Panasonic VIERA® 47" Class ET5 Series

Delivering 3D Fun to Your Family

Polarized 3D Method

A polarizing film on the display surface displays the left and right images for each of the odd-numbered and even-numbered horizontal scanning lines. When viewed through polarizing eyewear, different images are shown to the left and right eyes, resulting in the perception of 3D images. This method reduces the vertical resolution to one-half, but it is an easy way to view 3D images using light, economical eyewear. Great for watching with a group of people.

 

Expressive, Lifelike Colors

Vivid Color Creation

The brightness, saturation, contrast and sharpness of colors are finely compensated in each scene. Highly vivid colors are produced with hardly any mutual interference. People's faces are also detected, and skin tones are beautifully corrected to ensure soft, natural complexions*.

* Only for the VT, GT Series of Plasma TVs and WT Series of LCD TVs.

 

Easily Convert 2D Images into 3D

2D-3D Conversion

Unique Panasonic technology converts 2D images into high-quality 3D images in real-time. The image depth is analyzed from the compositional, color and brightness data of each scene, to convert 2D images into naturally beautiful 3D images. In addition to ordinary TV programs, this method can be used to convert a variety of 2D images — such as web content, Blu-ray Disc™ media, and photos and movies saved onto SD Memory Cards — into 3D images with a high level of precision.

* When a 2D source is converted to 3D, the 3D effect is slightly less pronounced than with 3D sources.

Naturally Flowing Film Images

3D 24p Cinema Smoother

VIERA gives you naturally flowing 24p images with the look and tonal characteristics of film, and familiar TV-like quality. This mode optimizes the number of frames of 24p images recorded from film sources onto media such as the Blu-ray Disc™. Panasonic's advanced source analysis and frame generation deliver smooth, natural, lifelike images.

Hands on: Panasonic TX-L60ET5B review

It's almost conservatively sized at this year's IFA, but with almost every brand obsessing about 70-inch+ tellies it's no surprise to come across Panasonic's first 60-inch LED TV on the floor of IFA 2012. It's the brand's biggest ever LCD TV.

However, this is the entry-level - if that can ever be said about a TV costing £1,999 - for Panasonic and the real shock is that it's chosen to grace its existing ET5 Series with a bigscreen that uses Polarised 3D tech. Cue four pairs of 3D specs alongside the realisation that what's under the hood of the TX-L60ET5 in front of us is, in fact, a Cinema 3D LED panel from LG's factories.

Still, we've previously been impressed by Panasonic's ET5 line-up; its 32-inch TX-L32ET5, 37-inch TX-L37ET5 and 42-inch TX-L42ET5 have done well despite using 3D tech that, deep down, Panasonic doesn't really like.

Looks-wise the TX-L60ET5 succeeds, with a no-nonsense metallic bezel lending a business-like look, though it's a departure from the gloss black, wider bezels of the smaller TVs in the ET5 Series. The LED backlighting appears consistent, with black levels just about deep enough and colours appearing vivid and well saturated. Best of all, both black and strong colour retains its lustre when watched from a tight viewing angle.

We watched part of the London 2012 opening ceremony, with the i