Greatest Panasonic TV: The very best 4K LED and OLED units

The LZ2000 is Panasonic’s flagship TV or 2022 and as we’ve come to anticipate from the Japanese model, it’s exceeded expectations but once more with excellent picture high quality and spectacular Dolby Atmos audio.

The design is usually understated and never meant to attract a lot consideration to itself however merely soften into its environment. By way of options there’s Freeview Play for catch-up and on-demand TV, and Panasonic has added the likes of Disney+ and Apple TV+ to its My House Display interface.

It’s additionally a decent selection for players after a high-end panel. We measured enter lag at 14.5ms (no enchancment over the JZ2000), and with the Recreation Management board there’s the flexibility to optimise gaming settings on the fly. HDMI 2.1 options are supported too with the likes of variable refresh charge, auto low latency mode and 4K/120Hz all onboard.

All HDR codecs are included too, akin to HDR10, HLG, Dolby Imaginative and prescient IQ and HDR10+ Adaptive. The picture high quality is finely-tuned for vibrant and darkish rooms with the assistance of the TV’s mild sensor, and we discovered color quantity has improved, particularly the color blue. The low mild efficiency has additionally been improved, with extra element seen within the darkest elements of the picture.

With the OLED EX panel from LG Show (however made to Panasonic’s customized specs), we benchmarked brightness at 966 nits in Commonplace mode, which makes the Panasonic one of many brightest OLEDs in the marketplace and positively among the many brightest we’ve reviewed from Panasonic. On the whole, the typical image stage is brighter, which helps to make all sorts of content material pop off the display.

The Dolby Atmos speaker system has had a couple of extra tweaks over the JZ2000 mannequin, and once more it’s an space the place we discovered the LZ2000 to be an enchancment over the older mannequin, the 360° Soundscape Professional system yielding loads of width and top with Atmos soundtracks.

Reviewer: Steve Might
Full Evaluation: Panasonic LZ2000

With the Panasonic LZ2000 taking the honours of Panasonic’s flagship mode the TX-55JZ2000 from 2021 remains to be obtainable and stays a wonderful selection for these wanting a superb high-end OLED TV at a worth that’s not as costly.

This stage of efficiency is all the way down to the HCX AI processor that advances in Panasonic’s image and sound processing. What this ends in is a few magnificent gradation of color tones and positive detailing. HD upscaling is superb, as is that this panel’s HDR efficiency, with its close to 1000 nits of measured peak brightness higher than what competing LG, Philips and Sony OLEDs can muster.

The My House Display interface easy to make use of with a wide selection of apps to select from. The inclusion of Freeview Play supplies all of the UK catch-up and on-demand apps akin to BBC iPlayer, ITVX and All4, while the streaming apps supply the standard suspects of Amazon Prime Video, Netflix and Disney+.

The inclusion of HDMI 2.1 alongside VRR and ALLM means this Panasonic panel is nice selection for high-end gaming, the 4K 120Hz assist makes the JZ2000 a very good companion for the Xbox Sequence X or PS5. Enter lag is low, although rival TVs supply barely sooner latency. We measured this TV’s response time at 14.5ms, which is snappy sufficient to deal with fast-twitch video games.

The built-in speaker system is especially highly effective with its 125W output, which ensures you need to be capable to soak up a blockbuster movie with equally nice audio. Dolby Atmos affords up an extremely broad soundstage, particularly due to 360 Soundstage Professional and its further side-firing drivers that gives extra width to the general expertise.

Reviewer: Steve Might
Full Evaluation: Panasonic JZ2000

Like LG with its OLED42C2, Panasonic has been courting players with its small OLED units, and the TX-42LZ980 is a good if costlier various to LG’s fashions.

Identical to the remainder of the TVs on this listing, it’s a minimalist wanting set with its gunmetal end, tiny bezels however a central stand as a substitute of toes to assist the display. The stand doesn’t swivel, sadly, however our reviewer discovered it to be compact sufficient to not require an enormous floor to take a seat on.

We discovered connectivity to be good for a small display with two HDMI 2.1 ports, one in every of which helps eARC for passing out lossless audio to a appropriate sound system. Avid gamers have auto low latency mode, variable refresh charge, AMD FreeSync Premium and Dolby Imaginative and prescient Gaming (as much as 60Hz) to take pleasure in. We measured latency at round 14ms.

With its My House Display interface, Panasonic affords a wonderful interface, as soon as that’s clear and options each high-profile video streaming and catch-up service whether or not it’s by way of particular person apps or by way of Freeview Play.

Just like the JZ2000 and LZ2000 above, the LZ980 helps all the primary HDR codecs, carrying Dolby Imaginative and prescient IQ and HDR10+ Adaptive to assist adapt its visuals to match the lighting circumstances any room (due to this fact preserving element irrespective of the lighting circumstances).

