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Panasonic 42in IDTV Plasma with in-built Freesat (TH-42PZ81)
Panasonic 42in TH-42PZ81 Price Comparison (buy online now)
| Store | Price | P+P | DISCOUNT | Total | Shop |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laskys | £872.00 | FREE | - | £872.00 |  |
| JL | £975.00 | FREE | 5yr warranty | £975.00 | |
| Comet | £978.71 | FREE | - | £978.71 | |
| Dixons | £978.71 | £19.47 | Code ‘SAVE25′ *£25 off. Exp 05/12/08 |
£973.18 | |
| Argos | £978.69 | £5.95 | Code ‘AFD10′ *Free del. Expiry 02/12/08 |
£978.69 | |
| Currys | £978.69 | £19.52 | Code ‘FRDEL249′ *Free del. Exp TBC |
£978.69 | |
About the Panasonic 42in TH-42PZ81 Plasma with in-built Freesat Receiver
The Panasonic TH-42PZ81 is the first plasma television with both Freesat and Freeview receivers, allowing you ultimate choice on platform for your television programme viewing. The in-built Freesat receiver combined with the Panasonics outstanding high-definition picture and sound, makes this the set to own. Combining the two, you can enjoy sharp pictures, vivid colours, multi-channel sound, and various services with the interactive contents.
Full-HD models with freesat built-in, High Moving Picture Resolution and Advanced Networking Capabilities.
Its state-of-the-art technology gives amazing picture quality, with the Intelligent Frame Creation giving fantastic resolution even during fast moving scenes – something football fans and film buffs will both appreciate.
Every image is richly detailed - from the brightest sunshine to the darkest night sky - and contrast is enhanced by the new Real Black Drive system that creates deep, robust blacks and reproduces scenes with a fine balance of light and shadow.
Sound is enhanced with its in-built V-Real Pro 3 surround sound technology (with bass extension), while the 24p Real Cinema settings offers enhanced judder-free playback, giving a smooth ‘film’ look. The 3 HDMI sockets allow you to hook-up your Blu-ray player, PVRs and games consoles with ease.
The TH42PZ81B is also capable of playing footage straight from your camcorder in high-definition mode and you can view a slideshow of your photos - just remove the SD memory card from your digital still camera, and slip it in the slot.
Panasonic 42″ TH-42PZ81B Key Features
- 42in (106cm) diagonal
- 16:9 widescreen
- HD Ready
- 2,073,600 (1,920 x 1,080) pixels
- 30,000:1 native; 1,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio
- Freesat built-in
- Freeview built-in
- 3 HDMI Inputs (1 front, 2 rear)
- 2 Scart
- Remote Control
- 20W speaker output (RMS)
- Headphone Socket
- Tap-top stand included
- Dimension w/o stand (H x W x D) 68cm x 105cm x 11cm
- Dimension with stand (H x W x D) 73cm x 116cm x 33cm
- Weight 30kg (w/o stand), 34kg (with stand)
Panasonic 42in TH42PZ81 Plasma Official Website
http://www.panasonic.co.uk/html/en_GB/874304/index.html
Panasonic 42in TH42PZ81 Manual
http://tda.panasonic-europe-service.com/GetDoc.aspx (23mb - user manual)
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November 17th, 2008 at 11:27 am
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November 17th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Purchased this tv shortly after launch. After preaching to many and being a plasma hater. I read the facts and compared the picture quality from the same sources against the Sony 40w4000, samsung 40a656 and other comparitive models. The Panasonic plasma blew away the competition. Vibrant and natural colours, excellent HD picture, great with my PS3 for gaming. The Freesat TV guide is not as pretty as the Humax box, but surely makes up for it in other areas. For the price, it would be difficult to find a similar set with superb SD and HD picture quality. Only other snag is that the remote control need to be pointed in the direction of the set and buttons are slightly harder to press.
