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Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ80U 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ80U 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
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List Price: $1,999.99
Buy New: $1,499.00
You Save: $500.99 (25%)
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars(based on 24 reviews)
Sales Rank: 759
Category: CE

Publisher: Panasonic
Studio: Panasonic
Brand: Panasonic
Label: Panasonic
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: 1
Special Features: nv:Display Area^50"|Aspect Ratio^16:9|Contrast Ratio^20000:1|Resolution^1920 x 1080|Signal Compatibility^1080p|Input Video Signal^ATSC|Input Video Signal^NTSC|Speakers^Yes|Inputs^S-Video|Inputs^Audio|Inputs^Component Video|Inputs^HDMI In|Inputs^SD Memory Card Slot|Inputs^Composite Video In|Inputs^Analog Audio Input|Outputs^Composite Video|Outputs^Analog Audio|Outputs^Digital Audio Out|Power Source^120VAC, 50/60Hz|Unit Dimensions (WxHxD)^49" x 31.1" x 3.7"
Display Size: 50
Shipping Weight (lbs): 88.2
Dimensions (in): 49 x 3.7 x 33.2

MPN: TH-50PZ80U
Model: TH-50PZ80U
UPC: 037988241958
EAN: 0037988241958
ASIN: B00142OHAC

Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Features:
  • 1920 x 1080 Resolution
  • 1000000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio for the Brightest whites and darkest blacks
  • 4096 Shades of Gradation for spectacular Color Reproduction
  • Viera LinK? HDAVI Control lets you operate all of your home theater components by pressing a single button on your TV's remote control
  • GalleryPlayer allows you to enjoy the world's finest high definition art and photography on your Panasonic HD plasma TV

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  • PDR Mounts 4360A Heavy Duty Articulating Mount for 43" to 60" Flat Panel Displays
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Plasma delivers a much brighter and vivid image than LCD. This Panasonic Viera now has a 1920x1080 screen resolution to deliver maximum 1080p HDTV performance from broadcasts and from Blu-Ray discs. The key advantage of plasma technology is enhanced depth of range from black to white. When color is added to the mix, there's a certain purity that LCD simply can't match. The native contrast-ratio on the TH-50PZ80U is 20,000:1 while the Dynamic Ratio is 1 million to 1. The picture quality on this 50" TV outclasses any LCD screen. In addition to a wide variety of connections for all your home-theater equipment, The TH-50PZ80U has a Built-In SD Card Slot/GalleryPlayer. It accepts the SD Card from your digital-camera or camcorder for easy play on your widescreen TV. It even has a PC input so you can use your TV as a display for your PC. For superb picture quality, sound, and style, the Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ80U 50" Class (49.9" Diagonal) is the 1080p flat-panel TV you should own for a deeply moving home theater experience. Native Resolution - 1920 x 1080 Speakers Full-range x 2(L,R) with Audio Ouput of 20 Watts total (10% THD) (8 ohms, 70Hz-17kHz) VIERA Link enables universal remote control of all equipment linked through the HDMI ports on your TV Pixel Shifter (Anti-Image Retention) assures optimal image integrity throughout the screen's surface Ports - 3 HDMI inputs, 2 analog audio inputs, 2 composite video inputs, 2 S-Video inputs, 2 audio inputs for PC, 1 composite video input, 1 audio output, 1 digital audio output, 2 component video inputs, and 2 audio inputs Sleep/On/Off Timers Dimensions - Height 33.2 x Width 49.0 x Depth 15.2 with stand / 31.1 x 49.0 x 3.7 without stand Weight - 88.2 pounds with stand / 83.8 pounds without stand

Amazon.com Product Description--March 10, 2008
With its 2008 Panasonic Viera Plasmas, Panasonic brings an astonishing 1,000,000:1 contrast ration to the table. advanced pixel resolution and image-processing technology with the plasma TV's natural ability to beautifully reproduce fast moving images, so every detail is rendered with amazing clarity, and all the action is delivered with a high degree of fluidity.

What's New This Year?

  • Super Contrast--native contrast ratios on the PZ85, PZ800 and PX 850 series are 30,000:1, double last year's 15,000:1.
  • Dynamic contrast ratios are up to 1,000,000:1.
  • new anti-reflective filter; lead-free "Tough Under Force" panel is resistant to impacts and scratches
  • Built-in SD card slot with Photo Viewer/Gallery Player software
  • x.v. Color and Deep Color (HDMI 1.3 features)
  • 24p native reproduction
  • Game Mode auto-adjusts image quality suitable to games and includes anti-image retention
  • Viera Link is now compatible with Onkyo and Yamaha home theater systems
  • At least 3 HDMI inputs on all models (4 on PZ800 and PZ850 series)
  • THX Certification on PZ800 and PZ850 series

Which Viera is Right For You?

