 42PG3000 | Toshiba 42WP46P |
| HDMI | 3 (ver 1.3) | 3 (ver 1.2) | 3 | 2 | 3 (ver 1.3) inputs. 1 Port PC Mode - SIMPLINK 1/2 Port | Nil |
| SCART | 3 RGB | 2 | 2 RGB | Nil | 2 (1-Full and 1–Half) | 3 (2-RGB and 1–S-Video) |
| VGA/PC | 1 | 1 D-Sub PC input | 1 | 1 | 1 RGB input and 1 audio | 1 |
| Headphone | Nil | 1 | Nil | 1 | Nil | 1 |
| Composite | 1 | 1 audio + video | 1 | 2 (1–audio + video, 1– video) | Nil | 1 |
| S-Video | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Component | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| RF | Nil | 1 | Nil | Nil | 1 | 1 |
| Audio output | Nil | 1 optical | Nil | Nil | 1 optical | 1 audio line-out |
| Others | 1 USB port, 1 CI slot, RCS audio output | 1 RJ-45 input, 1 RJ-12 input, 1 SmartCard Xpress | 1 RS-232C, CI Slot, USB 2.0 port | 1 Subwoofer output, 2 audio line-in |
Audio
| Pioneer PDP-428XD | Samsung PS42A457 | Panasonic TH-42PX80B | Philips 42HF7444T | LG 42PG3000 | Toshiba 42WP46P |
| 2 stereo SRS; SRS Focus; TruBass with sub woofer | 2 Down-firing SRS TruSurround XT speakers | 2 stereo speakers | 2 Virtual Dolby Surround stereo speakers | 2 SRS TruSurround XT/Clear Voice Speakers, with Dolby Digital Decoder Invisible speakers | 2 integrated NICAM stereo speakers with BBE High Fidelity Sound and Bass Boost |
Colour (Appearance)
| Pioneer PDP-428XD | Samsung PS42A457 | Panasonic TH-42PX80B | Philips 42HF7444T | LG 42PG3000 | Toshiba 42WP46P |
| Black, simple yet stylish | Black with a silver tinge at the bottom | Piano black | Silver frost, Black deco | Black glossy | Black and silver titan |
What’s special about these plasma TVs?
Pioneer PDP-428XD Kuro plasma TV - “Kuro” means “black” in Japanese, and this TV, true to its name, gives rich black levels. Pioneer has implemented the “true matrix imaging with deep waffle rib structure” technology, which plays an important role in producing bright and crisp images, while reducing any blur. The i-CLEAR drive, employed in the plasma TV, enables reproduction of the most subtle colour differences. The in-built Intelligent Brightness Control, automatically adjusts the screen brightness in accordance with room lighting and on-screen lighting. The TV features a Movie Mode as well, that does a good job in displaying lifelike movie images. Also noteworthy, is the menu system of the TV, which is well designed and easy to use. The Kuro Link HDMI CEC feature enables controlling the AV devices connected to the TV with a single remote control. The HD plasma TV also includes Colour Temperature Control, Picture-in-Picture, TeleText, integrated Freeview and Analogue Tuners, a user-friendly Electronic Program Guide and noise and flicker reduction routines.
Samsung PS42A457 plasma TV – This plasma TV incorporates the DNIe+ technology, which enables portray clear pictures with fine details. The Colour and Motion optimizers employed in the TV, produce images that look true to life. Also doing a great job are the Contrast and Detail Enhancers, which create great colour depths. The Filterbright technology implemented in the plasma TV, removes unwanted reflections by absorbing external light that approaches the screen and transmitting its internal light, thus achieving rich contrast levels. There are 3 modes offered, for cinema, sport and games respectively, to make picture quality suitable to the viewing content. Clear, fluid motion pictures are achieved with the 100Hz picture processing technique, that has been employed in the plasma TV. The HDMI CEC functionality called Anynet+ by Samsung, allows easy control of the AV devices connected to the TV, with a single remote control. A wide viewing angle of 175° is presented by the screen. The HD plasma TV also includes a 3D comb filter, digital noise reduction techniques, a clock, sleep timer and anti burn-in technology, all performing their jobs with great fidelity.
Panasonic TH-42PX80B plasma TV – This plasma TV employs techniques like Real Black Drive system, 24p Playback and x.v. Colour standard to achieve great picture quality with brilliant colours. The Real Black Drive system enhances contrast, 24p Playback allows film-like reproduction of pictures and the x.v Colour provides a large palette of colours. A rare feature that this TV provides, is the power on/off button, which could turn out to be a good power saving option. Another rare feature is the SD card slot, for displaying pictures from your digital camera. Like the plasma TVs discussed above, this one too supports HDMI CEC functionality, thus avoiding confusion while handling multiple AV gadgets. The HD plasma TV promises great black levels and very low noise levels. If you are a games freak, then this TV would surely impress you with its judder-free graphics quality. This plasma TV comes with integrated Freeview Tuner and Colour Temperature Control as well.
