Advantages: Price - Picture Quality - Functions
Disadvantages: Sound

...Ok Ok...... Being an IT Geek, Im into the lovely modern world of technology..... Only thing is - Technology is also very £££ Keeping up to date, with new technology, and revolutionary accomplishments in technology is not a cheap thing at all. About 6 months ago - I decided that my current 32" Widescreen TV was dated, small, and near enough stone age. I reviewed many different Plasma and also Rear Projection TV's along with LCD displays. One thing thats for sure, the dearest option, doesnt necessarily mean the best quality. I had looked at several screens ranging in price from £2,000 to £5,000. Ok the £5k screens were near enough top end, but for my use this would just be extreme. There were various shops - such as Curry's, Dixons, and also some more specialised Video / Audio shops locally to me that I looked around at... Read review

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Advantages: Picture, sound, reliability
Disadvantages: Heavy

...The PANASONIC TH42PX60B is built like a tank. If you want a TV that's not going to let you down go for a Panasonic. I chose Plasma for it's movie smoothness and acurate shadow detailing. This TV is is fantastic in every way. Even the built in sound is such a high standard, I have a £5500 hi-fi that I run the consoles and PC through but for watching TV the speakers really are up to the task, decent reproduction. It has built in freeview, 2 HDMI sockets, 3 scarts, component and a PC input as well as audio inputs. I have mine on the pedestal stand which is really neat and tidy. The TV is VERY heavy (as plasmas are). It handles 720P and 1080I. As a Media Centre display in my lounge its running 1280 X 720 beautifully, the only thing is that being a plasma the screen temporarily burns in icons etc if you play games for a long period... Read review

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Advantages: Value for money. 42". High Definition. Sound. Good spec.
Disadvantages: Buzzing sound. Some banding. Black levels. No-name brand

...as 720p input, and what you will see will be 1024x768 expanded to widescreen. Good enough to be called HD, but it is not state-of-the-art 1920x1080p. The DVD player can upscale to 1080 progressive, which is a step beyond what this TV can handle. The same applies to 99% of TVs right now. The screen can show a 1080i signal without a problem. So it should be compatible with the upcoming HD-DVD and Blu-Ray players. The previous review refers to a buzzing sound from the transformer, that I can confirm. This is a problem with some plasmas. It can be a distraction sometimes, but you get used to it. The banding effect for sunsets etc is also noticeable. I can mostly get around this by using the DVI digital connection with the NeuNeo. The picture quality can be very realistic if you get your settings right. Turn the contrast up to at least three... Read review

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Advantages: Amazing picture quality, HD Ready, NICAM stereo sound, stylish stand.
Disadvantages: No back to the stand which makes it hard to conceal inflexible scart leads.

...I bought this TV at a special online price of £2074 (Curry's website) and it was money well spent! The first time I turned it on I was struck by the excellent picture quality, it really is superb. I looked at a lot of plasmas before I bought this one and it definitely has one of the sharpest pictures and the best colours of anything in its price bracket. The stand doesn't come with the TV for that price and will cost you an extra £100, Alternatively, you can mount it on the wall. If you use the stand and you have DVD players, Sky boxes, game consoles etc. then you might find it difficult to conceal the thick scart leads from view, these tend not to be very flexible and I can't bend mine to fit in the channels on the back of the stand. (the TV comes with 3 scart sockets) The sound compliments the quality of the picture, NICAM... Read review

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Advantages: Incredible specification for the money
Disadvantages: Picture quality and build quality, or rather the lack of

...The Neovia NEOPL-4950 Plasma TV is Neovia's flagship TV, boasting an excellent range of features. Whilst not directly boasting HD capability, its 1024 X 768 resolution with DVI inputs should be capable of dealing with them. The feature list is indeed attractive, boasting better resolution and more features than any other set in its price range (€1700 in January 2006). See www.neovia.biz for the full spec. For me, the major selling points were the high resolution, VGA and DVI inputs, no silver on the set (it's all in a pleasing dark gray), very compact size overall for a 42" display and detachable speakers (I use a separate 5.1 system, so removing the unwanted speakers helps reduce its overall size to far below that offered by any of the competition), and the twin tuner permitting simultaneous split screen of both TV and PC... Read review

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