The Plasma TV Blog

When looking at large screen Plasma Televisions from Panasonic, it is helpful to understand that they usually come in three basic packages. The 600U includes the most extra features, and the 6U contains the least. The 50PX60U is the middle choice. It is important to know that the choice has nothing to do with picture quality which is usually the most important thing to the consumer. They all handle progressive scan in 480 and 720 resolution, and claim up to 29 billion colors in 3,072 shades of gradation. The 10,000:1 contrast ratio is awesome in its ability to produce vivid images with brilliant color. The pixel count is 1366 x 768 on all three models.

Some of the things that are slightly downgraded on the 60U units include the speaker system and some of the onscreen features. The speaker system consists of two 20 watt speaks, rather than the four of the 600U, and there is no screen on screen capability or on screen TV Guide ™ programming guide. The input and output connections do have front and rear ports, and accommodates HDMI, Composite Video, S-Video, but does not have a PC RGB/VGA connection. The V-Chip Program lockout, closed caption decoder, and an off only sleep timer.

The package comes with a Pedestal Stand, and a remote control, and measures 34.” x 47” x 14.6” when on the stand. Off the stand the depth is an amazingly thin 3.7” which allows it to be placed or mounted just about anywhere. The power consumption figure given by Panasonic is 515 watts. Panasonic Plasmas come with a wide variety of optional packages, and the TH-50PX60U, while not the top in its size in fringes, is a sensible middle of the road choice that gives you true value for its price.