Panasonic sticks with plasma-heavy TV lineup

The VT60 series plasma gets new styling.

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There are still going to be three makers of plasma TVs in 2013--LG, Samsung and Panasonic--but the only one going all-out for the display technology is Panasonic.

The company has announced five full series of plasma TVs, and here they are in a nutshell.

• TC-PZT60 series (65 and 55 inches) The company's 2013 flagship promises "Beyond the Reference" picture quality, with an all-new Studio Master panel that has the thinnest gas layer yet, which the company says will remove dim and double images. There's a newly developed red phosphor, faster switching than ever, THX certification for both 2D and 3D, and improved 3D performance--namely less crosstalk--according to Panasonic. I called VT50 the best TV of 2012 and one of the best ever, and I expect great things out of the ZT50's picture.


• TC-PVT60 series (55, 60, 65 inches) Numerically this one looks like the successor to that VT50, and I expect it to have similar picture quality. The company's early press release's only mentions of picture quality are THX certification and better motion resolution than the 2012 version.


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