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Thursday, December 7, 2006
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The big news was the announcement of two new high definition camcorders, using the AVCHD H.264 standard - that in itself is reason enough to rejoice, as anyone who's filled their hard disk up with HDV footage will tell you! With your raw footage already efficiently compresses, it will make storage far less of a concern, while the need to edit and offload big projects won't be as pressing.
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Wednesday, November 29, 2006
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It certainly feels as if it has been on a strict training regime. Pick it up and it feels a bit of a heavyweight, but very sturdy and solidly built at the same time. Around the edges of the phone is thick rubber trim, the buttons have a good, positive action to them too, though disappointingly - gardeners take note - they're a little too small to be usable with gloved hands.
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Saturday, November 18, 2006
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I have previously been rather critical of some Panasonic compact cameras. The main reason for this has been their high price and relatively mediocre performance and some image quality problems. Admittedly Panasonic has made some exceptional high-end cameras, including those it makes under the Leica brand, although these tend to come with astronomical price tags.
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If we were being picky, we might say that it would have been more pro-social of Panasonic to follow the lead of, say, Philips and also provide support for card formats other than just SD. But given Panasonic's vested interest in SD card technology, we guess that was probably never really likely to happen?
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Monday, October 30, 2006
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There are many appealing stuff in the market that only have the aesthetics factor but the Panasonic HTX7 headphones is one that actually performs as well as it looks.
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Monday, September 18, 2006
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The only problem with the Panasonic 37in TH-37PX600 we looked at a few weeks ago was that there just wasn?t enough of it. Which is why we?re cockahoop ? whatever the hell that means ? to have our grubby mitts this week on its much bigger sibling, the 50in TH-50PX600. If the picture talents that made the 37in model so special can stretch themselves as far as 50in, we could have something truly special on our hands.
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Wednesday, August 23, 2006
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The TH-37PX600 belongs to Panasonic?s latest ?flagship? Viera range ? but you wouldn?t guess this from looking at it. Its predominantly grey bezel looks bland and feels plasticky compared with most flat TV rivals. Things do perk up a bit, though, if you pop the telly on Panasonic?s glamorous cabinet stand mounting option.
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Tuesday, August 8, 2006
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The notebook computer market is pretty cut throat, but Panasonic has managed to avoid this problem by ensuring that it has no competition for its mobile computers. I'm sure that there are manufacturers out there who will insist that they also produce rugged notebooks, but in reality, the ToughBook is the Daddy. Yes, that's right, the Panasonic ToughBook is to mobile computing, what Ray Winstone's Carlin was to borstal.
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Tuesday, May 30, 2006
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The 65PV500B's domesticity starts with its looks. It's actually part of Panasonic's popular and acclaimed Viera range, and in keeping with many other sets in this range it looks resplendent in its glossy black fascia and silvery trim. It's worth saying, too, that considering the monstrous amounts of heavy screen glass the TV chassis has to support the screen frame is actually reasonably slinky, making sure the TV doesn't take up any more of your precious wall space than it really has to. The speakers are detachable,
too, so that you can position them away from the screen, or else ditch them entirely in favour of your own audio system. Read on...
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Thursday, May 18, 2006
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Panasonic's new plasma might not look quite as hot as its predecessors, but it has got all the connections and features you'll need together with pictures that are little short of sensational. Read on...
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Friday, May 5, 2006
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The Panasonic VDR-D300 was one of the most anticipated camcorders of 2006. It's the first DVD camcorder to use three CCDs for recording video instead of a single imaging device. Panasonic has made a name for itself by incorporating three CCDs into MiniDV models for years such as the legendary PV-GS400. And now they've brought the technology to DVD camcorders...
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Friday, April 14, 2006
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On paper at least the LZ5 sounds like a bargain. For your £200 you get a 6-megapixel sensor, a high-quality 6x optical zoom F2.8-4.5 lens, a 2.5in LCD monitor and optical image stabilisation. On first inspection it looks good too. Its external design shares the same styling features as the rest of the Lumix range, with a slightly retro and vaguely art-deco motif. However whereas most of the other Lumix cameras are slim and elegant, the LZ5 is a big chunky lump of a thing. At 45mm thick it is a full 2cm thicker than the stylish LX1 or the lovely new FX01...
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Wednesday, February 15, 2006
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The TH-42PX50U is a pleasure to watch, easy to operate and packed with the essential connectors and features. It could use another HDMI input and front or side inputs for external sources, but overall it's a great TV at a great price. Panasonic doesn't list a lifetime rating for this TV in the specs, but if it did, those hours would be at the normal picture mode versus the vivid setting most people will opt for. The brighter setting will impact the life of the phosphors so buyers should keep that in mind...
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Tuesday, February 14, 2006
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The Lumix DMC-LX1, launched toward the end of last summer, is a high-end zoom compact which is aimed squarely at the field dominated by the Canon S series. It features a superb 4x optical zoom Leica DC Vario-Elmarit lens equivalent to a 28-112mm lens on a film camera, and a maximum aperture of F2.8-F4.9. It also has an innovative 16:9 widescreen 8.4 megapixel CCD and Panasonic's proprietary Optical Image Stabilization system, Mega OIS...
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Wednesday, February 8, 2006
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Big and tough - two words that seem to go hand in hand. Whether you're talking about that bloke in the tuxedo standing outside your local nightclub or an armoured personnel carrier, big and tough just seems
right. But for every rule there's the exception and the ToughBook CF-18 is that exception - although small and tough just doesn't seem to roll off the tongue quite so well...
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