Panasonic Showcases DTV Consumer Products at NAB Show

Digital TV Leader Offers More Choices Than Ever
April 23 -- With the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show in town this week, the hot topic is digital television -- but not just for engineers and media moguls. Some of the latest high-tech DTV technologies on display are designed for the consumer market. At the new DTV Store exhibit, sponsored by the NAB, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) and The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC), the breadth of readily available consumer digital television products is significant.

Leading the way in these new consumer products is Panasonic, which showcased an impressive array of its latest digital television offerings, both at its own booth and at the DTV Store.

The company markets an extensive line of direct-view and rear-projection HDTV-monitors products that promise consumers enhanced picture quality today, and the readiness for the digital content of the future.

"Our 2001 product line offers consumers more choices in state-of-the-art DTV technology than ever before," said Bill Mannion, Vice President and General Manager of Panasonic's Consumer Display Group. "With an expanded line of digital direct-view and projection sets, an advanced set-top box and exciting new display technologies, Panasonic offers the strongest assortment of consumer digital television products in the industry."

Panasonic DTV product highlights include:

• Tau PureFlat direct-view and projection HDTV monitors: CT-34WX50 (34-inch, diagonal) 16:9 wide screen direct-view set, and PT-47WX51 (47-inch, diagonal) 16:9 rear-projection set. The company's Tau PureFlat series televisions feature a perfectly flat screen.
• The PT-42PD2-P 42-inch (diagonal) 16:9 plasma display features an incredible contrast ratio of 3000:1, and a maximum brightness level of 650 cd/m2.



• PT-52DL10 52-inch (diagonal) Digital Light Processing Technology-based rear-projection 16:9 HDTV monitor. This set is compatible with 1080i, 720p, 480p and 480i, and displays in 1280 x 720 resolution. Using a series of micro-mirrors to create brilliant, distortion-free images, the PT-52DL10 delivers an astonishing picture with a wide viewing angle.



• Sleek, elegant, 15-inch and 22-inch (diagonal screen measurement) desk-top LCD televisions that combine a brilliant, high resolution 16:9 picture and impressive stereo sound. Model TC-15DT2 features a built-in progressive scan DVD player.



• DIRECTV-enabled HDTV receiver: the TU-HDS20 is a DTV-certified* multiple-format tuner capable of receiving all 18 ATSC digital television broadcast formats** and current analog (NTSC) signals, plus DIRECTV and DIRECTV HD satellite transmissions.

Panasonic is a leader in the development of digital television technologies -- from the cameras that capture the images, to HD VTRs used for recording and playback, to universal format converters and set-top DTV decoder boxes, to the DTV monitors that deliver the incredibly brilliant digital images to consumers' homes.

Panasonic consumer digital television products are marketed in the United States by Panasonic Consumer Electronics Company (PCEC), a division of Matsushita Electric Corporation of America (MECA). MECA is the principal North American subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., (NYSE: MC) of Japan, one of the world's largest producers of electronic and electric products for consumer, business and industrial use. Consumers seeking more information on Panasonic products can call the Panasonic Customer Call Center at 800-211-PANA, or access the Panasonic home page at http://www.panasonic.com/electronics.

* The presence of the DTV certification mark indicates that this product will successfully receive digital television transmissions that conform to any and all of the video formats described in the ATSC Digital Television Standard.

** An external over-the-air antenna will be required. The television must be equipped with a composite video input or an s-video input to receive an NTSC signal. Component video inputs are required to receive converted DTV signals.

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