The way that technology changes so quickly nowadays you would be wise to consider carefully any investment and try and ensure that it remains compliant with all possible standards.



Digital television (DTT) is a telecommunication system for broadcasting and receiving moving pictures and sound by means of digital signals, in contrast to analogue signals used by analogue (traditional) TV. With DTT, viewers are limited to whatever channels the antenna picks up. Signal quality will also vary.

The purpose of this article is to take a look at what is on offer with the new generation of Flat Screen Televisions available and in this case the television in particular is the Panasonic TH-50PV500.

The TH-50PV500 is a 50in Plasma TV and the prices for these are around 5100 pounds sterling or 10200 US dollars. The screen resolution is 1366 X 768 and with regards to being HD Ready the answer is yes. The Panasonic has 3 (2 RGB) scarts and the type and number of Multimedia interfaces the TH-50PV500 uses is HDMI and 1. The type of Tuner for this TV is Analogue and Digital and the Panasonic is available from limited outlets only.

All these points being taken into consideration, how would we view the Panasonic TH-50PV500?

First up, we would look at the picture quality and our score here would be 10 out of 10, and for the sound quality we would rate it at 10 out of 10. Taking a look at the number of relevant connections and their availability, our score would be 10 out of 10. If we take a look at the overall "featureability" our score would be 10 out of 10 and for ease of use and overall value for money we would give it, 8 out of 10 and 10 out of 10 respectively.

Taking everything into consideration our overall view of the package would be Well I suppose every manufacturer has to have their showcase product and whether this is Panasonics remains to be seen but it really is superb. OK you will need to be either a dictator in some third world country or have access to bucket loads of cash for this but in this case you really do get what you pay for. Great Pictures, awesome sound and terrific overall ensemble.

The fact is that given the wide variety of models and makes available today you should find something that suites your needs as well as your wallet. You could either opt for one of the more cutting edge newer options available or stay safe and go for one of the more established options available. Either way we hope that by reading this short article you should have a slightly more informed view of the options available to you

With regards to the prices in this article we have tried in all cases to take an average across the industry from a number of well known web sites and so we ask you to bear this in mind and treat these prices as advisory only rather than absolutes.