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4.0 stars
"Deep Blacks and Excellent SD"
Pros: Clear and crisp HD with great depth and color accuracy. All input presets adjustable. All automatic features defeatable. Extracts every bit of detail present in SD programs. Great connectivity.
Cons: No VGA input. Remote not back-lit. Frame is very shiny. Merciless on poor sources.
Summary: Bought this TV in July 2008. Showroom floor viewing (Sears) and the glowing review in Consumer Reports convinced me.
Set up was simple, yet complete including attaching an OTA antenna for local HD programming.
The HD output from DirecTv (from their new MPEG-4 feeds) looks as good as the source. DVDs with first quality transfers popped off the screen with almost instant 3:2 pull-down for film sources. OTA broadcast material delivered detailed sports programming with no detectable motion artifacts.
The revelation, though, was in SD viewing. Good sources really looked good, much better than on the Sony CRT this set replaced.
In summary, this TV gives me more than I expected in picture quality. Note that as delivered the Panasonic had a so-called "3D" filter.
