I've had the Panasonic 55 JZ1000 for 3 weeks now and here are my impressions.
This is my first OLED TV, I'm coming from a Samsung KS7000 (KS8000 US) which has served for 7 years now and is still going strong.
In fact I wouldn't have upgraded if it were not for the sale.
- Picture quality is super, jaw dropping great and a definite step up over my previous set.
- A lot of it has to do with the black levels, that deep inky blacks that OLEDs are known for.
- HDR material greatly benefits from the true black, especially in dark scenes
- Colors out of the box is very natural to my eyes, I watch in Filmmaker mode and had to only do very minor tweaking.
- Menus are organized fairly well and is easy to navigate and best of all responsive.
- 4k 120hz on HDMI port 1 and 2 for the Xbox Series X and Ps5
Gripes, after 3 weeks of course I found some gripes.
(1st Gripe) This shouldn't be a problem for most people, because I'm probably the only person who has this issue in other forums.
- Sound Output settings doesn't work as well as I would like.
My TV is hooked up to a Denon 2809 AVR and also an Astro A50 wireless headset for when the wife and kid is asleep.
Here's how it's setup because unfortunately the Denon 2809 doesn't supprot ARC/eARC.
TV Optical Out -> Astro A50 Optical In -> Astro A50 Optical Out -> Denon 2809 Optical In
The issue is on the Sound Output menu of the Pana TV, I only get 2 options, TV and Home Theater.
When selecting Home Theater the TV is left to decide if the sound should output via HDMI or Optical.
And sometimes, audio just cuts out in the headset when selecting Home Theater.
This wasn't an issue with my Samsung KS7000 because I could select TV, Optical or HDMI.
I did find that audio still comes out of the TV optical out when leaving the Sound Output setting to TV (So I would just have to bring the TV volume down to 0 when using the wireless headset)
(2nd Gripe) again, probably not an issue for most people
4k 120hz mode for gaming disables the HDR Tonemap setting so I'm unable to turn off Tone Mapping when outputting 120hz (turning off Tone Mapping emulates LG's HGiG mode)
*Tone mapping is recommended for watching 4k HDR movies but for gaming more often than not it is better to have it off.
(3rd Gripe) also not an issue for most people.
Dolby Vision gaming supports only up to 60hz
2nd and 3rd Gripe I've read is a limitation of the MediaTek SOC so it isn't unique to the Panasonic, other Manufacturers as well have this issue.
(4th Gripe)
No Disney+
(5th Gripe)
Maybe it's just me but to my eyes the picture is a tad too sharp, even with 0 sharpness
(6th Gripe)
I still have DVD's laying around the house and the Samsung KS7000 handled SD upscaling better than this Panasonic OLED.
Maybe because of the aforementioned 5th Gripe, it may be a tad too sharp.
