Twitter launched for Panasonic Viera Cast TVs
on August 17, 2010
If you own a Panasonic HDTV with Viera Cast you’ll now be able to access your Twitter account and send and read messages. With Twitter, you’ll be able to send text messages up to 140 characters through your TV. Viera Cast also allows access to other online services such as Skype, Netflix, Pandora and Fox Sports. Panasonic series HDTVs capable of the app include the VT25 and VT20 Series 3D HDTVs, the G25 Series, and the G20 series. The company also plans to add Twitter support for several Blu-ray Disc players sometime in the future. Those models include the 3D capable BDT350 and BDT300, the BD85, BD70V, BD65, and portable DMP-B500.
Later this month Panasonic will make available two new Viera series 3D plasma HDTVs. The 42-inch TC-P42G25 and 50-inch TC-P50GT25 expand Panasonic’s Viera GT25 line, which won Best in Show at CES 2010. Both models will feature Panasonic’s VIERA CAST, allowing access to Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, and Twitter among other online services. 
Amazon has dropped the price of the Panasonic DMP-B500 portable Blu-ray Disc player, and for a limited time is offering three free Blu-ray Discs with the purchase of the 10.1″ DMP-B500 or 8.9″ DMP-B100. 
DirecTV has completed their promised launch of three dedicated 3D television channels which includes n3D, a linear channel powered by Panasonic featuring the NASCAR Coke Zero 400 race in 3D, DIRECTV Cinema which is offering IMAX titles Deep Sea 3D and Under the Sea 3D, and the previously launched EPSN 3D now covering the FIFA World Cup. 
Panasonic’s new Viera VT25 series of 3D HDTVs will be shipping soon in 4 different sizes. The first models available May 3 will be the P50 and P54, at 50-inches and 54-inches respectively. Those models will sell for $2,599 and $2,999 MSRP. 
On Mar. 10 Panasonic put a 50-inch plasma 3D HDTV package on shelves in New York City that included a 3-D Blu-ray player and one pair of RealD shutter glasses. The Panasonic model TC-P50VT20, sold exclusively at Best Buy, sold out within a week. Apparently the big $2,900 sticker (extra glasses $150 bucks each) didn’t stop early adopters from being the first to own the TVs, and those in New York will be set up to watch the first hockey game in 3D on Mar. 24. Panasonic hasn’t revealed exactly how many 3D units have sold, but they are currently taking back-orders from retailers.
Editors at CNET named the Panasonic VIERA 3D plasma HDTV the “Best of Show” and “Best in Television” at the Consumer Electronics Show this past weekend. The 3D VIERA HDTVs will be available in 50″, 54″, 58″, and 65″ sizes, all four models falling under the TC-VT25 label expected to ship this Spring. 
DirecTV along with Panasonic displayed a satellite feed of 3D content at CES 2010. Reps for the satellite provider confirmed plans to launch a 3D channel this coming June (which is when 
. Once “added to cart” the item drops down to $194.95. That’s 35% off the suggested retail of $299.95 which was set when the product was first made available back in March ‘09. 
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