Panasonic Viera TC-P42G10

We LOVE this big, beautiful plasma TV. First, we bought a Sony Bravia 40" LCD and were very disappointed with the flat, gray picture and blurry action, so we returned it. (The LCDs use a special setting in… the store displays, so they look incredibly vivid in the stores, but they actually look flat and dark in household lighting.) I did a lot of online research (which I should have done before we bought the LCD) and learned that plasmas are better and Panasonic makes great plasmas. For some reasons, the plasmas always look lousy in the stores, but we trusted our research and ordered this plasma online without seeing one in person. It's amazing! I'm so happy with it. I was disappointed with the slightly dark picture for one day, until I switched to the GAME mode of picture, which is incredibly sharp, clear, and colorful. We don't play games on this particular TV, but the game-picture-mode is the one we prefer for everyday watching. I would highly recommend this TV to anyone. Love it!

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I waited until we owned this Panasonic TC-P42G10 Plasma TV for a few months before reviewing. Picture quality is just phenomenal! Along with the picture being extremely sharp the colors on screen are… brilliant and vivid thanks to the black level on this TV which really makes the picture pop. I researched for weeks before purchasing this HDTV to find the best quality picture for the money and thus far we have not been disappointed. My only regret is not purchasing the 50 or 54" version of this TV. If you are looking to purchase an outstanding quailty HDTV at a great price point you can't go wrong here. I read many are articles about Plasmas and one thing I believe everyone should NOT do is adjust their contrast above a level of 50 until they have at least 100 hours of use. I adjusted my contrast to 48 and it is still set at that level today. At some point in the future I may adjust our contrast level higher but for now picture is sharp and images pop with the level at 48. I purchase alot from Amazon but I had reservations about purchasing a large piece of Electronics from them because of the individual shipping involved. I have vistited a couple of FedEx sorting facilities and have seen flat screen TV's laying on their side with other packages stacked on them. Those images, burned into my mind, made it really hard for me to order the TV online knowing that shipping would be involved and how well the carries handle our packages. I read that Amazon uses CEVA Logistics for shipping and I researched them and I did not find very many good reviews from either Dell or Amazon users. I ordered anyway because we get 30 days to return items. I placed my order and believe it or not 2 days later I had my TC-P42G10 set up in my home. I did however go to the CEVA shipping office to pick up my set. I wanted to check out the facitity like I did for FedEx to see how they handle their freight. To my suprise the facility was well organized and each and every package, which they were all large, was placed on shelves and storage racks. I saw no boxes stacked on each other and everything was well organized. I picked up my TV and there was not even so much as a scratch on the box!!!... I was very impressed with the CEVA shipping company and I would not hesitate to buy large Electronics from Amazon knowing that they use CEVA. CEVA gets and A+ in my book, FedEx gets a B- at best and UPS gets a C at best. Bottom Line: IMHO you definately can't go wrong when purchasing a Panasonic TC-PxxG10 TV. You will love the exceptional Picture quality, I can't speak to the sound of the TV because I have a home theater system and we don't buy these TV's for their sound. For me shipping is not a concern after visiting the CEVA shipping office and my experience with this purchase.

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This tv is the best I've ever owned.The blacks are black and the reds are right where they're supposed to be. It' what I expected from Pansonic because I have owned them before and they always produce a… good product.I watch a lot of football and the picture keeps up with the action. The delivery by Amazon was terrific.They called beforehand on delivery day and asked if they could come early.When the fella got here he set it up, showed me some of the features and left.Total elapsed time:15 min.

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