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Panasonic 58DX802B 58" THX Certified 100Hz Active 3D, UHD 4K, HDR TV, Freesat and Soundbar £799 John Lewis
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Okay, it may getting on for nearly 2 years old but where can you find a THX Certified 58" 4k HDR, Active 3D, Twin Freesat, Twin Freeview/Play, 100Hz Native Panel for £800?
The stand may not suit us all but a £30 Universal VESA pedestal will solve that, or it's perfect for wall mounting. Soundbar at 40W is still superior to most built in TV speakers, of course it doesn't match a separate bar with subwoofer, any serious AV enthusiast will already have or consider a decent audio system.
Decent spec panel that has THX Cinema and professional "out of the box" calibrated modes, 100Hz native panel makes it perfect for films, sport and gaming; there's also a "Game Mode" which speeds up response time massively by deactivating background processing but crucially preserves HDR which many others switch-off, making it a natural choice for Xbox One X or PS4 Pro,,,
One important thing I unearthed is about Freeview Play, which is governed and licensed by Freeview not the TV Brand, iPlayer, ITV Hub, All4, Demand 5 apps are integral to the structure so can never disappear like many TVs/devices over few years old... unless that channel goes bust!
lastly I always believe weight is a good measure of build-quality, it weighs in at 22.5Kg, how does that compare to similar 55" offerings?
The stand may not suit us all but a £30 Universal VESA pedestal will solve that, or it's perfect for wall mounting. Soundbar at 40W is still superior to most built in TV speakers, of course it doesn't match a separate bar with subwoofer, any serious AV enthusiast will already have or consider a decent audio system.
Decent spec panel that has THX Cinema and professional "out of the box" calibrated modes, 100Hz native panel makes it perfect for films, sport and gaming; there's also a "Game Mode" which speeds up response time massively by deactivating background processing but crucially preserves HDR which many others switch-off, making it a natural choice for Xbox One X or PS4 Pro,,,
One important thing I unearthed is about Freeview Play, which is governed and licensed by Freeview not the TV Brand, iPlayer, ITV Hub, All4, Demand 5 apps are integral to the structure so can never disappear like many TVs/devices over few years old... unless that channel goes bust!
lastly I always believe weight is a good measure of build-quality, it weighs in at 22.5Kg, how does that compare to similar 55" offerings?
Hi, where did you see the MU8000 for that price?
I also have the Samsung, no complaints what so ever and I’m critical regarding picture quality.
Quality of picture is very good although the viewing angles are a tad narrow as the picture starts to washout.
HDR is about 500 nits peak brightness but I find this gives a good balance as it's an edgelit set, there's no percieveable lightbleed I can see when the HDR kicks in.
TV also does a decent job with standard resolution channels and Full hd / 4k looks sharp as expected.
The included soundbar it comes with is actually pretty impressive as well although there is no support for DTS could be a deal-breaker for some.
Wouldn't even spend that much on this model...£500 for this one as they need to get rid of old stock...the 750b panel is good but the pedestal base is awful...
What you recommend? Lol..
ALL thin LED and OLED TVs have relatively terrible sound, as they are not thick enough to put the prerequisite audio tech in.
All you would ever get is passable sound suitable for the most basic of TV watching.
Buy a tv for the picture, and a sound bar or home cinema setup for the sound for when you need to watch something special.
I’m happy with my tv which is made by panasonic. What what aspect of the picture on TVs made by Panasonic is bad?
I assume you mean a 6xxx series of Samsungs around these prices, if so, they don't come close to the 8xx Panasonics.
We have had 4 Panasonic and the picture is natural and beautiful. The film industry uses their new panels (the 10-bit ones with the HCX colour processor: 2017/2018) as reference grade large scale monitors for Hollywood picture calibration - so poster obviously does not know what he is talking about.
Samsung 55KS7000 if you find any on the wild with real 10bit panel
Panasonic are usually built solidly.
meh
Proper HDR10, 10bit.
Panasonic is my go to brand now. I find them very reasonably priced for what they offer. Didn't notice poor sound quality when moving from Samsung TVs especially on the ex750b.
Firefox OS is a bit naff though and the newer ones have a plastic remote instead of the solid metal ones they used to do which is disappointing when spending over a grand on a TV.
Dont know much about Tv's, but you could get £1 cheaper using voucher code SP60 from same place (Co-op) if you decided this is the tv you wanted to go for.
Great TV, I have it and fantastic. 120hz panel, HDR 4K.
So you bought it a year ago, and got a 4K BR player with it, which at the time was probably £400 worth of freebie.
You make this look even worse
Why Gamers Should Wait Until 2018 To Buy A New 4K TV
forbes.com/sit…tv/
8bit+FRC means that the panel can still only display 256 shades of the colour, but it can modulate the colour displayed to try and trick out another colour. So it rapidly flicks between shade 245 and 246 to make the eye see shade 245.5. It's better than an 8bit panel but not quite true 10bit colour.
Don't feed the clueless troll mate
Heat!
Well my Loewe OLED gives out 80w sound output via its built in sound bar; higher end models go up to 120 w. BandO have even higher sound output