You, friends and family, TC-P50V10 = daily cinema
An HDTV can be as beautiful as it wants, but it's gotta have someone to enjoy the features. You're it. Stylistically, your TC-P50V10's 2" thin design provides a contemporary , low-profile design that enhances any home. Digital Cinema Color covers 120% of the conventional HDTV color standard, giving you a full display of all movie-essential colors. A Neo PDP panel displays gorgeous full-time 1080p resolution in an energy efficient way. Plasmas, efficient? Yes, Panasonic designed this new panel so that it only uses half as much energy as previous models while maintaining just as much brightness. On top of that, a stunning 40,000:1 native contrast ratio teams up with an infinite black panel to contribute to deeper blacker levels. Your TC-P50V10 turns your movie, JPEG photos, or games into a masterpiece of natural, defined images.
It's ALIVE!!! Tomlinson Holman's experiment, a.k.a. THX
It's certifiable — your new 50" TC-P50V10 plasma HDTV from Panasonic takes your home video experience to a new level. THX isn't a recording technology, but rather a high-fidelity audio- and video-reproduction standard for film content. Further, as an industry benchmark in video-image quality, THX Display Certification assures you that the TC-P50V10 delivers exceptional images, frame after frame, bringing you immersive movie, broadcast, and gaming experiences, right in your living room. Panasonic's V10 series of plasma panels also feature full HD 1920 x 1080p resolution, enhancing your video experience with the highest pixel resolution and smoothest scanning available for life-like detail, and smooth, judder-free video during fast action scenes or sports.
VIERA CAST: Surf the net on your plasma
Make yourself comfy, because your TC-P50V10 has internet access via VIERA CAST. Watch the latest YouTube creation, view a slideshow of your Italy trip, and then dip into your email box: all from the comfort of your couch and on your gorgeous 50" HDTV. VIERA CAST shows up on your TV in a grid pattern, with YouTube on the right, Picasa on the left, and Bloomberg and News reports on the bottom. Navigation is easy, thanks to sliding windows (similar to Xbox 360's menu). Easily access updates via the internet.
600Hz sub-field drive, for starters
Sure, your new 50" plasma TC-P50V10 draws glances when neighbors visit. It's gorgeous, but it's not just a hunk of fine-looking flat panel. It's loaded with intelligent technologies. Take the 600Hz sub-field drive, for instance. This technology produces razor-sharp images, even in high-speed chase scenes. Thoughtful additions like the pixel orbiter (an anti-image retention device), an Anti-Reflective panel, and an ENERGY STAR® qualification add up to explain the impressive 100,000-hour panel life span.
VIERA Image Viewer gets personal
The best images you can ever view on a Panasonic plasma don't have anything to do with HDTV. Share your own JPEG photos taken with an SD Memory Card-compatible digital camera on the TC-P50V10 through the set's SD card slot. Simply insert the SD card, which is about the size of a postage stamp, into the SD slot on the TV and enjoy a photo slideshow.
VIERA Link eases operation
And speaking of convenience, check out Panasonic's VIERA Link. You can operate (through three HDMI connections) all your home theater components by pressing one button on the TV remote. An HDMI cable carries not only digital video and audio signals, but control signals, too. For example, use your VIERA remote to control a recording operation with your DVD recorder or to start and stop playback of scenes from a video camera. With VIERA, extra ease and convenience are part of the entertainment package.
Film, from start to finish
Way out west in Tinseltown, your favorite films are recorded at 24 frames per second. Unfortunately, most television content is recorded at 30fps, so most televisions are designed to display motion pictures at this speed. Until now, the solution has been to interpolate, or add, artificial scenes into 24fps content in order to "stretch" it to fit a TV's 30fps capability. Recent demands on the part of movie lovers for an authentic home-cinema experience have lead to technological advancements making a 24fps experience possible at home. High definition video like that recorded onto Blu-ray Disc contains 24p (or, progressive-scan 24fps video content) that brings true film into your home. But wait! There's still one more piece the puzzle. While true 24fps film makes it from Hollywood to your Blu-ray player, just like a movie-house feature film, it needs a screen to be enjoyed . . . i.e. your flat panel needs to be able to display 24p content. Enter the TCP50V10 with 24p playback. This technology is fully capable of displaying 24fps video thanks to specific video processing that reproduces film-based images as video content. Start popping the popcorn.
Your HD lifeline
High Definition Multimedia Interface, or HDMI, is the only home A/V connection that allows for both Full HD 1080p video and 7.1-channel studio-quality audio to be passed along a single cable. In other words, in order to take full advantage of your home theater's high definition potential, you need to HDMI cabling to link HD-capable components. It's only natural that you might have questions regarding how best to outfit your personal HD system. Vann's sales representatives are here to explain all of your options. Call the 800 number at the top of this page for expert advice.
Included accessories
Remote control, pedestal.
