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 The Sanyo DP42848 arrived in a well battered box. I was hesitant in the beginning to accept merchandise, but decided to take a chance and hope that no damage to the contents were done inside.

Upon opening what was left of the box, I found nothing broken externally. The cabinetry of the TV set was intact. The remote control unit also showed no damage. The Styrofoam packing was a little worse for wear, but appeared to have done his job.

I began as usual to remove all contents and set them out, to check for missing items. Nothing missing so all was good, I could continue testing on the Sanyo DP42848.

Contents include the following:
One LCD flat-panel TV 42 inch.
One owners manual.
One remote control unit.
One basic set of RCA plugs, for audio and video.
Rechargeable batteries for remote control unit.

It should be noted, that a wall’s stand is not included with this package but can be purchased separately.

The TV set comes with the following.
Three HDM I jacks.
S. - video input.
Digital audio output.
Two jacks for component video input.
A. V. input.
Analog/Digital antenna input.
Analog audio out jack.

General specifications for the Sanyo DP42848 are as follows.
42 inch wide screen LCD.
500 CD/M2 brightness rating.
Resolution is 1920 by 1080.
1080p progressive scanning for the latest technology and the most advanced picture possible.
Built-in atsc digital/NTSC analog tuner which receives analog broadcast and digital broadcasts.
2500 to one contrast ratio.
6.5/MS response time.
10 watt stereo amplifier with two built-in speakers in front of the cabinet.

Dimensions are as follows:
41.3 inches wide.
29.7 inches high.
10.2 inches deep.
55.1 pounds.
Height will be smaller of course if you are using a wall stand.

The Sanyo comes with a flat black finish on the cabinet.  It is basically a user preference, regarding flat finish or shiny finish.  Although a shiny finish cabinet, may look better as far as the cabinet is concerned, it is this editor’s opinion, that it does distract from the viewing area.  Additionally, you will not find nothing more than a little green light in the right-hand corner showing you that your unit is powered up.  Myself, I tend to like not having any distractions from the LCD panel itself.  Therefore, I rate this Sanyo excellent, with their finish.  You cannot tell in many instances where the panel ends and the cabinet begins.  Perfect.

Sanyo has fitted their TVs with Samsung displays for a long time.  Samsung is a well recognized company providing a good display whether it be in the lower price brackets or the upper price brackets.  Mark one up for Sanyo again for their wise choice for wear it counts most.  The display panels, do need to have a long life and a good reputation.  Sanyo done good here again.

Let’s move on to the sound.  The speakers to come with unit are satisfactory, by no means will you have that home theater sound that you were looking for, but the jacks for home theater are provided.  I will still rate the quality of the sound above many in this price range.

Let’s get down to picture quality, after all that should be what you are after.  Let’s say for a $850 42 inch LCD flat-panel, it is simply awesome.  A common problem with LCD flat panels is over emphasis of bright colors.  The Sanyo did not exhibit this characteristic except on rare occasion.  Shade levels were also very good.  With many LCD sets, the dark scenes lose detail, such as wrinkled clothing, and the darker scenes.  The overall picture quality of this Sanyo easily compares to other flatscreen TVs costing $1400-$1500.

Some TV sets do a better job of converting standard definition to high-definition.  Standard definition was designed for 480, we also have 720 and 1080 now at the moment.  We now have to take material which was originally designed for 480 lines to be converted to 720 or 1080.  This means something has to be faked.  This is often why a high definition television set does not have a good picture with a standard definition signal.  With this Sanyo here although the up conversion is not excellent it is very good, and one cannot ask for more with the TV in this price range.

Now let’s get to, trailing, ghosting or what some call blurring that is associated with an LCD during the fast moving pictures.  Means that this unit is an LCD it is susceptible to these conditions.  If you are looking for it, yes you can see it, as well as with practically any LCD TV in all price ranges.  I’m not going to rate the blurring as a problem or a weakness.

Let’s get down to some of the extra features, such as closed caption.  Yes they’re there and there are plenty of options for you to choose from.

This TV also comes equipped with the V-chip and all of the features that you will want to are there.

Let’s get to set up.  Set up is a breeze.  Remove the box bands, squeeze and remove before plastic interlocks on the side of the box.  Now left the box straight up two separate the two halves of the box, and you are set.  Unpack everything included and set it on a sofa or table.  Hook all your audio, video and any other connections that you will be using into the back of the set.  Now tear off a piece of the wrap that came to cover the LCD panel, cover your screen, and drape all your cables over to the front.  Place your TV where you want it, hook all your cables to your receivers, VCR players, DVD players, or whatever else he may be using.  Now turn all of these devices on, as you would as if you were going to be watching the device.

Now insert the supplied rechargeable batteries into remote control.  Turn on the TV set using your remote.  Your TV set is now ready to search for all available channels, and all available devices, yes it’s pretty easy.  This may take a few minutes, don’t worry about it, relax it will work out.  Soon you will be greeted with an excellent picture.

The first thing a person usually wants to do is jump to the picture adjustments.  As you will see on this TV, this is not necessary at all, the picture is right without the need for any fine-tuning.  However the adjustments are there if you do to you to do some fine-tuning for whatever reason.

You will not find your usual array of preset pictures such as game, movie, standard and various other preset formats for color brightness and contrast adjustments.  What you will find is an auto adjustment and a manual adjustment.  Your manual adjustment would be compared to the custom adjustment on other TV sets.  So basically after setting your manual adjustment and you now have two presets auto and the other being your manual.

Let’s get over to the audio adjustments.  You will not find much here.  A simple tone adjustment.  No graphic equalizer here folks

Your remote control unit is pretty basic and fairly easy to operate.  It is not the best looking remote control around, or isn’t loaded with functions.  Useful items do include a loud noise suppressor, which tends to work very well.  You will not need to turn the remote up and down every time the commercials fill the room.  Excellent.

You will find an energy saver feature.  Off, high and low are your options.  What this does is lower overall brilliance of the picture if you have this set to high or low.  This feature can come in handy if you decide to quickly lower their overall brilliance if the room is totally dark. Basically that gives you 3 brilliance presets.Nice

Summary:
This Sanyo DP42848 has a great picture.
This unit also has a nonreflective cabinet.
This unit has plenty of jacks unless you have an unusual amount of devices.
This TV comes equipped with adequate sound, however a separate home theater system would be just the ticket for this unit.
This is one very easy to operate unit, from set up to basic watching.
Some of the extra features such as advanced pictures adjustments and presets are not available as well as advanced audio adjustments.
This Sanyo DP42848 is available at your local Wal-Mart stores.
This TV sales for $848.
Basically what you get is a great picture, tuner, non-reflective cabinet, decent audio system, easy to setup, enough jacks for the average person.
I was thoroughly pleased with the Sanyo DP428848 and would have no problem whatsoever recommending it.
Now if you are looking for a TV set which has a shiny cabinet, and more bells and whistles on the remote then this is not the TV for you.
Some production costs savings had to be made somewhere to be able to provide a 42 inch LCD flat screen TV at this price.  The areas to save on production cost were chosen wisely.  The picture comes first and foremost and Sanyo chose not to skimp in this area.  That is what Sanyo did here they chose not to sacrifice picture quality at all.  The cabinet blends in beautifully and is not noticed during viewing, well done.  Although everything else may not rate excellent.  I consider this to be one heck of a value.

At the present moment if you are looking for a flat screen in this size,this is the best bang for the buck.