On the heels of the successful retail launch of the first tru2wayTM –ready VIERA® HDTV, Panasonic, the market and technology leader in HDTV, and Comcast Corporation, the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, today announced that they are collaborating to bring HDMI-CEC technology to the latest generation of digital cable set-top boxes.

HDMI-CEC is the technology underlying Panasonic’s VIERA LinkTM technology, which enables single remote operation of Panasonic VIERA HDTVs and connected home entertainment components, such as Blu-ray Disc Players and Home Theater Systems…

Panasonic Corporation of North America, the industry leader in high definition Plasma and LCD televisions, introduced its expanded line of VIERA HDTVs at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. Building upon its award winning portfolio of high definition televisions, Panasonic will broaden its offering in 2009 by introducing new screen sizes in both Plasma and LCD lines with a new 54-inch class plasma and 19-inch class LCD. In addition, VIERA will extend its unique technology features, such as the acclaimed VIERA CAST™ web menu, to additional model lines…

Panasonic Corporation of North America, the industry leader in high definition and Plasma HDTV, today introduced its expanded 2009 line of THX® Certified* VIERA® HDTVs. In 2008 four VIERA HDTVs achieved THX certification, while the 2009 line expands the prestigious certification to 9 models- the VIERA Z1 as TC-54Z1 54-inch class (54” measured diagonally), the V10 VIERA series includes the TC-P50V10 50-inch class (49.9” measured diagonally), the TC-P54V10 54-inch class (54” measured diagonally), the TC-P58V10 58-inch class (58” measured diagonally) and the TC-P65V10 65-inch class (64.8” measured diagonally) screen sizes…

Panasonic Corporation of North America, the industry leader in high definition Plasma and LCD televisions, introduced its expanded line of VIERA LCD HDTVs at the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show. Panasonic’s continuing and growing commitment to LCD televisions is evidenced by an increase from five VIERA LCD models in 2008 to 12 in 2009. In addition to the enhanced product line-up, Panasonic added an iPod docking station to four of the new VIERA LCD models and introduced a new screen size – a 19-inch class (19”measured diagonally) to the LCD family…

Panasonic, a market and technology leader in High Definition consumer and digital electronics products, today introduced its new line of VIERA X1 LCD televisions which feature a fully-integrated iPod entertainment kit. These flat panel televisions will be available in four different screen sizes: The new for 2009 19-inch class (19” measured diagonally) TC-L19X1, TC-L26X1 26-inch class (26” measured diagonally), TC-L32X1 32-inch class (31.5” measured diagonally) and the TC-L37X1 37-inch class (37” measured diagonally)…

Panasonic Corporation, a market and technology leader in HDTV, announced today the creation of Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory Advanced Authoring Center (PHL-AC) which will begin operations effective February 1, 2009. The center, which will be located within Panasonic Hollywood Laboratory (PHL) in Universal City, CA, will accelerate 3D Full HD (3D FHD) Blu-ray format-establishment and development and will work directly with Hollywood studios providing 3D title development services for 3D FHD Blu-ray titles…

Panasonic, the industry and technology leader in HDTVs, has developed new thin-profile display panel technologies for both Plasma (PDPs) and LCD HDTVs, achieving further advancements in picture quality and environmental performance. These prototypes will be featured at the 2009 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week.

The newly developed NeoPDP technology has been incorporated into two types of PDPs. The first is a super high-efficiency 42-inch PDP that achieves triple luminance efficiency, while reducing the power consumption to 1/3 of the 2007 models*1 yet achieving the same brightness…

Panasonic, the market and technology leader in HDTV, announced today the U.S. debut of its world's first 3D Full HD Plasma Home Theater System (3D FHD) this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show 2009. The system made its world debut at CEATEC JAPAN 2008 in October 2008 to very strong reviews.

Panasonic’s 3D Full HD Plasma Home Theater System enables the viewing of true-to-life 3D FHD images by using a Panasonic 103-inch Plasma HDTV and a Panasonic Blu-ray Disc (BD) player, capable of distributing full High Definition (1920 x 1080 pixels) images to the left eye and right eye…

Panasonic, a market and technology leader in High Definition consumer and digital electronics products, today launched a new online social networking community -- www.LivinginHD.com – inspired by the company’s successful Living In High Definition Family program.

The interactive forum is designed to inspire ideas and spark conversation among people across the country, including current Living in HD Family program participants, through videos, photos, project ideas and community dialogue…

Panasonic, the consumer electronics industry leader in the development and application of tru2way technology, and Comcast Corporation, the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications today announced the arrival of the first tru2way VIERA HDTVs at Abt Electronics in Glenview, IL and officially declared the tru2way platform active in Chicago and Denver.

Tru2way technology is being used to create a common software platform that will enable cable companies, consumer electronics companies, content developers, network programmers and others to extend interactivity to the TV set and other kinds of devices…