Panasonic Malaysia finally announce 2009 Viera HDTVs!!!!
KUALA LUMPUR--In a few hours' time, Panasonic will be announcing its latest Viera HDTVs slated for Asia with an expanded lineup from 15 in 2008 to 23 models this year. To be unveiled at the regional media event is a series of ultraslim plasma panels (PDP), multimedia-ready LCD TVs and THX-certified displays. The spotlight will, however, be on the two NeoPDP prototypes first debuted at January's Consumer Electronics Show in the US. Here are all the highlights and some key features found on Panasonic’s upcoming flat-panel offerings.
In an updated technological demonstration of its NeoPDP, Panasonic has set a new yardstick with an enhanced 42-inch prototype that consumes only a third of the power used by its 2007 model. This compares favorably against the 50-percent energy savings offered by this year’s entries featured at this launch. Similarly, its engineers have shed approximately two-thirds of an inch off the original 50-inch NeoPDP. Not only is it 8.8mm wide at its slimmest section, the panel also packs the world's highest 1,080 lines motion resolution according to its press release.
At the core of Panasonic's latest 2009 Viera plasma TVs is its eco-friendly NeoPDP technology. Besides delivering similar luminance using just half the power of a comparable 2007 model, NeoPDP panels also offer increased brightness boosting native contrast by 33 percent to 40,000:1. In addition, you can expect sharper moving images and richer hues, courtesy of a stepped-up 600Hz sub-field drive and digital cinema color system, respectively. The former ensures full 1,080 lines motion resolution, while the latter widens the color space to 120 percent over the HDTV standard.
As for the Viera LCD range, Panasonic has doubled the panels' dynamic contrast to 20,000:1. For the record, the plasmas feature a peak, though less accurate, 2 million:1 dynamic contrast. Another notable change is that the number of LCD series has mushroomed from four to eight. These aside, most of the new LCD entries have either the In-Plane Switching (IPS) or IPS Alpha panels found in their 2008 counterparts. Popular among videophiles, IPS displays and their derivatives are renowned for their exceptionally wide viewing angle and saturated colors.
In a rather unprecedented bid to differentiate its TVs from the competition, all the new Vieras are equipped with onboard JPEG playback via a high-capacity SDHC card slot. Some of the premium panels will also come with added AVCHD and new MPEG-2 file support for playing back video. Unfortunately, the Japanese company is sidelining Asia again as far as the Viera Cast Internet content service is concerned. In the US and UK, Viera HDTVs with this feature allow users to stream YouTube videos and display Picasa Web photos onto the big screen for free using a Web connection.
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