Panasonic 4K HDR TV choices compared: JZ2000, JZ1500, JZ1000 OLEDs, plus JX LED TVs

(Pocket-lint) - Panasonic has announced its TVs for 2021 - the JZ bid OLEDs and JX bid LEDs.

Since their January announcement, immoderate of the sets person since gone connected sale. Here past are the Panasonic TV highlights for 2021, including immoderate of the fantabulous older sets already disposable done galore retailers.

One happening to enactment connected exemplary numbering if you're browsing Panasonic TVs: J equals 2021, H equals 2020, G equals 2019 and truthful connected - thing to ticker retired for erstwhile you travel to buy.

Considerations erstwhile buying a television

As a large summons item, there's plentifulness to see erstwhile it comes to buying a caller television. First and foremost is size. That will, to a ample extent, specify the terms - but you request to marque definite that the TV you are buying volition comfortably acceptable successful the abstraction you're trying to spot it. 

Panasonic hasn't made the determination to 8K, truthful that's not a contemplation here, alternatively you're looking astatine 4K televisions, up to 75-inch successful LED oregon 65-inch successful OLED, which is typically wherever radical are buying specified TVs. The OLED scope is beauteous wide, with Panasonic keen to accent however intimately it works with Hollywood studios - and offering OLED models from 48 inches and up. 

There are susceptible LED TVs successful the scope too, which delivers overmuch much approachable prices, but again determination are LED TVs successful a scope of antithetic positions, truthful beryllium definite to cheque precisely what you're getting to marque definite you're TV is futureproofed.

Panasonic OLED TVs

Panasonic has respective tiers of OLED TV and has offered those implicit the past mates of years, truthful there's plentifulness of prime erstwhile it comes to choosing a caller TV.

Panasonic JZ2000

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• Screen sizes: 65in, 55in
• OLED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Filmmaker Mode, Netflix Calibrated Mode, Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+ Adaptive, Dolby Atmos

The flagship OLED TV for 2021 comes with the aforesaid top-end Master HDR OLED Professional Edition sheet arsenic 2020's HZ2000 (see further below), yet with HDR10+ Adaptive added for bully measure.

Like Dolby Vision IQ, this is simply a HDR exertion that not lone changes the colour signature depending connected each scene, it takes into relationship your ambient lighting to contiguous colours and opposition successful precisely the format the manager intended.

The JZ2000 besides embraces gaming with much vigour than ever before, with 4K 120Hz enactment implicit HDMI 2.1 and adaptable refresh complaint (VRR) exertion connected board.

But the existent cardinal astir this acceptable is that it embeds a Dolby Atmos soundsystem - truthful if you don't person a separates oregon soundbar setup and don't privation to bargain 1 past its dependable prime is superb. Not funny successful that? The JZ1500 (below) goes lighter connected the dependable setup.

Panasonic JZ1500

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• Screen sizes: 65in, 55in, 48in
• OLED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Filmmaker Mode, Netflix Calibrated Mode, Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+ Adaptive, Dolby Atmos

The JZ1500 features the aforesaid Master HDR OLED Professional Edition sheet arsenic the JZ2000, but volition besides beryllium disposable successful a caller 48-inch surface size. It besides cuts retired the full-on Dolby Atmos talker statement from the build, redeeming you currency - which is perfect if you privation to brace with an existing soundbar oregon AV system.

Gaming is besides embraced afloat this clip around, with confirmed features including Game Mode Extreme. This reduces latency to imperceptible levels erstwhile playing. It besides features AMD FreeSync Premium exertion and 2 HDMI 2.1 ports.

Its HCX AI Pro processor (which is besides recovered connected the JZ2000 and different OLED TVs for 2021) has an Auto AI mode that examines and detects images successful existent time, ensuring that they are presented astatine their best, whether they are sports, cinema oregon immoderate different kind-of genre.

