Panasonic's 46-inch TH-46PZ85U VIERA plasma gets reviewed

by Darren Murph posted Apr 19th 2008 at 9:10AM

Although Panasonic's TH-46PZ85U didn't strike CNET reviewers as being quite as sexy as the recently critiqued Samsung PN50A550, it managed to hold its own in the all-important area of image quality. For starters (because we know you're rummaging through looking for this very fact right now), critics found that this particular PDP "exhibited the deepest shade of black [they had] seen from any Panasonic plasma, deeper than any display [they had] reviewed except for the Pioneer and the OLED-based Sony XEL-1." As for color accuracy, it did seem to lag behind other rivals, but its anti-reflective screen was noticeably better than most. Overall, the panel managed to impress -- but not floor -- the eagle-eyed reviewers that were watching intently, but if you've been toying with the idea of ordering this very unit for your own living room, why not give the linked review a read through before pulling one trigger or the other?

Filed under: Reviews, Displays, Panasonic, Plasma

Tags: 1080p, panasonic, pdp, plasma, review, reviewed, TH-46PZ85U, VIERA

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

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James @ Apr 19th 2008 9:13PM

I think I'll wait for the 800 series, but this is definitely encouraging. I can't wait to see how the two top end lines perform.

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Dan Kulinski @ Apr 19th 2008 10:19PM

I have the 50" version of this set and I must say it out paces any other set I have seen. I am not sure why the Samsung scored higher but the Panasonic is an absolutely beautiful set, very happy with it.

Watching Serenity, on DVD, the star fields were deep and the thousands of pinpoints of star lights was just amazing. The ion storm fight scene was full of color and just floored me.

Dan

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Hooterman @ Apr 21st 2008 3:43PM

Geez, if the DVD version floored you, what happens to you during the HD version?

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