The Panasonic VIERA HDTV PZ850 Series introduces an exciting new feature called VIERA Cast. VIERA Cast is a web menu that’s built into the television, letting you enjoy great online entertainment like YouTube videos and your digital photos on Picasa Web Albums, all with just a click of a button – - no PCs or external boxes are required. You can also get instant weather updates as well as the latest financial information from Bloomberg Television. Best of all, the VIERA Cast menu will self-update as soon as great new online content becomes available. Share the online entertainment fun with friends and family on a large screen HDTV!

Enjoy Theater-like images Without Having to go to a Movie Theater
With the VIERA PZ850 Series, you’ll get everything you need for a top-notch movie experience at home. Superb motion-picture resolution, super deep contrast ratios, and Digital Cinema Color Technology all combine to provide an incredible viewing experience.
Smart Networking with Other AV Devices
Panasonic’s VIERA Link makes it easy for you to control all of your compatible HD AV devices with just your HDMI cables and a single remote. Total AV system control with just a click of a button!
Share HD Videos on the Big Screen
The VIERA PZ850 Series provides the easy solution for enjoying HD (1920 X 1080) home movies recorded on your camcorder’s SD card. Simply remove the SD card from the camcorder, insert into the PZ850’s built-in SD card slot¹and begin watching your videos with vivid colors and superb motion-image expression — no extra cables or connections required.
HD Photo Viewer
The VIERA PZ850 and its built-in HD Photo viewer provides the ultimate digital photo viewing experience. Simply insert an SD card to display photos on the large screen. Photos are much more fun when you can view them on a large HDTV screen with family and friends in full-HD (1920 x 1080).

Review By hdtvlounge

The Panasonic PZ850 Series isn’t just an ordinary Plasma series, it’s one of the first to be “web-enabled” aka Viera Cast, which provides access to some of the most popular website on the Internet today such as YouTube, Bloomberg and Google Picasa web album. This new flagship line should also be a hit with the videophile, with great specifications and featuring enhanced contrast ratios, faster response times (reducing motion blur) and deeper blacks.

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Review By infosyncworld

The Panasonic Viera PZ850 series features a Pro Setting Menu, aimed at videophiles that can benefit from access to professional calibration software. The Viera PZ850 series also boast an enhanced native resolution contrast ratio of 30,000:1, a dynamic ratio of 1,000,000:1, 24p native reproduction, Digital Cinema Color Re-Mastering (for more accurate color reproduction when for instance playing movies), and Studio Reference Mode (reproduction of subtle colors).

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Review By crutchfield

The TH-46PZ850U uses Panasonic’s most advanced 1080p plasma panel technology. It can reproduce 5,120 shades of gray — 25% more than last year’s models — for naturally seamless colors. Picture contrast is outstanding too, with notably deep black levels. This TV’s 24p Cinematic Playback mode optimizes 1080p video from a Blu-ray player — it doubles the original playback frame rate to 48 frames per second, just like most theater projectors do. You’ll see a remarkably smooth, cinematic picture.

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Review By reviews.digitaltrends

The TV also gets a built-in SD card slot to make viewing digital photos as easy as popping them out of your camera and into the TV, in all their 1920 x 1080 HD glory. And if your own shots aren’t exactly masterpieces, the TV’s GalleryPlayer compatibility lets you to buy professional shots on the Web to turn your TV into a replica museum piece.

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Review By switched

One of the key features of the line is the new VIERACast IPTV system. Essentially, it’s a portal that lets you access specific Internet entertainment right from your television, and it currently features four different content providers: YouTube (videos), Picasa (pictures), the Weather Channel (weather) and Bloomberg (market information). Once you plug an Ethernet cord into the back of the TV, you’ll be able to browse and search YouTube with the TV’s remote, and the system will allow you to log in to your YouTube account in order to access favorites, personal videos and other options. You’ll also be able to access your pictures if you store them on Picasa.

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