After months of reigning as the best TVs on the planet, Pioneer’s Kuro is finally challenged for the throne by Panasonic’s THX Display-certified Viera TH-50PZ800U. It’s the THX mode that gives it the edge, with its superior colour accuracy and uniformity making it “one of the best-performing plasmas” Cnet has tested, even though the blacks (while very good) still aren’t at Kuro level. And of course, this isn’t compared to the new super-thin, super-black Kuros rolling out later this year. So enjoy the crown while you’ve got it, Panny. [Cnet]
Frank
Friday, July 4, 2008 at 4:10 PMHi, Panasonic Australia tells me that the U is will not be available here:
“The TH-50PZ800U is a overseas model and not available in Australia. The Australian version is the TH-50PZ800A.
First shipments of this model are due in August 2008.”
Do you have information as to why we wont get the better model? the U has the THX.