Panasonic PT-53WX53 53'' Widescreen HD-Ready Projection TV
Panasonic PT-53WX53 53'' Widescreen HD-Ready Projection TV
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Panasonic's PT-53WX53 projection television is a movie lover's dream, offering not just outstanding image quality but a wealth of inputs and picture-enhancing features. The 53-inch set's huge HDTV/EDTV display capability (1080i, 480p) lets you view high-definition or enhanced-definition TV programming from an optional DTV set-top box with an ATSC receiver or from a progressive-scan DVD player. The set's wide, 0.52 mm fine-pitch screen is configured in a 16:9 aspect ratio, the standard for HDTV broadcasts as well as for widescreen DVD movies.
Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional video picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. Panasonic's Progressive Cinema Scan (3:2 pulldown) provides faithful reproduction of film-based materials. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; Progressive Cinema Scan digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture.
Ten-bit A/D image processing boosts conventional grayscale gradations by a factor of four, producing four times as many shades of black and white and a bright picture that closely resembles the original analog source material. A progressive-scan up-converter makes horizontal scan lines virtually invisible.
A motion-adaptive 3D-Y/C digital comb filter displays bright colors and action scenes with incredible clarity by minimizing the "color rainbow effect" in closely spaced patterns, compensating for the motion that occurs between fields. Included 10-bit, 60 MHz analog-to-digital image processing boosts conventional grayscale from 256 to 1,024, delivering four times as many shades of black and white.
Digital velocity-modulated scanning improves definition at picture edges, creating sharper images by slowing the CRT (cathode-ray tube) beam's horizontal scanning during demanding work--say, when rendering transitions from light to dark parts of an image--and speeding it up when scanning easily rendered sections, like broad dark areas.
Two-tuner picture-in-picture with split-screen display lets you view two programs at once by dividing the screen in half down the middle. Each program is shown at full height, with one program on the left side and the other on the right. PIP benefits from 8-bit processing, making the inset nearly as crisp as the main picture. The inset picture is scalable in size, from .0625x to .25x.
For connections, the set offers four composite-video inputs, including one in front for easy hookup of a camcorder or gaming console. There are three S-video inputs (including one in front) and two sets of component-video inputs. The TV is also equipped with a direct digital DVI (Digital Visual Interface) connection with HDCP copy protection.
Other features include horizontal and vertical edge correction, Artificial Intelligence Picture Control (continuously monitors signal conditions to maintain high contrast), Artificial Intelligence Sound (minimizes variances in sound level), video noise reduction (compares individual pixels of two consecutive fields, then removes noise), BBE High Definition Sound (improves speech intelligibility and restores musical dynamic range), nine-point user convergence capability, an eye-catching 3D onscreen menu system, and a light-disk remote control.
An easy-to-clean screen shield protects the screen from nicks, scratches, and fingerprints.
What's in the Box
TV, remote control, remote batteries, and user's manual.
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Panasonic's Projection TVs offer big entertainment for your family, right at home! With Hi-DefinitionTV (HDTV) Series you'll experience incredibly sharp picture quality, brilliant color and resonating sound all for which Panasonic is world-renowned. Each model includes standard features for amazingly clear and detailed images, impressive stereo sound and enhanced, vivid color quality - all at a viewing size that holds everyone captive!PRODUCT FEATURES: 16: 9 Aspect Ratio; 1080i HDTV/480p EDTV Compatible; Built-in Protective Screen Shield; Fine-Pitch Lenticular Screen (.52 mm); Centaur CRT; Digital HD Shortwing Lens System; 10-Bit 60 MHz A/D Conversion Image Processing; Progressive Cinema Scan (3: 2 Pull-Down); Enhanced Progressive Scan Doubler; Motion-Adaptive 3D Y/C Comb Filter; AI (Artificial Intelligence) Picture; First-Surface Glass Mirror; Digital Convergence; 9 Point Dynamic Convergence; HD VMScan for HDTV Signal; Wide Band Video Amplifier; DVI Input; 3D Menu System; 2 Sets of Component Video Inputs; Multi-Format Display P-I-P (MFD); Scalable Picture-In-Picture; BBE High-Definition Sound; 15 Watts per Channel Stereo; Video Picture Memory; Video Input Skip; Lighted Home Theatre Remote.
