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PRODUCT FEATURES:50" Class (49.9" diagonal) Widescreen Viera Plasma 1080p HDTV with Anti-Reflective FilterDeep color technologyGame modeBuilt-in SD card slot / GalleryPlayer ready to view3 HDMI inputs and Viera Link HDAVI control

Amazon.com Product Description--March 10, 2008 With its 2008 Panasonic Viera Plasmas, Panasonic brings anastonishing 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.<br /><br />

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<br />
• x.v. Color and Deep Color (HDMI 1.3 features)
• Game Mode auto-adjusts image quality suitable to games and includes anti-image retention<li>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)<li>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.<strong><br />

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Amazing color reproduction

Consistent brightness from any angle

<img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-pages/TV/panasonic/viera-picture-lines-sm.jpg" style="width: 430px; height: 135px;" /><td style="vertical-align: top; text-align: left;">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.<br /> <h2><h2><br /> 1,000,000:1 Contrast<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="text-align: left; height: 164px;" width="1245">
<img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/electronics/detail-pages/TV/panasonic/viera-picture-contrast-sm._V13474123_.jpg" style="width: 430px; height: 152px;" />	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 <br /><hr class="bucketDivider" size="1" /> <h2>More Colors<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="text-align: left; width: 100%;"><tbody style="text-align: left;"><tr style="text-align: left;">		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<li>Enables displays with more natural and vivid colors

Deep Color<table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2" style="text-align: left; width: 100%;">

• 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.