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Title: Panasonic 42PZ80u and 42PZ85u and 42PZ800u
Post by: dannielsimone on Nov 26, 2008 at 06:38 PM

Demoed these units today and thought the PQ was great.  These are 1080P and   110 volt.  Anyone have these or demoed them?  Reading some reviews and the are really good.  C net puts them in top 10 of all plasma!!!


http://reviews.cnet.com/best-plasma-tvs/


http://alatest.com/expert-reviews/tv-reviews/panasonic-viera-th-pz85-series-plasma-tv-42-46-50/pe3-56181648,33/

http://stuff.tv/News/Panasonic-taunts-Pioneer-with-Viera-frenzy/9646/

http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/televisions/0,39030218,49297249-2,00.htm


http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/panasonic-viera-th-42pz85u/4505-6482_7-32887122.html?tag=mncol;lst

Title: Re: Panasonic 42PZ80u and 42PZ85u and 42PZ800u
Post by: mac_mini on Nov 26, 2008 at 10:52 PM

what's the counterpart of these for the asian market? I presume US market yan kasi 110 volts?

Title: Re: Panasonic 42PZ80u and 42PZ85u and 42PZ800u
Post by: blued888 on Nov 27, 2008 at 02:59 AM

Quote from: mac_mini on Nov 26, 2008 at 10:52 PM

what's the counterpart of these for the asian market? I presume US market yan kasi 110 volts?

The U on the model names indicate that these are products targeted at the USA market. :)

PX80U (15,000:1, 1024x768 @ 720p) = PV80 (17,000:1, 1024x768 @ 720p)

PZ80U (20,000:1, 1920x1080 @ 1080p) and PZ85U (30,000:1, 1920x1080 @ 1080p), no asian counterpart. These are full HD sets. Both have AR (anti-reflective) filters.

PZ800U (30,000:1, 1920x1080 @ 1080p) = PY800. Not sure if the PY800 has THX movie mode though.

Comparison Table of Panasonic 42-inchers, US Market. (PX80U/PZ80U/PZ85U/PZ800U) (http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/vModelComparisonResults?storeId=15001&catalogId=13401&catGroupId=75003&surfCategory=VIERA%26%23174%3B%20Plasma%20HDTVs&cacheProgram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702&items=227172|221680|221166|221164|)

Title: Re: Panasonic 42PZ80u and 42PZ85u and 42PZ800u
Post by: dannielsimone on Nov 27, 2008 at 06:52 AM

Quote from: blued888 on Nov 27, 2008 at 02:59 AM

The U on the model names indicate that these are products targeted at the USA market. :)

PX80U (15,000:1, 1024x768 @ 720p) = PV80 (17,000:1, 1024x768 @ 720p)

PZ80U (20,000:1, 1920x1080 @ 1080p) and PZ85U (30,000:1, 1920x1080 @ 1080p), no asian counterpart. These are full HD sets. Both have AR (anti-reflective) filters.

PZ800U (30,000:1, 1920x1080 @ 1080p) = PY800. Not sure if the PY800 has THX movie mode though.

Comparison Table of Panasonic 42-inchers, US Market. (PX80U/PZ80U/PZ85U/PZ800U) (http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/vModelComparisonResults?storeId=15001&catalogId=13401&catGroupId=75003&surfCategory=VIERA%26%23174%3B%20Plasma%20HDTVs&cacheProgram=11002&cachePartner=7000000000000005702&items=227172|221680|221166|221164|)

was impressed with PQ. 

Have a read of the full line from the USA models


http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/panasonic-viera-th-42pz80u/4505-6482_7-32887128.html?tag=mncol;lst

Title: Re: Panasonic 42PZ80u and 42PZ85u and 42PZ800u
Post by: Clondalkin on Nov 27, 2008 at 09:05 AM

Quote from: blued888 on Nov 27, 2008 at 02:59 AM

PZ80U (20,000:1, 1920x1080 @ 1080p) and PZ85U (30,000:1, 1920x1080 @ 1080p), no asian counterpart. These are full HD sets. Both have AR (anti-reflective) filters.

PZ80 is also 30,000:1, unless Panasonic is (again) strip downing its models for non-Japanese market.  The only difference with the PZ85 is the more stylish design of the latter, and a little bit thinner on the side making it look nicer to wall mount.

BTW, the 103 inch PZ800 is ONLY 10,000:1 but who's gonna buy that anyway.   ;D