Panasonic PT-56WX53 56" Widescreen HD-Ready Projection TV

Panasonic PT-56WX53 56

Panasonic PT-56WX53 56" Widescreen HD-Ready Projection TV
Manufacturer: Panasonic
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
Panasonic's Projection TVs offer big entertainment for your family, right at home! You'll experience incredibly sharp picture quality, brilliant color and resonating sound all for which Panasonic is world-renowned. Each model includes standard features for amazingly clear and detailed images, impressive stereo sound and enhanced, vivid color quality - all at a viewing size that holds everyone captive!PRODUCT FEATURES: 16: 9 Aspect Ratio; 1080i HDTV/480p EDTV Compatible; Built-in Protective Screen Shield; Fine-Pitch Lenticular Screen (.52mm); New Centaur CRT; Digital HD Shortwing Lens System; 10-Bit 60MHz A/D Conversion Image Processing; Progressive Cinema Scan (3: 2 Pull-Down); Enhanced Progressive Scan Double; Motion-Adaptive 3D Y/C Comb Filter; AI (Artificial Intelligence) Picture; First-Surface Glass Mirror; Digital Convergence; 9 Point Dynamic Convergence; HD VMScan for HDTV Signal; Wide Band Video Amplifier; DVI Input; New 3D Menu System; 2 Sets of Component Video Inputs; Multi-Format Display P-I-P (MFD); Scalable Picture-In-Picture; BBE High-Definition Sound; 15 Watts per Channel Stereo; Video Picture Memory; Video Input Skip; Lighted Home Theatre Remote.
Amazon.com Product Description
The PT-56WX53 projection television is loaded with features to make your DVD and HDTV viewing as simple and as pristine as possible. The 56-inch set's huge HDTV/EDTV display capability (1080i, 480p) lets you view high-definition or enhanced-definition TV programming from an optional DTV set-top box with an ATSC receiver or from a progressive-scan DVD player. The set's wide, 0.52 mm fine-pitch screen is configured in a 16:9 aspect ratio, the standard for HDTV broadcasts as well as for widescreen DVD movies.

Progressive scanning, referred to as 480p for the number of horizontal lines that compose the video image, creates a picture using twice the scan lines of a conventional video picture, giving you higher resolution and sharper images while eliminating nearly all motion artifacts. Panasonic's Progressive Cinema Scan (3:2 pulldown) provides faithful reproduction of film-based materials. DVD mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24-frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; Progressive Cinema Scan digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture.

Ten-bit A/D image processing boosts conventional grayscale gradations by a factor of four, producing four times as many shades of black and white and a bright picture that closely resembles the original analog source material. A progressive-scan up-converter makes horizontal scan lines virtually invisible.

A motion-adaptive 3D-Y/C digital comb filter displays bright colors and action scenes with incredible clarity by minimizing the "color rainbow effect" in closely spaced patterns, compensating for the motion that occurs between fields. Included 10-bit, 60 MHz analog-to-digital image processing boosts conventional grayscale from 256 to 1,024, to deliver four times as many shades of black and white.

Digital velocity-modulated scanning improves definition at picture edges, creating sharper images by slowing the CRT (cathode-ray tube) beam's horizontal scanning during demanding work--say, when rendering transitions from light to dark parts of an image--and speeding it up when scanning easily rendered sections, like broad dark areas.

Two-tuner picture-in-picture with split-screen display lets you view two programs at once by dividing the screen in half down the middle. Each program is shown at full height, with one program on the left side and the other on the right. PIP benefits from 8-bit processing, making the inset nearly as crisp as the main picture. The inset picture is scalable in size, from .0625x to .25x.

For connections, the set offers four composite-video inputs, including one in front for easy hookup of a camcorder or gaming console. There are three S-video inputs (including one in front) and two sets of component-video inputs. The TV is also equipped with a direct digital DVI (Digital Visual Interface) connection with HDCP copy protection.

Other features include horizontal and vertical edge correction, Artificial Intelligence Picture Control (continuously monitors signal conditions to maintain high contrast), Artificial Intelligence Sound (minimizes variances in sound level), video noise reduction (compares individual pixels of two consecutive fields, then removes noise), BBE High Definition Sound (improves speech intelligibility and restores musical dynamic range), nine-point user convergence capability, an eye-catching 3D onscreen menu system, and a light-disk remote control.

An easy-to-clean screen shield protects the screen from nicks, scratches, and fingerprints.

What's in the Box
TV, remote control, remote batteries, and user's manual.

Average customer rating: 5.0

couldn't be happier

Lacie Mobile 80GB External USB 2.0 Hard Drive 301074

Manufacturer: Lacie
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000FPFEMO

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Product Description

The ideal portable USB companion for your computer, the LaCie Mobile Drive 301074 delivers generous storage capacity of up to 80GB in an affordable device that fi ts in your pocket. It features a sturdy, sleek aluminum enclosure to reliably protect your data on the road and it was engineered to be remarkably thin and lightweight so you can take it anywhere.The LaCie Mobile Hard Drive couldn't be easier to install and use. Simply plug it into your laptop or desktop and save your files with the click of a button. It's Plug & Play and driver-free for Windows 2000, Windows XP, Mac OS 9.2 and Mac OS X. Helpful driver software is included for Windows 98 and Windows Me. If you're looking for an affordable way to transfer and back up data on the move, the LaCie Mobile Hard Drive is your answer. Conveniently travel with your office data in your pocket, briefcase, purse or luggage. Transfer files between home and office or exchange them with coworkers. Share your slideshows or home videos with friends and family when visiting them. Sturdy, metal body Thin, light-weight design - under 7 ounces Driver-free for Windows 2000/XP, Mac OS 9./X

Customer Reviews:

couldn't be happier.......2007-03-28

I've had it for about two years now, and this 80gb drive never quits on me. This Lacie Mobile Drive is no thicker than a deck of cards, and about the same proportions as a dollar bill (though it cost me about 80 of them, thanks to an in-store rebate).

The box included a power cable, but I'm using it mostly on recent Windows XP machines, and they're mostly USB 2.0 compliant, so it is always sufficiently powered up.

The metallic finish never shows a scratch, and I've thrown it into my soft sided briefcase so many times, I'm amazed it hasn't gotten scratched already!

Thank you, LaCie, for making a device that works well and looks nice too!

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