New Plasma TVs From Panasonic

It's always a pleasure to discover new LCD TVs on their way to becoming available through retail chains, simply because I felt that some producers released a lot of products lately, and others seem to fade. One of those from the last category, at least in my neighbourhood, is Panasonic. The reason for saying this is that I am tired of seeing LG and Samsung LCD TVs, and no new models from Panasonic. Well, today I just found out about a bunch of new Panasonic TVs, so here you have them, but there's only one problem: these are Plasma TVs!

Unfortunately, it seems these models are so new, that the rest of the world, except Japan, will have to wait some time until they arrive in local stores. Anyway, let's see if there's a serious reason to wait for them, or we should simply grab something else, shall we?

The new models belong to the LX and PX series, for a total of 6 (probably) brand-new Plasma TVs - the LX80, and PX80, available in 3 sizes - 37, 42 and 50-inch. The features of these TVs include x.v.Color, HD in 24p, Viera link and an impressive contrast ratio of 15,000:1.

The problem is that the only HD-Ready models are the 50-inch ones, with a resolution of 1366X768, while the 2 smaller ones can only go as high as 1024X768 and 1024X720.

There are no hints about pricing or when these are going to be available for the public, but we'll keep an eye on them. Despite the LCD-fever, it seems plasma is not dead yet, but they need to get much better to figh the new HD LCD TVs...