Panasonic's biggest plasma HDTVs get a fall makeover
By Richard Lawler 
posted Aug 26th 2008 1:49PM
posted Aug 26th 2008 1:49PM
Read - TH-103PZ800
Read - TH-65PZ800, TH-58PZ800
Read - TH-50PZR900, TH-46PZR900, TH-42PZR900
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wtf, I'd get a BMW for that price! WOW!
With money like that to burn, you'd already have everything else you needed.*
*wanted
30,000 to 1 contrast ratio and they have the nerve to release to production? Are you kidding me?
Panasonic makes great plasmas, and these ones are as good as ever, but I still don't see why anyone would need a 103 inch TV. Or, for that matter, who would have enough space for one in a room. If we were to buy a 103 inch plasma, we'd need to build a new room just for it to fit!
You're definitely missing the target demographic here, dude.
i would so buy open tech instead =P
haha
time to find a sugar momma!!!
cause u r right, i do deserve it!
Granted the people buying this wouldn't care, but that thing has to cost a fortune just to keep powered! You probably pay about a dollar per minute in electricity. Cheaper to go to the theater...but life must be nice for those rich bastards.
I wonder what the price of the 65" would be. Although I am still a fan of the Pioneer Kuro. I have a first gen 60", but I want to go bigger and the max I can fit on the wall between the two windows is 75"
I don't find any the TVs released lately to be that interesting. Nice and better than their predecessors, yes, but still kind of underwheming.
I'm very interested in Mitsu's LaserVue. I'm not going to buy anything until I get a chance to take a serious look at those and see what 90% color gamut reproduction looks like in person.
@MadMike: according to the press release the 65" will be 850,000 Yen, or (at current exchange rates) $7,700 in USD. Although it should be noted that many of the electronics that make their way to the US from Japan do not do so at a 1:1 exchange rate. In many cases, they're priced lower in the US than their equivalent USD price when translating Yen.
I would love to see an "affordable" 80" screen released soon. The 103" inch is nice but far too pricey. I have an old 65" RPTV that still has a great picture but I'd like to upgrade to an 80". A projector isn't an option so an nice 80" would be great. I'm hoping Pioneer, Panasonic and Sony offer something in the 80" size by this time next year.
Damn! I just pulled the trigger on a PZ800u, and now they are coming out with a built in DVR? I knew I should have waited just one more year, but I thought the days of built in DVR were over with. That feature probably won't come to the US anyways, and if it did, I doubt Time Warner would play well with it. Oh well, I like my TV.
The website says for release on September 10 2006 ?!?
Pretty steep price for plasma - aren't they burn out fast?
http://www.projectoffset.com/media/project_offset_august2005_1280x720p.wmv