The Panasonic TH-42PWD5UY is by far the most popular plasma
TV amongst commercial consumers, and is widely considered
to be the best commercial Plasma TV in its range.
A plasma TV's biggest challenge is reproducing black; the
Panasonic TH-42PWD5UY has the best black-level performance
of any plasma TV we've seen. Along with superb black reproduction,
Panasonic's color decoding is excellent, with little or no
visible red push; the result was beautiful, deep, richly saturated
color.
The only drawbacks to the TH-42PWD5UY (if there are any)
would be that it does exhibit quite a bit of edge enhancement
(very sharp image edges). It could also use a few more connectivity
inputs.
Overall, Panasonic's TH-42PWD5UY 42-inch, with it's unmatched
black-level performance, great video processing with 3:2 pull-down,
and excellent color decoding make it the best in the 42 inch
series.
