http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/ Engadget Comments for Panasonic's plasmas also have a 10,000:1 contrast ratio http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/
HDTV comes in either 1280x720 or 1920x1080 resolutions. These are 16x9 formats. And scaling between them should be fairly simple - 1:1.5, so not much complex math involved for interpolation. I can see why some TV manufacturers might go with 1280x768 - a 16x10 format - just so that computer users have a little more real estate....but TV watchers still get a perfect 1:1 (with slight letterboxing) when watching HDTV of the 1280x720 variety. But some bright marketing genius, apparently, realized: Hey, if we go up to 1366x768, it looks like higher resolution so we can charge more...and it's 16x9 again. The trouble is that now, no matter what you watch, it must be interpolated by a not-very-round number. What's the real point of this? It must cost more in image processing for the TV, result in lower picture quality no matter what you watch, and fool uneducated buyers into thinking they're getting some extra value.]]>Mar 20th 2006 5:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 20th 2006 5:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 20th 2006 5:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/
http://samsung.com/Products/TV/PlasmaTV/HPR4262XXAA.asp]]>Mar 20th 2006 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 20th 2006 6:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 20th 2006 6:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/
Not true. My Pioneer PDP-5050HD, manufactured back in November has a contrast ratio of 10000:1]]>Mar 20th 2006 6:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/
I think it looks nice off ;-) O and the picture is good.]]>Mar 20th 2006 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/
Not true. My Pioneer PDP-5050HD, manufactured back in November has a contrast ratio of 10000:1]]>Mar 20th 2006 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 20th 2006 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/
These are already out. We've been selling them like crazy (without even having them on display!), and we put the 50" out today. Whatever you said about the resolution being a negative is simply not true... the 50" is gorgeous!]]>Mar 20th 2006 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 20th 2006 7:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/
Anyway, as other have said. These sets are out and I have one in my living room.

However, the contrast ratio is UP TO 10,000:1. In reality, it is around 4000:1]]>Mar 20th 2006 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.vinc.com/site/products/product_p50hdm.html
]]>Mar 20th 2006 7:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.tomshardware.com/2004/02/26/lcd_technicalities/page2.html and it continues on to the next page. It falls in line with what ISF Dood was saying about brightness.]]>Mar 20th 2006 8:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 20th 2006 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 20th 2006 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 20th 2006 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 21st 2006 12:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 21st 2006 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Mar 21st 2006 2:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/The other thing one has to consider is how the contrast degrades with lighting. For instance you could have a plasma screen which gives 10000:1 in pitch darkness, but as soon as you switch on some lighting (as you normally would) it could easily drop to 3000:1 or less (because the ambient light would be reflecting off the pixels that are not lit). So really for a contrast ratio to be meaningful it should be specified for a given ambient lighting condition.
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I did quite a bit of research before buying and found that it spec'd out higher than the competing Sony or Panasonic models.]]>Mar 21st 2006 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/
http://www.vinc.com/site/products/product_p50hdm.html]]>Mar 21st 2006 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://samsung.com/Products/TV/PlasmaTV/HPR5052XXAA.asp

Best Buy and Circuit City made no reference to any Panasonic Models not on display so I was completely unaware of these new models. Doubt it would have changed my choice, however. The price of this Samsung was much better than the 3000:1 Panasonic on display....]]>Mar 21st 2006 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/
#10: You're wrong, Sony uses ONLY Samsung SDI PDPs for their professional 50" plasmas and all Samsung LCDs.

#11: Yeah, Best Buy has been selling them HIGHER than the current MSRP and offering them. You pricks geeks!

#14: thouse Vizios sold at Costco are VERY good. They use the new LG 10,000:1 panels.

#17: Dell uses the Samsung SDI panel, also use by Philips, Sony and a few other manufacturers.

#18: And PanaSUCKnic is?

#19: Very good HDTV, i saw it this week side-by-side with the Pioneer PDP-4214HD and the 50" Vizio and it had the best there, very crisp, very clean picture., i haven't seen a plasma like it since the Pioneer PDP-5040HD.

#20: Would you care to elaborate instead of just voicing your opinion?

#21: Thouse Panasonic PX600U series will be available later on the summer, Panasonic might add them by the end of April. All Panasonic Vieras for this year,that included the PD60U, PX60U, PX600U series will be assemble in Mexico., i've seen the remote control and it feel ultra cheap compare to last year's model. No wonder why they are so cheap now, no Japanese-made this year or any year from now on.]]>Mar 23rd 2006 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/http://www.engadget.com/2006/03/20/panasonics-plasmas-also-have-a-10-000-1-contrast-ratio/Sep 5th 2006 4:52AM