Panasonic launch new Viera Plasmas

March 4th, 2009

The new 2009 Panasonic plasmas are here at last. We’re going to give you the low down on the X1 range mainly because you can actually get your grubby little mits on these suckers right now. The range comes in two flavours, a 42 inch unit, the TC-P42X1 and it’s big brother the TC-P50X1 which sport price tags of US$900 and US$1100 respectively. Here are the details on these models from Panasonic

* 720p resolution
* 30,000:1 contrast ratio
* 3 HDMI inputs
* 100,000 hour panel life
* VIERA Image Viewer with SD slot

These neatly priced plasmas also sport Panasonic’s 600Hz Sub-field Drive which

produces crisp, focused images for sports, dramatic action, and all other fast-moving scenes. Your full-HD movies and games never looked sharper.

So there you have it, large screen plasmas for around US$1000, not bad if you’re bargain hunting for a decent plasma and are not worried about the lack of 1080p.

Source: Panasonic