Panasonic TC-P42S30 review: 42-inch full HD 1080p Plasma HDTV
The Panasonic TC-P42S30 42-inch plasma TV features full HD 1080p resolution and easy IPTV. Connectivity includes three HDMI inputs and two USB ports. The S30 series is not 3D TV.
Other features include Fast switching Phosphor, VIERA Image Viewer (photos and movies), Viera link, DLNA compatibility and 600Hz Sub-field Drive.
Panasonic introduces Easy IPTV this year. Easy IPTV allows to access six of the most popular movie, music and social networking sites: Netflix, Amazon VOD, Napster, Pandora, CinemaNow and Facebook. Easy IPTV is the simplified VIERA Connect or limited VIERA Connect.
The TC-P42S30 won CES 2011 Design and Engineering Award in the Eco-Design and Sustainable Technology product category.
The VIERA S30 series has four screen sizes,
- TC-P60S30, 60-inch $1899.95
- TC-P50S30, 50-inch $1099.95
- TC-P46S30, 46-inch $949.95
- TC-P42S30, 42-inch $799.95
The dates of availability are not available yet.
The TC-P42S30 is not the successor to the TC-P42S2. It is the successor to the TC-P42U2. The P42S2 has 1080 lines of resolution for motion video. Like the P42U2, the P42S30 does not. The P42S2 has a NeoPDP display. Like the P42U2, the P42S30 does not. The P42S2 has an AR filter. While I can not find any mention of the P42S30 not having an AR filter, I also can not find any mention of it having an AR filter. While the P42S30 has several features even the P42S2 does not, it lacks some important features the P42S2 does have.
Dale LaRoy Splitstone