Introduction 5
Introduction
The HP PE4240n 42" plasma TV is designed to deliver a fantastic image for an immersive home
theater experience. Your new television features a bright and high-contrast enhanced definition
plasma panel with Faroudja’s Emmy-Award winning DCDi video processing. Your television is
encased in a stylish piano black cabinet, and can be wall mounted or used with the included stand.
What is in the Box
• Plasma television with attached stand
• Power cord
• Remote control with batteries (two, non-rechargeable, size AA)
• Shielded coaxial cable (1.8m) for the antenna
• This guide
• Warranty and Support Guide
• Quick Start Guide
These items are all you need to set up your television for operation in its most basic configuration.
Optional external speakers can attach to the TV and are available separately.
Features
The features you’ll enjoy include:
• Enhanced definition plasma display with 3000:1 contrast provides a clear
progressively scanned image with rich colors and deep black levels.
• Picture-in-Picture or Picture-On-Picture (side-by-side) viewing.
• Emmy-Award winning DCDi video processing by Faroudja detects low-angle lines and
smoothes out staircases and jagged edges, bringing a new tier of realism to sporting events and
movies.
• Motion Adaptive Noise Reduction greatly enhances the quality of standard definition and off
air video.
• FilmMode Processing 3:2 and 2:2 pull down accurately reproduces film-originated content from
video sources.
• Fine Detail Enhancer identifies and enhances areas of fine detail in a picture, such as skin and
hair, for a dramatically more life-like appearance.
• 3D Y/C Digital Comb Filter reduces flickering and enhances color purity in complex scenes
from broadcast and composite signals from your DVD player or VCR.
• Variable aspect ratio support enables scaling of 4:3 video to fill the screen.
• Svelte, wall-mountable design that is only 4.3 inches (110 millimeters) thick.
• DVI-D input for digital video connections to set-top-boxes, DVD players, and PCs.