Samsung PN42B400 42-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV Review

Just bought this hours ago at Walmart for 1 taxes included. I bought it for my bedroom to replace a 720p 32" Polaroid LCD I bought 4 years ago. I have to say that so far I am quite impressed. I have another Polaroid 42" 1080p in my office that I use as my computer monitor, plus for limited movie watching. This Samsung blows that Polaroid out of the box for regular cable tv watching, however, for High Def material they are quite similiar. The one thing that I didn't expect was that the Samsung picks up digital channels flawlessly and without an antenna. The Polaroids I have don't and I have had to buy an antenna and they still have trouble picking up the signal. So far no problems with HD signals on the Samsung and I don't use an antenna. That means more than 20 more free HI Def channels for me. Nice! Yesterday I bought a Sony Blu Ray player (BDP-S360)for 5 and I hooked that up to my new Samsung TV. The picture is flawless. Don't really see the difference between 720p and 1080p.

The only downside I can think of now is the lack of HDMI inputs. No big deal though, I have a reciever that I run everything thru. Like the other reviewer mentioned, not much set up to do, I am using the factory settings for now, although I may tweek them later. Overall, nice addition to my bedroom. I may even switch it out with my Polariod and use it as my computer monitor, I do more TV watching in there anyways.

Samsung PN42B400 42-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV Feature

• 2,000,000:1 Mega Dynamic Contrast Ratio
• Samsung E-panel technology like 600Hz Subfield Motion, Mega Dynamic Contrast Ratio, and .001ms response time
• Wide Color Enhancer 2
• 2 HDMI (rear), 1 component (rear), 1 composite AV (rear shared with component Y) input, 1 Digital Audio Out (Optical), service USB port, PC input (D-sub), PC/DVI audio port; no headphone jack
• Game Mode, ENERGY STAR Compliant

Samsung PN42B400 42-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV Overview

Samsung 42-Inch Plasma Widescreen Plasma HDTV

Samsung PN42B400 42-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV Specifications

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*** Product Information and Prices Stored: Dec 08, 2009 01:36:07

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