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Panasonic Viera TH-46PZ85U 46-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV

Panasonic Viera TH-46PZ85U 46-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 30 reviews
Sales Rank: 694

Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries: 2
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 46
Shipping Weight (lbs): 81.6
Dimensions (in): 46 x 3.7 x 31
nv:Display Area: 46"
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Contrast Ratio: 30000:1
Pixel Pitch: 0.531 x 0.531 mm
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Signal Compatibility: 1080p
Input Video Signal: ATSC
Input Video Signal: NTSC
Speakers: Yes
Inputs: S-Video
Inputs: Audio
Inputs: Component Video
Inputs: HDMI In
Inputs: SD Memory Card Slot
Inputs: Composite Video In
Inputs: PC Audio In
Inputs: Analog Audio Input (for HDMI)
Inputs: PC Video
Outputs: Composite Video
Outputs: Analog Audio
Outputs: Digital Audio Out
Power Consumption: 628W

MPN: TH-46PZ85U
Model: TH-46PZ85U
UPC: 037988241828
EAN: 0037988241828
ASIN: B00142MUEC

Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours

Features:
  • 1920 x 1080 Resolution
  • 1000000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio for the Brightest whites and darkest blacks
  • 4096 Shades of Gradation for spectacular Color Reproduction
  • Viera LinK™ HDAVI Control lets you operate all of your home theater components by pressing a single button on your TV's remote control
  • GalleryPlayer allows you to enjoy the wo finest high definition art and photography on your Panasonic HD plasma TV

Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
46" widescreen HDTV (16:9 aspect ratio) * built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required) *

Amazon.com Product Description--March 10, 2008
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's New This Year?

  • Super Contrast--native contrast ratios on the PZ85, PZ800 and PX 850 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. Color and Deep Color (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 3 HDMI inputs on all models (4 on PZ800 and PZ850 series)
  • THX Certification on PZ800 and PZ850 series

Which Viera is Right For You?

Click here to see a comparison of step up features on each Viera series.

One Sheet of Glass Design

Beautiful, elegant, and functional -- a single pane of glass covers the entire front of the television, including the bezel. This design reduces or eliminates the "halo" effect that can occur around lettering and logos with traditional 3-pane designs

Amazing color reproduction

The incredible black reproduction of a Panasonic High-Definition Plasma TV results in impressive contrast and beautiful, natural colors. So you'll get warm, accurate skin tones, gorgeous greens, breathtaking blues and vivid reds. For color 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.

24p native reproduction

Movies are shot at 24 frames per second. Unfortunately, TVs operating at 60Hz can only refresh 20 times per second, which means they must drop every fifth frame. With its 2008 Viera PZ85, PZ800, and PZ850 models, Panasonic introduces 24p native resolution, which means 24 frame per second movie content is reproduced frame for frame exactly, making for true-to-source smoothness of motion.

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 Colors

Viera HDTVs support the xvYCC color profile (Extended YCC Colorimetry for Video Applications), or "x.v. color" for short. Standard RGB color space allows the display of a portion of the colors that are viewable to the human eye. The next generation "xvYCC" color space actually offers an available range of colors that exceeds what human eyes can recognize.
  • Next-generation "xvYCC" color space supports 1.8 times as many colors as existing HDTV signals
  • Lets HDTVs display colors more accurately
  • Enables displays with more natural and vivid colors

deep color eliminates visible color banding

Deep Color

Where x.v. color expands the available range of colors your HDTV can display, Deep Color increases the number of colors your HDTV can display within that range, for smoother transitions from color to color.
  • Lets HDTVs and other displays go from millions of colors to billions of colors
  • Eliminates on-screen color banding, for smooth tonal transitions and subtle gradations between colors
  • Enables increased contrast ratio
  • Can represent many times more shades of gray between black and white.

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.
Videos and stills recorded on SD cards can easily be viewed via the SD slots on Panasonic Blu-Ray Disc players and Viera HDTVs. Viera Link means easy connectivity via HDMI cables. Finally, consumers can easily operate their Blu-Ray Disc players, DVD recorders and home theater systems with a single remote control device.
SD Cards Viera Link


Equipped with an RGB input terminal, VIERA can connect with your PC and serve as a large-screen monitor. 4 HDMI inputs to connect all of your devices directly to your television.
network with PCs Easy connectivity with HDMI ports

long life

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.

Blu-Ray disc player

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.


Which is the Right Viera for You?



Screen Size
Measured
Diagonally
1080p
Full HD
1920 x 1080 pixels
Native
Contrast
Ratio
PC Input
THX
Cert
24p
Speakers
HDMI
Inputs
One Sheet
of Glass
Design
Swivel
Base
Shades
of
Gradation
H.264
Codec
Digital
Cinema Color
Studio
Reference
Mode
Pro
Setting
Menu
Serial
Port
Standard Features
TH-42PX80U
42 inches

15,000:1



2
3


4,096





  • 480 Hz Sub-field Drive Technology
  • Anti-Reflective Filter
  • Viera Link HDAVI Control
  • Built-in SD Card Slot w/Photo Viewer
  • Deep Color Technology
  • x.v. Color
  • 3D Color Mangement
  • Sub-Pixel Controller
  • Motion Pattern Noise Reduction
  • Anti-Image Retention Mode
  • Game Mode
  • Scratch and Impact Rsistant Panel
  • 100,000 Hours to Panel Half-Brightness (>30 years @ 8 hours/day)
  • Lead-free Panel
TH-50PX80U
50 inches

