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Panasonic VIERA S1 Series TC-P58S1 58-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV, Black |  | Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
List Price: $2,299.95
Buy New: $1,588.98
as of 3/11/2010 19:45 CST details
You Save: $710.97 (31%)
Seller: Amazon.com
Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 5029
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 58
Shipping Weight (lbs): 112.5
Dimensions (in): 56.1 x 15.3 x 36.8
MPN: TC-P58S1
Model: TC-P58S1
UPC: 037988242344
EAN: 0037988242344
ASIN: B002IKA1S6
Release Date: August 19, 2009
Shipping: Eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Features:
| • | 1920 x 1080 | | • | Native contrast 40,000:1, Dynamic contrast 2,000,000:1 Infinite black for the brightest whites and darkest blacks | | • | 3 HDMI; 600 Hz Sub-Field drive for razor sharp moving images | | • | Viera Image Viewer, enjoy your photos on the big screen via SD card |
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Product Description
Panasonic's VIERA S1 Series Plasma HDTVs are perfect for sports and cinema-quality movies. Panasonic's Neo PDP technology delivers sharp, detailed images, deep blacks and remarkable brightness, and all with lower power consumption.600Hz technology lets you view superb full-HD motion and still images with 1,080 lines of resolution. For even greater clarity with motion images, Panasonic uses its own unique image-analysis technology. This technology converts the motion in each scene into data. And each frame is practically displayed for a shorter length of time than in previous systems, to reduce aftereffects.It's easy to view full-HD images with the SD card slot. Watch and show your photos right after you take them. Simply insert an SD card into VIERA to display photos on the large screen. You can also choose from among 3 types of background music and 4 display effects. It's much more fun when you can view them on a large-screen HDTV with family and friends in 1920 x 1080-pixel high definition and a wide 16:9 aspect ratio.VIERA Link allows interconnected operation of various AV devices using only the VIERA remote control, by simply connecting the devices to each other by an HDMI cable.
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| Customer Reviews:
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 The best Plasma HDTV on the market! March 7, 2010
B. Jones
This bad boy is BIG! I absolutely LOVE the picture! The TV is also very sleek and slim - it just screams high quality! Watch a Blu Ray on this with a good sound system and it is better than being in the movie theater. Contrary to what many other reviewers have said, I think the internal speakers are great but this is a moot point anyway, since I have it hooked into a surround sound system. The remote and menus are intuitive, visually pleasing and easy to use.
As if that wasn't enough...the price is UNBEATABLE for what you get! The best value on the market!
 Panasonic builds a cherry that turns into a lemon - and they tell owners "Live with it" February 27, 2010
G. Litwinski (Midland, MI United States)
1 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this set based on Panasonic's reputation and excellent reviews in Consumer Reports and on-line sites. Have had it a month and it works fine. And then I stumbled on the CNET link below...
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...which basically tells how Panasonic screwed up the stability of black levels and image retention on their 2009 plasma line and they are not going to do a thing about it since they designed the sets to get worse in use, so they are doing what they are supposed to do.
This totally kills Panasonic for me as a reputable company and I feel bad having caused at least four additional purchases of 2009 Panasonic plasmas by friends due to me recommending the brand.
Do not buy a 2009 Panasonic plasma and think twice before buying a 2010 "improved" model. Do you really want to support such a sleazy company that tells their customers to just live with design defects?
Bye, bye Panasonic. You are losing influential customers due to your sloppy design and arrogance.
I just hope Consumer Reports picks up on this as that will force Panasonic to fix their mess.
Great product, not such great service from Amazon. February 24, 2010
JonD (Northeast FL)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've had the TV for 1 day. I'm upgrading from a 5 year old Pioneer plasma 43 inch. I'm blown away by how great this thing looks. A major improvement over my last TV. Watched Star Trek on Blu-Ray. Can't imagine a better picture quality than this. The difference between 1080i and 1080p on Blu-Ray's is not a huge difference, but it is better. I wouldn't buy a new TV just to upgrade to 1080p, I mainly just wanted a bigger TV, and the superior 1080p is icing on the cake. Also, the black levels on this TV are great. If the screen is blank/black, it's really hard to tell weather or not the TV is turned on. One minor thing, the speaker quality doesn't seem to be as good as my Pioneer, it's fine but not as good, but I've got surround sound for the DVD's and for my favorite shows so that's not really an issue for me.
Now, about my ordering experience; I orginally ordered this thing on Feb 2nd being sold from Amazon. The first TV was delivered with a broken screen, so I refused shipment and called Amazon right away. They sent out another one but I didn't get it until 5 days after what the Amazon CSR estimated, and guess what? Broken again. This time the CSR said they were out of stock, so he scheduled a pick up and I will get a refund when they get the TV back.
In the mean time, I re-ordered the TV through Electronics Expo through Amazon.com, this time the TV arrived fast and undamaged. 21 days after my original order. Also about $50 cheaper than my first order from Amazon.
If you're in Northeast Florida, please watch out for Pilot Freight, the company that delivered 2 broken TV's to me.
Anyways, I understand things happen, and I will still order from Amazon because they are a great company and usually provide great service. But I just thought I should share my honest experience for this order.
Best Picture I've ever seen February 23, 2010
J. Labut (Grosse Pointe Farms, MI)
I'll make this quick. I've been in hundreds of homes, seen hundreds of LCD's, LED's, Plasmas. Most are just fine, very nice. This thing is incredible. The level of detail! The colors, the blacks, sports! Each blade of grass. Just unreal.
Don't even think about it at $1,600. I waited two years for a set of this quality to hit this price point. To date, the most rewarding purchase I've ever made.
Awesome Television!!! February 16, 2010
R. Gunthorpe
I also have two 46" LCD televisions for about 2 year, one Sony Bravia and the other is a Mitsubishi, both have been great sets and were top of the line LCD at the time. However, both pale in comparison to this new Panasonic plasma for picture quality. I also hooked up this set to the panasonic home theater 1250w system. Picture and sound is amazing, blu-ray movies are as good or better than the theater. Both purchases were through Amazon and very pleased with both. As i have been with all of the items i have purchased through Amazon. Also like that the Amazon stock i bought a couple years ago has done so well.
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