Panasonic introduced its 150-inch plasma television at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas on Monday Jan. 7, 2008. This plasma panel features an 8.84 million-pixel image resolution with its screen equivalent of nine 50-inch sets, with an effective viewing area of 11 feet. According to the company, it is a step ahead from Panasonic’s 103-inch version, which cost $70,000 when it was launched, however the company has not declared the price for its 150-inch panel. Apart form the 150-inch plasma TV, Panasonic also introduced its 42-inch panel that uses half the energy but stays as bright as its antecedent and an ultra-thin 50-inch panel that is less an inch thick at the CES, 2008. Both plasma and LCD TVs are attracting patrons in the U.S., as the demand for viewing high-definition TV and movies is high there. Panasonic, a unit of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., also revealed its plans to bring videos from Google Inc.’s You Tube directly to its line of Internet-enabled high-definition plasma TV sets. And the new Viera HDTVs also provide access to Google’s photo sharing site, Picasa.
Via: Kval