Philips 42HF7444T plasma TV – Philips too, is no way behind in the race. Philips 42HF7444T plasma TV also incorporates a basket full of features for delivering great picture quality and performance. The Pixel Plus feature focuses on enhancing analogue broadcast signals. Cinema like images are produced by the Digital Crystal Clear technology. Other features like Smart Picture Control, Luminance Transient Improvement, Colour Transient Improvement, Contrast Enhancer and Video Noise reduction techniques contribute to displaying clear images, with good black levels and natural looking colours. This HD plasma TV supports both PAL (2:2 pulldown compensation) as well as NTSC (3:2 pulldown compensation) encoding systems. A 3D comb filter is employed for filtering out the brightness and colour details in the incoming video signals.
LG 42PG3000 plasma TV – Here is a tough contender in the plasma arena. Throwing a glance at the lengthy features list of this plasma TV, we have the 100Hz processing technique, Dual XD Engine, Vivid filter, Colour Temperature Control, TeleText, Clock, Sleep Timer, built-in digital Freeview tuner, 3:2 as well as 2:2 pull down compensations, 3D Noise Reduction techniques and modes like Picture mode, AV mode and Expert mode. Phew!!! The 16 bit panel of the TV enables displaying pictures with large gradation of colours. The HDMI CEC functionality - Simplink, makes way for ease of control of AV devices connected to the TV. An eight day Electronic Program Guide, which is user friendly and well laid out, is also available. The HD plasma TV is also equipped with an integrated Freeview tuner and a 3D comb filter.
Toshiba 42WP46P plasma TV – Toshiba has kept things simple, yet efficient here. This EDTV comes equipped with a digital comb filter, Colour Temperature Control, Video noise reduction methods, Colour Detail Enhancer and built-in digital and analogue tuners. There is a simple to use on-screen menu with options to control various picture quality attributes. Picture-in-Picture, Auto Power off and Teletext are some of the other features that come along with this HD plasma TV. The black levels of the TV are accurate and deep and the picture performance is also good. While Toshiba 42WP46P would prove to be light on your pockets, it definitely does not compromise on performance and quality.
The plasma world will always have tough competitions, with the big brands always striving to reach the top. Pioneer PDP-428XD plasma TV, Samsung PS42A457 plasma TV, Panasonic TH-42PX80B plasma TV, Philips 42HF7444T plasma TV, LG 42PG3000 plasma TV and Toshiba 42WP46P plasma TV are some of the strong players, which are here to stay, perhaps for a long time.
Vizio VP 50-50†Class Plasma HDTV
August 4, 2008
Vizio VP 50-50” Class Plasma HDTV is a 50 inches plasma HDTV that offers 231 billion colours for a great image view. It comes with two speakers with mind blowing sound quality. This plasma TV displays HDTV image with clarity. This model offers decent picture quality with an aspect ratio of 16:9. Aspect ratio is the ratio of the longer dimension to that of its shorter dimension. This TV model comes with NTSC/ ATSC/ QAM HDTV Tuner.
This model supports TV formats such as 1080i, 720p, 720i, 480p, 480i. The pixel or dot pitch lining of this model is 0.81mm both horizontally and vertically. The enclosure of this model plasma TV comes in black gloss and silver colours. You can feel the real spirit of watching any sport event on this plasma TV. The connectivity in Vizio VP50 HDTV is made with two HDMI ports. The contrast ratio along with the aspect ratio, brightness, viewing angle and 50inches screen size offers an amazing viewing experience to anybody who is watching on this plasma TV.
Technical specifications:
Resolution
The resolution of this plasma TV’s display screen is up to 1366×768 pixels. The display resolution refers to the number of pixels in each dimension.
Brightness
This model plasma TV comes with a brightness of 1500cd/ m2. Brightness is the amount of light that is emitted by the source. The brightness of this plasma TV makes the picture clear and bright.
Viewing angle
The horizontal and vertical viewing angle of this model is greater than 178 degrees. Viewing angle is the maximum angle from where viewing is possible with acceptable visual performance.
Contrast ratio
The maximum contrast ratio of Vizio VP 50-50” Class Plasma 1366 x 768 Resolution TV is 15000:1. Contrast ratio is the ratio of the luminance of the brightest colour to the darkest colour.
Panasonic TH-42PW6 Plasma TV
February 27, 2008
Plasma Televisions are very popular in the UK nowadays. Many companies are involved in the production of the same. One of the superior manufacturers is Panasonic and it recently introduced their new Panasonic TH-42PW6 Plasma TV.
