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A Huge
Screen — and Twice as Much Image Information
The new
1080p HD plasma models feature about 2 million pixels (1920 horizontal x
1080 vertical) — about twice as many as conventional HD models.
Images are uniformly clear, sharp and super-detailed across the entire
screen surface. With our industry-leading 103-inch panel —about four
times the size of a 50-inch panel — the viewing impact is
nothing less
than spectacular.
Superior
Moving Image Resolution
To deliver
the full beauty of HD images, the display needs to render moving images
in clear detail. Plasma display panels use a self illuminating system to
boost resolution in images with fast motion. Panasonic brings out all
the beauty inherent in 1080p HD, reproducing crisp, sharp images that
move smoothly even when viewed on the 103-inch screen.
Superior Color Reproduction
Reproducing the Entire HDTV Color Range
HD sources
are based on the HDTV standard rather than the conventional NTSC
standard. In our new 1080p HD models, the panel phosphor characteristics
closely match the HDTV-standard color gamut. This lets our plasmas
reproduce the entire color range specified in the HDTV standard (ITU-R.
BT709), so images are natural-looking and faithful to the original HD
source.
Digital
Color Reality for Accurate Reproduction of the
Ambience
in Movies
In Super
Cinema mode, Digital Color Reality boosts precision in the digital
control of color and brightness video data by a factor of four (white
chromaticity fluctuation of less than 0.003). By continuously adjusting
the white balance and performing gamma correction as scenes change, this
technology accurately expresses the warmth of light, and reproduces
delicate shading. With movie scenes especially, the new plasma displays
create the kind of faithful ambience that were difficult for previous
systems to deliver.
4,096
Gradation Steps — Tops in the Industry
Thanks to
Panasonic's advanced 16-bit digital image processing, our new plasma
models reproduce crisp, clear motion picture images with the equivalent
of 4,096 gradation steps. This industry-leading gradation level not only
creates richer, deeper blacks, it also enhances image depth, conveys
fine detail, and recreates ambience with the kind of accuracy only a
1080p HD plasma display can offer.
Deep,
Crisp Blacks and the Industry's Highest Contrast
Our New Real
Black Creation technology achieves up to 5000:1 contrast — tops in the
industry. This combines with our New Deep Black Filter and New AR
Coating technologies, which help maintain crisp blacks even in bright
image surroundings, to give images superb depth and textural quality.
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Features Common to All 10 Series
Panasonic Plasma TVs:
Real Gamma
Control
Instead of using
first-stage, basic processing like other brands, Panasonic plasma
displays use maximum 16-bit processing, the highest level in the
industry, to process video signals all the way up to the gamma
correction stage. While other brands use the number of signal bits for
calculation, Real Gamma Control reproduces the actual image that appears
on the screen at the world's highest level of 3,072 equivalent steps of
gradation.
New Real Black
Creation
Panasonic's
original New Real Black Creation technology helps achieve the industry's
highest level of contrast at a maximum of 10,000:1 in dark image areas
to reproduce exceptionally deep, rich blacks. This system suppresses
unwanted graying by reducing the electrical pre-discharge to about 30%
of the level of conventional plasma displays.
Advanced Plasma
Display Panel
Use of improved
panel materials and enhanced rib and electrode shapes have boosted the
efficiency of our plasma display panels. We've also attained a stable,
high-speed discharge to cope with the light intensity in the
finely-controlled discharge, These features combine to increase screen
brightness by 20% compared with previous models.
New Deep Black
Filter
The New Deep Black
Filter suppresses light transmittance and slashes the amount of external
light reflected. This technology helps these displays achieve the
industry's highest contrast ratio of 400:1 when viewed in bright
surroundings. Reflection is minimal, so images are clean and
distraction-free.
Advanced 3D Color
Management
The Color
Management System achieves precise control based on 3D management in the
color difference plane and brightness directions. This finer level of
control produces more expressive images.
Sub-Pixel
Controller
The Sub-Pixel
Controller eliminates jagged or blurred diagonal lines and produces
smoother edges. Unlike conventional systems in which the three RGB
colors are processed together, this advanced system processes each color
separately for crisper, more natural-looking images. Theoretically, this
results in a 30% improvement in horizontal resolution compared with
conventional systems.
Motion Pattern
Noise Reduction
The Motion
Pattern Noise Reduction circuit detects motion patterns that tend to
generate noise, and makes adjustments to maximize image quality. It
helps produce clean, sharp images with outstanding gradation, even in
scenes with considerable motion. The result is a noticeable improvement
in moving picture quality.
Advanced
Image-Enlarging Function
This built-in
image-enlarging function makes it easier to set up multi-screen systems
with as many as 16 displays (4x4 configuration). A new function lets you
enlarge the image up to 4x vertically and horizontally independently;
making it easy to set up a multi-screen system with up to four displays
arranged either vertically or horizontally. For example, expand the
image horizontally to 4x and leave it unchanged vertically, and you can
create a system with four units side-by-side. This is ideal in bank
lobbies, airports and other places where you want a large display system
that can be read from a distance.
Thanks to the ID
control function, you can use the standard remote control unit to
control multiple panels individually.
There is also a
mode that displays a full-screen image, including the edges (the width
of the frame) of the display panel. This is especially suitable for
displaying text information, since no words are hidden by the frame.
Ultra-Lightweight
Cabinet
Panasonic's
advanced PDP production technology made it possible to reduce the plasma
panel glass thickness from 2.8 mm (0.1˝) to 1.8 mm (0.07˝). This reduces
overall weight by up to 15% compared with previous models, making
installation easier than ever. Using less glass benefits the
environment, too.
1:1 Pixel Mode
(PF
series only)
The 1:1 Pixel mode
maps the 1920 x 1080 video content to 1080p HD panel pixels to display
100% of the original content. By skipping the scaling process, this mode
is able to produce high-definition images in their original, 1:1 pixel
form. When the 1:1 Pixel mode is switched off, the picture source is
scaled for over-scanning and 97% of the original is displayed.
Note:
1920 x 1080 PC
signals are always displayed in 1:1 mode.
Advanced Dual
Picture Mode
Panasonic plasma
displays feature the Advanced Dual Picture Mode in addition to the
conventional Dual Picture Mode. This mode lets you overlay a video image
onto a full-screen PC image. For example, you can superimpose text
information from a PC over a video clip, giving you a more effective way
to present information. When displaying two separate images, you can
select the audio output from either source. Playing back the audio from
the sub-source can be useful in teleconferencing, for example.
Remote System
Monitoring
In addition to
the conventional display control command and power supply/input
selection check command, Panasonic plasma displays feature a monitor
command that lets you check the signal from a distant location. In
conventional systems, you had to install a monitoring camera to check
the images displayed on an advertising display panel
or digital signage system. This monitor command, on the other hand, lets
you monitor images by simply connecting a PC via a serial cable.
Long Service Life
of 60,000 Hours
The inner panel
improvements give Panasonic plasma panels a long service life of
approximately 60,000 hours* even with their increased brightness.
*The
time until panel brightness is reduced to half its initial level, when
displaying moving images at
standard mode. Excludes afterimages and malfunctions.
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