Product Description

The Tau is the crystallization of Panasonic's industry-leading technology, providing a level of viewing realism unlike anything you've ever seen before. It is also the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet, and the name scientists have given to the last of the 12 known elementary particles believed to form all existing matter. Panasonic has chosen this letter for the new television series because its shape suggests the superior flatness and sharp picture quality of these new models. It represents the next generation of television, with a flat screen, high quality, realistic, outstanding picture performance and advanced digital technology that set high standards for others to follow. Tau stands alone as a television that points to a brilliant new future in viewing pleasure. Experience it. Panasonic Tau.Panasonic Tau PureFlat series televisions are widely acclaimed for their startlingly crisp, realistic picture. But this set is stunning even when it is turned off. Your new Panasonic Tau television is designed to provide state-of-the-art picture quality and features an innovative PureFlat picture tube. The new silver-gray cabinet with compact, elegant styling is designed to give you many years of enjoyment. The television was thoroughly tested and tuned at the factory for best performance.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #232100 in Consumer Electronics
• Brand: Panasonic
• Model: CT32HX41
• Dimensions: 26.30" h x 31.90" w x 22.40" l, 165.00 pounds
• Display size: 32

Features

• 32-inch digital flat-screen HDTV monitor
• 2-speaker surround sound simulation
• Picture-in-picture capability
• 4 A/V inputs, 3 S-Video inputs
• Front input jacks; auto-volume correction, child lock-out, closed caption features

Amazon.com Product Description
This Panasonic CT-32HX41 32-inch stereo HDTV monitor-television not only provides you with a high-end viewing and audio experience right out of the box, it also gets you ready for the future: HDTV.

Video Features
This set's Panasonic PureFlat picture tube delivers rich, detailed images with excellent corner-to-corner depth. Unlike conventional curved screens, the PureFlat screen minimizes reflections and distortions, for optimal TV viewing no matter where you're sitting. It also features a three-line digital comb filter, which enhances resolution by removing the blurred edges between colors and reducing dot crawl. Its dual component video inputs help provide superior video images and color accuracy. Panasonic televisions with these component video inputs can accept either progressive or interlaced signals from a variety of sources, including DVD players and DTV set-top boxes. The progressive scan doubler displays almost twice as many video "frames" as a conventional television does, eliminating horizontal scan lines. And finally, this television doubles as an HDTV (high definition television) monitor, allowing you to view high-definition broadcasts when paired with an HDTV digital receiver. The HDTV digital format provides ultra-high resolution for an amazingly crisp, lifelike picture.

Audio Features
The CT-32HX41 features AI sound, an auto volume adjustment feature that sets a constant comfortable listening level. Its BBE technology also enhances speech intelligibility and optimizes the dynamic range of sound for music. Its easy, onscreen setup helps you set bass, treble, and balance. You can use the onscreen controls to adjust the volume of both the set's speakers and external speakers connected for a home theater setup. The set is also equipped with SAP (second language decoding) with dbx noise reduction.

Other Features
This unit features a two-tuner picture-in-picture with split-screen display, which lets you watch two TV programs simultaneously by dividing the screen in half, down the middle. Audio defaults to the program on the left; to listen to the program on the right, you simply switch the pictures with the SWAP button. Panasonic's Director lighted disc remote, recently redesigned to provide even easier and more accurate control, can control most current audio and video devices, including DVD players, VCRs, cable TV boxes, laser disc players, DBS receivers, stereo receivers, CD players, and cassette tape decks. This set also includes four sets of A/V input jacks (one front and three rear); the video is a composite video input. This set is Energy Star compliant.

Customer Reviews

Was good while it lasted
I am now 5 weeks without my HDTV. Had a few minor glitches early on but they never amounted to much, then about 4 months after purchase the screen began to pop from its normal square display to an oval shape then pop back out. Also had issues of display being almost all red, blue or green. PS2 hooked up with component was great, except that the screen went a bright neon green square a few times to days before it died. The final night it displayed all the above and when it was powered off then back on it went click, click, pop. I have spent the last 5 weeks with we'll need to pick it up and bring it to the shop, parts on order, well that part came in but now we need this part, we needed to get approval from Panasonic to order this part, still waiting. Called Panasonic wondering if they could help they were helpful, said they would call repair shop to see what the holdup was would call me back Monday, on Wednesday still no call, I call back, they NEVER called repair shop. Overall
TV 4 stars, PS2 on TV 5 stars, panasonic service 0 stars, getting this unit repaired 0 stars. My last Panasonic purchase!

Well worth it in good condition
My previous review titled "well worth it" should be updated but my E-mail has changed. This is in fact a great television. When I noticed a slight curve when viewing widescreen movies and I asked a service technition to take a look he noticed the problem after testing it with his equipment. He corrected a slight convergance problem with red that made the picture REALLY SHARP but said that the shadow mask had been damaged during shipping probobly because of bouncing, and that it would not be economic to fix it.The problem was very small but I am very serious when it comes to quality. Now I am trading it back in and upgrading to the 47 inch Panasonic high definition projector tv because it is easier to take care of. When I got this television it had a corner sticking out the hole in the box. My advice is that if you can get one in good condition than by all means do so but be carefull where you buy it because its very sensitive equipment.

Great set - manual is really bad though
This set is awesome! I love it....Many inputs, even has an output set to pass the video and audio to something else.

The manual is REALLY BAD though. There is no information at all about the front controls on the set even.

They do not explain anything about setting aspect ratio, color (hd/sd), etc. The controls are there, but how they work, who knows!

Example description for aspect ratio -

Aspect ratio - this controls the aspect ration of the set

Thanks alot!
So, a few calls to panasonic might be necessary

phil