The Panasonic TH-50PZ850U is a pretty good HDTV. It boasts of a few extra features that are not found in many HDTVs of the same type. The Panasonic TH-50PZ850U HDTV is capable of showing your images and running your videos via its SD card slot. The Panasonic TH-50PZ850U HDTV also boasts of the capability of getting plugged into an Ethernet connection so that you can enjoy Internet video on it. As far as quality is concerned, it is just adequate for you to sit back and enjoy movies and TV shows. The Panasonic TH-50PZ850U HDTV is priced at $1700. This price is pretty reasonable when we talk about a 50-inch big plasma HDTV.
This HDTV gives a direct competition to its Ethernet-enabled rival Samsung LN55A950 HDTV. As far as set up of the TV is concerned, it is extremely easy. The on-screen main menu of the TV is easily readable. The Sub Menu of the TV lets you to change options like Closed Captioning and Favorites without going to the main menu. Just plug the TV into your home network and you are good to access online content delivered to you through Panasonic’s Viera Cast service. The online content on your TV will include YouTube, Picasa, Bloomberg, and weather reports. You will be quick to notice that YouTube videos show in a smaller window on this TV and not at full screen. Using the SD Card slot on this HDTV, you can view slideshows of your JPEG images. If you have videos in AVCHD or MPEG2 format, you can also play them via the SD Card slot on this HDTV.
The HDTV boasts of a 480Hz Sub-Field Drive that ensures an image flash rate of 480 times per second. The image quality is thus pretty decent but you will find heavy pixilation in fat moving images that feature a wide shot. If we talk about overall quality, it is pretty adequate. The TV features a decent remote control that lacks backlighting but is programmable. The buttons on the remote are big and easy to access. The sound quality is also pretty adequate for general use but it will be better for you to use external speaker system with this TV. Overall, the Panasonic TH-50PZ850U, with an array of extra features, is definitely a good choice to go for.
