Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #62032 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Panasonic
- Model: TH-46PZ85B
- Released on: 2008-04-01
Editorial Reviews
Reviews
Stable, lustrous images, especially with HD; build, finish and specification are all on the money - What Hi Fi Sound and Vision, July 08, TH-46PZ85, Five stars
Manufacturer's Description
With its 2008 Panasonic Viera Plasmas, Panasonic brings an astonishing 1,000,000:1 contrast ration to the table. advanced pixel resolution and image-processing technology with the plasma TV's natural ability to beautifully reproduce fast moving images, so every detail is rendered with amazing clarity, and all the action is delivered with a high degree of fluidity.
What is a Plasma TV? A plasma TV is a thin, high-resolution flat panel screen that uses a matrix of tiny cells that are charged by precise electrical voltages to create a picture. Plasma displays are bright, have a wide colour range, produce deep, true blacks, have a wide viewing angle, and are light enough to be wall-mounted or placed on a stand. Plasmas come in a range of sizes.
What's New This Year?
- Super Contrast--native contrast ratios on the PZ85, PZ800 series are 30,000:1, double last year's 15,000:1. Dynamic contrast ratios are up to 1,000,000:1.
- new anti-reflective filter; lead-free "Tough Under Force" panel is resistant to impacts and scratches
- Built-in SD card slot with Photo Viewer/Gallery Player software
- x.v. colour and Deep colour (HDMI 1.3 features)
- 24p native reproduction
- Game Mode auto-adjusts image quality suitable to games and includes anti-image retention
- Viera Link is now compatible with Onkyo and Yamaha home theater systems
- At least 2 HDMI inputs on all models (4 on PZ800 series)
- THX Certification on PZ800 and PZ850 series
| | Amazing colour reproduction The incredible black reproduction of a Panasonic High-Definition Plasma TV results in impressive contrast and beautiful, natural colours. So you'll get warm, accurate skin tones, gorgeous greens, breathtaking blues and vivid reds. For colour that's as rich and bold as life itself, look to a Panasonic Plasma TV. |
| | Consistent brightness from any angle A Panasonic Plasma combines anti-glare and anti-reflection technology with the natural light-emitting properties of plasma, to give you a super-wide viewing range with a crisp, beautiful image from almost any angle. |
 | Smooth, graceful motion When you're watching sports or movies with fast-motion graphics, you want a TV that can keep up with the action. With over 900 lines of moving picture, self-illuminating plasma displays eliminate afterimages in fast-action scenes. So whether you're watching a sporting event or an action-packed movie, you'll always get the most impressive viewing experience possible. |
 | 1,000,000:1 Contrast The Panasonic's Real Black system (a pre-discharge suppression system) and improved panel production processes combine to reproduce outstanding blacks with superb contrast. Each image is richly expressive, from bright scense, like scorching desert landscapes, to dark cave scenes. Compare the image produced by conventional HDTV on the left to the Real Black image produced on the right |
 | More colours Viera HDTVs support the xvYCC colour profile (Extended YCC colourimetry for Video Applications), or "x.v. colour" for short. Standard RGB colour space allows the display of a portion of the colours that are viewable to the human eye. The next generation "xvYCC" colour space actually offers an available range of colours that exceeds what human eyes can recognize. - Next-generation "xvYCC" colour space supports 1.8 times as many colours as existing HDTV signals
- Lets HDTVs display colours more accurately
- Enables displays with more natural and vivid colours
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 | Deep colour Where x.v. colour expands the available range of colours your HDTV can display, Deep colour increases the number of colours your HDTV can display within that range, for smoother transitions from colour to colour.
- Lets HDTVs and other displays go from millions of colours to billions of colours
- Eliminates on-screen colour banding, for smooth tonal transitions and subtle gradations between colours
- Enables increased contrast ratio
- Can represent many times more shades of gray between black and white.
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Connectivity
Viera flat panel HDTVs interact with an array of high-definition devices and services, making it easy for consumers to access and enjoy content as never before. As of 2008, Viera Link is compatible with Onkyo and Yamaha home theater systems.
 | Long Life Panasonic plasma panels are rated to last 100,000 hours, which is about 30 years of regular or 11 years of non-stop usage before the brightness of the display is halved. |
 | Get Full HD with Blu-Ray Disc Players A Panasonic 1080p plasma television is able to render 1920x1080 pixels, but standard DVDs have a resolution of just 720x480. Blu-ray discs output true 1080p High-Definition resolution and have a storage capacity ten times greater than standard DVDs, so no pixel gos to waste. |
Customer Reviews
Great telly
I was looking for an upgrade from tube sets. It's got to be a plasma and it's got to be full (1080) HD. This set perfectly fits, great colour and contrast. Runs the PS3 outstandingly, no blurring no drag of image. Running Blu ray through the PS3 was again great image detail and clarity was perfect.
Yes there are better and larger televisions but not by much and you'll have to spend a hell of a lot more then the value you're getting with this one.
Thanks panasonic
Excellent.
Superb TV. Outstanding HD picture, turn on the BBE ViVA HD3D Sound and enjoy the ride. Ordered on Weds 4:00pm, delivered 3:00pm Friday. Excellent service from Amazon and Pixmania. Set up is a doddle and tested with upscaled 'The Matrix' on scene 29. SD delivery is also good, Freeview depends on what is showing. Adverts tend to look good... only con is the AV input has to be input manually.
excellant piece of kit
Brilliant tv .I am extremely impressed,i cannot recommend this panasonic enough.A blu-ray disc looks simply stunning,proof positive that plasma is the way to go.Simple to set up and very user friendly.The freeview tuner is excellant ,as is its guide and timer function.GO AND BUY IT WITH COMPLETE AND UTTER CONFIDENCE!
