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Nov 20, 2010 CK     I purchased this TV in July 2008. The TV has died 3 times in 2 years. It is a hi...

Jul 9, 2008 rick dankert     purchased th-42pz77u six months ago and really liked,UNTIL the upper buffer boar...

Jun 19, 2008 PratchettFanBoy     Purchased six months ago. Have NO complaints. Perfect fluid motion of images, ...

Jan 14, 2008 Bob K     Being a hopeless computer, audio and video hobbiest all my life and at age 55 I ...

Dec 15, 2007 Larry     Probably looked at 60 different TV's, both LCD and Plasma before deciding on thi...

Nov 17, 2007 Polla R     I conducted an exhaustive research of plasma vs. LCD before buying. Once I decid...

My Experience: purchased th-42pz77u six months ago and really liked,UNTIL the upper buffer board went bad. So Panasonis thought, when they replaced the board it was immediately shorted out by what they say is now a bad Plasma display. It requires the entire set to be dismantled, Heard enough? These sets are very susseptable to heat loads because the tolerances are so tight. Panasonic seems to be aware that this issue exists, check the tech sites and type in 7 flash error code and you will see what I mean. I am in a replacement resolution stage with Panasonic right now.

Problems: Check tech sites for ongoing problems with this model, I think you will be surprised. OH and GET the extended warranty. The Plasma display is about $1400, their cost