Yesterday, Panasonic unveiled its 2011 television lineup, with Plasma and LED backlit LCDs running wild everywhere. In addition to iView and apps, here’s what you can expect to pay and when:
Impressively, Panasonic has managed to get its plasmas up to a minimum 5-star energy rating across the board, which is awesome for the supposedly less energy efficient technology. Throw in features like USB recording, MKV and DivX HD playback from USB and SD card and DLNA, and it’s a solid lineup all around.
The TVs are available between now and August, with pricing varied across the range. Here’s what you can expect:
Plasma:
TH-P65VT30A – August, Price TBC
TH-P55VT30A – August, Price TBC
TH-P50VT30A – July, Price TBC
TH-P55GT30A – June, Price $3,299
TH-P50GT30A – June, Price $2,699
TH-P46GT30A – June, Price $2,399
TH-P42GT30A – June, Price $1,949
TH-P65ST30A – August, Price TBC
TH-P60ST30A – August, Price TBC
TH-P55ST30A – May, Price $2,599
TH-P50ST30A – May, Price $1,999
TH-P42ST30A – May, Price $1,599
TH-P50U30A – May, Price $1,399
TH-P42U30A – May, Price $1,099
TH-P50X30A – May, Price $1,049
TH-P42X30A – May, Price $849LCD:
TH-L37DT30A – June, Price $1,799
TH-L32DT30A – June, Price $1,499
TH-L42E30A – May, Price $1,449
TH-L32E30A – May, Price $1,099
TH-L42E3A – May, Price $1,199
TH-L32E3A – May, Price $899
TH-L42U30A – June, Price $999
TH-L32U30A – June, Price $749
TH-L32X30A – May, Price $799
TH-L32C30A – May, Price $599
That’s a lot of TVs, right?



















wsDK_II
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 2:46 PMhey, i have heard that some of these will support bigpond IPTV streaming and movies, can we verify this?
BCK
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 7:06 PMConfirmed.
Just not officially.
Jason
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 2:50 PMI was there at the launch.
The LED LCD was particularly impressive.
I do LOVE the addition of MKV and Divx HD right from the unit, sweet upgrade.
Penmonicus
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 3:19 PMSure, but do you have any actual specs on what these model numbers mean?
Jason
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 4:00 PMThere was no mention of that at the launch, only ABC iView.
They did say that the IPTV would be on every model though.
the guy
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 4:02 PM@Penmonicus Go into any JB, HN, GG, etc, and ask the dorkiest looking employee there. Stores like ours have had specs for nearly a month.
James M
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 4:20 PMPricing looks like Australia will be ass raped again. The USA is almost half these prices. Oh well, I guess Panny has to find the money to pay Tim the flim flam man somehow.
Anthony
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 5:16 PMWill the MKV playback be available to earlier models as a firmware upgrade? I have a TH-P54V20A and its file playback support is average
Crispy
Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 5:48 PMMan those are sweet TVs. I don’t like Panasonic’s record with firmware upgrades though…