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PR Newswire: Panasonic, the industry leader in High Definition Plasma TV, announced yesterday that its much-anticipated web-enabled PZ850 series of VIERA Plasma HDTV’s will be available at retail beginning in mid-June. The flagship line’s wide range of cutting-edge features is highlighted by VIERA CAST which provides access to some of the most popular content sites on the Internet today — YouTube, Google’s Picasa Web Album and Bloomberg. The VIERA line was initially previewed at the 2008 Consumer Electronics Show in January 2008.

Panasonic’s VIERA 1080p PZ850 series offers features designed for the most demanding videophile — enhanced contrast ratio, deeper blacks, faster response time and outstanding picture quality in four screen sizes — the 46-inch (117 cm) class TH-46PZ850, the 50-inch (127 cm) class TH-50PZ850, the 58-inch (147 cm) class TH-58PZ850 (58.0″ measured diagonally) and the 65-inch (165 cm) class TH-65PZ850 (64.8″ measured diagonally).

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Mobile Magazine: Although we don’t normally see these kinds of phones around these parts, the concept of high-end mobile television watching is nothing foreign to the people of Japan. Sony has a BRAVIA line of phones, Sharp does its AQUOS thing, and now Panasonic is bringing their VIERA technology to the new 920P mobile phone.

To be available through Softbank Japan, the Panasonic VIERA 920p features a substantial 3-inch color display with a wide VGA resolution. As appears to be the norm with Japan-only releases, the 920P also features a simple rectangular design, but the hinge can flip the display either horizontally or vertically, depending on your needs.

But it’s not all about mobile video. The Panasonic VIERA 920p — available in gold, white, black, blue, and pink — also comes equipped with Bluetooth 2.0+EDR and a 5.1 megapixel camera.

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PC Magazine: Panasonic launched an updated Viera HDTV line on Sunday, bringing both LCD displays and plasma TVs under a single brand. Also announced were a number of new displays. Most noteworthy were the 37-inch (94cm) TC-37LZ85 LCD and the 46-inch (117cm) TH-46PZ800. Both represent new form factors in Panasonic’s HDTV line. Moreover, all Viera HDTVs now incorporate SDHC flash memory card support.

The flagship PZ800 line consists of four different units, offering 42- (107cm), 46- (117cm), 50- (127cm) and 58-inch (147cm) diagonal form factors. All four meet the new THX Certified Display specification, include four HDMI inputs, an SDHC slot and a new “single sheet of glass” design concept.

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HDTV: With the TX-37LZD70, Panasonic has broken with tradition by developing an LCD flat panel bigger than 32in. Previous offerings from Panasonic have been characterized by a clear demarcation in size with LCD TV’s up to 32in and Plasma screens 37in and larger.

The TX-37LZD70 joins the ‘Viera’ family featuring Panasonic’s proprietary V-Real Pro 2 picture processing technology and is equipped with a Full HD (1920 x 1080) pixel resolution screen with a claimed contrast ratio of 8500:1. Additionally, the new screen includes three HDMI slots, and acoustics have been beefed up with V-Audio Surround Sound speakers.

Panasonic have steered away from LCD TV’s over 32in in the past because of their belief that the technology was not up to the task. Current LCD TV’s from Panasonic have an excellent reputation so with the TX-37LZD70 we should hopefully have something special from the Japanese electronics giant.

Due out some time in September, price is expected to be around €1500.

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