14 DAY TRIAL // It would appear that Panasonic is one of those companies that want to leave an imprint on practically every faced of a household, and its latest means to achieve this goal seems to have taken the form of a trio of kitchen TVs.
When saying TV, end-users no doubt think, immediately, of those display solutions ever present in one's living room.
Such products have become quite varied, based on their image quality, the display technology used, the backlighting, the extra feature set and so on.
Now, Panasonic has produced some TVs which stand out through a less than regular advantage, that being their design.
Dubbed Panasonic VIERA DMP-BV300, DMP-HV200 and DMP-HV150, they are all 10.1-inch TV sets meant for use in less than safe environments, like kitchens.
The DMP-HV150 has a splashproof case, digital TV tuner, a native resolution of 1,024 x 600 pixels, web streaming (off YouTube and DLNA) and a memory card slot (SD/SDHC/SDXC).
The DMP-BV300 shares the specs above, only it also comes with an HDMI port, for outputting Full HD (1,080p) media to other displays. It also boasts a Blu-ray player and a battery pack (the others can get it separately) which lasts for up to 4 hours.
Thirdly, the DMP-HV200 features motion control, meaning that it can be controlled by gestures, like waving one's hands side-to-side (channel changes) or up and down (volume adjustment).
All in all, the newcomers are betting on compactness and fitness to operate in less than stellar areas of the household.
Finally, as a bonus, they can each be supplemented by the TY-CC10W Skype video camera and should begin selling in Japan starting on the 18 of next month (March, 2011).
The BV300 will sell for 80,000 yen, which is the equivalent of $962, while the HV200 and HV150 will go for 53,000 yen ($637) and 43,000 yen ($517), respectively.