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Panasonic TH-37PX60U 37" Plasma HDTV
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Panasonic TH-37PX60U 37 Plasma HDTV List Price: $1,799.95


Features
 37-inch HD-ready plasma TV; measures 36.1 x 25.4 x 3.7 inches (WxHxD)
 Integrated NTSC, ATSC tuners; QAM tuner compatible with unscrambled HDTV cable reception
 1024 x 720-pixel resolution; 10000:1 contrast ratio; motion adaptive 3D Y/C comb filter
 Connections: 3 composite A/V (1 front), 3 S-Video (1 front), 2 component (Y/Pb/Pr), 2 HDMI, 1 SC memory card slot
 Two stereo speakers, 10 watts apiece (20 watts total); BBE ViVA HD3D virtual surround sound
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Panasonic TH-37PX60U 37" Plasma HDTV description
Featuring Panasonic's 9th generation gas-plasma screen, the 37-inch TH-37PX60U features a width-to-height 16:9 aspect ratio similar to movie theater screens, providing a theater-like experience at home. Its maximum of 29 billion colors and over 3,000 shades of gradation provide exceptionally fine detail for outstanding HDTV reproduction. The set's built-in ATSC (DTV) tuner pulls HD signals (480p/720p/1080i) right from the airwaves, and its QAM tuner is fully compatible with unscrambled HDTV cable reception. A standard analog NTSC tuner receives standard-definition (SD) programming. It also includes a Secure Digital (SD) memory card slot, enabling you to take an SD card directly from a digital still camera or camcorder and insert it directly into the TV for quick and colorful photo slideshows.

A plasma screen renders vivid colors like you've never seen before (as in, up to 29 billion in this case), extremely wide viewing angles (wider, even, than those of most LCD screens), and easy placement due to a plasma monitor's slim profile--the TH-37PX60U is a mere 3.7 inches deep, one of the slimmest plasmas around--perfect for desk or wall mounting. Brightness tends to be extremely uniform across plasma screens, which are also impervious to the picture distortion and negative color balances that afflict CRT monitors when placed near lighting or sound systems.

The TH-37PX60U features a 1024 x 720-pixel resolution and an amazing contrast ratio of 10000:1. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) The 3D Y/C digital comb filter constantly analyzes the three dimensions of picture height, picture width, and picture changes-over-time, to reduce dramatically edge image artifacts while improving transition detail. Other features include V-Chip parental controls, on/off sleep timers, closed-caption decoding, aspect ratio control, and video input labeling.

The TV's internal stereo speakers are powered by 10 watts per channel (for 20 watts of total power). Special BBE ViVA HD3D surround sound processing creates spacious 3D effects from the two stereo speakers. It features the following connection options:

  • Component (Y/Pb/Pr): 2 inputs (with 2 audio inputs)
  • HDMI: 2 inputs
  • Composite (RCA audio/video): 3 inputs (1 on the front), 1 output
  • S-Video: 3 inputs (1 on the front)

HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link any AV source with an audio and/or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV). HDMI supports standard-definition (SD), enhanced definition (ED), or high-definition (HD) video, plus multi-channel digital audio--all using a single cable.

If a component doesn't have an HDMI connection, you'll also get great picture reproduction using the three-jack component video (Y/Pb/Pr) input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. Component video output is available only for DVD playback.

What's in the Box
Plasma TV, remote control (with batteries), pedestal base, power cord, printed operating instructions

Panasonic TH-37PX60U 37" Plasma HDTV Customer Reviews
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♥♥♥♥♥ Great Picture but Unpleasant Owner Experience
I am writing the post a bit too late for most who purchased to take advantage of my advice, however, for the few that are still considering please weigh my experience when purchasing.

TV was purchased just over a year ago and am already on a quest for a new TV. What happened? My gripe come from what the technicians called a "panel malfunction" 3 days past the 1-year warranty.

I brought to Panasonic's attention and they said they couldn't help since it was just past the 1-year warranty. Eventually, I spoke with a reasonable service manager who decided to review the case and asked me to get a service estimate for consideration (see Panel Malfunction above).

I dropped off the TV and the estimate came back at $1,200 which the representative explained they wouldn't cover and am now eligible for a "reduced" TV from their lineup. I guess that's not too bad but now I have to fork over a few hundred (or thousand) more bucks on a brand for which I have almost lost all faith. Overall, customer service has been ok (we'll see about that "deal" they've promised).

Now, aside from the MAJOR disaster just weeks ago the whole experience of owning the TV was extremely stressful, mostly in the case of image burn-in.

I know people will tell you that plasma technology has improved and burn-in isn't quite the problem it used to be. Well, those people have been disillusioned from the beautiful picture quality these sets provide (I must admit, I went through 4 TV's before settling on this 37" set that has deep blacks and an overall incredible HD picture).

Unfortunately, after the Circuit City return period was over I started noticing some lingering burn-in tendencies. I realized that I couldn't watch any type of sporting event without switching channels every once in a while to refresh the screen. I don't know about you but if I'm watching something I'm interested in, the last thing I want to do is switch channels out of my burn-in fear. If I didn't I would get lingering box scores and logos for hours after the event. This is very frustrating and will genuinely piss you off when paying top dollar on a piece of electronics (it ruins the viewing experience completely). Maybe mine was a dud through-and-through but needed to make my experience know for your benefit.

Now that I'm on the market again, I'm going LCD and avoiding the burn-in issue altogether. What sucks is Panasonic only offers 32" as largest LCD, so I can't even use this as an opportunity to upgrade to 42"...so disappointing

Plasma = Stink
Do not use for Sports, News, Video Games, Computer Monitor
Great for Planet Earth

YMMV
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