Panasonic TX-P50V20B TV reviews

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+ This TV scores high on image quality. - It scores poorly on sound quality.

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Panasonic TX-P50V20B with 50" Full HD 1080p Plasma screen, 4 HDMI ports and Freeview HD. See full product description

Ease of use	9.1
Image quality	9.7
Sound quality	7.6
Design	9.1
Value for money	8.9
Overall rating	8.9

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Confirmed purchaser Film and documentary lover

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Great picture....good 'real life' skin tones...very happy with this
Bad points:: Sound quality not the best.......

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	5.0
Design	7.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 28 Nov 2010

Graham. , Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Fantastic picture and every gismo on it that you would ever want, Freesat is fantastic in HD aswell as Freeview (not HD until April 2011)
Bad points:: None. It's probably the best TV you can buy.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 19 Oct 2010

Justin, Kirkcaldy High spec fanatic

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Great picture quality. great connectivity. freesat and freeview as standard. thx mode is superb out the box. minimum picture adjustments required. media server use is fast and reliable. This tv is ausome for games and movies.
Bad points:: Plasma buzz is a bit distracting. Standard definition doesn't look so good. Viera cast is disappointing. audio return through hdmi is 2 channel. Sound quality is same as a speaker phone, very poor compared to the rest of the tv.

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	4.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 16 Mar 2011

Confirmed purchaser Film and documentary lover

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Brilliant picture quality, HD and Blu Ray are fantastic. The grey screen surround is a good change from black
Bad points:: None

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 14 Mar 2011

Confirmed purchaser Sports and games fan

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Excellent all round TV. Screen may seem very dark at first but soon grows on you
Bad points:: I had to exchange the set a number of times due to loud buzzing from the rear when bright white screens were displayed. The BA model rather than the B model is the one to get.

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 13 Sep 2010

Confirmed purchaser Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Fantastic picture quality, Good features, best TV I have ever owned. Blu ray films look brillant.
Bad points:: Cheap looking remote.....nothing else.

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 11 Sep 2010

Richard, Hengoed Multi-purpose viewer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Image Quality on HD Channels, Blu Ray and Xbox 360 is outstanding. The sound, as on most slim flat screen TV's lack's depth, but as it's connected to my surround system, it makes no difference to me.
Bad points:: The HDMi connections are on the back of the TV, so that the cables are connected at right angles. Stopped me from putting the TV on the wall, until I bought 90 degree HDMi cable adaptors.

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	4.0
Design	7.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 01 Dec 2010

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	50
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of screen	Plasma
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
3D	No

HD TV	Full HD 1080p
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum resolution of 720 horizontal lines (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Built-in disc player	No Disc Player
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	Freeview HD
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	FreeSat HD
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Number of HDMI ports	4
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of scart ports	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Connections	Ethernet

Connections	HDMI

Smart TV	Yes
TVs with internet capability allow you access to a range of online services.
Frequency (Hz)	600
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Response time (Milliseconds)	0.001

Screen aspect ratio	16:9
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	5000000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	192

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	1080

Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Headphone Socket	Yes
Weight (kg)	27

Release date	2010-03-24
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.
Release date	2009-01-08
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Panasonic V20, PANASONIC TXP50V20, Panasonic TX-P50V20

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Manufacturer's Description

Full-HD NeoPDP with Freeview HD & Freesat HD built-in, Infinite Black Pro, 600Hz Sub-field Drive Intelligent Frame Creation Pro and THX Mode. The V20 Series includes a DVB-S tuner for Freesat HD and a DVB-T2 tuner for Freeview HD providing you with a convenient, subscription free way of watching HD contents like sport, as well as your favourite soaps, dramas and documentaries in full HD glory wherever you are in the UK*. A contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1 enables VIERA to display extremely robust blacks. A new panel and improvements to the cell discharge area dramatically increase contrast when viewing in brightly lit locations. And reducing the electrical pre-discharge that causes greying has greatly enhanced black gradation. As a result, deep, rich blacks are displayed in virtually any viewing area, from living rooms to bedrooms. Even in dark film scenes, clothing textures and individual strands of hair are clearly reproduced. 600Hz Sub-field Drive technology lets you view superb full-HD motion and still images with 1,080 lines of resolution. For even greater clarity with motion images, Panasonic uses its own unique image-analysis technology. This technology converts the motion in each scene into data. And each frame is practically displayed for a shorter length of time than in previous systems, to reduce aftereffects. *When using Cinema mode. THX reproduces film images exactly as the film’s creators intended them. The overall aim was to improve the experience of cinema-goers and faithfully recreate the audio and visual ambience that filmmakers intended. To receive THX certification, TVs undergo stringent tests to determine, for example, whether the exact same brightness and colour are displayed at all screen locations, and whether black levels satisfy standard criteria. VIERA meets the high standards set by the THX Certified Display Program. Enjoy Internet content right on your TV. With VIERA CAST you can enjoy online videos, photos, and more. You can also check sports, news, weather and stock information with an easy-to-use Web interface that’s built into the TV. Whatâ€™s more, VIERA CAST’s assorted online content has new additions, including the remarkably popular SkypeTM and TwitterÂ® applications. VIERA CAST not only offers unique web entertainment but also expands your forms of communication. It’s easy to view full-HD images with the SD card slot. Watch and show your photos and motion images right after you take them. Simply insert an SD Memory Card into VIERA to display photos and full-HD videos on the large screen. An easy-to-see, easy-to-use thumbnail display has also been added. You can also enjoy special background music, slideshow frames and transition effects.

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