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Panasonic plasma TV streams YouTube, accesses Picassa photos |
tranced
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The 850Us can stream YouTube videos, right on the TV screen with no PC required. The TV's "Viera Cast" interface allows you to search YouTube by keyword, sort videos by popularity, or access your own list of favorite videos, for example. During the demo we were treated to a video of a laughing baby, the (no-surprise) current champ of the popularity list. According to Panasonic, the entire catalog of YouTube videos is available on the TV, although it may take a day or two for a new on the site to appear on Viera Cast. The TV can also access Picassa, Google's photo sharing site, so you can view digital photos stored at your (or someone else's) Picassa account directly on the big screen.
Other features of the 850U series include an expanded color gamut over the 800U series. According to the company, the Digital Cinema Color Re-Mastering technology can reproduce the same color points used in digital cinema, which are wider than those used in the HDTV standard (a.k.a. Rec 709). When we asked the company why its flagship models didn't receive the same THX Display Certification found on the step-down TH-PZ800U series, we were told that rigorous adherence to the HDTV color standard was a prerequisite for THX. We're certain that's not the whole story--THX certification also costs money, and the 850U series is expensive enough already.
The 46-inch TH-45PZ850U ($3099) and the 50-inch TH-50PZ850U ($3499) will be available in June, while the 58-inch TH-58PZ850U and the 65-inch TH-65PZ850U (both $TBD) will ship in the fall of this year. We expect to have a review of the 50-inch 850U model by the beginning of June, when we'll flesh out the details and evaluate the flesh tones of laughing babies for ourselves.
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some of youtubes clips are low in quality, so it means youre not really enjoying it.. | |
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Posted: 2008-05-20 21:18
