How To Get 29 Billion Colors In Your Living Room
If watching movies in true to life color is your thing, finding the highest aspect ratio is one of the most important factors when shopping for a home theater television. The Panasonic TH-50PX60U features a 1366 x 768-pixel resolution and an amazing contrast ratio of 10000:1, giving you true movie quality in the comfort of your own home.
Though it comes in four sizes (37″, 42″, 50″ and 58″), I was told the 50″ I looked at was indicative of each and the picture was fantastic. Spiderman 2 was playing and it really brought the movie theater experience to life, truly putting my current television to shame.
Sporting more holes than your grannie’s Afghan, the dual HDMI inputs, three component-video inputs, three S-Video inputs and SD memory card reader for digital photo viewing promise to handle all your multimedia needs with ease. To make room for all that input, Panasonic appears to have nixed the CableCard slot, so digital cable subscribers, BEWARE! To combat this chink in the armor, a built-in ATSC tuner was installed, allowing the set to receive over-the-air HDTV signals with no additional hardware.
The two built-in 10-watt speakers pump out virtual surround sound and are more than adequate for small home theaters like my own, but this television honestly deserves to have an audio compliment equal to the picture. The set is also extremely thin and can fit just about anywhere, including on the wall. Though it weighs nearly 90 lbs., it’s less than 4″ deep and would be a big upgrade to most wall art.
In addition to the superior picture and incredible amount of input options, the set also has many of the internal goodies people may find useful including a built-in closed-caption decoder, V-chip lockout controls, on screen input labeling and a sleep timer so you can ensure you never burn an image into the already resistant screen.
At less than $1750, I’ve seen no comparison for a screen like this right now. With a stunning picture at a 160 degree viewing angle at less than twice the width of an LCD monitor, this Panasonic plasma arouses three envy buttons.
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