Whereas it doesn’t boast the identical OLED EX panel that options within the LZ2000, our reviewer discovered that it produced a remarkably completed image efficiency, with white tones which might be vibrant and cleanly described alongside black tones which might be deep and convincing producing a wonderful sense of distinction.

The general color palette is wide-ranging, vibrant and convincing. Pores and skin-tones are life-like, movement is dealt with extraordinarily effectively and when it comes to upscaling decrease high quality content material it’s a really competent effort. By way of the audio it’s far weaker than its image efficiency, sounding careworn and skinny. We’d suggest getting a soundbar to offer it a lift.

Reviewer: Simon Lucas
Full Evaluation: Panasonic LZ980

The LZ1000 sits in the course of Panasonic’s OLED fleet, and is arguably the largest shock within the line-up with its image efficiency.

Our reviewer felt this was an ideal display for house cinema followers, due to cinematic image modes that mix wonderful color constancy with punchy distinction. It’s capable of ship a constant and balanced image, with excellent near-dark shadow element, wonderful replica of pores and skin tones and a HDR efficiency that gives good ranges of of peak brightness, measuring 900 nits on a 5% HDR window. HDR assist additionally expands to Dolby Imaginative and prescient IQ and HDR10+ Adaptive.

There’s nothing outlandish concerning the design, which by all accounts ought to swimsuit any décor it’s in. We did discover the swivel stand helpful to keep away from the glare of ambient mild or when there’s a must tilt the display to a seating place that’s off-axis. There’s 4K/120Hz assist however solely two of its HDMI inputs assist the two.1 commonplace with eARC on enter 2. In case you have greater than two appropriate HDMI 2.1 units, you’ll should determine which of them go into the place.

The Recreation Mode Excessive Management Board is new, and is a devoted UI that gathers related gaming data in a single place. There’s Darkish Visibility adjustment, that will help you see higher within the shadows, plus body charge, VRR, and determination particulars. We measured enter lag at a very good 14.5ms.

The My House Display interface stays easy to make use of, unobtrusive and simple to customize. There’s a strong collection of apps to select from (although not as many because the Android-toting LX800B). Assist for Freeview Play brings all of the UK catch-up and on-demand apps akin to BBC iPlayer, ITVX and All4.

The least noteworthy facet concerning the LZ1000 is its built-in speaker system. It’s nowhere close to as highly effective because the LZ2000 with solely 30W obtainable, and whereas it’ll do a job, you’ll need to add a soundbar system to essentially give this TV’s audio some oomph.

Reviewer: Steve Might
Full Evaluation: Panasonic LZ1000

The LX800B is Panasonic’s midrange LCD TV, the kind of mannequin that appears supply a very good steadiness of worth and efficiency, and for essentially the most half we really feel it achieves it..

There’s not a lot to jot down house about when it comes to its seems, It hits the identical utilitarian vibe the remainder of Panasonic’s 2022 line-up hits, melting away right into a room relatively than standing out. It’s simple to assemble, our reviewer managed to place it collectively in lower than three minutes, a case of screwing within the toes. These toes are positioned at both ends of the TV, which isn’t too useful in the event you don’t have a large piece of furnishings to put it on.

The most important change from earlier fashions is the adoption of Android TV for the interface. Nonetheless, regardless of the wealth of apps it affords, we discovered the speediness of the interface to be disappointingly sluggish. That and HDR and Atmos assist for the apps isn’t as complete as different interfaces, with Disney+ solely supporting 5.1 audio. Freeview Play is embody for UK catch-up and on-demand apps.

We wouldn’t essentially suggest this display as one for players after a high-end panel both. Although enter lag is a pacy 10.5ms, there’s no assist variable refresh charges or 4K/120Hz gameplay. That stated it must be a sensible choice for many players or just desire a good gaming expertise.

Google Assistant is supported for voice management and there are three HDMI inputs, which is lower than we anticipated, and there’s no eARC assist both, so the TV can’t go by way of lossless Dolby Atmos audio to a related a soundbar.

The TV’s peak brightness is one other space that’s lower than we anticipated. We measured Cinema mode to be fairly dim (342 nits) with Filmmaker mode hitting 507 nits. The LX800B does assist each Dolby Imaginative and prescient and HDR10+ to assist its HDR efficiency, however black ranges aren’t the strongest with some backlight bleed famous. Upscaling of lower than 4K sources is nice, with pure color replica and good ranges of element.

The TV’s Dolby Atmos appropriate sound system is a side that’s higher than we anticipated. It’s spacious, excessive frequencies are sharp, the midrange is obvious and detailed and bass is respectable. A soundbar would finest it however we wouldn’t say there’s a rush so as to add one.

Reviewer: Kob Monney
Full Evaluation: Panasonic LX800B