Here is my 42

Here is my 42" Panasonic TH-42PWD5UY Plasma Display Panel. Its mounted using a Peerless fixed wall mount. I purchased this display last year from Visual Apex. This was only done after trying to purchase the TV from Dell Small Business and having them completely screw up the order and eventually losing the deal. At that point I found Visual Apex which not only beat the price Dell Small Business had originally quoted me for both the TV & mount but also got the TV to my house quicker than expected with free shipping. Please if you are interested in purchasing a High-End Display visit the Visual Apex website, or give them a call.

I chose this Display due to its positive feedback for the best Blacks in the industry, which Plasmas tend to have problems with, also analog PQ was a concern, and I was assured by members of the AVS Forum that it does this very well also. I was not disappointed. The PQ matched the 27" Sony Wega it replaced, while opening up more space in the living room and giving me a bigger & widescreen picture which made DVD's and obviously HDTV look even more stunning. The Price was the next factor, as at the time it was probably the least expensive 42" Plasma on the market (this was right before Gateway started selling Sampo Plasmas for $3K). I paid $3500 + $165 (for the mount) shipped to my door.

This display is what is considered an EDTV (Enhanced Definition TV). What this means is that its native pixel count of 852 x 480 cannot display a true HD Signal. This Display will actually "scale" the High Definition programming down to fit the native resolution of the display. You would think that this would greatly degrade the picture quality of HD, but it doesn't, in fact PQ is outstanding. I also think because of this TV having a native resolution close to that of NTSC this allows the TV to not do any scaling for Analog sources, which helps retain decent Analog PQ.

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