32 T3 JUNE 2020WHAT EXACTLY DOES
‘OLED’ MEAN?OLEDUCATION
While OLED T Vs can’t get as cheap
as LCD T Vs can, they have a good
excuse. Namely that each and every
pixel in an OLED screen produces its
own light and colour. LCD T Vs, on
the other hand, share external lights
across many hundreds or thousands
of pixels at once.
OLED T Vs can therefore deliver
peerless local contrast – as in, the
darkest pixel in a picture can sit
right alongside the brightest without
either ‘polluting’ the other. This
makes OLED technology uniquely
capable of handling dark images – and,
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cinema fans. OLED screens can also
be watched from any angle without
colour or contrast taking a hit, and in
recent years have got much brighter
than many predicted they would.
That said, even the brightest OLED
T V – the Panasonic 65HZ2000 –
only manages 1000 nits of peak light
output while some LCD screens hit
three or even four times that. But
while this arguably gives LCDs an
advantage with very bright HDR
footage and in bright rooms, OLED’s
black levels look extremely beautiful
in a dark room setting, while its local
contrast abilities ensure that pictures
have plenty of intensity.
Concerns remain over the potential
for OLED T Vs to suffer permanent
image retention if exposed to static
image elements over extended periods
of time. While OLED manufacturers
still provide warnings about this issue,
though, it thankfully seems to become
much less common with every passing
OLED generation.
OLED TVs
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PANASONIC TX-65HZ2000
The panels at the heart of pretty much every OLED TV hail from
the same source: LG Display. So differences between different OLED
TVs typically boil down to design and processing.
The Panasonic TX-65HZ2000, though, is different. This one
incorporates a proprietary hardware innovation that lets it run
around 25-30% brighter than other OLED TVs. In today’s high
dynamic range world this really matters – especially given that
brightness is the one performance area where OLED TVs fall short of
premium LCD TVs. Panasonic’s technology also apparently delivers
this extra brightness without making the 65HZ2000 more
susceptible to permanent image retention.
Video processing comes tuned by an actual Hollywood colourist,
and the unerringly accurate pictures are joined by a built-in Dolby
Atmos sound system complete with up-firing speakers. There’s even
support for both the Dolby Vision and HDR10+ premium HDR
picture formats, whereas most brands only support one or the other.
£3,999, panasonic.co.uk