The TH-42PX77U belongs to Panasonic's high-mid-end line of plasma displays. As such the PX77U has several interesting features, one of which is an anti-glare coating on the glass display which significantly reduces reflections and glare bright environments. With a native resolution of 1,024x768 the PX77U is obviously not high-definition compatible thus it scales down HD content in order to display it correctly. This is not an issue however as the scaling works perfectly and HD content looks superb. standard definition content also gets accordingly scaled upwards to fit the native resolution, this also works seamlessly. When it comes to features The PX77U has an array of customized options which are to be properly configured in order to...
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The TH-42PX77U belongs to Panasonic's high-mid-end line of plasma displays. As such the PX77U has several interesting features, one of which is an anti-glare coating on the glass display which significantly reduces reflections and glare bright environments. With a native resolution of 1,024x768 the PX77U is obviously not high-definition compatible thus it scales down HD content in order to display it correctly. This is not an issue however as the scaling works perfectly and HD content looks superb. standard definition content also gets accordingly scaled upwards to fit the native resolution, this also works seamlessly. When it comes to features The PX77U has an array of customized options which are to be properly configured in order to obtain the finest picture quality for your viewing environment. This combined with the ability to store different configurations for every input source helps perfectly accommodate every connected device. On the downside there is no option to calibrate color temperature manually and there is no picture-in-picture mode. Connectivity wise there is an SD card slot for direct image viewing, a built in ATSC tuner, 2 HDMI, 2 component, and 2 composite/s-video A/V inputs as well as a composite video and digital audio outputs. Overall performance from this display is quite good with excellent black depth but it is hindered by small imperfections such as mild uniformity issues and slight inaccuracy in display of green color tones. Minimize
Reviewed by: Tom Hen on 11/12/07
Anti-Glare Coating
Excellent Black Depth and Detail
Slick Stylish Design
Good Overall Performance
No PC VGA Input
No Fine Color-Temperature Tuning
Imperfect Green-Base Color Fidelity
Non-universal Remote
The verdict:A good Plasma display with mild imperfections:
Anti-Glare Coating
No PC VGA Input
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