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1.5 stars
"What A Disappointment!!!!"
Pros: Okay Picture
Cons: Panasonic's HDMI Is A Joke!
Summary: When the guy from Video Only hooked up the HDMI cables to my 42" HD Plasma, cable box, and new DVD recorder, I had nothing but problems after that. For the first time, I was getting error messages on my plasma screen that the HD cables were not connected and then the screen would turn green. In addition, I would get this annoying loud clicking sound and a static picture when I switched from high definition channels to the regular ones. After some home theater installation techs came out to my house, they replaced the HDMI cables with component video cables and then the problems stopped.
What's annoying is that the HDMI technology, according to home theater techs, is in its infancy and the bugs have not been ironed out. My question is: Why are all the electronics manufacturers putting this lousy technology on receivers, DVD recorders, amd HD TVs if it is not perfected yet????
So far, I am think the price of this Panasonic is too steep for the picture quality or lack thereof.