Panasonic JZ1000

• Screen sizes: 65in, 55in, 48in
• OLED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Filmmaker Mode, Netflix Calibrated Mode, Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+ Adaptive, Dolby Atmos

The Panasonic JZ1000 sports astir the full aforesaid gamut of features arsenic the JZ1500 but has a antithetic OLED panel.

Instead of the Pro Edition, it sports the Master HDR OLED panel. Other than that, it inactive comes with the upgraded caller processing motor - HCX Processor Pro AI - Game Mode Extreme, and smaller surface size option.

It's worthy besides noting that it excessively has 2 HDMI 2.1 ports - overmuch similar the different 2021 OLEDs - and Dolby Atmos support.

Panasonic JZ980

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• Screen sizes: 65in, 55in, 48in
• OLED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Filmmaker Mode, Netflix Calibrated Mode, Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+ Adaptive, Dolby Atmos

Again, similar the JZ1000, it's mostly the sheet that is antithetic connected the JZ980. This exemplary has Panasonic's modular OLED panel, though the featureset is mostly identical.

Panasonic HZ2000

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• Screen sizes: 65in, 55in
• OLED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Filmmaker Mode, Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos

The HZ2000 was the flagship OLED TV from Panasonic, until the JZ2000 took implicit that role.

Like the latest models, this 2020 stunner supports Filmmaker Mode to contiguous movies arsenic their directors intended, and Dolby Vision IQ, which adjusts the HDR representation settings automatically, depending connected the viewing conditions.

The acceptable is besides built astir Panasonic's Master HDR OLED Professional Edition panel. That efficaciously means it is susceptible of precocious highest brightness, portion retaining the heavy achromatic levels OLED tech is good known for.

Audio besides gets a large boost astatine this extremity of the range, with 360-degree Soundscape Pro situation built into the acceptable itself. This includes 5 talker units with 2 upfiring speakers astatine the apical to springiness you the other tallness channels for Dolby Atmos soundtracks. The newer JZ2000, however, adds 2 further output channels to the sides for adjacent greater immersion!

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Panasonic HZ1500

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• Screen sizes: 65in, 55in
• OLED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Filmmaker Mode, Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos

One measurement down from the HZ2000 and you inactive get highly awesome specs successful this 2020 set, including Filmmaker Mode, Dolby Vision IQ and the proprietary HCX Pro Intelligent processor.

The sheet is somewhat antithetic - the Master HDR OLED alternatively than Pro Edition - and the audio is simply a small little bombastic. However, you inactive get upward firing speakers built into the apical of the TV for Dolby Atmos tallness channels, positive front-firing speakers and a cardinal subwoofer astatine spectator tallness for immoderate incredible, immersive sound.

In each different respects, this is arsenic adjacent to the flagship exemplary arsenic you like. With Alexa and Google Assistant enactment thrown successful for bully measure.

• Panasonic HZ1500 4K OLED TV review: Serious astir sound

Panasonic HZ1000

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• Screen sizes: 65in, 55in
• OLED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Filmmaker Mode, Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos

The HZ1000 retains the Master HDR OLED sheet of the HZ1500 but drops the audio to a regular dependable system.

You inactive get the Filmmaker Mode with a dedicated fastener connected the distant that volition enactment your surface into industry-selected representation settings that champion suit movie content, portion Dolby Vision IQ take the champion images depending connected the ambience and airy successful your viewing room.

The basal besides features a swivel design, truthful you tin determination it to beryllium face-on to aggregate viewing positions. But, arsenic it's OLED it'll besides person ace wide viewing angles anyway.

Panasonic LED TVs

Panasonic has a proliferation of LED TVs successful tons of positions - and present are immoderate of the apical level TVs to take from.

Panasonic JX940

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• Screen sizes: 75in, 65in, 55in, 49in
• LED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Filmmaker Mode, Dolby Vision IQ, HDR10+ Adaptive, Dolby Atmos

As with the OLED TVs for 2021, the flagship LED runs connected the HCX Processor Pro AI chip, which enables it to automatically observe the benignant of contented playing and set the representation accordingly. This is claimed to importantly amended sports broadcasts, for example.

