Panasonic claims improved 24p plasma playback
The one-pane-of-glass design marks Panasonic's TC-P50V10 and TC-P54V10.
(Credit: Panasonic)The ability to properly deal with native 1080p/24 content is a big deal to some videophiles, because it guarantees that a display can capture the correct cadence of film. Panasonic tried and failed to implement 24p with its plasmas last year, but, according to the company, it has improved its processing for this year with the V10 series.
The four-model V10 plasma lineup includes the 50-inch TC-P50V10 ($2,299 MSRP) and the 54-inch TC-P54V10 ($2,699), both due in June, as well as the 58-inch TC-P58V10 and the 65-inch TC-P65V10 (both $TBD), due in August.
Panasonic's V10 models feature so-called 24p Cinematic Playback. Update March 13: According to Panasonic, the V10 and Z1 models will refresh at 96Hz, which should eliminate the flicker in 24p mode that we complained about last year in our reviews of the PZ800U and PZ850U models. On the other hand, the G10 and G15 lines of plasmas will refresh at 48Hz, which was the cause of the flicker we saw last year. In any case, we're looking forward to seeing for ourselves.
The other big step-up feature over the company's G10 series is Digital Cinema Color, which was featured on the PZ850U series from last year. It's designed to faithfully reproduce the Digital Cinema color space, which is wider then the Rec 709 color space of the HD standard. We prefer a color space that most closely matches the color of the original content, however, so we're pleased to see Panasonic has also added THX-display certification on the V10 series, which in our experience comes very close to Rec 709.
As you can see from the image above, the 50-inch and the 54-inch members of the series both feature the "one-pane-of-glass" design we liked so much on Panasonic and LG plasmas from last year. The larger models lack that design element, since their increased weight requires more support, according to Panasonic's rep.
The V10 models also incorporate all of the features of the step-down G10 series, including Viera Cast; the power-saving, high contrast, NEO PDP panel; "infinite black;" and the aforementioned 600Hz subfield drive. Check out our G10 series write-up for more details.
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David Katzmaier reviews HDTVs for CNET. 
Wow, "598-inch" is really BIG.
Looking at the Panasonic website it states that the single sheet of glass is going to be available in only the 50". You state the new 54" as I would be sold on. Any way you can confirm this? Thanks!
I noticed that in your review of the new Panasonic G10 series plasmas you commented that they were expensive. Sub-$2000 really is a significant step down from its LCD equivalents and especially the Kuro Elites. Any thoughts?
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by ronaldramond
July 31, 2009 6:35 AM PDT
- I bought the TC-P54V10 from Best buy. I also bought a PS3 to go with it. I discovered that when you play a BR movie, you can't use the much touted 96Hz refresh rate that Panasonic is bragging about. When you go to tv picture setting under menu to change it from 60hz to 96hz, its ghosted out and locked in at 24P60hz and no amount of tweaking on the PS3 settings will allow it. I called Panasonic and got some gal that just insisted that I need to get a real blue ray player, not the PS3. Hello, Sony invented BR. Even after I told her I would take the tv back, she just kept insisting it was my PS3 and was down right rude. She didn't offer to check with somebody who knew anything about their own technology and get back to me. Finally I just hung up.
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by chewy338
August 4, 2009 2:13 PM PDT
- try using a BR device that outputs 24P
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by trvlnut
August 21, 2009 5:30 PM PDT
- Someone in AVSforum addresses this. I believe you need to turn off the 24p on the PS3. I don't think there's anything wrong with your t.v.
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by NOTAHALL
August 27, 2009 1:49 AM PDT
- You need to check two things. First, make sure you're making changes under the Custom picture settings. The other settings like Standard and Vivid don't allow the user to make certain changes. Also, have the blu ray movie playing while making changes. The TV can detect the source. Your TV is fine. It's the best TV out there. Would you rather have a TV with worse picture quality and better instructions?
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by talexsokyl
November 13, 2009 5:00 AM PST
- Dear Ronald, I think your PS3 simply can't match to this superb and very versatile kind of TV set. Panasonic has the best technology included and nobody can say that a HD device in this world can't be matched with this. These V10 series are anyway masterpieces. On the other hand your PS3 is a game console specialised on 60HZ the refresh from the games. The fact that PS3 can play also blu ray content is another thing. it is not specialised on thios , can just play games very well. And there other aspect: 96 hz is multiple of 24 not of 60Hz so maybe there isn't an algorithm of tranform some thing in 60 Hz into 96 Hz, from here you may have these problems.
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(14 Comments)Called Geek squad, they didn't know and suggested I get a more expensive HDMI cable, $100.00. $100.00 later, still no 96Hz refresh.
Called Sony, they had me change a bunch of stuff under the PS3 settings menu, still no help. At this point, I think I'll take the tv back since I can't get Panasonic to help. Their customer service is lousy
Anybody got any ideas?.
Any way its better to change that piece of crap called PS3 and buy a real PB player ( starting from BD55 ahead) and enjoy that REAL posibilities of the TV set. Any way if you like so much gaming please verify the new PS3-the slim one. Posible to have instaled some of these new frecquencies from TV sets of the day.
Alex