Panasonic personalises your TV
The new Panasonic television range will include facial recognition features to let you set a personalised TV home screen.
The new Panasonic television range will include facial recognition features to let you set a personalised TV home screen.
Panasonic is releasing 25 new LED and plasma TVs into the Australian market, with a focus on smart networking and personalisation.
The "My Home Screen" feature will appear on a number of the mid- to high-end TVs in Panasonic's range for 2013. The function uses either the built-in camera on the VT60 and WT60, or the optional Panasonic Skype camera.
Once set up, the user can open the home screen using the voice command "my home screen". The TV will then use face recognition software to identify the specific user.
The screens can be personalised, not just with IPTV apps such as Quickflix and BigPond movies, but with web information such as weather or calendar, and also an electronic program guide showing the users favourite shows.
The screens have a number of different templates to use, and live TV can be viewed on the home screen while other apps run.
My Home Screen is a core part of Panasonic's new direction for its panel range, with a focus on sharing media across multiple devices and customisable for multiple users within the household. This includes an updated version of its Swipe and Share software, allowing users to "flick" content from their mobile device to the TV screen via a wireless home network.
The first TVs with My Home Screen enabled will be on the market in the second week of May. The DT 60 series of LCD TVs will be available in screen sizes from 50-inches up to 65. The WT60 flagship will follow in June, as will the Plasma VT60.
