High definition at your service

Your TC-P42U1 brings glorious 1080p to your home in a stylish, glossy black bezel. Curl up for your favorite movie or invite friends over for a big gaming night — you're all in for a sensory treat. Image-enhancing features like 24p playback and Deep Color create vivid, natural images for your movie viewing or gaming experience. Three HDMI inputs make way for your high definition components like a Blu-ray player or Play Station 3. A 600Hz sub-field drive smooths out fast-moving scenes so you catch all the details.

Smooth to the core: 600Hz sub-field drive, for starters

Sure, your new 42" plasma TC-P42U1 draws glances when neighbors visit. It's gorgeous, but it's not just a hunk of fine-looking flat panel. It's loaded with intelligent technologies. Take the 600Hz sub-field drive, for instance. This technology produces razor-sharp images, even in high-speed chase scenes. Thoughtful additions like the pixel orbiter (an anti-image retention device), an Anti-Reflective panel, and an ENERGY STAR® qualification add up to explain the impressive 100,000-hour panel life span.

VIERA Image Viewer gets personal

The best images you can ever view on a Panasonic plasma don't have anything to do with HDTV. Share your own JPEG photos taken with an SD Memory Card-compatible digital camera on the TC-P42U1 through the set's SD card slot. Simply insert the SD card, which is about the size of a postage stamp, into the SD slot on the TV and enjoy a photo slideshow.

VIERA Link eases operation

And speaking of convenience, how about Panasonic's VIERA Link? You can operate (through HDMI connections) all your home theater components by pressing one button on the TV remote. An HDMI cable carries not only digital video and audio signals, but control signals too. For example, use your VIERA remote to control a recording operation with your DVD recorder or to start and stop playback of scenes from a video camera. With VIERA, extra ease and convenience are part of the entertainment package.

Film, from start to finish

Way out west in Tinseltown, your favorite films are recorded at 24 frames per second. Unfortunately, most television content is recorded at 30fps, so most televisions are designed to display motion pictures at this speed. Until now, the solution has been to interpolate, or add, artificial scenes into 24fps content in order to "stretch" it to fit a TV's 30fps capability. Recent demands on the part of movie lovers for an authentic home-cinema experience have lead to technological advancements making a 24fps experience possible at home. High definition video like that recorded onto Blu-ray Disc contains 24p (or, progressive-scan 24fps video content) that brings true film into your home. But wait! There's still one more piece the puzzle. While true 24fps film makes it from Hollywood to your Blu-ray player, just like a movie-house feature film, it needs a screen to be enjoyed . . . i.e. your flat panel needs to be able to display 24p content. Enter the TCP42U1 with 24p playback. This technology is fully capable of displaying 24fps video thanks to specific video processing that reproduces film-based images as video content. Start popping the popcorn.

Avoid the "No wire" ire

The advent of HDMI has been monumental in the advancement of all your favorite audio and video gadgets. Don't miss out on all that your new TC-P42U1 offers — in terms of high-definition audio and video connectivity — by leaving a set of HDMI cables off the list. Vann's sales representatives are here to explain all your options, so you can make the best purchase and get the most out of your high-definition system. Call the 800 number at the top of this page for expert advice.

Included accessories

Remote control, pedestal.

Comparison Specifications

• 42" screen, 1080p (1920 x 1080) resolution, G12 progressive 1080p panel, over 900 lines moving resolution
• 16:9 aspect ratio, 30,000:1 native contrast ratio, 2,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, 600Hz sub-field drive, 24p playback, Deep Color
• Aspect control: Normal, Just, Zoom, Full, H-Full; EDTV display capability (480p); HDTV display capability (1080p/i, 720p)
• VIERA Image Viewer, AR (Anti-Reflective) screen-coating filter, 3D color management
• Best video inputs: 3 HDMI inputs, S-Video input, 2 composite inputs, 2 component inputs
• Other inputs: analog audio input (for HDMI/DVI), 2 audio inputs (for video), audio input (for component video)
• Audio enhancements: surround sound (6 ohms, 150Hz-16kHz, 10% THD)
• Audio: 2 x 20W full-range built-in speakers
• Mounting options: VESA compatible, optional wall-mounting bracket (TY-WK4P1RW)
• IR remote control included

Additional Specifications

• Tuner system: ATSC/NTSC/QAM tuners
• ENERGY STAR® rated
• Outputs: digital audio output (optical)
• Pixel orbiter (anti-image retention), motion adaptive 3D Y/C digital comb filter
• VIERA Link, VIERA tools, game mode
• Trilingual menu (English/Spanish/French), V-Chip Program lock-out, built-in closed caption decoder
• Sleep off-timers and programmable timer (5 programs)
• Video picture memory, video input labeling
• Power consumption: 584W on, 0.3W standby
• Power supply: AC 120V, 60Hz

Manufacturer Specifications

• 100,000 hour panel life

Dimensional Specifications

• Dimensions: 40.6" W x 26.1" H x 4.2" D without stand, 40.6" W x 28.0 H x 12.9" D with stand
• Weight: 59.6 lbs. with stand, 55.2 lbs without stand

Panasonic TC-P42U1 Warranty Details

1-year parts and labor limited warranty

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