15,000:1


2
3


4,096




TH-42PZ80U
42 inches check 20,000:1



2
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4,096




TH-46PZ80U
46 inches check 20,000:1


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TH-42PZ85U
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TH-46PZ85U
46 inches check 30,000:1
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TH-42PZ800U
42 inches check 30,000:1 check check check 4
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TH-46PZ800U 46 inches check 30,000:1 check check check 4
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TH-50PZ800U 50 inches check 30,000:1 check check check 4
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TH-58PZ800U 58 inches check 30,000:1 check check check 4
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TH-46PZ850U 46 inches check 30,000:1 check check check 4
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TH-58PZ850U 58 inches check 30,000:1 check check check 4
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TH-65PZ850U 65 inches check 30,000:1 check check check 4
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Customer Reviews:   Read 25 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Exactly what I sought.   October 4, 2008
Jandurin
It's just as most of the other reviews have said. It's a fantastic tv, well worth the price in my opinion, and I'd buy another, if I could go back in time and do it over.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent Plasma TV   October 1, 2008
Phil Connors (Atlanta, GA USA)
I am very pleased with this purchase. The picture quality is amazing! It looks good from multiple viewing angles and in multiple lighting conditions. I use the feature that changes the picture brightness based on the amount of light in the room. Also, the sound is surprisingly good from TV speakers. I selected free shipping and the TV arrived in 2 days and was hand delivered inside my house. The delivery guys even offered to unload it from the box.


4 out of 5 stars Great buy   October 1, 2008
Mark Twain (KY)
TV is great. Great pic and sound, easy set up and looks good. Also received great support from Panasonic and Amazon. Would highly recommend.


5 out of 5 stars Excellent HDTV   September 28, 2008
Kalyan S. Davuluri
After waiting out for quite sometime, finally decided to get a Plasma/LCD TV. Had narrowed down my choice to Panasonic (Plasma) TH-46PZ85U and Samsung (LCD) LN46A650, and decided in favor of the Plasma because of the deep blacks and excellent contrast ratio. The reviews at CNet and Amazon were also very helpful.

The TV was promptly delivered in 6 days by Amazon's White Glove delivery service. Initially the delivery team indicated that they only unpack the TV, and couldn't wait while I assembled the pedestal, that comes with it (this is needed to place it on the TV stand). When I asked them to leave the TV in the box, they changed their tone, and waited while I assembled the pedestal and then placed the TV on the TV stand. This hardly too 5 minutes to do.

The 46" size turned out to be perfect for the room, as 42" would have been too small and 50" too big. By default the Picture Color is Standard mode, and this looks a bit dull to me, so changed it to Game mode to increase the brightness and it now looks great. HD Channels look excellent. SD channels look okay, not sure if there is anything to tweak to improve them.

Had it for 1 month now, and over all very happy with the purchase.



4 out of 5 stars Great TV, great Amazon shipping!   September 25, 2008
John Winters
There are many well written reviews for this tv but I'd like to mention Amazon shipping via Ceva in addition to adding a few notes about the set itself.

Shipping by Amazon (Ceva) - Awesome! Although the delivery team did not unbox the set they did carry it from the street up two flights of stairs to my apartment. I ordered on a Sunday and 6 days later the truck arrived on a Saturday morning. Tracking info provided details on its journey from the warehouse and they called on Thursday to arrange and confirm a 4 hour window on Saturday. The only complaint I have is that the 4 hour window was 8a-12p. When do you think the truck showed? That's right, 11:58a! Still, shipping for me was free (~$62 savings) so how can I complain, it was still whithin 4 hours right? Other shops charge between $150-$200 for similar service!

The Panasonic TH-46PZ85U - I owned a 50" Toshiba CRT-based rear-projection tv for about 6 years before I bought the Panasonic. I never watched much video on LCD or plasma sets before my unit arrived so my first impression of this set was that the colors were all off. Based on other information found online, it seems that it is common for these technologies to skew colors to a far greater degree than CRT sets. Particularly the reds on the Panasonic were oversaturated and overpowered other colors. After some time reading forums I was able to tweak the colors to my satisfaction. Now it looks great! Deep black and balanced hues. Don't hesitate to nab this set because of color issues. The pricier PZ800U has a no-fuss THX setting so if ease of setup is worth a few more c-notes then go ahead and get that model, but the PZ85U won't disappoint as long as you don't mind twiddling the color settings. In fact I took a look at the PZ85 and PZ800 side by side in a shop. With a little work, the PZ85 was adjusted to almost exactly match the look of the THX setting on the PZ800.

The very real and significant drawback of this tv is the sound. 2 wimpy speakers provide adequate sound for watching the evening news in stereo but nothing more. Bass is absent (even with the bass "boost") and sound skews to the highs. With such a large and flawless picture it is hard to settle for the tinny music and dialog the Panasonic produces. If the home theatre experience is your endgoal there is no doubt that you will have to buy a separate speaker set to realize the full potential of this beautiful panel.