Panasonic has a new 3d-plasmasdisplay announced for use in home theaters. The “professional” VX300 series follows the current VX200 series and is initially available with a diagonal screen size of 65 inches.
The new VX300 series is from October available in a 65″version, but the line is at an unspecified time expanded with a 85″ and 103″ and 152″-version. The VX200 was also in these last three formats available, but the 85″ was for the VX200 series the smallest image size. The TH-65VX300ER, a British version of the display, according to Panasonic previously been shown at the CEDIA Home Theater trade show in the United Kingdom. Panasonic made no retail price known of the 65″-VX300-model.
The VX300 is equipped with a newly developed video processor. This may include the new UniPhier chip from Panasonic, model number MN2WS0220. This chip contains two ARM Cortex-A9 cores at a clock speed of 1.4 GHz to run.
In addition to the use of the display in home theaters, think Panasonic with the VX300 series also other markets. Thus, according to Eduard Gajdek, product manager for professional displays at Panasonic Germany, the VX300-plasmaserie also be used for example video editing or design departments.
To the professional character of the plasma display to underline, is the VX300 series is equipped with comprehensive, graphical options. So it is possible to for color correction of 3d video content, the images for the left and right eye at the same time on the screen and can be a so-called wave form monitor functionality be invoked. With this last possibility can the incoming video signal is easily assessed and corrected. In addition, a comprehensive range of settings for white balance and gamma are available.
The main difference between the VX300 series and, for example, the Viera VT30, a plasma-screen tv for consumers, is that the VX300 is no built-in tv tuner and speakers. However, there are more inputs for hdmi available. Also, the VX300 series will only be available through specialty shops that the installation of home theaters, while the Viera-plasma-tv’s in retail stores and be sold.
