One of the main benefits of a plasma screen is the vivid and brilliant color display of over 16 million colors. Additionally, the 6842PF boasts extremely wide viewing angles (compared to most LCD screens), and easy placement due to its slim profile of less than 5 inches of depth. And like all plasma displays, the 6842PF is immune to the distortion and negative color balances one may encounter when using a conventional CRT television near flourescent lighting or speaker systems.
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Enjoy stunning clarity and brilliant colors from your favorite television shows and DVD movies with the 42-inch Akai PDP4206EM plasma TV. Built for those who want an affordable large screen TV, the PDP4206EM has a built-in NTSC tuner for standard over-air programming, and it displays HDTV channels and signals when connected to an optional receiver or compatible cable/satellite set-top box.
It features an 852 x 480-pixel resolution, 160-degree viewing angle, super-bright 1000 cd/m2 (candela per square meter) brightness rating, and a 300:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) A 2D comb filter separates chrominance (color) from luminance (brightness) information in the video signal for independent processing to improve picture resolution and minimize distortion.
This set also performs 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal, too--a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. To adapt 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video, frames in the original movie must be duplicated; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this duplication by removing the redundant information to display a frame-accurate picture.
It includes two integrated stereo speakers that produce 5 watts of power per channel for 10 watts of total power. It offers the following connection options:
- Composite AV (RCA): 1 in
- S-Video: 1 in
- Component video: 1 in
- DVI: 1 in
- PC VGA: 1 in
Tech Talk
Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound.
What's in the Box
Plasma TV, stand, remote control (with batteries), printed operating instructions
Customer Reviews:
Best Bang for the Buck!!.......2007-12-27
I paid 1200 for this monitor about a year ago without ever intending to write a review for it. This is definetely the best plasma in its class.
Customer Reviews:
We love it!.......2007-11-27
This is our first HDTV purchase and we are more than pleased. For the price you spend, it would be nice to have some nice cables to go with it though. Needless to say, we have only had this a few weeks now but so far so good.
Product Description
Akai is a company with a long history of innovation and leadership in the fields of audio and videoconsumer electronics. For the past decades, Akai has been a major factor in the electronics industry. From its early days of dominant marketshare in the reel-to-reel recording industry, to modern day state of the art home entertainment systems, Akai continues to be a leader in the consumer electronics industry.PRODUCT FEATURES:42" 16:9 WideScreen Plasma EDTV;160 Degree Extra Wide Viewing Angle;Picture In Picture;Built In Tuner;Progressive Scan Picture Quality;Digital Comb Filter;High Contrast/High Brightness Panel;Component Video, RCA, and "S" Video Inputs;Computer Input (VGA/XGA);Wall Mountable.
Customer Reviews:
It maybe cheap, but it will die on you in a few month.......2007-11-18
I bought a Akai LCD TV 3 months ago. It is dead now. No sound and no picture. Their customer service was terrible, also. I will not ever buy this brand any more.
Product Description
LG Electronics is one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers, producing a large range of consumer electronics and IT products. LG has created reputation for progressive technology and innovation with the latest technological developments in consumer electronics, home appliances and IT products.
Product Description
- The Maxent 42 ED Plasma Monitor, MX-42EPM20
- Refined with an ultra sleek design including integrated bottom speakers for stylish home entertainment.
- Featuring Maxent s exclusive DiamondBrite Plasma panels, the MX-42EPM20 provides extraordinary brightness and contrast and is capable of displaying up to millions of colors for surreal picture quality.
- The Maxent MX-42EPM20 is maximum entertainment.
- Ships Motor Freight
Product Description
Get a movie-theater experience in the comfort of your own home! Thin enough to hang on the wall with a built-in analog tuner, the Gateway Ultrabright Plasma TV R5 offers brilliant picture quality at an incredibly affordable price.
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If it's super-bright, high-contrast images you're after, you've arrived at the right television. The vivid realism for which plasma flat-panel sets are known gets a strong boost from Gateway's 42-inch, widescreen set, which boasts a high, 600:1 contrast ratio for rich, fathomless blacks alongside an impressive 570 cd/m2 brightness. You'll also get plenty of audio/video inputs and outputs for your other home-entertainment gear, including an RGB PC input and output.
