New Panasonic 50-Inch HDTV Plasma Display Boasts Extraordinary Brightness And Industry's Highest Contrast Ratio

27-Sep-01

Panasonic's new PT-50PD3 HDTV plasma monitor redefines performance, creating the brightest, sharpest picture that technology allows. With a brightness level of 500 cd/m2 and an incredible contrast ratio of 3000:1, the PT-50PD3 delivers brilliant, razor-sharp images that appear almost three-dimensional. The 50-inch (diagonal screen measurement) PT-50PD3 has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of $15,999.95.The PT-50PD3 is capable of delivering high-definition digital television images in 1080i/720p resolution. Its cinema-like 16:9 screen boasts a wide 160-degree viewing angle, creating a distortion-free picture that can be enjoyed by everyone in the room, regardless of their position. Only 3.9 inches thick, this display creates an incredible impact whether hung on a wall, built into an entertainment system or placed on its elegant pedestal stand.""The PT-50PD3 represents a giant leap in plasma panel technology, delivering a brighter, higher contrast picture than ever achieved before,"" said Jonas Tanenbaum, National Marketing Manager for Panasonic's Display Group. ""Its extraordinarily realistic picture elevates home theatre enjoyment to a new level. You really have to see it to believe it.""Component video inputs (YPbPr) are provided to accept interlaced or progressive scan signals from different video sources, such as a DVD player or DTV set-top box. The video signals are separated into their luminance (Y) and two color difference (Pb, Pr) elements, resulting in a picture with exceptional detail and accurate color. The unit is also equipped with multiple A/V input jacks -- including S-Video -- computer audio input, RGB input and a built-in RS232C serial interface for versatile multimedia use. The PT-50PD3 also features 16W (8W x 2, 20 Hz-20 kHz, 8 ohms, 10% THD) audio output power.As an option for receiving terrestrial or DIRECTVÆ digital broadcasts, Panasonic offers the TU-HDS20 HDTV digital receiver. This unit receives and decodes all ATSC digital TV signal formats to enable viewing of digital programming on both analog and HDTV monitors. The TU-HDS20 has a built-in DIRECTVÆ satellite tuner. The unit has an MSRP of $899.95. The satellite dish, model TA-DA2420, has an MSRP of $99.95.A leader in research and development efforts, Panasonic is at the forefront of some of the world's most innovative and significant digital television and plasma display technologies. Considerable resources have been dedicated to Panasonic AVC American Laboratories, Inc. (PAVCAL) in Burlington, New Jersey, the main North American digital television research and development facility of parent company Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (MEI), and Plasmaco, Inc., in Highland, New York, a wholly-owned subsidiary of MEI. These state-of-the-art research facilities develop advanced technologies that support the manufacture of Panasonic digital television products, and are responsible for most of the features and benefits brought to the marketplace.Expecting plasma panels to advance as the core display technology for the 21st Century, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., which markets electronic products under the Panasonic, Technics, Quasar and National brand names, has heavily invested in a worldwide effort to consolidate plasma display technology development and manufacturing. The establishment of two new manufacturing facilities in Japan and one in China will integrate the production procedure from devices to systems.For more information about Panasonic, visit www.panasonic.com.

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