Alright folks, it's crunch time. The year is coming to a close and if you didn't pick up your new HDTV during the "Black Friday" sales in November your last chance is quickly approaching because once it's January you will no longer have a legitimate excuse to splurge on that big screen (men I'm talking to you, I doubt any woman that want's a HDTV will get any resistance from her significant other). That said, you've probably been frantically reading reviews trying to figure out where the best bang for your buck is at. We'll hopefully we at BFR will be able to narrow down your search with our HDTV reviews. Back in July we reviewed the Samsung LN-T4065F 40" 1080p LCD TV. While not the cheapest display around, we were very happy with our experience. Today we follow with a similar display but in the plasma family. The Samsung HP-T4264 is a 42" plasma with a native resolution of 768p.

Specifications:

Viewable screen size: 42" Diagonal
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Native Resolution: 1024x768
Inputs:
- Side: HDMI, Composite video, S-Video, Headphone
- Back: 2 x HDMI, Composite video, S-Video, PC Input (Analog), 2 x Component
Supported Broadcast:
- NTSC: 480i
- HDTV: 480p, 720p, 1080i
Contrast Ratio: 15000:1
Viewing Angle: 175° Horizontal/175° Vertical
Speakers: 2 x 10W speakers
Sound Effect System: SRS TruSurroundXT
Dimensions:
41.5" x 29.9" x 12.4" (with Base)
73.2 lbs (with Base)
41.5" x 27.5" x 4.1" (w/o Base)
45.5" x 34.0" x 16.1" (carton dimensions)
88.2 lbs (carton weight)