The Panasonic VT20 is Panasonic's first 3D TV, and it's a belter.
Samsung may have (just) beaten Panasonic in the race to put 3D TVs on the high-street, with its range of LCD and LED-backlit 3D screens, but the Japanese giant's arrival is perhaps more portentous.
The brand was the first major advocate for the format, masterminding the AVC Multiview codec now adopted as the standard to encode 3D Blu-ray movies, and famously sidling up alongside James Cameron when his Avatar project was looking more folly than phenomenon.
Key features
The new 3D screen shares much in common with the brand's 2D TX-P50G20. The bezel colour is different, here it's a dark bronze with silver-effect trim, but beneath the hood is much of the same picture-processing electronics, allied to a lookalike NeoPDP screen.
The TX-P50VT20 is one of only two 3D screens due from Panasonic this summer. It will be joined by the 65-inch TX-P65VT20, expected to sell for around twice the price. There is no difference between the two, bar the size of the glass.
So how does its first consumer 3D screen, the 50-inch TX-P50VT20, look – and does it have more to offer than just a couple of pairs of funny glasses?
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stanleysky
October 15th 2010
5. Buyers should be aware that other reviews have found there to be issues with processing of 50hz content. So do check before you buy that the TV does indeed meet your needs.
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avenger
October 14th 2010
4. hi i just bought this tv a few days ago, and i can say its very good picture quality is very good except if you watch a movie, and its in a dark tunnel or cave then you get a shadow efect and you cant make out whats going on, the bes tv i had that did not do this was the 43 inch pioneer i give it to my son when i bought this one, i had LG, samsung, soney and they all had this problem till i bought the pioneer, i hate this problem , i love quality and really good picture , thers no problem watching sky thers a good picture ownly when you watch a dvd i all so have a really good blue ray 3d player so it cant be tha**** like a negifate efect if thers very little light in the tunnel or dark room, i must add i have the best hdmi leads mone can buy, specialy bought for this TV The Panasonic TX-P50VT20 is the best 3D TV to date
Read more: http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-visual/televisions/plasma-and-lcd-tvs/panasonic-tx-p50vt20b-688360/review#ixzz12LF1hTHu
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sune
August 20th 2010
3. "High frame rates destroy the tone and character of film material, leaving everything looking like it was shot on a camcorder"
Yes, more people need to be talking about this! Main reason I'm still a plasma man.
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steve25
June 4th 2010
2. I had a look at this tv today but i could not get to look at the 3d feature, they had a trailer of avatar running in (2d) i thought picture quality was very good.
I did see a samsung 3d tv also today with the 3d feature on and it looked better than what i thought it would be.
http://hdtvandgaming.blogspot.com
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rimscar
May 11th 2010
1. Completely agree with the verdict on Pannys.
Stunning tvs, but with irritating, non-sensical and often too much control. They do need a "less-is-more" mantra. Vieralink? Purlease.
Online portals--this is the second BT review i`ve seen saying more content is coming soon....not in the world of Panasonic it isn't. That's at least 2 years just having youtube and picassa (and blomberg?)
The manuals are difficult to interpret, some of the system restrictions are just pathetic and the start up times for both Tv and bluray player can be measured with a calendar.
Personally i feel the quality is excellent, but the designers really need a ***** slap.
Tell you what, here's an open invitation to Panasonic--i`ll provide the tea and biscuits, you provide the engineers round my house for a discussion regarding usability......
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