Panasonic PT-56WXF90 56 in. TV
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The glory of HDTV!
Pros
Line doubling to 480p on all standard NTSC sources, external HD tuner
Cons
some may not like the 16x9 wide screen. (i love it tho), uses 270 watts to run!
Recommended it?
Yes
After suffering with a 27" monitor for many years, our family decided to
upgrade to something better. We are home-theater buffs, and we
already had a AC3 Dolby Digital receiver and DVD player, but no good
monitor to see it on. We chose the Panasonic 56" for several reasons.
First, because it does not have an internal HD tuner, the unit can be
purchased separately when the price comes down. Another reason is the
monitor will display 1080i and 720p HD formats NATIVE! That means it
Doesn't have to convert the 720p format to 1080i like many other HDTV
monitors. The third reason is it has built-in progressive line doubling for any NTSC source! (a normal TV scans odd numbered lines on one
scan and even on others, and your eye puts them together. That's
called interlacing. A progressive video signal scans the ENTIRE screen
at once. This means that there are NO horizontal scan lines, even when
you put your face up to the screen.) That means that our Sony DVD
player, which outputs video at 480i (480 lines of horizontal resolution,
interlaced), gets displayed as 480p. This is true for any NTSC video
source. (Satellite receiver, VHS tape, DVD, cable) Since the monitor is
16x9, 4x3 (normal) aspect ratios will have bars on the sides. These
bars are gray and scanned, so they wont burn into the monitor like the
Mitsubishi TV's, which use straight black for the bars. You could also
stretch the 4x3 image to fit the wide monitor (making people look
fatter), or zoom in and loose some picture on top & bottom. The
external receiver ($1000) outputs to one of the monitor's component
video inputs. (The other is great for a DVD player. Several composite
and Y'C (S-video) inputs are provided too.) Component video has 3
plugs that separate the luma (black and white) from the 2 chromins
(color) parts of the signal. It has several S-video inputs (a small 4-pin
plug), that do something similar, but not as well. It has standard
composite inputs too (1 RCA jack) which has lots of color bleeding and
distortion like any composite source. The receiver has Optical Digital
Audio output, to connect to a equipped Dolby Digital AC3 receiver. It
also has L/R stereo that goes to the TV if you don't have a AC3 box.
Overall, I love watching DVD's and regular TV on a progressive scan,
and I cant wait to see the Superbowl at 1080i!)
PS- All TV broadcasts will be in HDTV by 2006, and this monitor will get
you there and beyond. All top-10 markets have HD signals on the air
RIGHT NOW, both simulcasts of their NTSC programming, or special,
made for HD stuff. Stations can fill their digital channel with 5 480p
pictures, or 1 1080i! Cool, isn't it? This monitor, with its HD receiver,
can display all 18 formats of DTV that you may encounter. If you got to
have the first of everything, this is for YOU!
upgrade to something better. We are home-theater buffs, and we
already had a AC3 Dolby Digital receiver and DVD player, but no good
monitor to see it on. We chose the Panasonic 56" for several reasons.
First, because it does not have an internal HD tuner, the unit can be
purchased separately when the price comes down. Another reason is the
monitor will display 1080i and 720p HD formats NATIVE! That means it
Doesn't have to convert the 720p format to 1080i like many other HDTV
monitors. The third reason is it has built-in progressive line doubling for any NTSC source! (a normal TV scans odd numbered lines on one
scan and even on others, and your eye puts them together. That's
called interlacing. A progressive video signal scans the ENTIRE screen
at once. This means that there are NO horizontal scan lines, even when
you put your face up to the screen.) That means that our Sony DVD
player, which outputs video at 480i (480 lines of horizontal resolution,
interlaced), gets displayed as 480p. This is true for any NTSC video
source. (Satellite receiver, VHS tape, DVD, cable) Since the monitor is
16x9, 4x3 (normal) aspect ratios will have bars on the sides. These
bars are gray and scanned, so they wont burn into the monitor like the
Mitsubishi TV's, which use straight black for the bars. You could also
stretch the 4x3 image to fit the wide monitor (making people look
fatter), or zoom in and loose some picture on top & bottom. The
external receiver ($1000) outputs to one of the monitor's component
video inputs. (The other is great for a DVD player. Several composite
and Y'C (S-video) inputs are provided too.) Component video has 3
plugs that separate the luma (black and white) from the 2 chromins
(color) parts of the signal. It has several S-video inputs (a small 4-pin
plug), that do something similar, but not as well. It has standard
composite inputs too (1 RCA jack) which has lots of color bleeding and
distortion like any composite source. The receiver has Optical Digital
Audio output, to connect to a equipped Dolby Digital AC3 receiver. It
also has L/R stereo that goes to the TV if you don't have a AC3 box.
Overall, I love watching DVD's and regular TV on a progressive scan,
and I cant wait to see the Superbowl at 1080i!)
PS- All TV broadcasts will be in HDTV by 2006, and this monitor will get
you there and beyond. All top-10 markets have HD signals on the air
RIGHT NOW, both simulcasts of their NTSC programming, or special,
made for HD stuff. Stations can fill their digital channel with 5 480p
pictures, or 1 1080i! Cool, isn't it? This monitor, with its HD receiver,
can display all 18 formats of DTV that you may encounter. If you got to
have the first of everything, this is for YOU!
