Panasonic details NeoPDP launch

Philip Wong | May 20, 2008

You may have read about Panasonic’s NeoPDP plasma technology. You may even have caught a glimpse of the prototypes at January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Well, we now have news that they could be coming to an electronics store near you as early as June 2009, according to a spokesperson at a recent Panasonic Tokyo/Osaka tour that CNET Asia was invited to. The global release follows an initial May production from the Panasonic P5 plant, its latest plasma panel manufacturing facility currently undergoing construction in Amagasaki, Japan.

The lineup includes a petite 24.7mm-thick 50-incher and its life-size 150-inch sibling. The latter also offers four times better image details over standard full-HD TVs with a native 4,096 x 2,160-pixel resolution. Size and picture quality aside, there is the FX or Double Efficiency technology. This eco-friendly feature delivers the same level of screen brightness at only half the power required by current flat panels.

Watch this space as we bring you more exciting coverage on Panasonic Center Tokyo and its Amagasaki plant tour.

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