Panasonic Viera TH-46PZ8OU Plasma HDTV Review - Conclusion

The Panasonic TH-46PZ80U offers many of the strengths that we've come to expect from Plasma televisions, including an excellent viewing angle and deep blacks. Colors were a mixed bag, keep the brightness low and you get accurate colors. Turn it up, however, and they begin to lose detail. This is especially important as the Panasonic TH-46PZ80U's range of brightness is so small that we think most people will want to turn it up all the way. Even at maximum brightness many will find this HDTV to be dim in a normally lit room. Certainly in a show room the LCD's are going to outshine it, but don't discount the positives of a Plasma. Just be prepared to compromise for them.