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Panasonic Puts the Ultra in 4K Blu-Ray Playback
Al Griffin  |  Jun 01, 2018  |  13 comments
Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the EISA (European Imaging and Sound Association) convention in Antwerp, Belgium. At this annual event, magazine editors from around the globe are given the chance to preview new audio, video, and digital photography products, many of which are yet to hit the market. For me, a highlight of the event was a demo of Panasonic’s DP-UB9000, a flagship Ultra HD Blu-ray player designed for high-performance video and audio playback.
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Panasonic puts Twitter on its HDTVs
SV Staff  |  Aug 17, 2010  |  0 comments
Twitter, it seems, is inescapable. It's on computers, cell phones, iPads/Phones/Pods, and now it's coming to Panasonic VieraCast HDTVs. The company just announced that several of its VieraCast plasma HDTVs will be getting Twitter Internet apps,...
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Panasonic ready to shove Blu-ray into your car
SV Staff  |  Apr 22, 2009  |  0 comments
Something tells me Blu-ray might be overkill for the 7-inch, 1280x270 screen on Panasonic's CN-HX3000D head unit, but that has never stopped hardcore car modifiers in the past. The unit actually sounds pretty solid, offering up a five-channel...
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Panasonic Recently Announces High-Contrast Plasma Display
HT Staff  |  Jul 30, 2000  |  0 comments
No projector, no screen, no giant box dominating the room--just a bright, clear picture hanging on the wall. It's the dream of many home theater enthusiasts, and Panasonic is helping to make it come true. The Japanese manufacturer has announced huge advances in contrast ratio––boosting it from a middling 400:1 to a mind-boggling 2000:1--and resulting in, the company says, brighter whites and darker blacks.
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Panasonic Reinvents the Remote
SV Staff  |  Oct 01, 2008  |  0 comments
If your house is like mine, you have enough remote controls lying around to fill a 10-gallon trash bin. In fact, if Panasonic's new EZ Touch Remote catches on, that's exactly where your old remotes may wind up. Most remotes are the same - slabs...
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Panasonic Responds to Black Level Report
Mark Fleischmann  |  Feb 08, 2010  |  0 comments
Do the black levels of Panasonic plasmas increase over time? Yes, the company says in response to reports carried on various websites.
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Panasonic Sets Sights on OLED
Mark Fleischmann  |  Jun 30, 2008  |  0 comments
The race to bring new display technology into a home theater near you has heated up with a report that Panasonic plans to start making OLED TVs in three years.
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Panasonic Ships Combo DVD/Hard Disc Recorder
 |  Oct 06, 2002  |  0 comments

TV addicts take note: A thousand bucks will buy you plenty of recording time these days—and plenty of versatility.

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Panasonic Starts Streaming Netflix
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 13, 2010  |  0 comments
If you own a 2010 Panasonic Viera Cast TV or Blu-ray disc player and subscribe to Netflix, you're in for a pleasant surprise. Your $8.99 and up monthly Netflix subscription entitles you to stream programming from the rental outfit on your TV.
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Panasonic Talks Tech
Scott Wilkinson  |  Jun 16, 2005  |  0 comments

This week, Panasonic hit the road to demonstrate their latest products to journalists in San Francisco, San Jose, and Los Angeles, California. Unfortunately, the shipping company they hired to get the gear from San Jose to LA dropped the ball (at least they didn't drop the gear!), failing to deliver the equipment on time, so most of the presentation was theoretical.

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Panasonic to Supply Hitachi Plasma Glass
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 24, 2008  |  0 comments
Hitachi has become the latest TV maker to announce that it will buy the glass panels for its plasma sets from Panasonic.
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Panasonic to Tour U.S. with 3D
Mark Fleischmann  |  Mar 12, 2010  |  0 comments
The Panasonic Touch the Future Tour will let members of the public (that's you) in 15 cities get direct experience with the company's version of 3D technology, starting Monday March 15 in New York and finishing next month in Miami. See end of this story for other locales and dates.
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Panasonic Touts 3D on Mall Tour
Mark Fleischmann  |  Nov 30, 2010  |  0 comments
Panasonic's Unwrap 3D Tour will offer interactive 3DTV displays in seven shopping malls across the nation. The two-week tour kicks off Wednesday December 1.
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Panasonic UHD Blu-ray Player Due in September
SV Staff  |  Jul 05, 2016  |  2 comments
Panasonic will join Samsung and Philips to become the third company to offer an Ultra HD Blu-ray player in September when it ships the DMP-UB900.
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Panasonic Ultra HD TVs Are Now “Netflix Recommended”
SV Staff  |  Jun 18, 2015  |  1 comments
Panasonic’s entire 2015 lineup of 4K UHD Smart TVs will carry the “Netflix Recommended TV designation, the company announced. The logo highlights Internet-enabled TVs that meet specific criteria outlined by Netflix.
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