| Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ80U 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV | 
 enlarge | Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
List Price: $1,999.99
Buy New: $1,329.99
You Save: $670.00 (34%)
New (22) Used (2)
Avg. Customer Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 2089
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 50
Shipping Weight (lbs): 88.2
Dimensions (in): 33.2 x 49 x 15.2
MPN: TH-50PZ80U
Model: TH-50PZ80U
UPC: 037988241958
EAN: 0037988241958
ASIN: B00142OHAC
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 1920 x 1080 Resolution | | • | 1000000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio for the Brightest whites and darkest blacks | | • | 4096 Shades of Gradation for spectacular Color Reproduction | | • | Viera LinK™ HDAVI Control lets you operate all of your home theater components by pressing a single button on your TV's remote control | | • | GalleryPlayer allows you to enjoy the world's finest high definition art and photography on your Panasonic HD plasma TV |
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Product Description
50" widescreen HDTV (16:9 aspect ratio) * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) *
Amazon.com Product Description--March 10, 2008
With its 2008 Panasonic Viera Plasmas, Panasonic brings anastonishing 1,000,000:1 contrast ration to the table. advanced pixel resolution and image-processing technology with the plasma TV's natural ability to beautifully reproduce fast moving images, so every detail is rendered with amazing clarity, and all the action is delivered with a high degree of fluidity.
What's New This Year?
- Super Contrast--native contrast ratios on the PZ85, PZ800 and PX 850 series are 30,000:1, double last year's 15,000:1.
- Dynamic contrast ratios are up to 1,000,000:1.
- new anti-reflective filter; lead-free "Tough Under Force" panel is resistant to impacts and scratches
- x.v. Color and Deep Color (HDMI 1.3 features)
- Game Mode auto-adjusts image quality suitable to games and includes anti-image retention
- Viera Link is now compatible with Onkyo and Yamaha home theater systems
- At least 3 HDMI inputs on all models (4 on PZ800 and PZ850 series)
- THX Certification on PZ800 and PZ850 series
Which Viera is Right For You?
Click here to see a comparison of step up features on each Viera series.
Amazing color reproduction The incredible black reproduction of a Panasonic High-Definition Plasma TV results in impressive contrast and beautiful, natural colors. So you'll get warm, accurate skin tones, gorgeous greens, breathtaking blues and vivid reds. For color that's as rich and bold as life itself, look to a Panasonic Plasma TV.
Consistent brightness from any angle A Panasonic Plasma combines anti-glare and anti-reflection technology with the natural light-emitting properties of plasma, to give you a super-wide viewing range with a crisp, beautiful image from almost any angle.
Smooth, graceful motion  | When you're watching sports or movies with fast-motion graphics, you want a TV that can keep up with the action. With over 900 lines of moving picture, self-illuminating plasma displays eliminate afterimages in fast-action scenes. So whether you're watching a sporting event or an action-packed movie, you'll always get the most impressive viewing experience possible. |
1,000,000:1 Contrast  | The Panasonic's Real Black system (a pre-discharge suppression system) and improved panel production processes combine to reproduce outstanding blacks with superb contrast. Each image is richly expressive, from bright scense, like scorching desert landscapes, to dark cave scenes. Compare the image produced by conventional HDTV on the left to the Real Black image produced on the right
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More Colors  | Viera HDTVs support the xvYCC color profile (Extended YCC Colorimetry for Video Applications), or "x.v. color" for short. Standard RGB color space allows the display of a portion of the colors that are viewable to the human eye. The next generation "xvYCC" color space actually offers an available range of colors that exceeds what human eyes can recognize. - Next-generation "xvYCC" color space supports 1.8 times as many colors as existing HDTV signals
- Lets HDTVs display colors more accurately
- Enables displays with more natural and vivid colors
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Deep Color  | Where x.v. color expands the available range of colors your HDTV can display, Deep Color increases the number of colors your HDTV can display within that range, for smoother transitions from color to color.
- Lets HDTVs and other displays go from millions of colors to billions of colors
- Eliminates on-screen color banding, for smooth tonal transitions and subtle gradations between colors
- Enables increased contrast ratio
- Can represent many times more shades of gray between black and white.
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Connectivity Viera flat panel HDTVs interact with an array of high-definition devices and services, making it easy for consumers to access and enjoy content as never before. As of 2008, Viera Link is compatible with Onkyo and Yamaha home theater systems.
