Panasonic TH-50PX50U 50-Inch Flat-Panel HD-Ready Plasma TV
Very Disappointing
Very disappointing-at least for viewing widescreen DVD's.  After hours attempting to set up this television (TH-50PX50U) in every conceivable permutation of expensive cables with a new Sony HDMI DVD player (as well as to two older models that were not HDMI capable, a Sony & a Panasonic), I've concluded that to view widescreen DVD's there are two unsatisfactory options.  If I use a \\"component\\" hookup (three video cables), I may view a widescreen DVD in either the \\"full screen aspect\\" where the image is illogically stretched to fill the Panasonic's wide screen and the people in the film appear fat-faced, or I may view the DVD in a \\"zoom aspect\\" where the image is cropped and people have a portion of their head cut off.  If, on the other hand, I use a HDMI hookup (one cable), I am given only the full-screen, fat-faced option.  There is absolutely no way that I've found to view a widescreen 16:9 format DVD in a true 16:9 format on this 16:9 aspect high definition TV-as counterintuitive as that may sound.