Panasonic Intros 7TH Generation Plasma Displays
October 06, 2004
Secaucus, NJ - Panasonic Broadcast has introduced its seventh generation of plasma displays.
The line-up consists of five new 7-Series models, including the largest Panasonic model to date, the 65” TH-65PHD7UY, as well as the 50” TH-50PHD7UY and 42” TH-42PHD7UY high definition panels, and the 42” TH-42PWD7UY and 37” TH-37PWD7UY standard definition panels.
The new 7-Series family boasts Panasonic’s phenomenal image quality, high contrast (4000:1 on SD models and 3000:1 on HD units) and multi-slot functionality, plus they incorporate significant improvements in peak brightness, displayable colors, service life, multi-screen capabilities and customization options, the company describes.
The 16 x 9 plasmas feature a Real Black Drive System, a Deep Black Filter, Super Real Gamma System, Adaptive Automatic Gain Control (AGC), Motion Picture Disturbance (MPD) Noise Reduction, 3D Color Management, and Active I/P (Interlace/Progressive) Conversion for enhanced image quality
The improved Super Real Gamma System reproduces gradations in steps equivalent to 2,048 shades and up to 8.58 billion colors to deliver astonishing image depth and provide ultra-subtle nuances in dark scenes. A new Multi-facet Asymmetrical Configuration Hyper-pixel (MACH) panel features a bounded cell structure and new phosphor material that dramatically improves a panel’s service life to 60,000 hours*, boosts peak brightness by more than 10% (from prior models) and increases the resistance to static-image burn-in to the same level as CRT displays.
The 7-Series panels are equipped with Dual Picture that combines any two AV signals and displays them in three different modes (two picture-in-picture and one picture-out-picture modes); a Digital Zoom to enlarge a portion of an image up to four times normal size and display it full screen; and a built-in video wall processor that enables up to 4X 4 multi-screen configuration. Sixteen 65” TH-65PHD7UYs can be configured to create a massive 260” diagonal display.
For the HD panels, the TH-65PHD7UY and TH-50PHD7UY have a resolution of 1366 x 768 pixels, and the TH-42PHD7UY delivers 1024 x 768 pixels. The TH-42PWD7UY and
TH-37PWD377UY offer a resolution of 852 x 480 pixels. The units can display 1080p 24p/24sf, 1080i 50/60, 720p 50/60, 480p/i and 576 p/i and offer support for VGA, SVGA, XGA, SXGA and UXGA resolution.
The panels come equipped with multi-function slots where a variety of optional IT networking or AV input boards can be added or exchanged to customize the units to meet specific application, and an extensive list of accessories is availabale.
The new 50” TH-50PHD7UY, 42” TH-42PWD7UY and 37” TH-37PWD7UY high-definition models are now available at suggested list prices of $6,495, $2,795 and $2,395, respectively. The 65” TH-65PHD7UY and 42” TH-42PHD7UY will be available in November with pricing to be announced.
For more information, visit
www.panasonic.com/plasma
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*Service life is the period during which the display's light output is 50% or more of the original light output. |
