Panasonic TH-50PX75U 50-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV

Panasonic TH-50PX75U 50-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV
Product Dimensions: 47.7 x 3.8 x 31.3 inches ; 89.8 pounds
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ASIN: B000O5TFRK
Item model number: TH-50PX75U

Panasonic TH-50PX75U 50-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV
Are you prepared for superior digital and HDTV? The Panasonic TH-50PX75U HD Plasma TV will more than flip your living space into a home-theater -- it even makes it an art gallery. The high-definition, Progressive Scan 50" display creates intense colours and the sharpest images. Its vibrancy and clarity also brings out the best in your personal photos - the engineered-in SD slot and GalleryPlayer software enables you to play your favorite artworks, or best personal photos, on your Panasonic HDTV from your PC. The new EZ Sync HDAVI Management lets you operate all your home theater components by pressing one button on your remote. Gorgeous images and 1-touch controls - it is a combination that's hard to beat, and so the Panasonic TH-50PX75U HD Plasma TV delivers. Displays up to twenty-nine billion colours 2 engineered-in 10 Watt stereo speakers (10W+10W, 70 Hz-seventeen kHz, 10% THD) Motion Adaptive 3D-Y/C Digital Comb Filter Virtual Surround Sound, AI (Artificial Intelligence) Sound Designed-in NTSC Analog / ATSC QAM Digital Tuner (for HDTV and Digital Cable) Video Noise & Motion Pattern Noise Reduction Side Control for TV/AV modes - 4 - 3, Zoom, Full, Simply, H-Fill Image Modes - Vivid, Standard, Cinema, Custom-Photo SD Card slot for JPEG photo viewing; includes GalleryPlayer software V-Chip Lockout Sleep/On-Off timers Closed Caption decoder Video input labeling & image memory Channel search On-screen show languages - English, Spanish, French Includes pedestal stand EZ Sync HDAVI Remote Control (through HDMI interface) Input Connections - HDMI-HDCP, analog audio(HDMI), Composite video, S-Video, audio in(for video), Element(Y/Pb/Pr) -- two rear each Output Connections - Composite video, audio out, Digital Audio (optical) -- 1 rear every Dimensions(WxHxD) - 47.seven x 31.three x 3.8 (47.seven x 33.one x 14.half-dozen) Weight - 83.8 lbs; 99.2 lbs. with

Panasonic TH-50PX75U 50-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV

I've had this TV for 5 days now. I've spent the majority of those days cruising around the HD Tier of my local cable company. As far as the picture goes, it is simply beautiful. I've done a massive amount of tinkering with the settings.

These gave the picture a warmer, more realistic feel right off the bat. Skin tones were much more realistic after calibrating to these settings. The TH-50PX75U is, for all intents and purposes, the same TV as the TH-50PX60U from last year with the former having a few more features.

Not because I can't find the combination that I like, but because I just felt like playing around with it and comparing the different configurations. Do yourself a favor and make sure the first thing that you do is change the mode from "Vivid" to something else. "Vivid" is the factory default and most likely set that way to boost the attraction level for the showroom.

Panasonic TH-50PX75U 50-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV

I started out by just using the calibration settings from http://www.plasmatvbuyingguide.com for the TH-50PX60U:

Picture Mode Standard
Picture +22
Brightness +8
Color -1
Tint -4
Sharpness -14
Color Temperature Warm

I also decided to play around with the "Custom" mode and use the above settings as starting points. I decided to stick with the above settings for the time being as I find them most pleasing to the eye. Overall, the black levels look very good showing detail in the dark areas as well and the color is vivid. The picture looks very crisp and you get that "realism" factor that I have really only felt while researching plasmas and LCDs. Other technologies of HDTVs have not given me that "realism" feel.

I've found that it is possible to notice the differences between the various cable channels and the HD that they utilize. For instance, I was watching one of the NBA Conference Finals games on TNTHD and also flipping to a baseball game being broadcast on ESPNHD. TNTHD broadcasts in 1080i while ESPNHD broadcasts in 720p. I noticed that the ESPNHD baseball game was actually a tad more crisp and vibrant than the TNTHD basketball game broadcast. However, I also noticed that the basketball game looked more crisp whenever the main camera that is used to pan the floor during the action was not used and the action cut away to another camera. I was amazed that I could see the difference between the cameras being used within the same broadcast. That being said, the game action was still more crisp than anything that I have ever seen on my old tube, non-HD set. I think that I may have been able to assist this by tinkering with the settings a bit but it was far from an issue as it still looked great. Also, while I flipped back and forth between the baseball and basketball games I also happened upon a live concert which looked even better than either the baseball or basketball game. The detail was just stunning.

Everybody who has stepped into our new place and views this TV hanging from the wall says the same thing... "Wow!!!" The next few minutes are stunned silence as they sit down and become mesmerized by the picture.

This TV has amazing colors, and is plenty bright in a brightly lit room. In fact, we had to turn the brightness down a couple of notches.

I'm not a techno geek so I can't tell you how many plugs of this type or that are on the thing. I can only tell you it was more than enough for our PVR & DVD/VCR to be connected and there are many more open jacks for other stuff.

We have had this TV for 2 months, trouble free and know at least 2 friends that are saving their pennies to purchase their own. Only time will tell us how good this TV really is but I can promise you once you have watched this TV for a while, you will compare all other TV's to it.

Also of note is the fact that you will notice that live events (sporting events, concerts) look much better in HD than a movie that is being broadcast in HD. The movies look very good and you won't be disappointed. I'm just trying to establish what to expect as a general rule.

I spent some time comparing the standard definition broadcasts versus the HD broadcast of the same events. For instance, I flipped back and forth between the basketball game being broadcast on TNT between their standard definition digital signal and their HD channel. If all you've ever known is non-HD TV you will not believe that you ever had to watch an event in standard definition when you do the flip-comparison. The amount of detail that I was missing with my old TV was just incredible.