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This is an EDTV (enhanced-definition) TV, so it's capable of displaying progressive-scan 480p signals in their native resolution. A built-in digital scaling engine accepts various computer and HDTV signals, then digitally maps them to fit the screen's 852 x 480 pixels. Compatible signals include computer display resolutions up to 1,280 x 1,024 and all HDTV signals, including 720p and 1080i.
Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p and 720p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional interlaced pictures, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts.
A plasma screen consists of two thin sheets of glass containing tiny, gas-filled cells. Electronic current stimulates the cells to produce light and color, creating bright, steady, vivid pictures. You also get extremely wide viewing angles (160 degrees with this set) and easy placement due to the TV's slim profile--this Gateway set is a mere 3.7 inches deep, perfect for desk or wall mounting (a table stand is supplied, and the set is compatible with most mounting hardware). Brightness tends to be extremely uniform across plasma screens, which are also impervious to the picture distortion and negative color balances that afflict CRT monitors when placed near lighting or sound systems.
Picture-in-picture (PIP) allows you to watch two programs simultaneously with four selectable window positions. Picture-on-picture (POP) lets you watch two programs side by side. PIP/POP is available when your video source is set to anything other than RGB, DVI, or HD sources (component-video sources higher than 480i resolution). For example, you can watch two analog TV programs simultaneously by using the built-in TV tuner and an external tuner such as the one inside your DVR or VCR. You can also watch analog TV and a DVD movie at the same time.
A choice of digital zoom modes lets you fill the screen to eliminate letterbox bars on 4:3 (or other) aspect-ratio content, and a built-in digital visual interface (DVI) input jack eliminates the need for analog-to-digital conversion between your DTV set-top box or computer.
Audio options abound: there's a stereo RCA output with internally selectable fixed or variable level, a pair of built-in 5-watts-per-channel speakers, plus BBE Sound maximizer to tailor the timbre to your taste. For spacious surround sound, a circuit from SRS Labs simulates surround from any two speakers, while a monaural RCA output lets you use an optional subwoofer to enhance the low-frequency response of your listening system.
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What's in the Box
TV, table stand, remote control, remote batteries, AC power cord, user's manual, and warranty/registration information.
Customer Reviews:
TV's fine for the money.......2005-01-28
So I went to pick this tv up yesterday...set it up and my first impression was that visually the tv is nice looking, really really huge screen! (coming from a 35in crt)So I hook everything (and there are alot of connection choices)up and put in Monsters, Inc. My first impression : Nice color, what the hell is wrong with the blacks? THERE WERE TONS OF GREEN DOTS IN ALL OF THE BLACK!!!!!!!! ACCCK! So I thought a bit and switched out the video from component to Svideo..problem solved, the picture quality is really nice on DVDs for this price point ($1999) My only gripe is that regular cable looks not so great, but thats a small point since I dont watch anything but the news.
In the end, I think this is a great starter plasma or a purchase for someone trying to build credit (like me)
Pretty cool device.......2004-10-09
Guys,
I bought this device through
www.perfectrebates.com and got 5% cash back. Turned out to be a good deal to me. I like the TV and it is working for me so far. I will keep you updated.
Vivek
Product Description
Traditional big-screen televisions are simply too large and too heavy. A plasma display panel delivers superior image quality in an ultra-thin package. The hardest decision to make is what to do with all the space you regain!
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Treat yourself to a large, eye-poppingly vivid picture and one beautiful piece of furniture with Funai's 42-inch flat-panel plasma display. The F42PDME offers a host of convenient audio/video inputs alongside Funai's Natural Color Matrix (NCM) technology, which delivers advanced color correction across all 16.7 million of the display's reproducible colors. This is a monitor only, which means it won't pull in NTSC (or ATSC) television signals without the aide of an outboard cable box, DTV receiver, or (for NTSC signals) the tuner in a DVR or VCR.
With a plasma screen you get vivid colors like you've never seen before, extremely wide viewing angles (wider, even, than those of most LCD screens), and easy placement due to a plasma monitor's slim profile--the F42PDME is just 5.9 inches deep, perfect for desk or wall mounting (using optional mounting hardware). Brightness tends to be extremely uniform across plasma screens, which are also impervious to the picture distortion and negative color balances that afflict CRT monitors when placed near lighting or sound systems. You do, however, need to be wary of image burn-in (wherein long-held stationary images leave a permanent impression in the screen).
