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Panasonic professional plasmas - benefits?

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Kiepu

Looking for some user feedback from those who own Panasonic plasmas from their professional division.
I can't really see any advantages from specs point of view between, say TH-50PF11UK and current PN50V10. Separate input cards, thats all, v10 seems to have a better contrast ratio of 40k:1

Would appreciate some information.
http://catalog2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Mode (Open in New Window)

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Also durability - barryb 06:42:20 04/15/10 (0)
Visual Apex used to run a video showing a large metal ball slamming into the glass covering of the screen without causing any damage.

They have excellent calibration capabilities also.
For me, it was the lack of speakers - Daryl Zero 08:05:58 03/18/10 (0)
I had a limited space and not having speakers allowed me to get the largest size possible in an armoire.
broadcast models - Joe Murphy Jr 17:25:55 03/16/10 (0)
Did you mean TC-P50V10? If so, that's a 2009 consumer model. The current 50" broadcast model is from 2008. One year of technology makes a difference in specs. Panasonic skipped the 12 series for the 50" broadcast model (notice the 11 in the model number on their site, while some other models show a 12 in the model number).

As for the advantages of the broadcast models:

easier to calibrate

Service Menu is accessible without hoops to jump through

"secret menu" allows additional customization such as turn-on volume, maximum volume, turn-on input, etc

internal amps to power better speakers instead of integrated speakers

bezel is charcoal black -- not shiny silver or glossy black

most video inputs are on a card and can be changed which allow you to customize your inputs

no automatic non-user controlled black level increase at certain intervals

accept more input resolutions than consumer models via PC which can switch between RGB and YPbPr), RGBVH and DVI-D inputs

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