Fujitsu P42HTA51 review

What you need to know

Reviewed by: Daniel Braithwaite

Reviewed on: 23 May 2006

Tags: Fujitsu, Fujitsu P42HTA51, HDMI, component video, native resolution

We like:

Space-saving design; decent audio; all normal 'TV' connections built in

We don't like:

Picture quality; only two Scarts; no digital tuner

You might also need:

HDMI, RGB Scart and component cables, and some sort of digital TV receiver

CNET UK judgement:

We were excited at the prospect of Fujitsu making a genuine tuner and Scart-bearing TV, rather than its usual approach of just supplying a tunerless screen without many standard video inputs. But the picture quality, that has made Fujitsu a force to be reckoned with at larger (50in and above) screen sizes, has tragically let it down here

Full review:

If there's one company that should know its way round a plasma TV by now, it's Fujitsu -- the first commercially launched plasma TV in the UK, way back in 1997, was Fujitsu's PDS4201E-H, which was yours for a mere £11,500. Yet Fujitsu has consistently proved strangely reluctant to throw itself wholeheartedly into the UK's 'domestic' plasma market, tending to favour screens targeted at business users over proper tuner-bearing TVs targeted at home users. Continue Reading...