| Videos and stills recorded on SD cards can easily be viewed via the SD slots on Panasonic Blu-Ray Disc players and Viera HDTVs. | Viera Link means easy connectivity via HDMI cables. Finally, consumers can easily operate their Blu-Ray Disc players, DVD recorders and home theater systems with a single remote control device. |  |  |
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| | 4 HDMI inputs to connect all of your devices directly to your television. |
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Long Life  | Panasonic plasma panels are rated to last 100,000 hours, which is about 30 years of regular or 11 years of non-stop usage before the brightness of the display is halved. |
Get Full HD with Blu-Ray Disc Players  | A Panasonic 1080p plasma television is able to render 1920x1080 pixels, but standard DVDs have a resolution of just 720x480. Blu-ray discs output true 1080p High-Definition resolution and have a storage capacity ten times greater than standard DVDs, so no pixel gos to waste. |
| Screen Size
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Full HD
1920 x 1080 pixels
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Contrast
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| PC Input
| THX
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| Speakers
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Inputs
| One Sheet
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Design
| Swivel
Base
| Shades
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| H.264
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Cinema Color
| Studio
Reference
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Menu
| Serial
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| Standard Features | TH-42PX80U
| 42 inches
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| - 480 Hz Sub-field Drive Technology
- Anti-Reflective Filter
- Viera Link HDAVI Control
- Built-in SD Card Slot w/Photo Viewer
- Deep Color Technology
- x.v. Color
- 3D Color Mangement
- Sub-Pixel Controller
- Motion Pattern Noise Reduction
- Anti-Image Retention Mode
- Game Mode
- Scratch and Impact Rsistant Panel
- 100,000 Hours to Panel Half-Brightness (>30 years @ 8 hours/day)
- Lead-free Panel
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| 42 inches | | 30,000:1 | |
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| 46 inches | | 30,000:1
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| 42 inches | | 30,000:1 | | | | 4
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| | TH-50PZ800U | 50 inches | | 30,000:1 | | | | 4
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| | TH-58PZ800U | 58 inches | | 30,000:1 | | | | 4
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| | TH-46PZ850U | 46 inches | | 30,000:1 | | | | 4
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| | | 5,120 | | | | | | | TH-58PZ850U | 58 inches | | 30,000:1 | | | | 4
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| | | 5,120 | | | | | | | TH-65PZ850U | 65 inches | | 30,000:1 | | | | 4
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| Customer Reviews: Read 36 more reviews...
 Fantastic TV, stunning picture, great price January 6, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The picture is stunningly beautiful, when watching HD-DVD or Blu-Ray DVD's. Regular DVD's are also very sharp when played on an upconverting DVD Player. Analog TV channels look pretty bad on this 50" screen, which is normal.
I also like its sound system. Judging for what it is (not an audiophile-type, not a surround sound, but a high quality 10W each two-channel stereo system), it's very good. Just make sure you fine tune it on the tuning Menu screen for the best sound and also best picture.
A small negative - the anti-reflective coating on the glass of the screen is not very effective. Reflections are significant. However, if you place it right, don't watch it with lamps or any shiny objects in front of the screen, cover your windows with blinds, if their reflections are visible, then it's not a problem at all.
A note of caution. If you will be attaching an enclosed stand yourself, do it with a helper - someone needs to hold this pretty massive TV straight on a surface, while another person attaches the stand.
Also, unlike the Samsung's stand, this stant won't swivel,
Overall it's a wonderful TV, capable of producing truly great high definition picture.
Panasonic Viera HDTV December 22, 2008
We've been heavily using this HDTV for about a month and it is a great HDTV. The image is amazing and the colors are terrific. Breathtaking, actually.
As always, Amazon's price was very competitive and their White Glove Delivery made the whole process very easy.
Wow!! December 13, 2008
Great picture! 1080p to drool for! Blu-rays look amazing, the colors are crisp and the blacks are great. I could not be happier with my purchase.
Definitely meets my expectations! December 8, 2008
We researched plasma tvs for weeks and finally decided on the Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ80U 50-inch 1080p Plasma HDTV based on the customer reviews. I could not be happier!! The tv functions beyond our expectations and within all of the customer reviews. The only function that we miss with this new tv is the lack of picture-in-picture. We are definitely having the superbowl party at our house!! TigerDirect had the best price. Just know that if you buy from TigerDirect that you will not get white glove delivery from their shipping company (Yellow). The shipping company will open the box to make sure that there is not surface damage. In addition, the shipping company does not delivery during the weekdays to residential locations. So if your product arrives on a Friday to the local wherehouse, do not expect the item to be delivered until the following weekend. Besides the slight inconvenience for delivery, I still would recommend TigerDirect.
I love my TV!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! December 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I have had this TV for about 2 weeks. I love it!
I got it through amazon via OneCall. I ordered it on a Saturday, it arrived the following Wednesday. The wall mount bracket came on Friday and by Friday night it was up on the wall.
It has great picture, and good sound quality. The sound doesn't compare to what one get coming from a home theater system, but these are TV speakers! If you want crystal clear sound, get external speakers. It is possible to tailor the bass and treble to where you want them to be. I think it is more than adequate for TV speakers.
The picture is just outstanding! There are several settings available to allow the user to set the color level, tint, brightness, contrast, etc. to suit the users preferences, and the lighting situation of the room where the TV is located. The blacks are rich and deep, the reds are bright, and the yellows are sunny.
I have had no problems with image retention. even when a particular screen is paused for several hours. The TV has an automatic image retention correction which requires no attention from the user, or the user can use a scrolling white bar against a black screen whenever desired.
The set has an anti reflective screen, and the only time I have noticed any glare or reflection is when the light directly behind the couch is on.
You will want to install all the cables you think you will ever use before you mount the TV to a wall, because it's going to be very difficult getting them in the right spot once it's up there.
Selecting the input device going into the TV (cable box, antenna, DVD player, video game, etc.) is very simple. Simply select the appropriate input jack location from a menu, and press 'select.' Works great!
I was a bit concerned over the amount of heat that plasma TV's generate, but I needn't have worried. This set has built in fans that do a tremendous job of keeping the unit cool. I put my hand on the back of the set after it had been on several hours, and it was barely even warm! This set is EnergyStar approved, so the electric bill shouldn't suffer.
How Panasonic got all this quality into a set for such a low price, and still make a profit on it, is beyond me. But I'm glad they did!
I did a lot of research before buying this set, comparing plasma and LCD sets. I had it narrowed down to a plasma, and couldn't decide between this unit and a Samsung. After careful study of all the user reviews I could find, I went with this one.
This is the set to buy!
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