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(Wide VGA) panel, but look at the

price — something had to give. Even

so, you can connect a multitude of

sources through the rear-panel VGA

and BNC jacks and access them

quickly with the supplied remote con-

trol. But you’ll need a separate audio

playback system, as there’s no onboard

amplification.

Sampo’s PME-42V3 ($7,995) ap-

pears to be a no-frills, bare-bones

panel at first glance. But it’s got a few

things under the hood, including a full

rack of input connections. In addition

to professional-type BNC jacks for

component video and RGB signals,

you also get a DVI connector. Although

there is no onboard audio reinforce-

ment, you can use the panel as an

audio-follow switcher and control vol-

ume through the supplied remote. The

panel’s native resolution is 852x480

pixels, or Wide VGA.

Sony’s PFM-42B1 ($7,999) is the

plasma that stirred up the market

last fall. Introduced as a low-cost 42in.

design with 1024x1024 pixel resolu-

tion, this panel has turned market

pricing on its ear (see the Fujitsu

above). It’s another bare-bones design,

with a pair of 15-pin VGA jacks and

composite/S-Video inputs, but no on-

board audio. However, like the PME-

42V3, you can loop audio feeds in and

out for volume control from the sup-

plied baton remote.

Panasonic’s TH-50PHD3U

($14,995) is the big brother of last

year’s best-in-review TH-42PWD3

panel, and boasts 1365x768 (Wide

XGA) pixel resolution. It’s a full-bore

professional/home theater 50in. de-

sign, with BNC and 15-pin jacks for

every possible component video and

RGB signal (but no DVI). Want

onboard audio? You can have two

channels of it at 8W per channel, or

loop your audio sources and control

them with the supplied remote.

Pioneer’s PDP-503CMX ($17,999)

appears to be identical to its predeces-

sor, the PDP-502MX. But there are a

lot of changes in this 1280x768 (Wide

XGA) 50in. panel, and the most im-

portant is a slot for aftermarket video/

RGB/digital interfacing. Slide in the

Pioneer accessory videocard, and

you’ve got compatibility with all kinds

of RGB and video signals — even DVI.

There’s a stereo (2W per channel)

onboard audio amplifier, and full

video/audio follow switching is avail-

able from the supplied remote.

NEC’s PS-61MP1 ($27,995) is the

first of the really big plasma panels to

hit the market (look for Samsung and

LG/Zenith to follow suit shortly), but

it’s manufactured on the same fabri-

cation line used for NEC’s 50in. pan-

els. This 61in. panel also has the same

resolution as its 50in. brother,

1365x768 (Wide XGA), and you get a

full complement of RCA, DIN, BNC,

VGA, and DVI jacks for hookup. Au-

dio feeds can be run through the

panel’s 7W stereo amplifier, or looped

through to an external system. All

functions are accessible from the sup-

plied baton remote.

Menus and remotes

Although many plasma panels ap-

pear the same outwardly, their inner

workings vary considerably. For ex-

ample, some manufacturers provide

sequential input selection, a feature I

have never understood and quite

frankly detest. Why make the end-

user sequence through a series of in-

puts over and over to change from a

DVD source to a computer signal?

Fortunately, only two panels in this

review (Sampo and Panasonic) use

sequential input selection. Everyone

else provides direct access to any in-

put at any time.

While the Panasonic sequence only

involves three possible inputs (com-

ponent, RGB, and composite), the

Sampo sequence is particularly vex-

ing. You must step through BNC RGB,

RGB (15-pin input), DVI, AV (compos-

ite video), S-Video, and then YPbPr

for DTV (or YCbCr for interlaced com-

ponent sources). What’s worse, it takes

about two seconds for the panel to

select the next input and check to see

if a signal is really there.

Menus also vary widely among pan-

els. The best menus that provided a

combination of fast navigation, menu

placement, and readability were found

on the NEC, Panasonic, and Sony pan-

els. NEC’s menu appears as a small

box in the upper left corner, while the

Panasonic menu pops up as a small

box in the upper right of the screen.

Sony’s menu is simple, keyed white

text and covers a good portion of the

screen, but doesn’t obscure as much of

the image as the Fujitsu pulldown

menu, which is a large, tiled affair

with crude-looking text. While Sony’s

menu is fast, it has too many hidden

submenus. This is also a problem with

the Panasonic at times.

You also must remember to push

Model Dimensions Weight

Panel Aspect

Resolution Input signals

Internal

MSRP

size ratio audio

Fujitsu PDS-4229 40.7" x 25.2" x 3.3" 62.8 lbs. 42" 16:9 852x480 PDP NTSC/PAL, VGA, none $6,999

SVGA, XGA, DTV/HDTV

Sampo PME-42V3 41.3" x 26" x 5" 79.4 lbs. 42" 16:9 852x480 PDP NTSC/PAL, VGA, SVGA, none $7,995

XGA, SXGA, DTV/HDTV

Sony PFM-42B1 40.7" x 25" x 3.3" 65.5 lbs. 42" 16:9 1024x1024 PDP NTSC/PAL, VGA, external $7,999

SVGA, XGA, SXGA, DTV/HDTV

Panasonic TH-50PHD3U 47.6" x 28.5" x 3.9" 99.2 lbs. 50" 16:9 1366x768 PDP NTSC/PAL, VGA, SVGA, XGA, 8W stereo $14,995

SXGA, UXGA, DTV/HDTV

Pioneer PDP-503CMX 48" x 28" x 4" 88 lbs. 50" 16:9 1280X768 PDP NTSC/PAL, VGA, SVGA, XGA, 2W stereo $17,999

SXGA, UXGA, DTV/HDTV

NEC PS-61MP1 58.3" x 35" x 4.7" 134.5 lbs. 61" 16:9 1365x768 PDP NTSC/PAL, VGA, SVGA, XGA, 7W stereo $27,995

SXGA, UXGA, DTV/HDTV

Model specifications

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