Panasonic PT40LC12 40" 16:9 Widescreen Projection LCD Display

by Panasonic

Product Details

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• Product Dimensions: 17 x 39 x 36 inches ; 102 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 119 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000068GEL
• Item model number: PT40LC12
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #350,372 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: May 20, 2002

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

With its rear-projection LCD, the 40-inch Panasonic PT40LC12 offers excellent viewing even in rooms that are brightly lit. This HDTV-ready set also features two tuners for watching multiple programs at the same time, 1280 x 720 pixel resolution, widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, a motion-adaptive 3D Y/C digital comb filter, 3:2 pulldown progressive cinema scan, and many more enhanced video features for the ultimate cinema-quality home theater experience.

The enhanced progressive-scan doubler improves the quality of diagonal lines in a moving picture, displaying a full frame of video in 1/60th of a second by deinterlacing the incoming video signal and progressively scanning the image. The PT40LC12 has a 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio as well as a 4:3 enhanced mode; it's compatible with the 1080i high-definition signal format.

The motion-adaptive 3D Y/C digital comb filter displays bright colors and action scenes with incredible clarity by minimizing the "color rainbow effect" in closely spaced patterns, compensating for the motion that occurs between fields. Included 10-bit, 60 MHz analog-to-digital image processing boosts conventional grayscale from 256 to 1024, delivering four times as many shades of black and white. Horizontal edge correction in conjunction with dynamic sharpness control and velocity-modulated scan help to produce clean, crisp television images and reduce the unwanted effects of video noise.

Two-tuner picture-in-picture with split-screen display lets you view two programs at once by dividing the screen in half down the middle. Each program is shown at full height, with one program on the left side and the other on the right. High-quality, 8-bit PIP image processing provides 256 levels of gray from black to white in the inset picture for finer image detail.

Progressive Cinema Scan (3:2 pulldown) provides faithful reproduction of film-based materials. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24-frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; Progressive Cinema Scan digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture.

With its Enhanced Definition (EDTV) display, the PT40LC12 enables you to view TV programming in the 480p signal format (with optional high-definition tuner). This set has a built-in 181-channel tuner and two built-in speakers (10 watts apiece) that provide simulated surround sound and BBE high-definition audio enhancement, which helps restore the dynamic range of musical passages to provide a more natural sound. The artificial intelligence sound control automatically adjusts the volume level on your TV to prevent wide variations in sound between different TV stations and types of programming.

The PT40LC12 has 3 composite A/V inputs (1 front), 3 S-video inputs (1 front), 1 RF input, and 2 component-video inputs.

What's in the Box
This package contains the PT40LC12 40-inch projection LCD TV, remote control, 2 AA batteries, and printed operating instructions.

Product Description

This 40M-^RM-^R LCD projection HDTV monitor delivers a bright, clear picture that never needs adjusting and is consistent across the entire screen. Progressive scanning eliminates horizontal lines and an anti-glare screen ensures the picture isnM-^Rt affected by reflections from other light sources. The widescreen design lets you see your movies the way they were supposed to be seen, and the lightweight, slim design (only 16M-^RM-^R deep) makes it a perfect fit for any room.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good value for HD-ready widescreen TV, September 1, 2002

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Timothy N. Harwood (Raleigh, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panasonic PT40LC12 40" 16:9 Widescreen Projection LCD Display (Electronics)

I was searching for a HD-ready widescreen TV but was not ready to pay the [$$$] for a 42" plasma set. This came along in May ... with a price tag for less than [$$$]. It is HD-ready, 40", and has a matching stand available for it. The picture with non-HD TV is good, and you are able to either select either zoom, justify, or full to fill in the vertical and/or horizontals and fill-in the 16:9 screen with the 4:3 picture. With DVD, the picture is above average, and with an HD tuner hookup (over-the-air or DirecTV HDNET/HBOD) the picture is superb. I would rate the HD picture very close to plasma, and for the price, a better value at this time. As with all LCDs, the blacks are not pure black, but I don't watch a lot of space movies. HD sports is great due to the excellent color saturation it produces. LCDs also produce some motion artifact, and there is no exception here. I find it slightly annoying, but certainly not much worse than on plasma sets. A set definitely worth the money if you are interested in a widescreen, HD-ready set.

24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding "almost-plasma" HDTV, September 20, 2002

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This review is from: Panasonic PT40LC12 40" 16:9 Widescreen Projection LCD Display (Electronics)

I've had this tv for over a month. (Also purchased the new Onkyo 950 home theater package to go with it.) While more than your average projection TV, this LCD rear-projection offers almost the same resolution as plasma. The delivery guys from Best-Buy brought it to my house and set it up had never seen one before. After we plugged it in and fired it up, both of them uttered, "wow" as the screen came alive. They had set up two plasma tvs for NASA in the past, and both of them througt this Panasonic was as good .... with a lot less hassle than a plasma.

Reactions from new viewers on DVDs is predictable: universal acclimation that it's a much. much better experience than in the theater. Stunning clarity: you will notice more visual details than in the theater.

It doesn't get any better than this, unless you're willing to fork over MUCH more money. Couldn't be happier.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Astonishing Resolution, November 15, 2002

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Kristen P. Nelson (Anchorage, AK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Panasonic PT40LC12 40" 16:9 Widescreen Projection LCD Display (Electronics)

I purchased this TV locally from BestBuy and absolutely love it. The picture clarity is just amazing. I can see the tiniest detail in movies that I never noticed in the theater due to the fantastic picture resolution. (I had planned to use the TV with my computer to edit pictures and make photo CDs, but I'm frightened at the prospect of seeing my face with that kind of detailed imaging.) I often watch programs on mute while I'm exercising. Even across the room I have no difficulty reading the closed captioning.

I also appreaciate how much less hassle the TV is than rear projection big screen TVs. No tuning at all, just turn it on.

I had some friends over for a movie night and one of them stated that it made his tv look like a radio in comparison. I would highly recommend this product.