SILVER SCREEN Panasonic MZ1500

Panasonic's one-from-top 2023 OLED TV offers truly pitch perfect picture quality

SPECIFICATIONS

Screen sizes 55-inch / 65-inch Panel 3,840 x 2,160 OLED HDR HDR10+ Adaptive, Dolby Vision IQ Sound Dolby Atmos OS my Home Screen8.0 Connectivity HDMI x4 (HDMI 2.1 x2, eARC x1), USB x3, ethernet, optical digital audio out, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Dimensions 786x1227x350mm / 910x1448x350mm Weight 21kg/24kg

Panasonic has always positioned its TVs as the choice of professionals which, given its ubiquity in Hollywood studios, seems fair enough. With the MZ1500, Panasonic isn't soft-pedalling its pro credentials in the slightest - but it wants to entice gamers, as well as viewers, with its thorough specification. Does it succeed?

Rather than the Micro Lens Array technology Panasonic uses for its flagship MZ2000 OLED TV, the MZ1500 has to make do with LG's OLED EX panel - but Panasonic has fitted a heatsink in an attempt to deliver improved brightness by driving the panel as hard as possible. The MZ1500 shares the top-of-the shop HCX Pro Al processor that's also fitted to the range-topper, though.

As far as picture quality goes, Panasonic has thrown everything at the MZ1500. You get all high dynamic range (HDR) standards, including HDR10+ Adaptive and Dolby Vision IQ, an improved Filmmaker Mode that uses the screen's ambient light sensor to adapt image quality accordingly.