The F42PDME's NTSC (interlaced) image quality is enhanced by a 3D Y/C comb filter, which removes blurred edges between colors and reduces dot crawl (tiny, moving dots of color along a sharp color separation in a vertical line, as in a depiction of a character's striped T-shirt), a high (1,000:1) contrast ratio, high peak brightness of 500 candles/square meter, and wide (170 degrees, horizontal) viewing angles. This means your DVD movies, video games, DTV programming, and standard-definition VCR and cable content will all have rich blacks and bright colors easily viewed from most vantages.
Inputs consist of 2 each composite-video and S-video, and 1 each HD component-video (480p, 720p, 1080i) and SD component-video (480i). Side-panel inputs make it easy to hook up a camcorder or other temporarily connected device. One set of stereo analog audio outputs (left/right RCA) accommodate a powered subwoofer or other component.
Other features include a closed-caption decoder, a sleep timer, auto status resume (after a power outage), auto shut-off, and onscreen picture controls for display brightness, contrast, color, tint, and sharpness.
What's in the Box
TV, remote control, remote batteries, a user's manual, a quick-setup guide, and warranty information.
Customer Reviews:
Not bad for a beginner.......2005-03-03
We purchased this tv right after the Christmas holiday. We didin't know much about plasma, but knew we did not want to replace our burned out rear projection witht he same type. We also didn't have a ton of money, so we looked at this model on sale at a local electronics store. We purchased, had the tv mounted to the wall and we were watching within a few hours. This tv has a beautiful picture, we purchased some higher end cables to clarify the picture from our dvd player, and we are in love with movies on this tv. If you don't want to spend the money for high definition, and want to enter the field of plasma without breaking the family budget, we strongly recommend this tv to get you started!
Product Description
Zenith Electronics is a long-time U.S. leader in electronic entertainment products and a leading developer of digital high-definition television (HDTV) technologies.PRODUCT FEATURES:42" Plasma EDTV Monitor;Groundbreaking display technology delivers superior image clarity, color and brightness in large-format televisions that are less than 4" thick;852 x 480p High resolution format produces extremely detailed imagery;1200: 1 Contrast Ratio - extremely sharp contrast between light and dark images;1000 cd/m2 High Brightness Renders an incredibly bright picture, even in well-lit areas;Picture orbiter and whitewash functions to prevent burn-in in Plasma;Intelligent resizing of video and computer images to 16: 9 widescreen or 4: 3 conventional formats;RS-232 Controls and NTSC, HD, VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA and DVI Inputs;Compatible with DVD players, VCRs, computers, digital broadcasting, multimedia and traditional video sources;The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) provides an uncompressed transfer of high definition video from a digital video source to a digital display device;HDCP (High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection) ensures copy protection of the content;Fan-Free, Noise Free Operation.
Amazon.com Product Description
Perfect for doing double duty as a PC monitor and a home-theater centerpiece, Zenith's P42W34 offers a 42-inch widescreen plasma display with a stunning 1,200:1 contrast ratio and daylight-rivaling 1,000 cd/m2 brightness. This is an EDTV monitor, which means it's a step closer to high-definition (HDTV) than standard TVs. When used with a progressive-scan DVD player (or 480p-output DTV set-top box) you'll get seamless, razor-sharp images from your favorite movies and concert videos.
A plasma display offers wider viewing angles than an LCD screen, giving you considerable freedom in placing it. You can put it right between favorite stereo loudspeakers, even if those speakers lack magnetic shielding: flat-panel screens are impervious to magnetic distortion. The P42W34's screen offers 852 x 480p resolution for an extremely detailed image. RS-232 controls as well as high-definition DVI (with HDCP copy protection), NTSC (composite-video, S-video, and high-definition component-video), and PC RGB (15-pin type-D connector for VGA, SVGA, XGA, or SXGA) inputs ensure the P42W34's compatibility with DTV set-top boxes, DVD players, VCRs, computers, and additional video sources.