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Panasonic's Projection TVs offer big entertainment for your family, right at home! With Hi-DefinitionTV (HDTV) Series you'll experience incredibly sharp picture quality, brilliant color and resonating sound all for which Panasonic is world-renowned. Each model includes standard features for amazingly clear and detailed images, impressive stereo sound and enhanced, vivid color quality - all at a viewing size that holds everyone captive!PRODUCT FEATURES: 16: 9 Aspect Ratio; 1080i HDTV/480p EDTV Compatible; Built-in Protective Screen Shield; Fine-Pitch Lenticular Screen (.52 mm); Centaur CRT; Digital HD Shortwing Lens System; 10-Bit 60 MHz A/D Conversion Image Processing; Progressive Cinema Scan (3: 2 Pull-Down); Enhanced Progressive Scan Doubler; Motion-Adaptive 3D Y/C Comb Filter; AI (Artificial Intelligence) Picture; First-Surface Glass Mirror; Digital Convergence; 9 Point Dynamic Convergence; HD VMScan for HDTV Signal; Wide Band Video Amplifier; DVI Input; 3D Menu System; 2 Sets of Component Video Inputs; Multi-Format Display P-I-P (MFD); Scalable Picture-In-Picture; BBE High-Definition Sound; 15 Watts per Channel Stereo; Video Picture Memory; Video Input Skip; Lighted Home Theatre Remote.Customer Reviews:
Panasonic 53" HD ready TV. Best set for your $$ hands down........2004-05-14
I would recommend Panasonic TV's to anyone, this is my second, and I will continue to purchase them in the distant future.
Panasonic PT53WX53 or PT47WX53. Why pay more, for less?.......2004-04-23
Take a look at the Amazon reviews, Circuit City (or Best buy, can't remember which has reviews between BB and CC).
The reviews were so stellar that I actually bought it sight unseen and shipped it from Amazon. And man!, were they right....the features and clarity is amazing (remember to lower brightness and no game systems for 1st 100 hours to avoid burn-in...also, avoid playing in 4x3 mode with vertical black bars for same reason).
When you do all the math, it is cheapest to buy from Amazon (but only with an Amazon Credit Card) becuase it sells for $1499 at Amazon plus $119 for shipping... but then there is NO TAX (most states) and with the Amazon CC you get Triple point for Amazon purchases (and for every $2500 points you get a $25 Amazon Gift code in the mail), so that gets you *almost* enough points for $50 in Gift codes.
Even with free shipping promo's or the $100 GC from BB, Amazon beats them becuase of the no sales tax.
IMPORTANT: Everything I have read and heard from tech people in the industry (not you minimum wage CC or BB sales clerks) say that Plasma is too young of a technology, doesn't generally come with a tuner or speakers, costs a ton more and has a lifespan measured in hours (instead of years). My research suggests your plasma will last 5 years (and start to get fuzzy in about 2) and the rear-projection will last approx 20 years (but will of course need some maintenance over that time frame).
Also, I have also heard that you should stay AWAY from LCD Projection TV (just get the standard 3 gun projector type) becuase the LCD type is driven by a bulb that costs $200-$300 and blows out every 5000 to 8000 hours (but indications are that your first one will happen in approx one year...which seems even faster than the the hourly guestimate). In fairness the bulb (on some models) is user replacable and the bulb may come down in price if the technolofgy catches on, but i wouldn't bet on it.
The panasonic 53 inch has a native resolution of 1080 (and I believe you need a converter box to scalle the 720 broadcasts....it does regular old cable without a box , but becuase it is digital the picture ain't amazing with regular cable...but that doesn't matter to me...I wanted the HDTV for DVDs and when I eventually feel like shelling out more $$ for HDTV cable.).
BTW, My last box was a rear-projection and died in about 6 years, so I was NOT ready to buy another rear-projection. But after research I found that my old box was notorious for a very high failure rate...there was even a class action lawsuit. I would mention the manufaturer, but it wouldn't matter becuase it was branded under multiple names and they don't make it anymore, so I don't want to prejudice people against a brand becuase of one particulr (defective) 6 year old model. However, I will say the manufacturer was NOT Panasonic.
Suffice it to say, that I was all gung-ho for plasma and NOT looking for rear-projection, but after all the research and info I got, rear-projections in general, and the 53" panasonice model specifically, won the contest hands down !