The screen size of the product is 42 inch and gives a very good output. The images and pictures on this plasma TV has realistic look. The device supports 1070 million colours. It has 4000:1 contrast ratio to ensure clear picture. The display resolution is 852 x 480 pixels with the pixel pitch of 1.08 mm. Its aspect ratio is measured as 16:9, which is the ratio of the width to its height. For the finest result, 650 cd/m2 brightness is applied.
Some essential features are
• Silent operating performance
• Fan less function
• Screen coated with Anti-reflective layer.
• Progressive scan
• Picture-in-Picture
The viewing angle supported by this plasma TV is 160 degree. For the EDTV ready, it needs a separate receiver to get the EDTV signals. The supported display formats are
• 480p – EDTV
• 480i – SDTV
A built-in PAL tuner is included for user’s flexibility. It gives the stereo output by the usage of 2 speakers. These two integrated speakers give a power output of 8 Watts each. One standard remote control is used to operate the Panasonic TH-42PW6 Plasma TV from a distant. Thus everyone can handle the product easily. The required rear inputs are
• D-Sub (RGB PC) – 1
• RS-232C – 1 and
• Mini Jack Audio – 1
Dimensions are measured in centimetres as follows
• Height – 61
• Width – 102
• Depth – 8.9
• Weight – 28.46 Kilograms
Pioneer PDP 5000EX Plasma TV
February 26, 2008
Most of the televisions have been equipped with either plasma or LCD display technology. Both technologies have their own pros and cons in both cost wise
as well as performance wise. Pioneer PDP 5000EX Plasma TV is a hot arrival from reputed Pioneer television manufacturing company which offers stunning features like 50 inches screen, image aspect ratio up to 16:9, brightness up to 1000 cd/m2, stereo output, colour temperature control and PIP.
Features and Specifications
• Users can view impressive pictures on the screen with the support of plasma display technology. The product has come with a smart screen which is 50 inches and it has been measured diagonally.
• Pioneer PDP 5000EX Plasma TV can offer optimum image aspect ratio up to 16:9.
• Pioneer has used measurements like 128 mm width, 750 mm height and 98 mm depth to design the unit.
• The home entertainer weighs just 39.8 kilograms.
• Manufacturer offers a remote control with the device for frequent access.
• The display screen supports a maximum resolution up to 1920 x 1080 pixels.
• The device has come with the compatibility to support distinct HD formats like 720p, 1080p and 1080i.
• Brightness and contrast are the two factors to be considered of high quality display. Users can get the maximum brightness on the screen up to 100 cd/m2 and contrast up to 3000:1.
• Stereo audio is offered while playing music on the device.
• Enjoy high audio power up to 26 watts using SRS surround sound effects.
• If you want to have an impressive display on the screen, it is mandatory to choose optimum colour temperature.
• PIP and double screen mode option allows you to watch dual channels in a single screen.
• Pioneer PDP 5000EX Plasma TV has come to the market with sky high definition compatibility.
Available connectors are:
1. Composite
2. S-Video
3. Component
4. DVI
5. HDMI
6. HDCP
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Samsung PS42S4S Plasma TV
January 5, 2008
Here comes the leader, the winner, and the plasma TV with black and silver combination for the sleek and beautiful looks. The Samsung PS42S4S Plasma
TV comes with 42” screen and 30-Watts speaker power. Aspect ratio of 16:9, brightness of 1000 cd per metre squared and high contrast ratio of 3000:1 ensures great clarity of pictures and sound to ward off the disturbing thoughts often plaguing one in this hectic world.
Features in Detail
• Resolution supported by the television screen is 852 x 480 pixels, while the pixel pitch is 1.11 mm, and the frequency of 50 Hz ensures perfect quality one expects from Samsung team.
• The two tuners, equipped within helps to tune the required channel with ease. Tuner type is PAL and SECAM.
• Audio type is SRS TruSurround XT and Nicam Digital stereo, which gives the clarity that one requires to perk up the senses, and the total speaker power of 30 Watts gives extra bang one requires when listening eagerly.
• Video interface are component, Composite, S-video and SCART while the PC interface are DVI and VGA (HD-15) with teletext functions to co-ordinate sound and images perfectly.
• While the Picture in Picture are supported with AV input/output Scart with three numbers, the auto tuning and sleep timer are added features for the satisfaction of the much valued customers who trust the lineage of Samsung PS42S4S Plasma TV.
Plasma TVs are trusted for its high performance and quality pictures. With space restraints affecting every corner of the world, these models can save space area as wall mounting is easily done. The company has decades of trust and back up is guaranteed, the valuable customers, thousands of them vouch for it, be it East or West North or south, globally.