It comes with the HDR Cinema Display Pro - Panasonic's champion LED sheet yet - and, for the archetypal clip successful an LED TV from the brand, carries Filmmaker Mode (as bash the different LEDs for 2021).

It is the lone LED TV successful the scope to enactment Dolby Vision IQ, the signifier of Dolby Vision HDR that adapts depending connected the ambient lighting successful your home. There is besides Game Mode Extreme and Dolby Atmos on-board, with the erstwhile designed to assistance gamers get the astir from their consoles.

The TV is 4K 120Hz too, which is simply a large boost, and comes with innovative tabletop feet that tin assistance the acceptable higher erstwhile placed successful an alternate position.

Panasonic JX850

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• Screen sizes: 65in, 58in, 50in, 40in
• LED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Filmmaker Mode, Dolby Vision, HDR10+ Adaptive, Dolby Atmos

The JX850 makes a fewer compromises erstwhile compared to the flagship model. It has modular Dolby Vision on-board, for example, arsenic good arsenic a somewhat little beefy processor, successful the HCX Processor AI.

Game Mode is little "extreme" and the sheet utilized is Pana's HDR Bright Panel Plus.

Other than that, this is different top-line LED TV for 2021 with Dolby Atmos decoding for hook up to an equivalent soundbar, AV reveiver and/or talker system.

Panasonic JX800

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• Screen sizes: 65in, 58in, 50in, 40in
• LED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Filmmaker Mode, Dolby Vision, HDR10+ Adaptive, Android OS

Further down successful the 2021 LED TV household comes the JX800, which loses immoderate of the features of the ZX940 and JX850, but really gains a caller 1 - Android OS.

Its astute TV level represents the lone TV successful the scope truthful acold to person Android. It incorporates immoderate of Panasonic's ain Home Screen level but gives you the champion Google has to connection too.

You don't get Dolby Atmos enactment connected this model. Picture processing is besides somewhat little powerful, with Panasonic's entry-level HCX Processor moving the amusement here.

Panasonic HX940

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• Screen sizes: 75in, 65in, 43in
• LED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos

Until the JX940 was released, 2020's top-end LED TV successful Panasonic's lineup was the HX940. It comes with a 100Hz sheet and HCX Pro Intelligent processing.

In addition, it supports some HDR10+ and Dolby Vision, positive HLG for TV broadcasts successful HDR erstwhile available, and tin walk done Dolby Atmos erstwhile connected to a susceptible dependable system.

The HX940 comes with Local Dimming Pro Intelligent tech that allows for amended achromatic levels successful acheronian scenes, acknowledgment to multi-zoned power implicit the backlight. While the Home Screen 5.0 astute TV level gives you each the latest streaming apps and customisation options for you to enactment the ones you usage the astir beforehand and centre.

• Panasonic HX940 4K TV review: Elevated imagery

Panasonic HX800/820

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• Screen sizes: 65in, 58in, 50in, 40in
• LED, 3840 x 2160 pixels, Dolby Vision, HDR10+, Dolby Atmos

The Panasonic HX820 and HX800 are efficaciously the aforesaid LED TV, but the 820 is disposable exclusively done John Lewis successful the UK. You mightiness find it has a antithetic basal oregon bezel colour.

It drops the representation processor down to the HCX (not Pro) but you won't announcement overmuch successful practice, we feel. You besides get the HDR Bright Panel Plus exertion and Local Dimming technologies from Panasonic, alternatively than precocious versions recovered successful the 940.

4K HDR standards are each inactive supported astatine this level, with HDR10+, Dolby Vision and HLG Photo - which was introduced with the 2019 scope below.

Dolby Atmos is besides supported, though you volition request a decent, compatible dependable strategy to get the astir from it.

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Writing by Rik Henderson. Editing by Chris Hall. Originally published connected 16 February 2018.