Panasonic 2010 TVs in video and pictures
The VIERA CAST technology enables users to connect to the Internet and VIERA CAST will be updated in 2010 as well.
Expect the full VIERA CAST update in May / June 2010. This will happen automatically on your Panasonic TV.
Services on the VIERA CAST home screen will vary depending on the country you live in but Panasonic mentioned these services for Europe.
qTom: Music service - only available in Germany
YouTube: You know that one
Dailymotion: Huge video database
Twitter: Micro-blog
EuroNews: Catch-up TV
Ace Irax: Movies on Demand service. Available in 5 countries at the moment.
One of the first comparisons on the floor was the 2009 vs. 2010 black level comparison. It was a Panasonic presentation but even though the new 2010 TVs were promoted heavily we could see an improvement in black levels from V10 to V20.
V20 has visibly better blacks and this also contributes to perception of depth and intensity in the image. Panasonic also told us that the reason that they have removed the front glass on the V10 on the new V20 is because of light reflections. These reflections caused the V20 to mirror light from the surrounding but it also reduced black levels
The new 2010 models still has plasma noise, though, and I saw no significant improvement over 2009 models. If you move close to the TV you can notice dithering on the 2010 models (because of the colour mixing that plasma TVs use to create some colours).
We also noticed that Panasonic has incorporated several new setting options in the menus, as well as a "day" and "night" setting. Panasonic now also support the ISFccc calibration system with gamma, RGB, etc.
The 3D experience with the VT20 is pretty good and the best I have seen so far on a 3D flat panel TV. I can easily say that I enjoyed the 3D experience on a plasma TV with 3D shutter glasses more than I enjoyed the 3D experience with polarized glasses in the cinemas. Especially the objects in the horizon appear much sharper and the picture has fewer crosstalk issues.
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