Panasonic develops 85-inch full HD plasma display

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Panasonic Corp on Wednesday announced the development of an 85-inch full high-definition (HD) plasma display designed for professional users. The new display will becomenavailable through business channels worldwide starting with Japan and the U.S. this fall.

Panasonic has led large-size high-quality display market globally, introducing the world’snlargest 103-inch plasma display to the market in 2006. With the move toward digitization in the broadcasting and content industries as well as convergence of communications technologies, there are increasingly diversified demands for large-size flat-panel displays.

The 85-inch display, having a screen size equivalent to four 42-inch panels, incorporatesnPanasonic’s NeoPDP energy-efficient, double luminance technology. With a movingnpicture resolution of 1,080 lines and a stunning contrast ratio of 40,000:14 (max.n2,000,000:15) — both the world’s highest to date — the panel delivers blur-free, crisp,ntrue-to-life images with deep, rich blacks. With a viewing area of 1,889 mm (W) x 1,062 mmn(H), about the same size as commonly-used projection screens, it is big enough to show anperson in full size when installed vertically. The display measures only 99 mm in thickness.

The large and thin plasma display not only delivers dynamic images, but is outfitted with manynconvenient features for professional uses. With LAN (PJLink) terminals, it supports LANncontrol that enables connection with other PJLink compatible imaging systems as well asnremote control of the display and input signal check. The display also features Panasonic’snown Function Slots that let users to add up to three different terminal boards8) such as DVInand Dual Link HD-SDI, according to their needs.