SVA HD4208TIII-PDP 42-Inch Flat-Panel Plasma EDTV
- 42-inch gas-plasma display with EDTV (up to 480p) native resolution; 46 x 28.9 x 14.9 inches (W x H x D) with stand
- High 700:1 contrast ratio, luminous 600 cd/m2 brightness
- 852 x 480 native pixel resolution; accepts 720p and 1080i HDTV signals
- PC input with image scaling for up to 1,600 x 1,200 resolution
- Wide, 160-degree viewing angles; proprietary cable-TV RF interface offers pristine images right out of the box
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 H
List Price: $ 2,499.99
Price: $ 2,499.99
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Altruism Is Dead “Random reviewer”
July 5, 2011
Just bought.,
I recently bought this tv acouple days ago. I had been wanting a plasma screen television for quite some time, and when I seen the price of this for alittle bit under $2,000 in a local advertisement I had to take a look at it.
When I went there I was quite impressed with it, visually it looked great, the design of the case and the picture quality itself. I asked the sales person alot of question but he didn’t really know too much about it so it made me question the integrity of SVA, a brand which I had never heard of at the time.
I went online to try and find some reviews and information about it, but could only find these same reviews below on abunch of other websites, which didn’t really help at all since you have 2 people saying they like it, and 1 person that posted twice about how it sucks and not explaining a reason why. After abit more research I read that the picture tube is made from a Samsung picture tube. I heard of this before where other companies like Dell import pieces of plasma screen tvs and construct them in one of their factories to keep the price down.
After visiting the store again, this time with my brother to decide on final purchase, me and him went over all of their plasma tvs and gave them our own bare eye inspection. Both of us thought that the SVA had a great picture quality compared to all of the other plasma screen tvs they had on display, and in alot of cases it looked even better than alot of the tvs on display.
When I bought it, the only thing that was bad was the stand was broken on it (which we recieved another stand) and for being a plasma screen tv and how thin it is, it is very heavy. The other thing is that it has no controls on the tv itself, there is no volume, channel, video select or even a television power on! (Although there is a main power turn on/off) So if your remote control breaks (and you don’t have a universal remote programmed for it) it sounds like you’ll have to order a new remote.
I read from a different review that someone was having problems with the remote control and that it had a “mind of its own”. I haven’t came across this problem at all, either that person had a faulty remote control, or was talking nonsense.
But still, like I mentioned before, I have recently bought this plasma tv, I haven’t had any problems with it yet, and I had been looking up information about preventing burn-ins since I hear it plagues plasma tv’s and I play alot of video games and intend to use it as a pc monitor as well.
Also another nice addition was that included ALL the hook ups you need. I am not sure about the exact amount of cords, but it include acouple of the same ones like 2 a/v cords, 2 normal left/right audio cords, 1 component, 1 s-video, 1 pc cord, 1 pc to component (which is really cool), 1 analog(?) cable, and 1 audio (you know like a head phone jack) to left/right audio cord. I thought that this was very cool since alot of tvs I had bought and other people bought didn’t include, or only included maybe 1 or 2 cords.
I gave this a rating of 4 because like I said, I had just recently purchased this tv and still am testing it out. I wrote this review to help people get alittle bit more knowledge about this tv since I couldn’t find much help about it online either. My biggest suggestion for anyone interested in this tv is to go to a store and take a look at it and compare it to other plasma tv’s, make sure to check for burn ins and everything. When I was checking it out at the store they did not have the audio set up, only the picture cables were hooked up, when I got it home and tested out the audio, I was quite surprised at the quality of it since I heard alot of plasma screens with speakers didn’t give good quality. But still I run all my audio through my reciever for surround sound, which the majority of people that purchase plasma tv’s do as well, so you wont be worrying much about the audio on this… which I believe by looking at it, it has 4 sets of speakers, I could be wrong… but it did give off some nice sound for when I was testing it out.
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|Tom Schwab
July 5, 2011
On balance, quite a great way to spend 2k,
I have owned my SVA for about three months now. It is on for at least 8 to 12 hours a day. We have not had a single issue at all so far. I run a replay dvr unit into this plasma and it looks great. DVD’s look great at 720.
I have friends who have much more expensive units that they bought last year, including Sony and Dell. They are all very impressed with the picture quality.
The replay has a slide show on ‘pause’ and it looks great on the screen. The static picture (10 second slideshow) gets excellent reviews with no flicker or dead pixels. It really looks great. Even in fast action scenes in adventure movies do not cause image issues on the screen.
I almost bought a Sony or a Fujitsu since I didn’t really want to think or do research about the quality of the unit. One of the costco home workers said that over a 100 had left the warehouse and only one was returned (and it was not returned for a failure). I cannot speak to other issues about customer service since I have not had to deal with them.
I have been saving a lot of money by buying dvd’s and watching movies at home with this plasma and the surround sound. It is really awesome and I wish I had bought this thing last year when I first saw it.
The only issue I have is the component video input via the 15 pin dsub. One of the two silver retaining screws (just like any pc card has) fell out. Therefore the vga connection is not super tight but it still works. As another reviewer mentioned, this unit is heavy and I have it about 5 feet in the air on a hearth. So, only when I have someone help me lift it down will I replace it. Other than that, it is pretty cool.
Buy this unit and save the money you would spend for a name brand!
UPDATE
Over one year later and still going strong. I don’t detect any burn in or any dead pixels either.
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