CES: Panasonic Unveils 2013 TVs; New Smart TV Interface - Page 16

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I don't understand. The only posts you seem to make are to tout the ZT. The fact is no one will really know until they've been in owners hands a month or so. There could be issues with panel in real world use. Why would any one be a 1st beta mover?
Edited by Glashub - 1/19/13 at 5:08am

I decided to keep the VT until the fall. By then reports will be in and prices will probably have fallen. If the reports are positive (other than black level which it seems Panny and Samsung have nailed) then I'll sell the VT and buy the ZT. I got a great deal on the VT and the lower holiday proces should offset the depreciation hit.

Besides no one knows how much the ZT will cost. If the ZT is $4500...is it 2x better than the VT which is going for $2459 at Pauls TV right now? Someone, I think Vinnie, posted that the single glass design was not new to Panasonic but I have to wonder if the years since they last made one makes this more of a 1st gen type product. That said, the VT is fully optimized. I come from 2 Kuros in a row. The only real difference I see is when I look at the black bars next to the frame. Slightly less black but the image is as astonishing in most ways and I don't feel left wanting for black in the image. If that makes sense.
Edited by Glashub - 1/18/13 at 10:44pm

Rogo, my post was directed towards yamvmax and those sitting on the fence. I have been burned to often by buying into hype here and being a 1st mover. Do you remember AV123 and it's subs? And how many Emotiva products were a let down after months of frenzied build up? How about the iPhone 5? Early adopters told the rest of us about the case scratching, Apple maps and the light bleed. Oh, the list goes on and on. I'm just cautioning to take a deep breath. The VT and Kuro are great TV's. Wait for the dust to settle.

Smart of you to factor in that time has value. Sometimes I think, "what could we be doing with our time if we weren't pursuing the perfect picture, pre/pro, subwoofer, etc.?" There's a big world out there and I'd bet the Swiss Alps would make a more lasting imppression than a great blu-ray on a perfect black tv.

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Translated

Z-series returns with Panasonic this year and offers an upgrade in picture quality.

If you have been following Panasonic models in several years, so you probably remember the Z-series. First, there was the Z1, later, and the series Z11 welcomed on details where there was kælet of both the giblets as the exterior.

This year is turning Z-series back from Panasonic, and there are delights for plasma-fans. The design is, however, identical on this year's models and ZT60, it is the VT60 internal that is different.

Panasonic ZT60 sits a special highend plasma display, a Studio Master Panel.

This particular reference panel provides the best black rendering, which Panasonic can offer, and the demonstrations they gave at CES so definitely promising. There was certainly something better, with more black in the dark areas, than detaler at last year's topmodel VT50 hung beside for the equation.

Panasonic calls itself ZT60 for absolute excellence in image quality. Display in ZT60 can reproduce more details than the conventional plasma display. The nuances can be dissolved in whole 30.720 step, in a color space with several possible color tones.

ZT60 built, assembled and checked by hand at the factory, in order to ensure that quality comes with the appliance completely out of the factory.

It will be a TV for the few. Panasonic is based only on a limited number of ZT60. It comes to be sold through a small number of traders and the price is yet unknown.

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We hope to hear more about this exciting TV news when Panasonic reveals more details about the European models. This happens on a large event here in February
Edited by Glashub - 1/22/13 at 9:22am

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Yes it is. I'm curious....given the Elite 151 MSRP was $6500 and since this is hand built, select retailers, limited quanities....could it be even more with litle or no discounting?