This Plasma 42" TV has 10 speakers (output of 288 watts) with SRS Virtual Surround. It has 100 programs or channels with features like channel skip, child lock or channel guard, channel scan and channel sort along with other convenience features like auto off, auto sound leveler, on-screen-display and picture-in-picture facility. This set is compatible with DVD players with component video inputs. It also has a blue screen or blue-black function. This TV has contrast ratio of 4000:1, brightness of 1400 cd/m2, widescreen aspect ratio 16:9 aspe and image resolution of 1024 X 1080 which incidentally the highest image resolution available in plasma TV. Along with s-video, composite inputs, VGA Input (PC input) and USB Photo Input this HD Ready TV also has 2 HDMI Inputs (High-Definition Multimedia Interface), which receives signals from Digital sources and produces digital quality images and sound performance. This TV also has memory slot card, which can read data stored on memory cards.