Buy Panasonic Viera TX-P42V10B

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

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

Thanks to the Veira Cast feature, connect this telly to your home network and you will be able to enjoy net content from sources such as Eurosport and YouTube. This enables you to access your photographs, music and movies from your PC across your home network from a compatible device. For example, you could play your mates the most recent MP3 track you have just downloaded, even though your personal computer is upstairs in the spare bedroom.

The genuine Black Drive system mixes with NeoPDP technology to achieve glorious black reproduction. When you're watching films, the TX-P42V10B renders photographs just the way the director intended, even in scenes where it's tough to achieve a proper balance of light and dark. Sound is enhanced with its in-built V-Real surround sound technology ( with bass extension ), while the 24p Real Cinema settings offers boosted judder-free playback, giving a smooth 'film' look.

The three HDMI sockets allow you to hook-up your Blu-ray player, PVRs and games consoles easily. The TX-P42V10B is also capable of playing photos straight from your camcorder in high definition mode and you can view a slideshow of your photographs - just take away the SD memory card from your digital still camera, and slip it in the slot. Panasonic 42? TX-P42V10B key features - Receives freesat ( free digital satellite broadcasts ) - 600Hz Sub-field Drive intelligent Frame Creation Pro - Infinite Black with over 2,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast ( local 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 prepared - 2,073,600 ( 1,920 x 1,080 ) pixels - 40,000:1 native ; 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast proportion - Freesat built-in - Freeview built-in - three HDMI Inputs - 2 Scart - remote 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 TV platform is VieraCast, in line 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 television 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 tidy, as is the onscreen menu.

The media server function accesses content from computers sharing your network, but only digital photos or videos in MPEG2 and DivX-based formats will work that suggests no audio formats or myriad of other video types. Direct playback of AVC-HD is possible from SD card as well as DivX. Videos can be extended to full-screen, albeit in low quality so far. Text entry is thru responsive numerical keys on the remote.

Oddly, you can't adjust color temperature in THX mode. IFC analyses motion and inserts additional frames to get rid of judder ; the downside is that it makes films look artificial and detail can get distorted. Compared to the fantastic 1080p Blu-ray playback, 1080i HDTV images look a little softer than they did on the Samsung LE40B651. Audio quality is also as solid as flatpanel televisions get