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ViewSonic VPW425 42" Plasma Flat-Panel HD-Ready TV |  | Brand: ViewSonic
Category: CE
This item is no longer available
Rating:  11 reviews
Platform: Windows
Media: Electronics
Display Size: 42
Shipping Weight (lbs): 101
Dimensions (in): 10 x 8 x 5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: VPW425
Model: VPW425
UPC: 766907408317
EAN: 0766907408317
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| Features:
| • | 42-inch flat-panel, HDTV-ready plasma TV with NextVision technology; 40.9 x 25.6 x 3.7 inches (W x H x D) | | • | 852x480 VGA resolution compatible with VGA up to UXGA | | • | XtremeView performance with up to 160-degree viewing angles (horizontal and vertical) | | • | Picture-in-picture and split screen capability | | • | Built-in TV tuner accepts all VHF and UHF channels and CATV input |
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Product Description
The ViewSonic VPW425 42" plasma TV with built-in TV tuner brings stunning video images into your home or boardroom. Revolutionary NextVision technology brings images to life with spectacular brightness and depth. XtremeView performance with viewing angles up to 160-degrees delivers vivid images with unmatched picture quality. Picture-in-picture and split-screen (picture-on-picture) capabilities make it easy to view multiple windows at once. Professional-grade features allow you to tailor images to your particular application. Built-in virtual surround sound speakers and progressive scan technology round out the multimedia experience with a clean, professional look. For the home or office, get the powerful, slim (3.7" depth) plasma TV - the ViewSonic VPW425.
Amazon.com Product Description
The ViewSonic VPW425 42-inch plasma TV includes a built-in TV tuner to bring stunning images into the home and boardroom. At less than 4 inches deep, it easily fits in just about any location. Revolutionary NextVision technology brings images to life with spectacular brightness and depth, and XtremeView performance offers viewing angles up to 160 degrees while delivering vivid images with unmatched picture quality. Progressive scanning, for use with sources like DVD players and digital TV set-top boxes, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional picture, providing higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. The display is compatible with high-definition signals, including 480p, 480i, 720p, and 1080i. Picture-in-picture and split-screen (picture-on-picture) capabilities make it easy to view multiple windows at once. Professional-grade adjustment features let you tailor images to a particular application, and built-in virtual surround sound speakers round out the multimedia experience with a clean, professional look. Also included are tools for managing image shadowing, precise white balance adjustment, and an external RS-232C control interface (RS-232 cable not included). You'll also enjoy ViewSonic's free, 24/7 technical and customer support (excludes major U.S. holidays).
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 Excellent Plasma for under $3000.00 October 18, 2005
Kevin C. Fowler (Enfield, Ct. United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This viewsonic T.V. is great as long as you know how to hook it up. Unlike regular T.V.'s if you hook up to this T.V. using the Coax Cable the picture will be awful. Now if you hook up using the S-Video, Componet, or Composite Video the picture will be perfect. That's why Plasma's are considered monitors instead of T.V.'s What the cable and satilite companies don't tell you is that you 50% of signal strength when you use the coax cable hook-up, or what others call the RF adapter. Regular T.V.'s can make up for this signal loss plasma's can't. So for all you out there do some research before you buy a Plasma.
 A terrible, terrible TV December 2, 2004
M. Gabriel
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Even at the low price, this TV managed to disappoint in all categories. The remote is a giant brick with all the important buttons hidden under a slider. The image quality was fuzzy and poor. The screen would glitch every once in a while for no apparent reason. Any white or bright area on the TV (even with the brightness turned down low) would cause a terrible BUZZING sound from inside the unit. Weighing in at 90 pounds, it was difficult to even rotate it a little by yourself.
Let me put it this way -- I had the TV for about 2 months before someone broke into my office and stole it. I was actually happy to see it go.
 Im not happy September 20, 2004
Moneybags (New york)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Im sure the other guys were impressed with this unit .Im not.If you can manage to get the picture bright enough be prepared to hear a nice loud humming sound!!Ive used it with all connections tried.Even with the 17 pin connect to my comp it was dissapointing and the sound from any white background is disgraceful!Forget about burn in as well.Its going to happen..Youd better spend the extra money and not cheap out as I did..I kept Myself to spending under 10 thousand bucks to redo my room ,this is just for electronics.I use it for my bedroom cause of lack o space.My SONY bigscreen is best pic Ive seen so far.Ill save my cash and get a sony plasma next..Oh and the heat is insane,No one mantioned this so I doubt if they truly even bought one.I wish I wasnt first to get this TV no reviews were out back then...
 Pretty Darn Good For Under 3K! February 3, 2004
James (Cleveland, Ohio)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
O.K.----I think our man Steve from CA. might have been better served if he had read the owner's manual first, and then had professional installation. THIS IS NOT A HDTV! It will take the signal, but will have to "dumb it down" to display. But that display is absolutely gorgeous: sharp colors, wide viewing angle and NO artifacts.
As for using the display as a computer monitor, I would be hard pressed to recommend it any higher. As with all viewsonic monitors I have owned in the past, apps from word processing to the newest games are just perfect. I connected my cable to a media center computer I built, and now use a nifty program called Snapstream that puts the old TIVO to shame! Now my wife can tape her soaps, easily burn her favorites to DVD, check her E-Mail, surf the web, video chat with her mom, play Tetris (O.K.---she's a little behind the times in her gaming!), find that song she has been looking for, etc----all from the comfort of our bed. She's now happy as a clam, which any guy will tell you pays the ol' hubby dividends far greater than the sub 3K cost of the unit. And I must admit, I can't wait for Halflife II on a big monitor with the display settings jacked to the max!
Two caveats: Again, no HDTV. Perhaps more importantly, if you are going to set this unit up yourself, you ought be an enthusiast. Trying the many input choices enabled me to decide on the best option for myself, which proved to be the DVI for the computer, and the S-Video for all TV functionality except for DVD playback, which benefits with progressive scan connections (you know, that red blue yellow thingy). If you rely on the manual alone, you are apt to be left confused, as it is far too brief and poorly written.
If you feel, as I do, that the PC is the future engine to drive home entertainment, this unit is an excellent partner!
are u an idiot November 25, 2003
adfefag (usa)
0 out of 11 found this review helpful
to the person with troubles, i doubt the troubles are with the t.v. if it happens to be defective, send it back. duh.
to the student, no one cares, boo hoo. It's 200 and 3! you've never seen a $3000.00 t.v.?
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