With an incredible depth of crisp, clear, real-life colors created by a wide range of black gradations, VIERA flat panel HDTVs truly usher in a new VISUAL ERA. Improved resolution delivers theater-quality reproduction, and sporting events such as the Olympics, plus season premieres and other programming are displayed in exciting, vivid color—no matter how lively the movement in the action. Outstanding picture quality, connectivity and service. That’s VIERA.

Over 900 Lines with 480Hz Sub-field Drive
Even subtle movements are clear and easy to judge. Self-illuminating plasma displays feature high moving picture resolution, so there are no more frustrating afterimages in fast-action scenes. You enjoy smooth, clear motion in sports scenes, like Olympic competition and in the action scenes of movies.

Digital Optimizer
A digital noise detection circuit detects the areas and amounts of noise in each scene and then applies the optimal noise reduction to combat it. All types of images come through noise-free.

Motion Pattern Noise Reduction
This function detects motion patterns that tend to generate noise and makes adjustments to maximize image quality. Even scenes with a variety of motion images are crystal-clear.

High Contrast 1,000,000:1 [Native 15,000:1]
Every image is richly expressive, from bright scenes, like scorching desert landscapes, to dark cave scenes. Contrast is enhanced by the new Real Black Drive system (a pre-discharge control system) and a higher base luminance from improvements made to the panel production process. The high contrast creates deep, robust blacks and faithfully reproduces scenes with a delicate balance of light and shadow.

Deep Color
Deep Color (HDMI V.1.3) is an image enhancing technology supported by HDMI 1.3. Its outstanding color gradation exceeds the capability of current 8-bit/color systems.

Review By Bigpicturebigsound

The TH-50PX80U features native 1366×768 resolution (better than 720p), but it also supports 1080i and 1080p inputs from devices such as HD satellite receivers, cable boxes and Blu-ray Disc players for maximum compatibility with present and future source components. The set features 5 high definition compatible inputs (2 component video, 3 HDMI), a “Game Mode” for excellent gaming performance and a new anti-reflective screen filter to cut down on ambient light glare and reflection.

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Review By Hdtvdreams

Panasonic plasmas are also known for their rich, realistic color. The TH-50PX80U can reproduce over 4,000 shades of gradation each for red, green, and blue. That yields a nearly infinite color palette of over 68 billion shades, to virtually eliminate the common picture distortion known as “false contouring.” It causes the transitions between different shades of the same color to appear too sharp and abrupt, giving scenes an artificially layered look. Images on this TV look effortlessly smooth, with beautifully natural skin tones.

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Review By Amazon

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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Review By Best-lcd-hdtv

The music, effects and speech of Panasonic Viera TH-50PX80U 50-Inch 720p Plasma HDTV is quite balanced and good. The Panasonic Viera 720p Plasma HDTV provides incredible value within an HDTV along with the unmatchable contrast ratios as well as fluid motion make this TV set unusual from the other plasmas range accessible in the marketplace. In addition, the advanced image processing plus pixel resolution technology of the Panasonic TV’s natural aptitude for reproducing fast motion images marks out each intricate detail of the fast scene devoid of compromising on picture clarity.

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Review By Crutchfieldenespanol

Panasonic plasmas are also known for their rich, realistic color. The TH-50PX80U can reproduce over 4,000 shades of gradation each for red, green, and blue. That yields a nearly infinite color palette of over 68 billion shades, to virtually eliminate the common picture distortion known as “false contouring.” It causes the transitions between different shades of the same color to appear too sharp and abrupt, giving scenes an artificially layered look. Images on this TV look effortlessly smooth, with beautifully natural skin tones.

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