Panasonic TH-50PHD5EX

Panasonic TH-50PHD5EX ... picture-enhancing technologies including the Real Black Drive System, Advanced Plasma AI, and Real Gamma Correction that lift plasma display image quality to an entirely new level by dramatically boosting brightness, contrast and gradation.

The Real Gamma Correction technology has enabled the industry-first reproduction of 1, 024 shades of gradation in a high-definition plasma display. By optimizing the gradation in each scene, this technology results in far better reproduction of the low-light portions of the image, a weakness in many conventional plasma displays. Up to 2, 048 shades can be reproduced by using the optional TY-42TM4D DVI Terminal Board for a DVI digital RGB signal connection.

Conventional plasma displays tend to illuminate blacks, which lowers the contrast. In Panasonic plasma display, however, the pre-discharge emission intensity is greatly reduced, and the number of emissions per field is cut from the usual 12 to 1. This dramatically reduces black levels and provides deeper, richer blacks. It also achieves the industry's highest contrast, with a 3000: 1 contrast ratio.

The Advanced Plasma AI increases the discharge cycles for dark scenes, and produces extremely precise control of the brightness level. The result is extremely vivid whites with unprecedented brightness.

The asymmetrical arrangement of the red, blue and green cells results in a dramatically improved light-emitting balance of the three primary colors. This reproduces purer whites while maintaining a high level of brightness. The use of a new front protection glass filter and new phosphors also expands the range of color reproduction, resulting in more vivid blues and deeper reds.

With a native XGA resolution, the Panasonic plasma display can accurately display personal computer signals ranging from VGA and SVGA to XGA mode. It can also support compression display of SXGA and UXGA signals.

Panasonic plasma display features a slot-type interface for easy expandability. The slot accepts a variety of optional terminal boards for a wide range of input sources, from composite video, S-video and component video signals to DVI direct RGB digital signals.

Select from a total of three screen savers to minimize the risk of uneven phosphor aging. The White Bar Scroll is designed for ordinary still-image displays, Screen Reversal is for text-screen displays, and Side Panel Adjustment is for 4: 3 format images. All three can be started up in manual mode, or they can be set to automatically start/stop at preset times in timer mode or for preset periods in interval mode. To provide phosphor protection for 4: 3 format images, all units are factory set with the Side Panel Adjustment turned ON and the Aspect Control set to JUST mode.