November 17th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Just bought this tv and am extremely pleased. I looked at various LCDs on offer and similar plasmas by other manufacturers but the Panasonic was a class on its own. The picture quality, colours and sound are of the highest standard and the on-screen menus and help options make using this tv very simple. The inbuilt freesat, freeview and analogue tuners ensure that all reception scenarios are catered for. The freesat epg is very easy to use (although a bit boring in appearence). You are able to easily add non-freesat channels but I have yet to find how to rearrange these channels in its own dedicated section. The intelligent auto aspect ratio is a must to prevent image burn from viewing 4:3 broadcasts by automatically expanding to fill the screen.
November 17th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
Only had this for 3 weeks, purchased from Lasky’s. Always had LCD before so this is my first plasma.
Beautiful colour rich in depth, texture etc.
very high quality picture on standard Freesat definition for all the channels.
Have also purchased a panasonic PVR to maximise the effect of using the Viera link, can now operate with a single remote.
Also has Freeview tuner integrated in the unit.
Viewing “upscaled” DVD from the panasonic or a little single Samsung unit provides very high quality output from standard DVD’s until the price of Blueray becomes sensible
Very impressed, very satisfied
November 17th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
I bought this after reading a lot of reviews on the Panasonic Plasmas in general and I have not been dissapointed. Purchased mine from John Lewis with the 5 year guarantee as soon as they were released. I know they have now dropped in price, but I honsetly can say I do not mind. Yes you do have to point the remote squarely at the TV, but thats not hard! Never having seen a Humax EPG, I can not compare, but I can say its simple to use and its also damn easy to add other non freesat channels, so I have Luxe HD and chanel 5 already. As Mark has stated I have not managed to sort them into their own dedicated section, but its easy enough to recall the channel numbers. Picture is simply stunning in HD and SD is very good. Now all I have to do is decide wether to wait for the Panasonic Freesat PVR or go for the Humax
Extremley pleased and satisfied
November 17th, 2008 at 9:23 pm
I think the ealy adopters like me wished they had waited until now to buy. The 42″ model has now dropped from £1299 to £899 at John Lewis and still gives you a 5 Year guarantee! If you have the space for a 46″ or a 50″ which can now be for the same price as the 42″ when launched, then go for it. The cinematic impact cannot be underestimated. It may look titanic at first compared to your CRT, but you get used to the size very quickly.
For that price it now makes the Pioneer PDP-4280XD with its non 1080P specification look stupidly expensive for the incremental improvement in picture quality. The Pioneer may be end of line now, but the best going price of £1199 has hardly changed in the last six months.
November 19th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Till
You say above that you have Luxe HD and its easy to recall the channel numbers. I’ve successfully tuned my Panasonic freesat tv via setup - manual tuning to:
12 643 MHz - Horizontal Polarisation - SR : 27 500 bps and “keep” . LUXE HD can be seen behind the setup box, but when I press return out of setup it returns to a freesat channel. How please do you view the channel given that it’s not on the freesat epg channel list.
Ian
November 20th, 2008 at 10:15 am
Bought one from John Lewis a few weeks back £899 + 5yr Gtee .Excellent picture good colours some of the good Non HD output is almost as good as HD.
Its teamed up with a DMR EX77 which is so easy to use with Viera link and a PS3 which gives excellent picture on Blu Ray and Games. It could do with more HDMI sockets I’ve now used both on the back so where do I plug in my HD Satellite receiver?
The SD card slot is useful, using it with a SD card from a Panasonic TZ5 you get various viewing selections so you can do a slide show of just a selection.
and the picture quality from JPGs is superb hsaven’t tried any movie files yet.
November 22nd, 2008 at 5:27 pm
Before buying I wanted to check if these Panasonic tvs had the ability to receive from other satellites than just the 28 degree group. Reading the downloadable manuals it would appear they have the ability to tune to either 13 degrees or 19 degrees or 28 degrees but do not have Diseqc controls for multiple LNBs or motorised dish installed so would not be able to do two or more of these locations.
Has anyone investigated this or indeed purchased any one of this range of tvs and tried to see if all these locations can be tuned to at the same time? If they can, how does that work without Diseqc and why are only these three locations available via the menus?