NOT made by Vestel, a decent 4K TV with good colours/contrast/blacks and one of the few that has FreeviewPlay (Freeview on demand) as only Panasonic TVs (680b and above) have FreeviewPlay.
£749 elsewhere without 6 year guarantee for RS VIP members.
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brooky to gadger007
17 Oct 155#7
It 'nearly' has more stuff on it? So that means it doesn't have more stuff on it? And it's 10" smaller. Not really comparative.
"In its own right, it's a good value set that flies the flag for 4K, offering a fine picture and good stack of features with it." '
What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision magazine'. 5-star review.
hotfrost
16 Oct 15#2
Looks like a pretty good deal, thanks! Now just to convince the wife...
exexpat to hotfrost
17 Oct 151#3
Always the hardest part!
darrenpbond
17 Oct 15#4
hot. 100% not vestel
Melbury to darrenpbond
17 Oct 15#20
What is vestel?
montana78
17 Oct 15#5
I spoke to a chap in the panasonic store yesterday. He said panasonic stopped making their own panels as they're now working on oled. So they use lg and samsung panels these days. He said to look forward to their oled tvs coming soon.
ashmac to montana78
17 Oct 15#14
Yes they are and there about 8 grand also
DaveRay to montana78
17 Oct 15#27
Panasonic is also using LG panels in their new OLED sets. They're just doing the driver electronics. However, saying that, AVForums mentions that the picture quality is significantly improved. Review units aren't out just yet though and they're really expensive - 8K for the 65 inch:
No USB recording... I must say my 40" samsung 4k TV has more stuff on it than this... Nearly.. And it only cost £340 from Prague.
brooky to gadger007
17 Oct 155#7
It 'nearly' has more stuff on it? So that means it doesn't have more stuff on it? And it's 10" smaller. Not really comparative.
PhilK
17 Oct 151#8
The Vestrel/Turkey thing has put me off Panasonic - for good.
gg1pl to PhilK
17 Oct 151#9
This is not a low end model and it's not a Vestel.
It's not made in Turkey and you would not see a Vestel anywhere near the contrast, colours, black levels and overall picture quality of this TV.
ashmac to PhilK
17 Oct 15#15
i got the one of there best plasma's they ever made the st60 award winning TV few years back pictures is stunning. I'm only trading that in for a 4k old TV with hdr and I'm not paying more than 1500.im in for a long wait :disappointed:
john184
17 Oct 15#10
Good deal but quite a slow panel at 200HZ which because it is 4K makes poor motion handling more visible relative to 1080p at ideal viewing distances.
Going to buy the 65cx700 model today (which gets slated for poor motion handling with an 800HZ panel) using the £300 trade in at Currys with 5 years warranty and cashback through work.
Good TV as long as people understand what they are getting, with the inevitable argument that money may well be better spent on a good 1080p set given lack of content ...
martyn_3000 to john184
17 Oct 152#26
Don't be taken in by the big faux refresh numbers. Most TV's have a native refresh rate of 60hz, anything quoted higher than that is created by the TV adding additional frames or by a blinking backlight. You are never getting a true 200hz refresh rate, let alone 800hz.
It's all for marketing really. Putting the intelligent frame creation on makes things look awful, a real soap opera effect. Leave these setting switched off for the best viewing.
PhilK
17 Oct 151#11
Appreciate that, but to go so low in cost saving makes me think they'll do it in other ways too. I've put Panasonic into "not to be trusted" catagory - I'll be buying at least one TV shortly and wondering whether to wait until "Black Friday" and go for Samsung LG or Sony.
One I WON'T be considering is Panasonic due to the Vestrel/Made in Turkey slumming it.
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"In its own right, it's a good value set that flies the flag for 4K, offering a fine picture and good stack of features with it." '
What Hi-Fi? Sound & Vision magazine'. 5-star review.
https://www.avforums.com/review/panasonic-tx-65cz950-4k-uhd-oled-review.11860
It's not made in Turkey and you would not see a Vestel anywhere near the contrast, colours, black levels and overall picture quality of this TV.
Going to buy the 65cx700 model today (which gets slated for poor motion handling with an 800HZ panel) using the £300 trade in at Currys with 5 years warranty and cashback through work.
Good TV as long as people understand what they are getting, with the inevitable argument that money may well be better spent on a good 1080p set given lack of content ...
It's all for marketing really. Putting the intelligent frame creation on makes things look awful, a real soap opera effect. Leave these setting switched off for the best viewing.
One I WON'T be considering is Panasonic due to the Vestrel/Made in Turkey slumming it.