FEATURED Panasonic TC-L58E60 58-Inch 1080p 120Hz Smart LED HDTV
- VIERA Connect with Built-In Wi-Fi and Web Browser
- Full HD 120 Hz
- Super Slim Metal Bezel
Panasonic E60 Series LED HDTV (42, 50, 58, 65-Inch Class)
A fully connected, network enabled TV in a super slim design
VIERA TVs offer the best possible picture quality — achieving rich and robust blacks, high moving-picture resolution, smooth and velvety gradation, and vibrant colors. With stunning images and state-of-the-art design, VIERA TVs bring a special ambience to your living room.
2013 Panasonic TVs are focused on sleek, minimalist designs, where unncessary elements are stripped away to highlight the awe-inspiring images on screen. The E60 features a sleek and slim LED panel that will add an elegant touch to your living room.
Crisp, Moving Pictures
This TV features 240 backlight scanning technology which minimizes flicker and ensures smooth images. This function is great for dynamic sports scenes and fast-action movie shots.
Wide Viewing Angle
The TV features an LE
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ac2011
October 25, 2013
This TV has pop-up ads enabled by default – how to disable them,
First off, I do like this TV. The display is crisp and clear, the blacks are deep and sharp and the sound is decent.
However, I was on the verge of returning this TV due to the constant pop-up ads that are displayed every time you power on the TV (large ad that floats up from the bottom of the screen and takes up 1/2 the TV’s screen real estate and doesn’t disappear for several seconds) and the small ad that pops up every time you adjust the volume.
Panasonic has, of course, buried the option to turn off these ads deep with-in the TV’s menu tree. Here are the steps to turn off the ads.
1. Press ‘Menu’ on the TV’s remote
2. Choose Setup
3. Choose Display customization
4. Choose Viera Connect Banner
5. Choose Off
If it weren’t for these ads and the frustration of having to navigate through every menu item to locate the option to disable them, I would have given the TV 5 stars.
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|Jack “Flash”
October 25, 2013
Great Picture But A Sound Problem,
This TV produces an excellent picture, with saturated colors and deep blacks. The viewing angle is more than adequate. Video response is quick and I’ve noticed no judder on fast-moving scenes, such as sports. The sound from the built-in speakers is better than on some flat screens I’ve heard but far from high fidelity. It is quite clear, though, and voices are easy to understand even with the poor audio on many cable channels.
The “smart” features of this unit are quite easy to access and use. The menu is well laid out and you can add more apps in addition to those that come pre-installed. Most are free but some have a nominal cost. The web browser is fairly fast but, as others have pointed out, entering URLs is a pain with the remote. However, you can save favorite sites so you don’t have to type them in the next time. You can also choose a home screen which will appear when the set is first turned on.
There are some oddities. For one, the remote, while well-designed, controls only the TV and certain Panasonic video players. Many of today’s TV remotes can also control a cable box, a convenient feature. The power-on LED is red while many other TV brands use a green light. Red is most often used to denote a problem. There is a nearly 1/2″ tall strip of clear plastic running full-width across the bottom of the TV. On its left side are the power LED, the receiver for the remote and this is also where an optional web camera (for Skype) would be mounted. This strip appears to be a bit fragile so it’s best to take care not to bump it.
This set has a media player which can display pictures, videos and play music from, say, an iPod or a USB drive loaded with music files. This is where I first encountered the sound problem mentioned in the title of this review. When I played music tracks from a USB drive they sounded strange and I soon discovered that the left channel audio was coming through both speakers. The right channel sound could not be heard at all. This was also the case when listening to a sound bar connected to the set’s digital audio output. I then tried listening to Pandora and the result was the same. Curiously, the sound was fine with TV stations, both over-the-air and on cable. None of the settings on the TV’s audio menu had any effect on this problem.
It took some doing but I was finally able to contact Panasonic, by letter, and tell them about the problem. They responded via email a couple of weeks later and this was the first of many back and forth emails in which they requested more details about the problem and passed them on to their engineers. Finally, more than two months after the initial contact, they came up with a firmware update which fixed the problem. I have no idea how many of this particular model may have this malady but if you own one of these sets you might want to check out the sound on both Pandora and via the media player to see if yours is similarly affected. If it is you might want to contact Panasonic for the firmware update.
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