Other features include aspect-ratio correction (intelligent resizing of video and computer images to 16:9 widescreen or conventional 4:3 aspect ratio) and Intelligent Image Scaling, which employs a Faroudja DCDi de-interlacer to seamlessly translate TV video data to PC formats without distortion. Speakers are not included, but the unit offers an onboard 10-watts-per-channel stereo amplifier and speaker jacks should you wish to connect an optional set like the Zenith P42WSPL.
What's in the Box
Plasma monitor, remote control, remote batteries, user's manual, and warranty information.
Customer Reviews:
Zenith POS.......2006-01-11
Thankfully, we chose a different model the day we and another couple were out shopping for screens for the den. However our friends chose the Zenith and have been miserable 4 repair calls and counting as last I heard. I was just bored and decided to check on the unit and found the reviews you guys left.
It sounds to me like its well past time for a Civil Suite to me, have them either do a complete refund or replacement of unit with another model. I had something similar going on with a Toshiba Satellite Pro 6100 Laptop which they are now making amends for. I just wish that they would not bother with a dozen options of what to do when they make the process, and just say heres your money back or a new laptop PERIOD lol. But I am old enough to know wishes are usually a waste of time that could be spent making them come true.
Same Problem. Bright Digital Stars!!! TV was already fixed for this same problem and is doing it all over again.......2005-11-26
After about 2 months of using this 42" Plasma the entire left side of inputs failed, and all the other inputs were working with the same distiortion everyone else has stated they had, as well as, audio noise like hissing. Called Zenith and they stated they were going to send such and such company out which they did indeed do. However, when the local tv repairman came out he stated right away "Another Zenith plasma problem!!!". I went to ask was it the same type of problem with this specific tv, and he immediately stated yes, and that he had fixed 4 or 5 already before mine. He stated that everytime Zenith has told him to replace the inputs and do such and such to the video board. He further went to state he could guarantee me that he would be back again, and again for this same problem as it never seems to fix the problem permanently just for a few months. He left stating he had to wait to receive the part and would come back within the next 4-5 days. 3 weeks later he arrives back (after 3 phone calls to him, and 2 to Zenith who was refusing to pay him for a second trip which was why he never came back before and never let us know untuil we actually spoke to him ourselves) and repairs the video problem, but the audio problem persists, and he leaves to return again. He come sback just a few days later, and fixes the audio hissing. There's more...
3 months later (right now 11/25/05) Bright stars flashing across the screen no matter what input being used, and has been going on for about 4 days non-stop on DVDs, DirecTv, anything and everything has the bright digital stars flashing across the screen. NO HELP AT ALL FROM ZENITH AS OF YET FOR THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEM YET AGAIN!!!!!!!
What have I done?.......2005-10-19
Compared with panasonic and went with the Zenith name as all other points were comparable. At 7 months I am experiencing digital break up when utilizing component 1 input for HD. Looks like bright stars all across screen, under warranty and seeking help, I am not sure how much I will get. Wish I would have bought the Panasonic.
Same problem as other customer..... Do not buy!!!.......2005-03-22
I paid $2,500 for this set at Best Buy and within 8 months starting to have problems. By the 10th month total outage. Best buy is trying to get us a new set but As I can see other people have had the same problem. Buy a different brand.
Broke after two months, still trying to get it fixed after 4.......2005-02-14
Very happy with this product for the first two months, after that inverted color vertical lines appeared and multiplied across the screen. We have been contacting Zenith for four months and still do not have a working television or refund of money. This TV was a complete waste of $2,000.00 and I would not recommend any Zenith products to anyone. Thanks to Zenith, I got to watch the Super Bowl on a 15" CRT monitor, despite investing a significant amount of money in a plasma television.
Product Description
Akai is a company with a long history of innovation and leadership in the fields of audio and video consumer electronics. For the past decades, Akai has been a major factor in the electronics industry. From its early days of dominant marketshare in the reel-to-reel recording industry, to modern day state of the art home entertainment systems, Akai continues to be a leader in the consumer electronics industry.PRODUCT FEATURES:Frequency: 50HZ-60HZ;Formosa Panel;Viewing Angle: Over 160 degrees horizontally and vertically;Aspect Ratio: 16: 9;Native Display Pixels: 852(H) 480(V) pixels;Displayable Color: 16.7 million;Brightness: 700 cd/m2;Contrast Ratio: 2000: 1.
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