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Panasonic Viera TH42PZ81B Plasma TV save £100 when purchasing Panasonic Home Cinema System together

This offer includes :
Description Price
Panasonic Viera TH42PZ81B Plasma HD Ready Television, 42 Inch with Built-in freesat £1299.00
Panasonic SC-PT860 DVD Home Cinema System £399.00
Standard delivery FREE
5 year guarantee - Television FREE
2 year guarantee - Home Cinema System FREE
Total separate selling price £1698.00
SAVE £100.00
Total payable £1598.00

Note: This offer is available until 31 August 2008, while stocks last.

Television: Please note: This TV features an integrated freesat tuner, but to enjoy freesat broadcasts you will need a dish and cabling installed. freesat does not require a contract or a subscription – just a one-off payment for your dish and installation. To organise installation, please visit or call one of our shops. Click here to find out more about freesat.
Sit back and enjoy stunning HD images with this Panasonic Viera TH42PZ81B 42” plasma television. It features a built-in Freesat tuner so you can enjoy HD channels from the BBC and ITV without the need for an external box.

Its state-of-the-art technology gives amazing picture quality, with the Intelligent Frame Creation giving fantastic resolution even during fast moving scenes – something football fans and film buffs will both appreciate.

Every image is richly detailed - from the brightest sunshine to the darkest night sky - and contrast is enhanced by the new Real Black Drive system that creates deep, robust blacks and reproduces scenes with a fine balance of light and shadow.

Sound is enhanced with its in-built V-Real Pro 3 surround sound technology (with bass extension), while the 24p Real Cinema settings offers enhanced judder-free playback, giving a smooth ‘film’ look. The 3 HDMI sockets allow you to hook-up your Blu-ray player, PVRs and games consoles with ease.

The TH42PZ81B is also capable of playing footage straight from your camcorder in high-definition mode and you can view a slideshow of your photos - just remove the SD memory card from your digital still camera, and slip it in the slot.

This television is ‘high definition ready’ which means it has the ability to display high definition signals with the addition of a separate HD receiver. HD broadcasts are at a much higher resolution than regular analogue or digital broadcasts and have greatly enhanced picture quality. The level of detail is astonishing with clearer, sharper and more vibrant images.

1080p
1080p is the purest form of high definition that a television can display. This leads to a smoother, more film-like image, which will satisfy sports and movie lovers alike. With a 1080p signal, the information that makes up an image is displayed “progressively” or all at once, rather than in an “interlaced” fashion.

Home Cinema System: The Panasonic SC-PT860 DVD Home Cinema System comes complete with 4 sleek tower speakers and a powerful 1000w Dolby Digital DVD receiver to put you in the heart of the action.

The unit can also upscale your standard definition DVDs giving them a high definition “makeover” (when connected to compatible 1080p TVs). You’ll see detail in your much-loved films you hadn’t noticed before!

The 'Auto Speaker Set-Up' feature makes calibrating the SC-PT860 a breeze and the direct iPod dock guarantees your music player will fill the room with your favourite tracks.
Key Features

Audio qualityDifferent manufacturers use different sound systems to improve your audio experience V-Audio with Bass Boost

Auto setupAutomatically tunes in the channels that an aerial can receive Yes

AV inputsWhere on the TV your DVD Player or other equipment can be plugged in Front and rear

Brand Panasonic

Brightness Information not available

Contrast ratioThe difference between the darkest black and the brightest white; greater contast produces a richer colour 30,000:1 native

Digital tunerDigital tuners give a better quality picture and let you receive extra channels without an additional Freeview box. Yes - Freesat

Dimensions H72 x W106 x D8cm

FastextUpdated version of Teletext that uses coloured keys on a remote as shortcuts to particular pages Yes

Guarantee Panasonic Plasma TV: FREE 5 year guarantee
Home Cinema System: FREE 2 year guarantee, extend to 3 years £45

HD ReadyAbility to display high-definition pictures when connected to an HD compatible device Yes

HDMI inputsHigh Definition Multimedia Interface - carries video and audio signals in digital form 3

Headphone socket Yes

Model name / number Viera TH42PZ81B

On-screen menusAccess various settings on the screen Yes

Remote control Yes - programmable for other Viera products

S-Video socketSeparate Video- only handles the video aspect of the signal but will give a better picture by using two separate conductors for colour and detail information. No

SCART socketsSocket for connecting audio-visual equipment together 2

Screen formatTraditional 4:3 is used on smaller TVs. Widescreen or 16:9 is a wider 'cinema-style' format Widescreen

Screen resolutionPicture quality defined by the number of individual dots (pixels) used to create an image. The higher the number of pixels, the higher the image quality Information not available

Screen size 42"

Speaker output (RMS)Measured in WATTS. The higher the number, the louder the sound! 20W

Stand Yes - table-top stand included

Visible screen size (measured diagonally)Diagonal measurement across screen