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Panasonic to ship Z1 plasma, world's most advanced HDTV

Thursday, March 5, 2009 - 9:43am

Who says plasma screens are dead? While Pioneer and Vizio are abandoning the format, Panasonic plans to offer this TC-P54Z1 plasma in June. With its wireless HDMI in 1080p, 1-inch thickness, THX certification, Internet connectivity, and 24Hz cinematic playback, it's...

SHIFT: Why 3D HDTV will never take off

Stewart Wolpin

Thursday, January 22, 2009 - 3:27pm

3D HDTV is stupid and will never be commercially successful. I know that's the kind of statement that might come back to bite me in the ass in five years, but I have a lot of objections to the idea....

Greenwashed trends: Eco-tech takes center stage at CES 2009

Kevin Hall

Saturday, January 10, 2009 - 5:09am

"Greening" the company line is standard practice in the electronics industry, and we've been getting plenty of it here at CES 2009. After all, if washing machine A uses half as much energy as machine B, it must be...

Panasonic packing a whopping 70x optical zoom onto tiny camcorders

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 4:58pm

Panasonic is bringing out three new camcorders that have an insane 70x optical zoom. Two of them (the HDR-H80 and HDR-H90) use HDDs, while the SDR-S26 relies on SD cards. With great zoom comes a greater chance for shakes...

Panasonic touts world's first portable Blu-ray player

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 3:58pm

Panasonic's DMP-B15 is slated to be the world's first portable Blu-ray player to hit the market when it comes out in May. It has an 8.9-inch screen and features the same integrated Internet and Viera Cast technology that allows...

Panasonic teases with 1/3-inch-thick plasma TV

Kevin Hall

Wednesday, January 7, 2009 - 3:20pm

For you plasma nuts out there, here's something to drool over. Panasonic teased the press today with a last-minute reveal of a plasma television that's only a third of an inch thick, and it uses 50% less energy than...

Paperless fax machine is a good idea, in theory

Friday, January 2, 2009 - 7:31am

In this day and age, it's kind of shocking that fax machines still exist. But exist they do, and some people insist on still using them. If you still need to deal with people who require faxes but don't feel...

Panasonic declares war on house maids with KAR dishwashing robot

Adario Strange

Thursday, December 18, 2008 - 1:22am

In our latest installment of Jobs Robots Are Secretly Stealing From Humans we present you with the KAR (Kitchen Assistant Robot) dishwashing robot from Japan. Developed by teams at Panasonic and The University of Tokyo, the one armed robot can...

Panasonic PT-AE3000 front projector has side-by-side picture adjust (about time!)

Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 12:00pm

While Panasonic's latest front projector has plenty of features to admire — full HD (1080p) resolution, easy display of extremely wide aspect ratios, and all the image processing you could want — I say it's most useful ability is...

Battle of the Thin TV rages on: 4 examples

Thursday, August 28, 2008 - 7:47am

There’s a battle of TV thinness going on right now at the world’s largest consumer electronics show, across the pond at IFA in Berlin, where manufacturers continue the war started last January at CES. The idea is, these are...

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Panasonic stories

Panasonic to ship Z1 plasma, world's most advanced HDTV

SHIFT: Why 3D HDTV will never take off

Greenwashed trends: Eco-tech takes center stage at CES 2009

Panasonic packing a whopping 70x optical zoom onto tiny camcorders

Panasonic touts world's first portable Blu-ray player

Panasonic teases with 1/3-inch-thick plasma TV

Paperless fax machine is a good idea, in theory

Panasonic declares war on house maids with KAR dishwashing robot

Panasonic PT-AE3000 front projector has side-by-side picture adjust (about time!)

Battle of the Thin TV rages on: 4 examples

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