Panasonic VIERA U1 Series TC-P46U1 46-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
- 46-inch plasma HDTV with full 1080p HD resolution
- Three HDMI inputs
- 600Hz Sub-field Drive produces crisp, focused images for sports, dramatic action, and all other fast-moving scenes
- VIERA Image Viewer lets you share your digital photos with friends and family directly from SD cards
- VIERA Link lets you control your compatible Panasonic DVD, Blu-ray Disc player, home theater sound system and HD camcorder, all with one remote
Product Description
46″ Plasma, 1080p, 3 HDMI, Native contrast ratio 30,000:1, Infinite Black Dynamic contrast, 600 Hz Subfield Drive
Panasonic VIERA U1 Series TC-P46U1 46-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
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I agree with the previous 2 and 3 star reviews
I also had previous 42 inch plasma Pana bought 2 so years ago…Wow IT is still GREAT!!!! …. anyway I saw this unit (TC-P46U1) walkin thru walmart pre black friday…saw it and thought GET That now maybe a special price for BF.
well i had it over 2 months and wanted it up for Super Bowl…..WHAT A DISSAPOINTMENT…never saw it comming from Panasonic…….so i got around to reading up on it yesterday …and here Im back to Report
I also returned it ALSO..with 2 weeks to spare……
The Reviewers previous said it well and I agree on all if not more points …….IF YOU KNOW YOUR LCD AND PLASMAS LIKE I DO( i have purchased 20..various sizes……) SAMSUNGS.. PHILLIPS ..VIZIO ..SHARP..INSIGINA AND I HOPE PANASONIC AGAIN
WE WILL SEE……..
Good luck to all….workhaute
Rating: 2 / 5
We’ve had this TV about a month, connected to digital cable and a blue ray player- AWESOME! Let me say this is my first HDTV, but comparing to my friends set-ups, this blows them away! Picture quality is excellent (as says everyone that sees it), very easy to set up and use- I would recommend this set to anyone.
Rating: 5 / 5
I bought the 46U1 to be my very first big screen HDTV. I didn’t want to spend too much money but I didn’t want a cheap TV either. I found the 46U1 for sale at Walmart for $698 and grabbed one.
From the first moment I turned it on I was blown away! Beautiful picture, vibrant colors, and a feature very important to me. Deep blacks.
Approximately one month after enjoying my new HDTV every day something changed. I first noticed the change when watching a movie with a nighttime scene. It showed a man walking on a street at night under a streetlight. I had seen this particular scene a few weeks earlier while browsing the channels. What changed was that the black level on my U1, or the deepest black a TV can produce, was now dark gray and not black at all. I didn’t pay much attention until a friend mentioned the same thing to me a few days later while watching a movie. I popped in The Dark Knight blu-ray and low and behold my blacks were gray. The change was not subtle in the least and was very obvious to not only an AV enthusiast like myself but to everyone. I searched and found the thread over at [...] and the original poster mentioned his G10 suffered from the same black level increase. Since I found the thread, many G10 and even some V10 owners have come forward claiming their sets are faulty. Unfortunately for those of us who bought these televisions with our hard earned money Panasonic is denying the issue exists at all. They state that the increase is normal over the course of the plasma life. While true the change happens normally over the life of the TV the changes some of us are seeing are happening over the course of 1-3 months. Far sooner than normal for sure.
Enough about that though, on to the rest on the 46U1! Image quality, despite having grayish blacks, looks very good. Nice rich, and decently accurate colors. SD material looks fine but HD content looks exceptional, especially blu-rays played through my PS3. The integrated speakers are actually quite good and have a bit oomph as well. Menu options are very limited as you would expect on a lower priced model but there are enough settings to adjust the picture and sound to your liking. The set looks great sitting on my AV cabinet. A nice deep black bezel, although a bit thick for my liking, still manages to look sleek. A small silver strip accents the set toward the bottom. The stand is very sturdy but it does not swivel. One thing to watch out for are scratches. Make sure you clean the frame and screen with microfiber cloths and not cotton or paper products as the surfaces can be easily scratched if you are not careful!
Overall I am very happy with my purchase with just the one caveat. A good entry level plasma that could have been great if not for a fault in the design of the TV and every other 2009 Panasonic plasma. Everything from the cheapest to the most expensive ‘09 Panasonic plasma is affected. Will the new 2010 models still have the issue? Only time will tell but I would avoid buying one and instead look at Samsung or LG instead.
Rating: 3 / 5
This TV is so sweet. I have looked for over a year for the perfect TV. Either they were to much, to blurry, not dark enough, not big enough, or you never herd of the brand. AND NOW I got my Panasonic 46″ TC-P46U1 for $788. It runs at 600Hz are you kidding the motion scene are crystal clear. YOU DO HAVE TO HAVE AN HD SIGNAL FOR IT TO BE CLEAR! To many people get angry when they hook up their regular TV signal at 420P and want it to be clear? So if you have an HD receiver from a dish company or a blue ray player, your good to go with this TV. Owe yeah YOU HAVE TO USE AN HDMI CABLE!
Rating: 5 / 5
Pretty much, this TV rocks.
They have some at a local store and I’m bewildered people walk by them at their price point and buy a more expensive, inferior TV set.
It looks good with any source. SD, HD, it does great. Of course things are not going to look as good with SD content, but you’ve got a 46″ screen where you wouldn’t be able to see the gritty details as well as on an old 27″ SDTV set – it’s technology, not magic.
Do yourself a favor and get your TV calibrated. We picked up a copy of Elf on DVD and used its picture calibration setup, the picture went from great to even greater. It was impressive. I didn’t think it could had got any better.
Video games, this thing is like an arcade monitor on steroids. They don’t have monitors as good as this thing in arcades.
Even playing super fast games everything looks buttery smooth. Even old 16bit video games look good on this monitor.
Over the air HDTV looks great, especially a local 1080i channel (PBS HD). It looks like a computer screen using DVI input instead of a TV screen, that’s how good it looks.
My complaint? I DO have a complaint. The TV signal meter will not stay up longer than 2 minutes, and when I’m outside adjusting an antenna looking through the window in the cold and it vanishes, that sucks.
But that’s about it. Family has a 2 year old Vizio plasma that has noticable ghosting, otherwise called burn in (but fades, so, ghosting).
This television has not even had a hint of ghosting even from the word go. I’m completely comfortable playing video games with it, for hours. Not a single problem.
Plasma? Panasonic? Win.
Rating: 5 / 5