Product Description There are only two words to describe the SVA Plasma: "High-End". The 42-inch (HD4208TIII-PDP) HD Plasma TV combines stylish design with the excitement of HDTV compatibility (1080i), integrated Home Theater audio, with a built-in TV tuner, a futuristic developed panel, widescreen viewing, high brightness, wall mountable compatibility and a superior contrast ratio (700: 1). Additionally, this plasma television has true native 852 x 480 resolution with a 16: 9 aspect ratio, Progressive scan, and 160 degree viewing angles.The elegant design of the HD4208TIII-PDP enhances the decor of living rooms, network control rooms and will be the envy of all high-tech home theaters. The products' distinguished separate AVC (Audio, Video and Computer) system - holds all inputs and outputs, and a PC connection - reducing the cables around the panel itself. At just about three inches deep, this Plasma TV can be wall-mounted or placed on a table utilizing the included sleek custom designed stand.The SVA HD4208TIII-PDP model is compatible with existing optional wall mount brackets, providing seamless wall-mount installation and making it the obvious choice for High-Tech Home Theater systems, Network Control Rooms, Meeting Rooms, Executive Offices, Corporate Lobbies, Updateable Signage and Video Conferencing.
Amazon.com Product Description Once demanding tens of thousands of dollars, gas-plasma flat-panel displays have entered the realm of current real-world HDTV prices. One such newly affordable plasma display is SVA's widescreen HD4208TIII, a 42-inch set using a Samsung plasma screen with 852 x 480 native pixel resolution. The set gives you true EDTV (480p, progressive-scan) resolution as well as inputs compatible with full-resolution 720p and 1080i HDTV signals (optional set-top box decoder/receiver required) as well as analog PC signals up to 1,600 x 1,200 through a VGA input.
A plasma screen gives you vivid colors like you've never seen before, extremely wide viewing angles (wider, even, than those of most LCD screens), and easy placement due to a plasma monitor's slim profile--the HD4208TIII is a mere 3.9 inches deep, perfect for desk or wall mounting. Brightness tends to be extremely uniform across plasma screens, which are also impervious to the picture distortion and negative color balances that afflict CRT monitors when placed near lighting or sound systems. The HD4208TIII offers 160-degree viewing angles, high 700:1 contrast, and typically luminous 600 cd/m2 brightness.
On this display, SVA uses a dissymmetrical unit structure from Samsung for the optical elements, which greatly improves tricolor illumination balance over previous models. Moreover, the set's advanced plasma AI system can automatically increase the discharge frequency on gray and dark scenes to precisely control brightness levels. Thus, images become clearer, more natural, and generally more vivid. The set also features a pure-black driving system to enhance black-level regeneration and pure-gamma rectifying technology, which produces 1,024 gray levels for extremely detailed home theater viewing. The 24-bit real-color display can realize 16.7 million colors with good reducibility.
SVA's 72 Hz line-by-line scanning technology thoroughly eliminates any flickering of 60 Hz NTSC TV pictures. And, unlike many plasma sets, the HD4208TIII doesn't need an RF commutator between it and your cable box; you'll be able to enjoy pristine, high-contrast cable images (at standard cable resolution) right out of the box. The unit's stereo speakers are powered by a generous 12 watts per channel.
Inputs consist of the above-mentioned VGA computer input, one each composite, S-video, RF (for antenna or VCR/cable box signal), and HD component-video, and four accompanying stereo analog (left/right) RCA inputs for your associated source components (DTV set-top box, satellite receiver, PVR, VCR, DVD player, etc.). An composite-video based audio/video output lets you feed an SD (standard-definition) interlaced video signal to a PVR or VCR.
9 YEARS OLD AND STILL GREAT!!!January 25, 2009 A. Grosso(Delaware Water Gap, PA) We bought this TV from Sam's Club in 2000 and it's still giving us SUPERB quality TV viewing. We paid 2100 and are amazed that it's lasted so long. The only drawback at this point is that the screen gives off a lot of heat - always has (good on a cold winter's night for our living room) and I imagine it uses a good amount of electricity. Looking at the other reviews I guess we've had better luck than a lot of people - hope I haven't just jinxed us! It replaced a Panasonic that lasted only 2 years so you never know...
2.5 years old and dead in the waterOctober 10, 2006 Curtis P. Morgan When I bought this TV from BJ's,I paid $2,400 (after $100 refund as the TV's price dropped a week after I got it) in January of 2004. It hasn't given me any trouble except that the remote control never really worked well with it. It always took alot to get the signal into the sensor. Anyway, a few days ago it began making a double clicking noise when I turned it on. Yesterday it just clicked and was dead. After 3 dozen times or so, it finally came on but today when I went to turn it on, the set was completely dead. So, when it worked, it's great, but for that amount of money, I feel it should be lasting alot more then 2.5 years. I have been in the Technical end of the electronics business for 20 years and this leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Only EDTV, poor contrast, questionable reliabilityOctober 20, 2004 Gadgester(Mother Earth) 7 out of 12 found this review helpful
SVA is a large TV manufacturer based in China, while the "heart" of this plasma screen, the plasma panel itself, is made by Samsung of South Korea. This means two things: 1) questionable build quality and durability, and 2) subpar image quality.
You may be attracted by the attractive price on this set, but believe me, there's a reason why it's so cheap. Unlike state-of-the-art plasma planels from Pinoneer and Panasonic, the SVA exhibits poor contrast, no matter how you try to adjust the settings. There's also significant pixelation when viewing fast-action scenes, such as sports. The exterior also feels rather flimsy, which is not surprising given the low-cost market the company builds its "reputation" in.
For two grand, you only get EDTV meaning the resolution tops out at 480. A little more money will get you HDTV entries from Gateway. Given 720p is pretty much a must given how fast the HDTV industry is evolving, I recommend against an EDTV no matter what. So what if you have a 42" screen? Remember the concept of "dot pitch" from the computer monitor world? A low resolution looks especially bad on a large screen. An older-technology-based screen like this SVA-Samsung is really not worth the savings, because in the long run you suffer, as you find yourself having to upgrade to true HDTV, not the least because all your friends have HDTV!
Recommendation: stay away from this cheap set with poor screen quality and unknown reliability. I always think that if you are going to spend a lot of money on a TV, you might as well go with a good one. Sony, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Gateway, ... you have many choices that are much better and give you more bang for the buck.
RE: Amazon Plasma TV Listings & Prices too good to be trueAugust 29, 2004 Mark D. Mcclure(Ames, IA) 9 out of 12 found this review helpful
Amazon isn't cleaning up their listings so here is a heads up to all--
Below is some email correspondence I had with someone who checked into these Amazon sales. If Amazon's "used and new" section has Plasma TV's for $1000+ below market price BE WARE!
http://www.storm-lake.com/amazonfraud/
Not HDAugust 25, 2004 6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Native resolution of this display does not reach HD so that means that any source you think is 720p actually is downscaled to 480p. If EDTV is what you want then this might be a good buy but don't buy it thinking you're getting HDTV.
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