Up Close with Panasonic’s 150-inch Plasma
Besides its obvious size, we examine the features and specs of this giant plasma.
The feeling of heading to see it was reminiscent of those movies where a scientist is hustled to a top secret location to see some marvelous discovery. And while the location for this event isn’t all that top secret, seeing what Panasonic had to show was still a sight to behold.
After walking through the winding hallways of Panasonic’s New Jersey corporate offices, past a few security card readers and then another long and surprisingly wide hallway that leads to the company’s warehouse you’re there. Countless TVs and other consumer electronics have passed through these doors, but here is where Panasonic has set up a staging area to offer a select few a chance to behold its latest beast. It is the company’s prototype 150-inch plasma TV.
While Panasonic provided a peek of this behemoth at CES, it is hard to appreciate much on the show floor, where everything is big and loud, and more importantly how awe and wonder are part of what “stays in Vegas.” Thus seeing this HDTV up close and personal is so much more impressive, even if the demo area is still just located in a warehouse. Apparently even Panasonic isn’t quite sure how you best utilize a TV set of this size.
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