Click here to see a comparison of step up features on each Viera series.

One Sheet of Glass Design

Beautiful, elegant, and functional -- a single pane of glass covers the entire front of the television, including the bezel. This design reduces or eliminates the "halo" effect that can occur around lettering and logos with traditional 3-pane designs

Amazing color reproduction

The incredible black reproduction of a Panasonic High-Definition Plasma TV results in impressive contrast and beautiful, natural colors. So you'll get warm, accurate skin tones, gorgeous greens, breathtaking blues and vivid reds. For color that's as rich and bold as life itself, look to a Panasonic Plasma TV.

Consistent brightness from any angle

A Panasonic Plasma combines anti-glare and anti-reflection technology with the natural light-emitting properties of plasma, to give you a super-wide viewing range with a crisp, beautiful image from almost any angle.

Smooth, graceful motion

When you're watching sports or movies with fast-motion graphics, you want a TV that can keep up with the action. With over 900 lines of moving picture, self-illuminating plasma displays eliminate afterimages in fast-action scenes. So whether you're watching a sporting event or an action-packed movie, you'll always get the most impressive viewing experience possible.

24p native reproduction

Movies are shot at 24 frames per second. Unfortunately, TVs operating at 60Hz can only refresh 20 times per second, which means they must drop every fifth frame. With its 2008 Viera PZ85, PZ800, and PZ850 models, Panasonic introduces 24p native resolution, which means 24 frame per second movie content is reproduced frame for frame exactly, making for true-to-source smoothness of motion.

1,000,000:1 Contrast

The Panasonic's Real Black system (a pre-discharge suppression system) and improved panel production processes combine to reproduce outstanding blacks with superb contrast. Each image is richly expressive, from bright scense, like scorching desert landscapes, to dark cave scenes. Compare the image produced by conventional HDTV on the left to the Real Black image produced on the right

More Colors

Viera HDTVs support the xvYCC color profile (Extended YCC Colorimetry for Video Applications), or "x.v. color" for short. Standard RGB color space allows the display of a portion of the colors that are viewable to the human eye. The next generation "xvYCC" color space actually offers an available range of colors that exceeds what human eyes can recognize.
  • Next-generation "xvYCC" color space supports 1.8 times as many colors as existing HDTV signals
  • Lets HDTVs display colors more accurately
  • Enables displays with more natural and vivid colors

deep color eliminates visible color banding

Deep Color

Where x.v. color expands the available range of colors your HDTV can display, Deep Color increases the number of colors your HDTV can display within that range, for smoother transitions from color to color.
  • Lets HDTVs and other displays go from millions of colors to billions of colors
  • Eliminates on-screen color banding, for smooth tonal transitions and subtle gradations between colors
  • Enables increased contrast ratio
  • Can represent many times more shades of gray between black and white.

Connectivity

Viera flat panel HDTVs interact with an array of high-definition devices and services, making it easy for consumers to access and enjoy content as never before. As of 2008, Viera Link is compatible with Onkyo and Yamaha home theater systems.
Videos and stills recorded on SD cards can easily be viewed via the SD slots on Panasonic Blu-Ray Disc players and Viera HDTVs. Viera Link means easy connectivity via HDMI cables. Finally, consumers can easily operate their Blu-Ray Disc players, DVD recorders and home theater systems with a single remote control device.
SD Cards Viera Link


Equipped with an RGB input terminal, VIERA can connect with your PC and serve as a large-screen monitor. 4 HDMI inputs to connect all of your devices directly to your television.
network with PCs Easy connectivity with HDMI ports

long life

Long Life

Panasonic plasma panels are rated to last 100,000 hours, which is about 30 years of regular or 11 years of non-stop usage before the brightness of the display is halved.

Blu-Ray disc player

Get Full HD with Blu-Ray Disc Players

A Panasonic 1080p plasma television is able to render 1920x1080 pixels, but standard DVDs have a resolution of just 720x480. Blu-ray discs output true 1080p High-Definition resolution and have a storage capacity ten times greater than standard DVDs, so no pixel gos to waste.


Which is the Right Viera for You?



