Panasonic PT-50DL54 Television

Digital Light Processing™ Technology—High Contrast, Sharp Details

Panasonic projection TVs with Texas Instruments DLP™ Technology utilize a small chip containing over a million microscopic mirrors that pivot back and forth in concert with a high-speed rotating color wheel. The advanced DLP™ optical system produces a bright, high-resolution, high contrast image in a display that is lighter and thinner than conventional CRT-based projection TVs.

Panasonic TVs with DLP™ technology incorporate some of the latest DLP™ advances, including the HD2+ Digital Micromirror Device and an 8-segment color wheel that helps minimize dithering artifacts. The single chip design also allows for perfect convergence since there aren't separate chips for red, green, and blue like conventional projection displays.

To learn more about DLP™ technology and its many benefits, please visit the Texas Instruments DLP™ web site.

Deep Blacks, Bright Whites, and Lush Colors

The realism of a TV's image is strongly linked to its contrast ratio, and this TV features a high contrast ratio of up to 2500:11. Such a wide range from black to white means great depth and dimensionality with vibrant colors. Deep blacks provide excellent shadow detail during dark scenes, while brilliant whites allow our DLP™ TVs to render bright scenes with vivid realism.

A Single Cable Carries High-Quality Digital Audio and Video

If you have even a moderately complicated home theater setup, you probably have a pile of tangled cables on the floor behind it. Imagine replacing all those cables with a single cable that carries both digital video and audio at the same time. With the new HDMI standard, that's exactly what you get. The HDMI connector on this TV accepts high-quality digital video and audio via the same thin cable, allowing you to run one cable from the source to the TV.

Share Digital Photos On the Big Screen with Photo Viewer

The best images you can ever view on a Panasonic DLP™ TV don't have anything to do with HDTV. Share your JPEG photos taken with a Lumix® digital camera on a Panasonic DLP™ TV using the built-in SD card slot. Simply insert the SD card, which is about the size of a postage stamp, into the SD slot on the TV and enjoy a photo slideshow.

A Cinema-Style Viewing Experience At Home

This widescreen TV features a width-to-height ratio similar to movie theater screens, providing a theater-like experience at home. View HDTV broadcasts and widescreen DVDs the way they were meant to be seen.

Crisp, Lifelike Details

HDTV broadcasts and DVDs offer more detail and better color than analog broadcasts, and it takes a high-resolution display to deliver all that picture information. The high pixel count of this DLP™ display provides fine detail for outstanding HDTV reproduction. More pixels also translate into less stair-stepping artifacts; curved and diagonal edges look smooth and natural.

Select Video Inputs Directly

A lot of TVs force you to cycle through every single video input in sequence. With modern TVs accepting more and more video inputs, you end up pushing the "video" button five or six times before you get to the source you want to watch. This TV lets you select video inputs directly so you can jump right to the input you need.

Diagonal Screen Size (inches)	50
Aspect Ratio	16:9 (Widescreen)
Display Technology	Digital Light Processing™ Technology with 8-Segment Color Wheel
Native Resolution	1280x720 (720p)
HDTV Display Capability	480p/720p/1080i
Digital Comb Filter	Motion-Adaptive 3D-Y/C
Edge Correction	Horizontal/Vertical Edge Correction
Color Temperature Control	Yes
Progressive Cinema Scan (3/2 Pulldown)	Yes
Progressive Scan Doubler	Yes (Enhanced)
Wideband Video Amplifier	Yes (HD Enhancer)
DAC Processing	10-bit 60MHz A/D Conversion
Color Matrix Adjustment	Yes
Artifical Intelligence Picture	Yes
Artificial Intelligence Sound	Yes
Bass/Treble/Balance Controls	Yes
BBE® High Definition Sound	Yes
Built-In Closed Caption Decoder	Yes
Speakers	4
Total Output Power	30W (8 ohms, 50Hz-18kHz, 10% THD)
Stereo/SAP with dbx NR	Yes
Surround Sound	Yes
A/V Input Jacks	2 Rear, 1 Front
S-Video Inputs	2 Rear, 1 Front
Component Video Inputs	3
Audio Output	fixed/variable
A/V Program Out Jacks	Yes
UHF/VHF Inputs	1
Auto Power On	Yes
Auto Programmable Scan	Yes
Channel Info Banner	Yes
Channel Labeling	Yes (with 48 presets)
Channel Search	Yes
Clock and Sleep Timer	Yes
Favorite Channel Scan	Yes
Game Guard	Yes
Menu Language	English/Spanish/French
181-Channel NTSC Tuner	Yes (2 Tuners)
Parental Guidance (Channel Lock and Game Guard)	Yes
Picture-in-Picture Capability	2-Tuner with Split Screen
Programmable On/Off Timer	2
Rapid Tune	Yes
Remote Control	Lighted Disk Home Theater Remote
V-Chip Program Lockout	Yes
Video Input Labeling	Yes (with presets)
Video Picture Memory	Yes (Standard, Cinema, Vivid)
Video Input Skip	Yes
Energy Star Compliance	Yes
Contrast Ratio	Up to 2500:1
Brightness	500 cd/m2
Channel Lock	Yes
HDCP Interface	Yes (HDMI-HDCP)
Dimensions (H x W x D)	35.3'' x 55.8'' x 15.3''
Weight	87 lbs