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02-15-2006, 05:57 PM
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What's about 7 and a half-feet long, 4-feet tall, has about 30 square feet of viewing space, a 3001:1 contrast
ratio, pushes over 2 million pixels progressively, and requires Howie Mandel to demo it? That'd be Panasonic's behemoth
103-inch plasma at CES this year, which we got in close enough to get some sweet shots of. The color was rich, the
blacks were natural, but namely the device was big. Really freaking big. Even though it literally only inched 'em out,
did it seem a whole lot bigger than <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/16/samsungs-102-inch-plasma-tv/">Samsung's
102-inch</a> or <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/12/lg-shows-off-102-inch-hd-plasma/">LG's 102-inch</a> sets
from last year? Bet your ass it did.</div><br />
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What's about 7 and a half-feet long, 4-feet tall, has about 30 square feet of viewing space, a 3001:1 contrast
ratio, pushes over 2 million pixels progressively, and requires Howie Mandel to demo it? That'd be Panasonic's behemoth
103-inch plasma at CES this year, which we got in close enough to get some sweet shots of. The color was rich, the
blacks were natural, but namely the device was big. Really freaking big. Even though it literally only inched 'em out,
did it seem a whole lot bigger than <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2004/12/16/samsungs-102-inch-plasma-tv/">Samsung's
102-inch</a> or <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2005/10/12/lg-shows-off-102-inch-hd-plasma/">LG's 102-inch</a> sets
from last year? Bet your ass it did.</div><br />
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