Panasonic CES 2013 Coming Up

[Deleted member 2457]

Link here

http://live.cnet.com/Event/CES_2013_Panasonic_press_conference_live_blog

Is plasma still alive?

 

[bigboss]

:cheers:

 

[bigboss]

Which model are you buying, if Panasonic officially bows out of plasmas today?

http://www.whathifi.com/forum/tvs-and-projectors/upgrade-my-panny-plasma-to?page=1

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Which model are you buying, if Panasonic officially bows out of plasmas today? http://www.whathifi.com/forum/tvs-and-projectors/upgrade-my-panny-plasma-to?page=1

I did think about that the other day. I am going to have to see.

Hopefully they won't.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

43 minutes!

 

[bigboss]

Starting shortly...

 

[bigboss]

Smart Viera looks good!

 

[bigboss]

2013 plasmas announced!! ZT60 is the new flagship, & VT60!! :cheer:

 

[bigboss]

Bone conducting wireless headphones....

 

[bigboss]

Blu ray players: BDT230

MST60- flagship streaming video player

 

[bigboss]

That's it??? No details of specs? :doh:

16 new plasma models in total this year.

 

[strapped for cash]

So ST is still ST, VT is the new GT, and ZT is the new VT, right? Not sure where the new S (non 3D model) sits in the range. Perhaps Panasonic are getting scrapping the lower specification X & UT ranges.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Smart Viera looks good!

They were thin!

 

[Oldboy]

Surprised they announced the end of the GT series of plasma...now goes ST, VT then ZT as the flagship plasma. The swipe share looks good too but not so sure about the pen that was demonstrated, could be good but looked more like a gimmick then anything game changing. I see they have adopted Samsungs features from their 2012 tvs so Panasonic 2013 tvs (some of them) now boast cameras built in and face recognition let's just hope they work and are useful which wasn't the case with Samsungs 2012 tvs until a belated update improved the functionality.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Surprised they announced the end of the GT series of plasma...now goes ST, VT then ZT as the flagship plasma. The swipe share looks good too but not so sure about the pen that was demonstrated, could be good but looked more like a gimmick then anything game changing. I see they have adopted Samsungs features from their 2012 tvs so Panasonic 2013 tvs (some of them) now boast cameras built in and face recognition let's just hope they work and are useful which wasn't the case with Samsungs 2012 tvs until a belated update improved the functionality.

Missed that bit! That looks interesting. Sheet of glass again for the flagship model?

 

[Deleted member 2457]

2013 plasmas announced!! ZT60 is the new flagship, & VT60!! :cheer:

:cheer:

 

[strapped for cash]

That's it??? No details of specs? :doh:

16 new plasma models in total this year.

I'm late to the party, so perhaps missed key information. 16 new plasma models? Are we talking different screen sizes here, or 16 different alphabetic arrangements, each of which is available at various screen sizes? I assume it's not the latter...

 

[Oldboy]

Smart Viera looks good!

They were thin!

And looked far better than any of the 2012 tvs...I struggled to see much in the way of a bezel! Some nice stands for them too, very impressed.

 

[Oldboy]

That's it??? No details of specs? :doh:

16 new plasma models in total this year.

I'm late to the party, so perhaps missed key information. 16 new plasma models? Are we talking different screen sizes here, or 16 different alphabetic arrangements, each of which is available at various screen sizes? I assume it's not the latter...

16 plasmas spread across the ranges...ST, VT and flagship ZT plus two non 3D plasmas.

 

[bigboss]

Details here:

http://www.whathifi.com/forum/tvs-and-projectors/panasonic-2013-plasma-details

 

[Deleted member 2457]

With no GT model I wonder if this means they are going to be more expensive?

 

[bigboss]

So ST is still ST, VT is the new GT, and ZT is the new VT, right? Not sure where the new S (non 3D model) sits in the range. Perhaps Panasonic are getting scrapping the lower specification X & UT ranges.

Looks like VT is VT, & ZT is better than VT.

I think GT was hurting the sales of VT for offering similar quality for a lot less. Panasonic has increased that quality gap.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Which model are you buying, if Panasonic officially bows out of plasmas today? http://www.whathifi.com/forum/tvs-and-projectors/upgrade-my-panny-plasma-to?page=1

I did think about that the other day. I am going to have to see.

Hopefully they won't.

I can keep my wallet in my pocket now - phew.

 

[BenLaw]

Any speculation on prices?

 

[bigboss]

Any speculation on prices?

I think Panasonic will hold an event in UK within the next month or so, when it will announce European prices. US prices have also not been announced. They may announce it tomorrow in their CES stand.