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About the Panasonic 42in TX-P42V10B Plasma with in-built Freesat Receiver

relax and enjoy shocking HD images with this Panasonic Viera TX-P42V10B 42" plasma television. It has a in-built freesat tuner so you can enjoy HD channels from the BBC and ITV without the need for an external box.

And let's never forget the TX-P42V10B is also DNLA ( Digital Living Network alliance ) compatible. This lets you access your photos, music and movies from your computer across your house network from a compatible device. For example, you could play your friends the latest MP3 track you have just downloaded, even though your computer is upstairs in the spare bedroom. Its state-of-the-art technology gives amazing picture quality, with the 600Hz intelligent Frame Creation giving fantastic resolution even during fast moving scenes - something football fans and film buffs will both appreciate.

The real Black Drive system mixes with NeoPDP technology to achieve glorious black reproduction. When you are watching films, the TX-P42V10B renders images just the way the director intended, even in scenes where it's tough to achieve a correct balance of light and dark.

Panasonic 42? TX-P42V10B key features - Receives freesat ( free digital satellite broadcasts ) - 600Hz Sub-field Drive clever Frame Creation Pro - Infinite Black with over 2,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast ( native 40,000:1 ) - Smart Networking with VIERA Link - VIERA Image viewer ( AVCHD / JPEG ) - V-Audio Surround - Narrow Bezel Design - 42in ( 106cm ) diagonal - 16:9 widescreen - HD ready - 2,073,600 ( 1,920 x 1,080 ) pixels - 40,000:1 local ; 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio - Freesat in-built - Freeview in-built - 3 HDMI Inputs - 2 Scart - radio control - 20W speaker output ( RMS ) - Dimension w / o stand ( W x H x D ) TBC - Dimension with stand ( W x H x D ) TBC - Weight 25kg ( w / o stand ), 28kg ( with stand ) Panasonic's widget television platform is VieraCast, in accordance with its range of Viera LCD and plasma screens. The TX-PV42V10 is a classy-looking 42in plasma using Panasonic's NeoPDP panel - a new technology that reduces the thickness, weight and energy consumption of the panel but retains brightness. Besides an Ethernet port for networking, the TV has four HDMI ports ( one side mounted ), SD card reader for multimedia files, digital audio output and tuners for analogue, Freeview and Freesat. The remote control is neat, as is the onscreen menu.

Direct playback of AVC-HD is possible from SD card as well as DivX. Watching images VieraCast has a good menu of widgets. Many menu spaces were empty at the time of writing but there's potential here as the browsing speed is quicker than the Philips or Samsung equivalents. Text entry is thru responsive numerical keys on the remote. Panasonic TVs usually inspire from the off, but this took longer. It's one of the few TVs with THX certification and there is a pre-calibrated mode set to meet this set of standards for ideal picture quality.

Oddly, you can't adjust color temperature in THX mode. For HD, we achieved good results employing a different picture preset, then changing that to switch off overscanning ( meaning no scaling from source to screen ), setting colour temperature to Cool and delving into 'Other Settings' to deactivate clever Frame Creation processing. IFC analyses motion and inserts extra frames to get rid of judder ; the downside is that it makes films look artificial and detail can get distorted. Compared to the superb 1080p Blu-ray playback, 1080i HDTV images look slightly softer than theydid on the Samsung LE40B651. Audio quality is also as solid as flatpanel TVs get