Screen Size
Measured
Diagonally
1080p
Full HD
1920 x 1080 pixels
Native
Contrast
Ratio
PC Input
THX
Cert
24p
Speakers
HDMI
Inputs
One Sheet
of Glass
Design
Swivel
Base
Shades
of
Gradation
H.264
Codec
Digital
Cinema Color
Studio
Reference
Mode
Pro
Setting
Menu
Serial
Port
Standard Features
TH-42PX80U
42 inches

15,000:1



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4,096





  • 480 Hz Sub-field Drive Technology
  • Anti-Reflective Filter
  • Viera Link HDAVI Control
  • Built-in SD Card Slot w/Photo Viewer
  • Deep Color Technology
  • x.v. Color
  • 3D Color Mangement
  • Sub-Pixel Controller
  • Motion Pattern Noise Reduction
  • Anti-Image Retention Mode
  • Game Mode
  • Scratch and Impact Rsistant Panel
  • 100,000 Hours to Panel Half-Brightness (>30 years @ 8 hours/day)
  • Lead-free Panel
TH-50PX80U
50 inches

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Customer Reviews:   Read 19 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars More Of The Same Review   August 27, 2008
What can I say that others haven't already? I owned this tv for 5 days now and I am absolutely floored! I held off of buying a flat panel tv for over a year because I thought I needed to spend $2500-$3500. I finally broke down after finally accepting that I couldn't spend that much, and settled on the TH-50pz80u. I thought I might be disappointed by not buying the TH-50pz800u. Boy was I wrong! If (that's a big if), the TH-50pz800u looks better than this TH-50pz80u, then so be it because I am totally satisfied. I just want to tell everyone out there that this tv looks 10X better at home than I ever saw in any retail display. Once I plugged in my Comcast HD-DVR and the Panasonic DMP-BD30 Blu-Ray disc player I realized that despite how good all those displays looked in all of those stores, they paled in comparison to a clean, dedicated signal. This tv is perfect...I love it and I believe that you will too.


5 out of 5 stars Your best value and outstanding performance   August 14, 2008
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

The battle wages on between LCD and Plasma, but I know I chose correctly when I picked up this television. I have had it now for over a month and I still am as mezmerized as I was on day one. The colors and picture quality are absolutely brilliant. I have a friend that has a 1080p LCD TV and it does not hold a candle to the overall picture quality of this plasma. Again, the one drawback to a plasma screen TV is that it has a glass front, so if you are planning on having this in a room with lots of light and window, reflections will be a problem, and you might choose an LCD. But if you have a TV area like mine, hands down this is the best value and quality. 3 HDMI inputs (2 back, 1 front), 2 component inputs (1 back, 1 front) and your regular cable and composite hook ups available on back as well. The menues are easy to navagate, and the remote is user friendly. This also has an SD card slot that can handle the SDHC cards up to 16gb so you can display your digital photos. The only thing I wish the TV did was on the picture slideshow it allowed you to play music (mp3 files) during the display like some photo frames. Oh well, my pictures look excellent. Finally, my blu-ray movies and my HD-DVD movies are spectacular on this TV. Look around, but you will come back to see that this TV is a best value hands down.


5 out of 5 stars You'll Love this TV   August 9, 2008
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I did a lot of research before purchasing this TV. I quickly realized the panasonic plasma was the way to go, I just needed to figure out which model. I decided to go with this one because it gave the best bang without spending too much coin. I absolutely love the TV. The HD picture is unbelievable! Also, my experience buying through amazon was great as well. I got the white glove delivery service which was fine, but don't have your expectations too high. I think they train them to get out of there as quickly as they can. But the TV was packaged fine and in great condition. All in all I would highly recommend this TV and buying it through Amazon to anyone.


5 out of 5 stars Love this TV   July 29, 2008
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

The picture on this tv is incredible. The detail is amazing. It is extremely clear and makes watching television an extremely enjoyable experience, particularly sporting events. I would recommend this televison for anyone in the market for a plasma tv.


5 out of 5 stars Panasonic Viera Delivers The Goods !!!   July 24, 2008
  2 out of 2 found this review helpful

Every good thing you read in the reviews about this TV is validated when you view the picture.Sharp high resolution, good sound quality for built in speakers and an almost infinite picture tuning capability to customize the viewing preferences of the owner.If you want more contrast you can adjust it to where you will need sun glasses! Packaging and delivery was good and on time.White glove delivery is as stated , however you should know that a $20 advance tip was provided in order to encourage the two men to mount the TV on the enclosed pedestal.It is impossible for one person to do it alone given its weight.Had I not done so , I believe they would have resisted mounting it. I have heard others say the same thing.This is not a complaint however, because Amazon has always demonstrated to me that they are customer focused, stand behind their products and are hands down the best on line seller.After the tip , the agents spent 20 minutes tuning the TV to my preferences so it was well worth it. Order this product with confidence in it, and in Amazon !

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