The developers at VieraConnect are continuing to add new and exciting apps to the 2010 and 2011 Viera TV models. Their latest: Karaoke!

http://panasonic.net/avc/viera/global/connect_apps/detail/130 

Great to see this level of dedication to IPTV technology, Panasonic truly is the frontrunner in this field.

Yesterday marked our 1 year anniversary as a LivinginHD Family, and every day I am so grateful to have been given this opportunity. We've been given so many great things (including non-product experiences), our Viera TV is the proud center piece in our living room. Every time I go away for a few days and am forced to watch a hotel TV, or anyone else's TV, and then come back home, I am just blown away with how perfectly sharp and clear the picture is. When we're discussing watching a movie or TV show with friends, it invariably turns to "Let's go to Bas and Ada's since they have the best TV". Watching the 3D shows on DirecTV has been an absolutely amazing experience as well, the newest 3D channel has had some great documentaries which really show off the future of 3D TV.

My picture-taking

A few weeks ago, several LiHD Families were asked to participate in an interview which was going to be recorded, and used by Panasonic in their promo clips at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in early January. We were fortunate enough to be one of these families, so one fine afternoon, an entire production crew showed up at our house, as well as the always awesome Greg the Answerman. Setting up the cameras, lighting, and sound was quite an undertaking, but the result was worth it (sorry about the crappy quality, obviously not a Lumix, it's my cell phone).

The crew was fantastic, and we had tons of fun giving our opinion on the 3D technology we'd been testing, as well as our feedback on IP TV (VieraCast) and the Eco Ideas which shows Panasonic's commitment to the

We had the pleasure of attending a Panasonic Digital Photography class with Rick Gerrity this past weekend. Since we've had the GF1 since June, it intimidated the heck out of me, since I'd always had a simple point and shoot camera. Attending this class, however, has made me a lot more comfortable, and knowledgeable, about photography in general, and about this, and our other camera. I highly recommend these classes, I know I'll be signing up for others in the next few months. Having a small class size was fantastic, gave us alot of opportunity to ask questions and make sure we got the most out of the limited time we had.

Thanks Rick!

Looks like the results are in for the first month of the 'post many coments' contest!

While we got DirecTV for the 3D content when we were told we were a LiHD/Li3D family, we decided to keep Fios, since we're thrilled with the quality and the internet speed. So we pretty much do all our TV watching on Fios, and will occasionally switch to DirecTV to watch 3D content.

I was browsing through the On-Demand stuff on Fios and noticed they had a 3D episode of the Mercedes Benz Classic show, and today I tried to see if this would actually display in 3D on my Viera TV. I wasn't entirely sure since the Fios signal passes through the AVR, which is not 3D compatible. Amazingly enough, it worked like a charm, all I had to do was change the 3D setting on the Viera TV to Side-by-Side and the signal turned into a crystal-clear 3D picture!

Thanks once again, Panasonic, for being cutting

Sony will release their next PlayStation 3 firmware update on September 25, 2010, which will add support for 3D BluRay movies to the PS3. The PS3 is already capable of displaying Full 3D games, and this new upgrade will allow playing 3D movies on the system as well.

http://boardsus.playstation.com/t5/PlayStation-3-Updates/FW-3-50-Sept-21st/td-p/46179711

also happen to be 3D TVs! Excellent commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc6ER7imCl4

ValueElectronics, a NorthEast region professional electronics installer has held annual shoot-outs for the past 3 years. They recently (Sept 11) did a comparison between various HD TVs (Plasma, LCD, and LED) attended by several independent review sites. Well, the result was no surprise to us:

Panasonic's TC-P58VT25 has been crowned the 2010 King of HDTV

To watch a video of the shootout, and see the contestants and results, visit:

http://www.valueelectronics.com/