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Jul 27, 2017 dick boiii     Do not post more than once per product. Do not post first impressions, spend so...

Jul 4, 2016 www     I bought this PL4260N in late 2006 / early 2007. Had it almost 10 years. NO PROB...

Feb 5, 2011 Frustrated     My TV just popped. No picture only sounds. Seems you know all about this. Th...

Oct 29, 2010 ramblin on     Purchased 03/2007, died 11/2009,,,hp says 60,000 hrs of viewing...ha...sent emai...

May 6, 2010 Never Another HP Product!     I guess we're the lucky ones. Our HP HDTV picture lasted a whole 3 1/2 years! ...

Aug 28, 2009 meegas     I purchased the Pavillon MD5800 HP TV a few years back with a 3 year warranty. ...

Jul 17, 2009 D&S     My wife and I bought this tv in March of 2007 from Circuit City. May 28,2009 it ...

Jul 14, 2009 HP_SUCKS     Complaint Description - Posted 6/23/2009 9:37:53 AM I'm writing to express my ex...

Apr 28, 2009 terryk     Image detail and color quality is great. Sound from the two side mounted speake...

Jan 7, 2009 B-pool     HP 42 plasma HDTV (purchased 1/31/06, 3 years). The screen shows dark garbled im...

Dec 25, 2008 Greg     HP doesn't care about televisions, they are dropping almost all of them....

Oct 31, 2008 pc     Have this tv for 16 months, it worked ok, on September just die, no picture, no ...

Dec 24, 2007 Matt     I bought this TV in April 2007 for a great price and it has served me well. I u...

May 23, 2006 ejz91369     Great television for the price. Beautiful picture quality, esp. with DVD or HDT...

May 17, 2006 northshore     Great picture and sound (when hooked up to regular cable) and nice looking plasm...

My Experience: Great television for the price. Beautiful picture quality, esp. with DVD or HDTV. Had no problems with audio quality, although I'm using my own jewelbox speakers rather than the manufacturer's detachable speakers. Still, audio needed no tweaking right out of the box.

Problems: Design. Many of us who choose 42" plasmas over 50" models do so because of size contstraints rather than cost. With that in mind, the HP PL4260N's detachable speakers add an excessive amount of width to the overall design. My solution, initially, was to remove the speakers and wall mount them seperately from the television. Unfortunately, the speakers only have about 18" of rather heavy-gauge wire, so they can never be very far from the unit and the wires are quite visible. Design-wise, the mounting pegs are visible on the front of the speakers when detached, and there is no way to either wall mount them (because of their curving backs) or stand them on a table top (because of their uneven bases). Since there are no other intrinsic speakers, I was forced to pack the speakers away and use my own, smaller Bose speakers.