Panasonic 2009 VIERA HDTVs official pricing revealed

Just in case the HDGuru didn't carry enough credibility for you, Panasonic has finally issued a press release with prices and shipping months for most of its 2009 VIERA brand lineup. We've taken a peek, and everything appears to line up with the leaked figures, including that slim wireless HD equipped Z1 and its $5,999 pricetag, while only copping to a summer ship date. The rest of the lineup proceeds downward in pricing and features from there, the wall-busting details are but a mere click of the read link away.

[bachviet Posted Mar 11th 2009 7:16PM]

$1800 for the TC-P50S1 is a little more than I want to spend at this moment. I might get the last year model (TH-50PZ85U) instead.

[Tiptup300 Posted Mar 11th 2009 11:32PM]

i got a 50" Viera, and it is pure tits.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 7:21PM]

I checked out Panasonics new equipment at CES. Not much at Panasonic's booth really caught my attention visually (other than one asian booth babe). They had a lot of new technology improvements but the picture quality still didn't compete with the older Pioneer Kuros. I really hope by next CES they have something new that can at least compete with the old 9G Kuro although my real hope is they have something better, I doubt it since their stuff this year wasn't on the same playing field.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 7:24PM]

The TH-50PZ85U is $1,299 at Fry's. The 46PZ80U is $999. You can find more Viera deals here: http://www.techdealdigger.com/search/viera-deals-sales

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 7:31PM]

Costco.com is selling the 58" TH-58PZ800U for $2,999 with a free 46" TH-46PZ80U. I say get the old models while the getting is good.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 8:17PM]

Thanks for the great heads up on that deal I just might get it!!! Thanks

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 11th 2009 8:44PM]

Plasma is much better than any LCD. Now is a great time to buy a plasma! Panasonic Rocks!

[HotBBQ Posted Mar 11th 2009 10:51PM]

No way these are going to sell in large numbers if the economy doesn't pick up in a hurry. I'm guessing by the holiday season these will be a few hundred under MSRP.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 12th 2009 1:00PM]

puuurty

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 13th 2009 2:03PM]

It's impossible to figure out the differences between the lines. Plus, some of the G/S/X/etc lines contain LCDs, and then there's the numbers... G10? S14? What do they denote? They should have followed samsung's example and made the differentiation easy to understand.

In 2007/2008, Panasonic published a feature matrix for it's different lines which helped SO much. They need to do this ASAP or lose even more people to LCD, especially those who were pioneer fans.