It hasn’t been too long since 3DTVs were released, but Panasonic are developing 3D technology at a rate of knots. They’ve unveiled two new Full HD Plasma TVs over in Japan which are not only 3D, but have a built in 3D Blu-ray drive on the side as well as an internal Hard Drive for recording directly from the Hi-Def tuner.
Panasonic have somehow managed to cram a 500GB Hard Disc Drive into the new models, the 42 inch TH-P42RT2B and the 46 inch TH-P46RT2B. The inbuilt 3D Blu-ray drive will not only feed full HD Blu-ray picture and audio to your TV, but it also has the ability to archive your recorded media from the HDD onto recordable Blu-ray discs.
If that isn’t enough mind-blowing technology crammed into one TV, Panasonic have also included Internet Services such as Skype and Youtube. The plasma screens have a claimed contrast ratio of 5,000,000:1 and are Panasonic’s awesome full black PDP panels, meaning you’re going to be getting one of the best pictures around.
Now, you’re thinking this is pretty incredible right? Well unfortunately incredible comes at a price, 440,000 Yen for the 46 Inch model and 390,000 Yen for the 42 Inch option to be precise. That’s around £3310 and £2930 respectively if these sets were priced up for sale here in the UK.
The unfortunate news is that these sets are only set for sale in Japan for now, and there hasn’t been any indication they’ll be making their way to European shores. We’re keeping our fingers crossed that Panasonic decide to give us the chance to get our hands on these beauties.
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