In the run-up to the CES, Panasonic gave a preview of its upcoming OLED TV top device JZW 2004, which has screen diagonals of 55 and 65 inches to not yet mentioned prices should come on the market. The final specifications for the device will not be published until March, but the manufacturer has already presented some highlights.

Above all, this includes the new “HCX Pro AI” processor, which is supposed to recognize whether the current content is a film, a sports broadcast, a music video, a news program or a game. On the basis of this scene-by-scene analysis, according to Panasonic, the processor is then able to independently select the most suitable picture and sound settings.

According to the manufacturer, the AI ​​was developed with more than a million Reference excerpts fed with the various contents.

Panasonic demonstrated in the video conference that the “Master HDR OLED Professional Edition “panel sets standards in the market in terms of brightness and color fidelity. c’t will of course check this on the living object.

Finally HDMI 2.1 on board The JZW 2004 will also be Panasonic’s first television with an HDMI 2.1 port. The device can accept 4K content with up to 120 Hertz and increased contrast range (High Dynamic Range, HDR). Additional HDMI 2.1 functions support a variable frame rate (VRR) and automatic selection of the mode with the lowest latency (ALLM) for games. Speaking of games: A new “Game Mode Extreme” is intended to significantly reduce the input lag. During a demonstration with the current model, the value of 14, 7 fell on 14, 4 ms.

Panasonic already supports the HDR formats HDR 10, HDR 10 +, HLG and Dolby Vision – with the current top model including ambient light sensor. At the JZW 2004 the recently presented “HDR 10 + Adaptive “are added. Finally, its speakers also radiate to the side in order to envelop the viewer more closely.

(nij)