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Panasonic holds live tru2way demonstration on TH-50PZ80Q plasma

<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/displays/" rel="tag">Displays</a>, <a href="http://www.engadget.com/category/homeentertainment/" rel="tag">Home Entertainment</a></p><div align="center"><a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/photos/panasonic-holds-live-tru2way-demonstration-on-th-50pz80q-plasma/"><img vspace="4" hspace="4" border="1" src="http://www.engadgethd.com/media/2008/09/panny-comcast-tru2way_cedia.jpg" alt="" /></a><br /></div> They said <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/09/04/panasonic-and-comcast-to-demonstrate-real-tru2way-at-cedia/">they were going to do it</a>, and do it they did. While Samsung's tru2way "demonstration" was barely more than a hack job used to show off what the technology was about, Panasonic demoed the real deal at its <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/CEDIA/">CEDIA</a> booth. The 50-inch TH-50PZ80Q plasma contained a real <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/CableCARD/">CableCARD</a> (yes, we checked) and was receiving a live signal from Comcast. Denver is just one of a few markets where <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/tru2way/">tru2way</a> is theoretically ready to rock, and according to a Panny rep, the set we saw today is a production unit that will ship sometime "later this year." The <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/11/cable-ops-consumer-electronics-manufacturers-sign-agreement-on/">idea</a> here is to provide buyers with the ability to insert any CableCARD from any carrier (if you move, for example) into an HDTV, thus eliminating the cable company's stranglehold (best known as a "carrier-issued set-top-box") on you. The demo we saw went over very well -- everything was responsive and image quality was excellent. See for yourself in <a href="http://www.engadgethd.com/photos/panasonic-holds-live-tru2way-demonstration-on-th-50pz80q-plasma/">the gallery at Engadget HD</a>.<h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href=http://www.engadgethd.com/photos/panasonic-holds-live-tru2way-demonstration-on-th-50pz80q-plasma/>Read</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/panasonic-holds-live-tru2way-demonstration-on-th-50pz80q-plasma/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/forward/1305996/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/05/panasonic-holds-live-tru2way-demonstration-on-th-50pz80q-plasma/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a> <p><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadget?a=ttUdmo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~a/weblogsinc/engadget?i=ttUdmo" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?a=U0Mul"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?i=U0Mul" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?a=87X3l"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/weblogsinc/engadget?i=87X3l" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/weblogsinc/engadget/~4/384504821" height="1" width="1"/>

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