Panasonic TH-50PZ700

The TH-50PZ700U is the new 50" entry into Panasonic's expanded Z700 Viera series of 1080p plasma HDTVs. With the addition of the 42" TH-42PZ700, this Full HD line now goes from 42 to 50 to 58 (TH-58PZ700). Read more

Panasonic TH-42PZ700U and TH-50PZ700U Plasma HDTVs

I wish I could say I had some clever reason for reviewing two nearly identical plasmas. Perhaps there was, but it's lost to me now. A few months ago, Panasonic asked me if I wanted to review the TH-50PZ700U, so I said sure. Then, a month or so later, they asked me if I wanted to review the TH-42PZ700U, so I said sure. It's not all magic here, folks. Sometimes this kind of excitement just happens. Read more

Test Bench: Panasonic TH-50PZ700U 50-inch Plasma HDTV

's Custom picture and Warm color temperature presets selected, its grayscale displayed a pronounced red bias, tracking approximately ±800 degrees kelvin of the 6,500 K standard from 30 to 100 IRE. Adjustments to the set's service menu evened its grayscale tracking out to around ±100 K from 30 to 100 IRE — excellent performance. The set's red color point was slightly oversaturated as compared to the SMPTE HD specification for digital TV, while green showed a more pro... Read more

Panasonic TH-50PZ700U

Overall we believe the TH-50PZ700U is excellent for watching movies, or any content with very high quality compression, so maybe we should say movies and Discovery HD Theater (buy now). But if you watch a lot of overly compressed HD content, or a lot of standard definition shows, our advice would be to save a thousand dollars or so and get a 720p model (buy now). You might be missing some of the wow factor with 1080p content, but will enjoy the other stuff a lot more. Read more