Panasonic has a new toy, just in time for Christmas. It combines an audio system with an embedded photo frame and an iPod dock.

The Panasonic MW-10 has a built-in CD player and an FM/AM radio tuner with a 45-station preset memory. It comes with a “universal dock” that works with any iPod, and will play your saved music and videos. It also has a remote control that can play your iPod when it’s docked.
What sets it apart is its 9″ LCD screen, which can display photos from a CD, SD card, or the MW-10’s own 4GB of internal memory. When …read more

Panasonic today has launched a nationwide truck tour that will give the public its first look at the Full HD 3D Home Theater System, a revolutionary system that uses hi-def Plasma and a prototype Blu-ray player to deliver 1080p HD 3D entertainment in your living room.

Panasonic is going to unprecedented lengths to show consumers how this new technology works — and why you’re going to want it. Three custom-built, expandable tractor trailers are traveling the nation, each containing a Full HD 3D Home Theater experience. Each truck can accommodate between 25 and 35 people at a time.
The Tour trucks will …read more

You may have heard of this little mega-budget blockbuster called Avatar (due in theaters this December), which is director James Cameron’s first film since Titanic. Panasonic is teaming with 20th Century Fox to help promote the film, providing its “Full HD 3D” technology to help launch a global advertising campaign. Panasonic will show Avatar footage in Full HD 3D at multiple events, to give consumers a taste of what’s possible with modern 3D technology.

Among Panasonic and Fox’s intentions are plans to bring customized tractor trailers that hold 103-inch Panasonic VIERA Plasma HDTVs (pictured) and Blu-ray Disc Players. Consumers will get …read more

Move over, AppleTV.
Panasonic has just announced that as of today, Amazon Video On Demand is now available on its entire line of Blu-ray players. So in addition to playing those incredible high-def movie discs, your Blu-ray player will also now instantly stream movies and TV episodes from Amazon’s catalog of 45,000+ titles, including more than 1,000 in HD.

Panasonic has already been offering Amazon Video On Demand on its line of VIERA CAST-enabled HDTVs as of April ‘09. Today Panasonic is extending the reach of its VIERA CAST software to include its line-up of Blu-ray players as well. Existing Panasonic Blu-ray …read more

Panasonic is releasing the first Blu-ray recorder for the UK, and it’s a slick package that comes with all the extras.

From Panasonic’s press release:
The continued trend toward Full HD in TV broadcasts, discs and digital AV equipment has spawned demand for innovative digital recorders. Panasonic’s response is the “HD Everything” concept – products that allow anyone to easily control, preserve and share a wide variety of Full HD images.
Specs include:

DVR recording in high-def
Copy up to 24 hours of content from the DVR over to a single Blu-ray disc in high-speed copy mode
High-image-quality PHL Reference Chroma Processor Plus and P4HD
Dolby TrueHD …read more

One of the things that must happen for online video to become as ubiquitous as TV is for it to become as easy as TV. Computers intimidate people; they want single-purpose appliances as simple as a toaster.
Some companies are trying to make that happen with TV set-top boxes that channel YouTube content, but Panasonic is skipping the box entirely with their new PZ-850 Viera TV. Chris Albrecht posts a sneak peek.