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Hi, I'm Sharon Vaknin for cnet.com here with the first look at the VT30 series television from Panasonic which comes in 55 and 65 inches. Now this is the successor to the VT25 that we saw last year, but the main difference here is the one-sheet-of-glass design. So you have a flat panel all the way across. Now because Panasonic upgraded its technology for 3D, 2D looks really good on the screen. There is also a 600 hertz sub-field drive. There are also 4 HDMI ports and 3 USB ports for connecting things like keyboards. There are also some pretty great software features like Wi-Fi and DNLA connectivity for accessing content on your home network along with Skype video calling with a Panasonic accessory. This TV also has Viera connect features which gives you access to social networking sites and sport sites like ESPN and MLB. Overall, this is a really nice TV from Panasonic and I love the one-sheet-of- glass design upgrade from last year. It's also nice, unlike a lot of the other 3D TVs, Panasonic has included one pair of 3D glasses. Pricing isn't yet available, but we know that it's coming out in the spring. For cnet.com, I'm Sharon Vaknin.
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Panasonic TC-P55VT30 Review
The good: The Panasonic TC-PVT30 has outstanding overall picture quality, with superior black-level performance, very good shadow detail and accurate color points in THX mode. It can handle 1080p/24 sources and bright rooms well and exhibits the nearly perfect screen uniformity of plasma, as well as very good 3D picture quality. It includes one pair of 3D glasses and a Wi-Fi dongle. Its Internet suite is simple to use yet content-rich, and its styling is understated and classy with a single-pane design.
The bad: The VT30 is very expensive, and last year's Panasonic plasmas lost black-level performance over relatively short periods of time. Its color is not as good as the best current plasmas and it uses significantly more power than LCD TVs.
The bottom line: Superb all-around picture quality, anchored by the deepest plasma black levels of the year, make the Panasonic TC-PVT30 series the best-performing TV we've tested in 2011.
Panasonic TC-P55VT30 Specs
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Part number: TC-P55VT30
- Product Specifications
Panasonic TC-P55VT30 Prices
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