Panasonic Viera PZ850 Series Plasma TVs

By Nick Mokey
June 9th, 2008

Although home-theater PCs and set-top boxes like AppleTV have made it possible to watch content streamed directly from the Internet on a TV for years, the practicality of these devices has lagged well behind. This may soon change for the better, though, as attention from TV manufacturers pushes the Internet further toward merging with your living room TV by skipping the middle man. IPTV features built into the next generation of high-end televisions will give some of them native Web capabilities, eliminating the need for extra equipment and remotes.

The flagship of Panasonic’s 2008 Viera plasma line, the PZ850, is among the first mainstream sets to adopt this technology. Although it boasts improvements to image quality and all the other bells and whistles that come with a new model year, its ability to harvest content from the Web without a PC stands out as its most compelling new trick.

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