With a huge range of Plasma and LCD TV's for 2009, Panasonic can certainly not be accused of resting on their laurels. While some of the lower end 2009 panels we have looked at demonstrate those familiar qualities of technical expertise, quality, value and performance, they have not exactly set the world of flat panel technology alight. The new G10 series plasma's are the first to bring with them some really exciting technical innovations and with those innovations the promise of ground breaking performance.
Not only does NeoPDP bring with it the promise of far greater energy efficiency but also a vastly improved picture performance. A faster 0.001ms response time, improved colour reproduction, and greater contrast levels offer the potential for stunning picture performance.
Having just about digested the implications of NeoPDP, Panasonic hit us with another first - 600Hz Sub-Field Drive Intelligent Frame Creation Pro technology. Things are always not quite what they seem however, and the 600Hz as we shall see does not translate into 600 frames per second (which on the TX-P42G10 is 100 frames per second, or 100Hz).
It becomes immediately apparent that the TX-P42G10 is a more accomplished performer than the TX-P42X10 we recently reviewed. Panasonic have built a solid reputation for the motion handling capabilities of their Plasma screens with the TX-P42G10 set to enhance that reputation. The performance in this respect is not perfect, but enough of an improvement to suggest that 600Hz sub-field drive technology is much more than a clever marketing exercise. The improvement is most noticeable on faster motion sequences where even the best flat screens begin to loose an element of definition, clarity and sharpness. The TX-P42G10 ultimately suffers from a very small amount of juddering with fast camera pans, but its abilities place it into an elite group of performers in this respect.
Panasonic TX-P42G10
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