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We told you Panny had some <a href="http://hd.engadget.com/2010/01/11/panasonics-2010-plasma-line-has-much-better-black-levels/">crazy low black levels in its 2010 plasmas</a>, didn't we? Well, say hello to the retail products and their first price tags, both predictably found in Japan. The Viera G2 series is arriving within a few short weeks -- February 5 to be precise -- and will be headed by the 50-inch TH-P50G2, which is joined by 46- and 42-inch options. All panels boast Full HD resolution, have three ports each for HDMI and Composite cables, and are expected to cost ¥320,000, ¥260,000, and ¥220,000, respectively. That roughly equates to $3,500 for the whopper and $2,400 for the smallest family members, which when you think about that mercurial five million to one contrast ratio sounds almost like <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/11/panasonic-2009-viera-hdtvs-official-pricing-revealed/">a bargain</a>. If you can tolerate a <em>measly</em> 2,000,000:1 contrast, Panasonic is also announcing some more affordable S2 panels (pictured after the break), which you can have for as little as $2,100 in US money for the 42-inch variety. More machine translation-mangled information can be found in the links below.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/panasonic-viera-g2-hdtvs-boast-5-000-000-1-native-contrast-ratio/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Panasonic Viera G2 HDTVs boast 5,000,000:1 native contrast ratio, coming soon</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/panasonic-viera-g2-hdtvs-boast-5-000-000-1-native-contrast-ratio/">Panasonic Viera G2 HDTVs boast 5,000,000:1 native contrast ratio, coming soon</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/panasonic-viera-g2-hdtvs-boast-5-000-000-1-native-contrast-ratio/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19320482/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/panasonic-viera-g2-hdtvs-boast-5-000-000-1-native-contrast-ratio/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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We told you Panny had some <a href="http://hd.engadget.com/2010/01/11/panasonics-2010-plasma-line-has-much-better-black-levels/">crazy low black levels in its 2010 plasmas</a>, didn't we? Well, say hello to the retail products and their first price tags, both predictably found in Japan. The Viera G2 series is arriving within a few short weeks -- February 5 to be precise -- and will be headed by the 50-inch TH-P50G2, which is joined by 46- and 42-inch options. All panels boast Full HD resolution, have three ports each for HDMI and Composite cables, and are expected to cost ¥320,000, ¥260,000, and ¥220,000, respectively. That roughly equates to $3,500 for the whopper and $2,400 for the smallest family members, which when you think about that mercurial five million to one contrast ratio sounds almost like <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/11/panasonic-2009-viera-hdtvs-official-pricing-revealed/">a bargain</a>. If you can tolerate a <em>measly</em> 2,000,000:1 contrast, Panasonic is also announcing some more affordable S2 panels (pictured after the break), which you can have for as little as $2,100 in US money for the 42-inch variety. More machine translation-mangled information can be found in the links below.<p><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/panasonic-viera-g2-hdtvs-boast-5-000-000-1-native-contrast-ratio/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Panasonic Viera G2 HDTVs boast 5,000,000:1 native contrast ratio, coming soon</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/panasonic-viera-g2-hdtvs-boast-5-000-000-1-native-contrast-ratio/">Panasonic Viera G2 HDTVs boast 5,000,000:1 native contrast ratio, coming soon</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.engadget.com">Engadget</a> on Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:01:00 EST. Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/panasonic-viera-g2-hdtvs-boast-5-000-000-1-native-contrast-ratio/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/19320482/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>*|*<a href="http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/18/panasonic-viera-g2-hdtvs-boast-5-000-000-1-native-contrast-ratio/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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