Best Plasma Televisions

Plasma Televisions are on the cutting edge of technology. Due to their compact, space saving size and highly advanced picture quality, they easily have the capability of dominating the electronics market over the next few years. Just look in the window of any electronics store, plasma televisions are always in the spotlight.

Consumer demand is steadily increasing for top-of-the-line plasma televisions and manufacturers are pulling out all the stops to roll out millions of models, sizes and display variations. So how is a consumer to know which is the best plasma television to buy?

The following is a list of Top 10 Best Plasma Televisions in the two most popular sizes, the 42 and the 50”.

This information was assembled from electronic retailers throughout the United States. Perhaps this plasma television buyer’s guide and review will help you join the digital video revolution.

The Best Plasma Television in the 42” Class is the Panasonic TH-42PX600U. It’s a HDTV Plasma with Built-In ATSC/QAM/NTSC Tuners, SD Memory Card Slot, and a PC Input. The realism of a TV's image is strongly linked to its exceptional contrast ratio, and this plasma features a high contrast ratio of up to 10,000:1.

A unique feature this Panasonic plasma television has is that you can view digital programming without a cable box, the Panasonic plasma HDTVs with CableCARD slots can accept a small card that allows you to receive standard definition and high definition digital broadcasts. This is perfect for a wall-mounted plasma TV. This top of the line 42” plasma retails for $2599.95.

Panasonic TH-42PX600U Plasma Television Review: “It is evident the quality of this high-definition content on the 42PX600U is unparalleled. The new ATSC tuner pulls in digital broadcasts magnificently. When we watched the Evening News in high-definition, the image was very clear, and the news anchors' faces had accurate flesh tones. When they cut to reporters out in the field, the detail of their surroundings was exceptional. Algorithmic scaling to full picture size was outstanding.” 

The best Plasma Television in the 50” class is the Panasonic Th-50PX60U. It’s a High Definition masterpiece with Built-In ATSC/QAM/NTSC Tuners and comes with a SD Memory Card Slot.

The TH-50PX60U is not only an impressive plasma display, but it is the most affordable of the top-tier plasma televisions. Both Samsung and Toshiba have 50" plasma televisions on the market with marginally lower prices, but they can hardly compete with the superior picture quality of the Panasonic TH-50PX60U.

Like with its earlier plasma televisions, Panasonic's TH-50PX60U has excellent black levels, contrast, color reproduction, and aesthetic appeal. There is simply no other 50" plasma television on the market today that can match both its picture quality and its price point in the market.

Best 50” Plasma Television Review: “Panasonic was very smart to cut unneeded features from the TH-50PX60U to keep the price low while adding important new features like a second HDMI input. This Panasonic plasma television is for those HDTV buyers who demand supreme picture quality at a reasonable price.

My 50” Panasonic came out of the box with bright default picture settings. The default picture mode setting is vivid and a color temperature setting of Cool. find the picture settings that gets as close as possible to D6500K—the optimum prescribed color temperature used by the film and broadcast industry.”