<![CDATA[Gizmodo: pansonic]]> http://tags.gizmodo.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/gizmodo.com.png <![CDATA[Gizmodo: pansonic]]> http://gizmodo.com/tag/pansonic http://gizmodo.com/tag/pansonic <![CDATA[Panasonic Buys Up Sanyo, Makes Japan's Biggest Electronics Co]]> It's been tentative for a while, but the Nikkei is reporting that Panasonic and Sanyo have come to an agreement, and Pansonic's buying up Sanyo. The actual act should be completed by April next year, and will result in one mega-corporation with revenues over ¥11.2 trillion (around $110 billion)—sounds like enough money to build quite a few mega-robots, or at least several mega-TVs. As part of what will be Japan's biggest electronics company, Sanyo won't be disappearing as a brand though, and Panasonic apparently intends to retain most of Sanyo's employees. [Bloomberg]

]]> http://gizmodo.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5074830&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[CEDIA 2006: Panasonic PT-AE1000U 1080p Projector]]> This is it, kiddos. The big, badass 1080p native projector from Panasonic. The PT-AE1000U is a big projector with a brightness level of 1,100 lumens. Wait for it ... you ready? Ready yet? Okay, 11,000:1 contrast ratio. No typos there, eleven thousand to one contrast ratio. That basically means one big, beautiful picture that can please any home theatre nut. This projector has dual-HDMI inputs and will be available in late November or early December for under $6,000.

Panasonic jumped into the HD projector market with the AE900U DLP projector, they have since took that model and split it up into two revisions. This, the 1080p AE1000U and the 720p AX100. I got a chance to take a peek of the AX100 in action during my projector demos from Panasonic, but I'll get you folks a more "hands-on" look soon.

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