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PX500 line
PX50 line
ONYX Series
8-Series
CES 2006
600 Series
ATSC/NTSC/CableCARD tuners, HDMI/HDCP,
PC inputs, SD card slot, TV Guide On Screen
EPG, TTM spring 06.
42” TH-42PX600U $3,200, 1024x768
50” TH-50PX600U $4,200, 1366x768
65” TH-65PX600U $TBD, 1920x1080p, TTM Aug/Sep 06, expected to be at $8000
when released in the US), 1080p acceptance expected for later in the year (upon
HDMI 1.3 later release they said, although 1080p
is actually not exclusive on the 1.3 version), PC
input, NTSC/ATSC/QAM CableCARD tuners, HDMI
version 1.2 inputs with HDAVI control, TV-Guide
EPG, left, good blacks, skin color very nice, all
natural colors, pixel structure viewable from 3 feet
away, best plasma on that size at CES 2006.
Future 1080p models would start from the 42”
size. 58” model mentioned but not confirmed at CES 2006, later added at CES 2007.
60 Series
ATSC/NTSC tuners, HDMI/HDCP, SD card slot, NO CableCARD, TTM spring 06
37” TH-37PX60U $2,200, 1024x720
42” TH-42PX60U $2,600, 1024x768
42” TH-42PD60U $2,000, 852x480p EDTV
50” TH-50PX60U $3,700, 1366x768
58” TH-58PX60U $5,500, 1366x768 mentioned
but not confirmed at CES 2006, see below for
details.
103” 1080p plasma panel prototype was shown
as a technology statement, picture on the
right:
Mar 06
As promised at CES 2006 above, Panasonic launched two 58-inch, 1366x768, models
capable of displaying nearly 29 billion colors with a 10,000:1 contrast ratio, TTM
summer 06.
Panasonic added "Now that we've increased the number of our panel's displayable
colors from eight billion to nearly 29 billion with 3072 shades of gradation and upped
our maximum contrast range from 3,000:1 to 10,000:1 to achieve the blackest
blacks and whitest whites in the industry, we feel very confident of retaining our top
ranking with both HDTV plasma buyers and the consumer electronics media."
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