Christmas season is pretty much all about spending time with family and closest friends around a good dinner, enjoying each others’ company, exchanging gifts, and watching all times favorite movies. We all appreciate the possibility to watch our favorite movie on a good-quality plasma TV. Therefore, the Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ800U Plasma TV is an ideal purchase for this Christmas season that will allow you spend a wonderful time watching movies with the ones you love, not having to worry about the quality of the image and sound.Comparing to other Panasonic plasmas, this set comes with considerable improved color and video processing performance. When it comes to design, it is a TV that is fronted by a big pane of glass that provides quite a stylish look than the usual sets. Below the screen the Panasonic’s frame has the logo and the set of inputs hidden behind a flip-down door. The measurements of Panasonic Viera TH-50PZ800U, including the stand, are as following: 49.9 inches wide by 33.4 inches tall by 15.3 inches deep and weighs 92.6 pounds. Separate from the stand, its size diminishes to 49.9 inches wide by 31.2 inches tall by 4.1 inches deep and its weight decreases to 81.6 pounds.
The remote controls stays the same as the one of the last year, so those that got used to that one, can be satisfied with this certain lack of change in design. The right-sized buttons are arranged in an easy-to-feel arrangement, so it for sure that customers who haven’t used any Panasonic remote control will easily adjust to it. A feature that Panasonic could have taken into consideration for the remote control is the backlighting for the buttons.
The important feature that makes these series of Panasonic Plasma TV stand out from the rest is the THX Display Certification, which is a certification that involves testing in different categories such as contrast ratio and color accuracy.
Similar to many other plasmas, the TH-50PZ800U has a native resolution of 1920x1080 pixels, which clearly becoming a standard characteristic for all flat-panel HDTVs. It is curious to notice the fact that although there is an option of adjusting all of the present five picture modes; it isn’t possible to adjust color temperature beyond the three ones present. This plasma TV offers five aspect ratio controls for HD sources which is considerably more than the majority of other HDTVs on the market. The recommendation concerning TH-50PZ800U is using the setting called “HD Size 2” that allows the TV display each pixel of 1080i and 1080p sources without overscan or scaling.
Overall, the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U is a great acquisition for this Christmas that will serve as something useful for the future. Excluding the fact that it doesn’t offer the best depth of black, besides that this Plasma TV by Panasonic exhibits a good value for any household that owns it.
