Panasonic TH-50PX20U/P 50-Inch HDTV-Ready Flat Panel Plasma

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Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 200 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B00009YAHH
• Item model number: TH-50PX20U/P
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #99,963 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: November 4, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description
With the ability to display more than a billion colors, 1,536 shades of gradation, and a contrast ratio of 3,000:1, Panasonic's 50-inch 16:9 HD-capable flat-panel plasma TV brings images to life in vivid color and extraordinarily deep contrast. Ready for use straight out of the box, it features a built-in NTSC TV tuner and five integrated stereo speakers. You can also connect it to your computer to serve as a monitor. It offers resolution of up to 1,366 x 768 pixels (with a pixel pitch, or spacing, of 0.81 x 0.81 millimeters) and an anti-reflective coating that reduces glare. The motion-adaptive 3D Y/C digital comb filter further increases brightness and clarity.

Progressive Cinema Scan (3:2 pulldown) reassembles the frame sequence of your original film-based content from DVDs to more accurately reproduce the original 24-frame-per-second material. In addition, two-tuner picture-in-picture with resizable windows allows you to watch more than one program at a time. BBE ViVA HD3D sound simulates surround sound using only two speakers and without distorting dialogue, and AI sound keeps the volume at a constant level, compensating for those jarring ups and downs. Five integrated Bass Reflex speakers and the capability for surround sound round out the audio system.

The TV's onscreen menus are available in English, Spanish, and French, and it can display Closed Captioning for the hearing impaired or silent viewing. Settings for use with you computer may be made through the separate PC menu.

The built-in NTSC receiver allows you to use the TV to receive broadcasts or when connected to an appropriate source such as cable TV or an optional external antenna. However, the manufacturer notes that an over-the-air antenna or optional set-top receiver are required to view DTV programming, and if your cable company "passes through" a DTV signal unchanged, an optional HDTV set-top receiver can decode and tune the program. Panasonic notes that standards for cable connectivity have not been finalized, however, so you should make sure this product is compatible with your cable system.

The TH-50PX20U/P allows you to connect your DVD player and one other device using high-quality component video, and also offers S-Video, composite-video inputs for connecting a camcorder or game console, and HDMI (HDCP) inputs, as well as an RGB-VGA connection for computer hookup. Audio and video inputs are located on both the front and the back of the TV for easy access. The TH-50PX20U/P includes a pedestal stand.

What's in the Box
TV, pedestal stand, owner's manual, remote control, and batteries.

Product Description
Panasonic Plasma Displays set the standard for high-definition viewing. HD panels with approximately 1, 050, 000 (1366 x 768) pixels capture all the beauty of HDTV broadcasts and other HD image sources. They support all major HDTV and EDTV standards, including 1080i, 720p and 480p, and fully reproduce high-definition pictures from 720p HDTV signals.The use of a new front protection glass filter and new phosphors greatly improves the color purity of blues and reds, a weakness in previous plasma displays. This helps achieve pure, rich, natural coloration that exceeds CRT displays and approaches European EBU standards for high-definition TV. The asymmetrical arrangement of the red, blue and green cells results in a dramatically improved light-emitting balance of the three primary colors. This reproduces purer whites while maintaining a high level of brightness.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars RE: Amazon Plasma TV Listings & Prices too good to be true, August 29, 2004

By	Mark D. Mcclure (Ames, IA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Amazon isn't cleaning up their listings so here is a heads up to all--

Below is some email correspondence I had with someone who checked into these Amazon sales. If Amazon's "used and new" section has Plasma TV's for $1000+ below market price BE WARE!

http://www.storm-lake.com/amazonfraud/