Opinions on Panasonic TC-42PX14 42'' plasma

millerman 3732

I'm looking to replace my humongous 60'' Sony SXRD with some thing alittle more room and decor friendly, our local Sam's club has the Panasonic TC-42PX14 on sale for $598 and at that price it seems to me like a great deal to me, but I really don't know alot about plasmas and I know alot of folks here seem to really like them, so any info or opinions on this particular model would be appreciated.

Specs:
# Picture/Display: Model Type: Plasma
# Screen Size: 42" Class (41.6" diagonal)
# Display Resolution: 720p
# Contrast Ratio Native: 15,000:1
# Aspect Ratio: 16:9
# Native Resolution (Number of Pixels): 786,432 (1,024 x 768)
# Moving Picture Resolution: 720 lines or more
# Shades of Gradation: 4,096 equivalent
# Screen Coating (Filter): New AR (Anti-Reflective) Filter
# Progressive Scan: Yes
# Deep Color: Yes
# Motion Adaptive 3D Y/C Digital Comb Filter: Yes
# Sub Pixel Control: Yes
# Motion Pattern Noise Reduction: Yes
# VIERA Link™: Yes
# VIERA® Tools: Yes
# Pixel Orbiter (Anti-Image Retention): Yes
# Menu Languages: English/Spanish/French
# V-Chip Program Lockout: Yes
# Built-In Closed Caption Decoder: Yes
# Timers: Yes
# Video Input Label: Yes
# Video Picture Memory: Yes
# Remote Control IR
# Receiving System: ATSC/QAM/NTSC

fireshoes

You should be able to find the TCP42X1 for about the same price ($599-649ish) at other electronics retailers. It will have higher contrast, 3 HDMI inputs instead of 2, and game mode. Also I've seen the TCP42S1 (1080P version) for $799 with a free Blu-ray player recently, so I would say there a better deals to be had.

dvran

Bestbuy has Panny Plasmas for dirt cheap, plus 2 year no interest financing. I've seen 1080p/600hz/50 inch plasmas there for like $989. HHgregg has some good deals too, plus you can actually negotiate with them on price. I got a 1700 plasma for about 1300.

~Dan

Conradicles

+1 HHGregg will drop their prices insanly if you haggle with them.

bevo

I got HHgregg to drop my tv from 2400$ to 1700$. There are definitely deals to be had there. They also knock 50$ off the stand I bought, and 90$ off the HTIB. That was before I started my HT, and really didn't know the difference a good system could make. I did buy 2 tv's though so that might have had something to do with it.

I will not shop at best buy. I bought a tv for my mom there around 6 years ago. It was a 60 inch rear projector, and for some reason the picture would lag when you watched it. If you were watching boxing it would skip frames, and sometimes you wouldn't see a punch thrown, or in baseball the ball would just magically be at the plate.

It took me almost a year to get it replaced. I bought the warranty but since the first year was covered under a manufacturers warranty, best buy made me deal with the manufacturer. They said after 3 completed repairs, if the tv still had a problem they would replace it. Well they cam 3 times and never fixed the problem once. They claimed since they had never fixed the problem, that it didn't count as a completed repair.

I had to go to best buy, and luckily there was another person there having problems with a warranty on their item being fixed. We both threw a fit together and they finally agreed to replace our items. Mine was probably 2000$ more then hers, but price doesn't matter when something has a warranty.

Anyway, there is no way I would pay more then 100$ for something at best buy that's electronics, because they will do everything they can to screw you.

Hgregg sold me a floor model tv for a great price once, and when something went wrong they had someone there in 2 days to fix the problem. HHgregg is the only place I buy tv's now.