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February 9th, 2010, 15:20
http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/500x_panasonic_th-p54vt2--620x430.jpg (http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/4/2010/02/panasonic_th-p54vt2--620x430.jpg)At CES, we determined that if you insist on buying a 3DTV this year, Panasonic should be on the very short list (http://gizmodo.com/5443165/im-sold-on-3d-tvsand-i-kind-of-hate-myself-for-it). Now, the company has priced a 3DTV for the first time—$5,900 when converted from yen.
Though Panasonic announced that they'd be selling 3D plasmas in the US starting this year, they'd never spoken of price until a recent press conference in Japan where they stated that their 54-inch, 3D-capable Viera TH-P54VT (http://gizmodo.com/tag/vierathp54vt/) will run the equivalent of $5,900.
That's a lot of money. However, the TH-P54VT won't be the cheapest model available from Panasonic this year, as Panasonic promised 3D models as small as 50-inches (http://gizmodo.com/5442011/panasonics-new-3d-viera-plasma-v-series-hdtvs-bring-awkward-glasses-home-from-the-theaters).
CrunchGear (http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/02/09/panasonics-3d-full-hd-tvs-get-priced-and-dated-in-japan/) notes that Panasonic seems to be pricing 3D as an $800 upsell over their premium 2D plasmas, though from piecing together prices, even that estimate may have been a bit conservative. And in truth, there's no way 99% of the population will drop $5k on any TV when you can finally score a decent quality, 46-inch LCD or plasma for under a grand. [Panasonic (http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn100209-3/jn100209-3.html) via CrunchGear (http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/02/09/panasonics-3d-full-hd-tvs-get-priced-and-dated-in-japan/)]
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Though Panasonic announced that they'd be selling 3D plasmas in the US starting this year, they'd never spoken of price until a recent press conference in Japan where they stated that their 54-inch, 3D-capable Viera TH-P54VT (http://gizmodo.com/tag/vierathp54vt/) will run the equivalent of $5,900.
That's a lot of money. However, the TH-P54VT won't be the cheapest model available from Panasonic this year, as Panasonic promised 3D models as small as 50-inches (http://gizmodo.com/5442011/panasonics-new-3d-viera-plasma-v-series-hdtvs-bring-awkward-glasses-home-from-the-theaters).
CrunchGear (http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/02/09/panasonics-3d-full-hd-tvs-get-priced-and-dated-in-japan/) notes that Panasonic seems to be pricing 3D as an $800 upsell over their premium 2D plasmas, though from piecing together prices, even that estimate may have been a bit conservative. And in truth, there's no way 99% of the population will drop $5k on any TV when you can finally score a decent quality, 46-inch LCD or plasma for under a grand. [Panasonic (http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/jn100209-3/jn100209-3.html) via CrunchGear (http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/02/09/panasonics-3d-full-hd-tvs-get-priced-and-dated-in-japan/)]
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