If you have info that counters all this, please post for others to see...These are just my opinions based on my experiences/research and this is a big purchase...the more opinions the better.
Panasonic Part Number: PT53WX53 (They also make the same unit in 47 inch: PT47WX53)
EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT, BUY !!!!!!!!!!.......2004-03-13
When I got the TV 8 days after ordering, it was delivered and opened. I then realized how big it was compared to how small it looked in the store. I WAS PLEASED. the sound was EXCELLENT, picture perfect. I bought some home theater speakers and WOW. AMAZING !!!!!!!! 1 tip- when fine tuning the picture set it while your on a nature/wildlife show/channel its a good measuring stick for picture tuning.
negatives-per channel watt output is only 15w, and it doesn't really look good inside a enclosed wall unit. other then that I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!! YOU WILL TOO !!!!!!!!!
You may want to know more than what the manual tells you..........2004-01-04
An earlier review (different website) gave the TV one star out of five because he said after eight months he had side bars permanently burned into his screen, and he felt the manual's "don't use 4:3 mode more than 15% of the time" wasn't enough information. Keeping this in mind, I never use 4:3 with gray side bars (I can live with the "Just" stretch.)
The manual says nothing about a break in period (it didn't say "this TV has new technology and doesn't need a "break-in" either). I've read several internet articles that recommend special treatment the first 100 hours--have the contrast turned down. This TV doesn't list "contrast" but I'm assuming "picture" is the same thing. One said 250 hours (most said one hundred). Everyone said turn down the contrast (or in our case, I think `picture'). One said to turn down other things (well, you need some brightness, or else no light gets to the screen and that can't be a good break-in either J. Several articles on projection TVs said "Wow, after the breakin the picture became really great!" My second day I thought it was looking better than the first. One site said "don't just turn on your TV for 100 hours and say `I'm done!'", that the turning the TV on and turning it off (so that the components warm up, then cool down, etc.) was a part of the conditioning.
As delivered, the TV setting was on "vivid" which has the highest picture. I turned that all the way down. I hooked a computer LCD monitor up to my DVD player through an S-video, and ran component cables (red, green, blue) from the DVD player into the TV so I could compare the pictures. The TV seemed to error on too much red (people skin color), so I changed color temperature to cool, and there was too much color, so I turned down the tint. This gave people a more natural looking skin color. This isn't a criticism of this particular model--one website named three TV brands and said they all give you a TV with the contrast (or picture) turned high and probably too much red. For comic relief, one guy mentioned that the stores put the most expensive TV's in a category on "vivid" so they look better than the less expensive TVs.
One site said that the large the projection TV, the more likelihood of problems like burn in . I'm paranoid about the TV logos in the lower right corner if the logo is solid white (I sent ABC an email pleading with them to change to something half transparent so the colors underneath come through.) News channels with a running ticker at the bottom of the screen-never!
Right now while I'm breaking the TV, I'm not playing any cartoons. My understanding of the break in is to run the circuitry without a heavy load on the lamps (like driving your new car 50 miles an hour on the highway). To me, the cartoons are very very colorful, equivalent to playing a normal movie on vivid. Wouldn't that defeat the purpose of the break-in? I hope to find something about this on the internet.
Biggest complaint- I've already seen with two of my widescreen DVDs that they don't quite fill the screen from top to bottom (slight slivers of blackness at top and bottom) and none of the zoom modes will fix this. Those DVD's are now banned from the TV(I'll play them on my computer). One review site said the problem was that this TV only has four Zoom options, and other TVs have more. Maybe later I'll get a new DVD player that can send out a signal with various zooms and then I would just put the TV on standard aspect (no zooming) to accept it. Perhaps this is my biggest complaint against the TV, that the basic "zoom" can't make it zoom all the way in each direction. From reading the manual, I would have thought it would zoom completely.
TV gets 4 of 5 stars for excellent price to performance ratio. I wanted to give 5, but if all this stuff I found on the internet is true, then when I bought the TV, I could have read the manual, turned it on, and misused/abused it during the first few weeks of use. I don't know how much new lamps cost, or what I would pay for the labor. The guy with the problem of the burned in side bars said that one would cost $500 total (parts and labor).
panasonic53.......2003-12-23
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