Wednesday, December 11, 2013

TC-L55WT60 vs TC-L55DT60 vs TC-L55ET60 (Panasonic WT60 vs DT60 vs ET60)

The flagship WT60 series uses panel with 240Hz native refresh rate, while the the DT60 and the ET60 have 120Hz panels, thus they are not quite as good as their higher-end counterpart in terms of motion performance. That said, all three of them employ backlight scanning in order to be able to show fast-moving images without any blur. However, there is a difference in how this technique is implemented: in case of the WT60, 16 blocks are being scanned, while the step-down models scan only six blocks, so the DT60 and the ET60 are slightly less efficient in minimizing the flicker that the backlight scanning may cause, especially if it's done in less steps.
  • The Hexa-processing engine can only be found in the WT60 and the DT60, which means the colors on the ET60 are not as vivid as on the higher-end devices, due to the lack of the picture enhancement suite. That said, all of them utilize IPS type of panels, thus the difference in the overall picture quality between the three models is minimal.
  • The ET60 omits the two professional picture modes that can be found on its higher-end counterparts. The ISF (Imaging Science Foundation) modes are also missing from the lower-end device.
  • All three have the passive 3D system, but while both the WT60 and the DT60 come with 4 polarized 3D glasses each, the ET60 packs only two.
  • The Smart TV platform can be found in all three, but only the WT60 has a built-in camera, which allows you to use the facial recognition functionality (for signing into your personalized home dashboard, for example). The same can also be achieved with the two lower end sets, but you will need to get an external camera as an optional accessory.
  • While the WT60 and the DT60 have 3 USB ports each, the ET60 has only 2. That said, the number of HDMI inputs is 3 in any of them.
The WT60 comes in the 55-Inch TC-L55WT60 and the 47-Inch TC-L47WT60 class.
The DT60 is available in the 60-Inch TC-L60DT60 and the 55-Inch TC-L55DT60 class.
The ET60 can be found in the 55-Inch TC-L55ET60 and the 50-Inch TC-L50ET60 class.

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