The TH-58PX600U is a monster of a home theater style plasma television with a 58” screen. It has HDTV compatibility with 480p/720p/1080i resolution. It boasts a maximum of 29 billion displayable colors with 3,072 shades of gradation. The native resolution is 1366×768 pixels. The main fall off between the larger TH-60 models and the TH-58 is the inability to handle 1080 progressive scan video, but the 720 progressive scan coupled with a contrast ratio of up to 10,000:1 produces a picture quality that will be almost shocking in its clarity and definition.
The TH-58PX60U features all of those extras that make Panasonic Plasmas such a good choice. These include 2speakers with 20 watts of output power, and NTSC/ATSC/QAM tuners to allow standard analog broadcasts as well as SD and HDTV broadcasts. It also features Panasonic’s SD card slot that allows JPEG photos to be viewed on screen. The hookups include two rear HDMI-HDCP interface slots, Composite Video slots (2 rear 1 front), S-Video Input and Audio Input (For Video). Both the S-Video and Audio Input are 2 rear and 1 front configuration.
The TH-58PX60U Model gives up a couple of the special features of the 600U Unit in exchange for a significant drop in price. It does retain some of the more essential and useful features such as the V-Chip Program Lockout for parental control and Panasonic’s trademarked EZ Sync HDAVI tuning control.
The Pedestal Stand for this model is included in the base package, and the dimensions with the pedestal stand check in at 39.3“high, 55.1” wide, and 17” deep. The unit itself has a depth of less than 4”. This flat screen giant has a rated power consumption of only 655 watts, and weighs only 138.9 lbs with the pedestal stand.
November 29th, 2006 by Plasma Man
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