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Business Insider
17 hours ago
- Business Insider
LG's new G5 TV delivers nearly perfect picture quality. Here's what makes this premium OLED so special.
I review lots of TVs every year, and as performance improves across the board, it's becoming harder for flagship models to stand out. But LG's G5 doesn't have this problem. Simply put, the G5 OLED offers the best picture quality I've ever seen from a consumer TV. Panasonic's upcoming Z95B has a chance to surpass it, but for now, the G5 is the premium 4K TV to beat. Using LG's latest OLED panel technology, the G5 balances perfect contrast with high brightness, sharp detail, rich colors, and wide viewing angles. This is the kind of high-end image quality that makes home theater nerds like me geek out. The G5 also has solid smarts via LG's webOS interface and some cool new perks like AI voice recognition. However, the G5 isn't quite perfect. Though the set's image performance is nearly flawless, it does have some minor issues with color gradients and over-brightening. These imperfections are subtle, though, and the displays' many strengths outweigh them. I also wish LG's webOS placed less emphasis on shopping recommendations, but I'm more than willing to ignore an ad here and there if it means getting such a fantastic viewing experience. It's also important to note that this is an expensive display. Most people will be satisfied with a cheaper midrange OLED, like LG's C5 and C4, or Samsung's S90D. But premium sets like the G5 aren't geared toward most people. This is a pricey TV built for enthusiasts willing to spend top dollar on top picture quality and design. And in that sense, it's the best TV of its kind. The TV has an elegant design, but a stand costs extra LG's G5 is available in 55, 65, 77, 83, and 97 inches, with list prices ranging from $2,500 to a whopping $25,000. For this review, I tested a 65-inch unit, which retails for $3,400. With the exception of the 97-inch model, all sizes offer the same specifications. The 97-inch model uses a different kind of OLED panel, so it can't get as bright as its smaller counterparts. The G5 uses LG's One Wall design, which allows it to be mounted with virtually no gap. A bracket is included in the box to accomplish this, so you don't need to buy one separately. On the downside, LG doesn't include a traditional pedestal stand, so if you don't want to mount the G5, you need to purchase a stand on your own. LG sells a stand for $106 (which was used for this review), and the G5 is compatible with many of the best TV stands made by third-party manufacturers. Though the G5 looks best when mounted, it still has an elegant style when placed on its pedestal. The display is made of premium materials and has a thin profile that measures just under an inch thick. The build and aesthetics are what you'd expect from such a pricey display and are a clear step up from the cheaper construction of more budget-friendly models. LG also gets points for including four HDMI 2.1 ports to enable support for up to a 4K/165Hz signal. Many rival brands, including Sony, only include two HDMI 2.1 ports and use HDMI 2.0 for the remaining inputs. This is a great perk for gamers who want to connect multiple systems to the TV, as HDMI 2.1 is needed to unlock the smoothest performance on current-gen consoles and high-end PCs. LG redesigned its Magic Remote for 2025, and this new version is mostly an improvement. It has a thinner, more traditional shape instead of the bulky body used on past LG remotes, which makes it feel better in hand. Its main selection button, which doubles as a scroll wheel, also feels sturdier, making clicks more responsive. Sadly, the remote is not backlit, which has become standard on some competing TVs from TCL, Hisense, and Roku. Like past models, the Magic Remote lets you choose between navigating via standard button presses or by using motion controls (the "magic" part) to point the remote at the screen to move a virtual cursor. Unfortunately, there's no way to fully deactivate motion control if you don't like it. Clicking on the directional pad temporarily turns it off, but it gets turned back on if you slide the scroll wheel, and this is too easy to accidentally trigger. The remote's button layout has also been simplified, and I generally like this more minimalist approach. But there are two odd choices. First, there's no longer an input select button. To switch inputs on the TV, you have to hold down the Home button to pull up a smart hub menu or scroll through the homepage and find the input you like on screen. Second, there's no mute button. You can still activate mute by holding the remote's volume down button, but this means there's no way to rapidly lower the volume instead of fully muting it. These are small complaints, but they just strike me as strange choices. The G5 delivers a new benchmark for premium image quality The G5 is the first consumer TV to use LG's new four-stack OLED panel design. This type of screen has key benefits over the standard WOLED panel used on LG's cheaper C and B series TVs. A four-stack design optimizes how an OLED produces color and light, allowing for higher brightness and a wider color gamut — all while maintaining the pixel-level contrast, deep black levels, and wide viewing angles that the best OLED TVs are known for. You can learn more in our QLED vs. OLED comparison. The results are spectacular, and the TV offers a big leap in brightness over last year's G4 model. In fact, the G5 is now the brightest OLED TV available, dethroning the Samsung S95F. Using the TV's Filmmaker mode with a 10% HDR test pattern (a white box that takes up 10% of the screen against a black background), I measured a peak brightness of 2,410 nits. That's nearly 1,000 nits more than last year's G4, which is a substantial bump. It's also about 240 nits more than the S95F, which is a more subtle but still noteworthy jump. While such high brightness is impressive, it's important to remember that it's only beneficial in certain circumstances. For example, high brightness gives you more headroom to pump up luminance to help overcome glare in rooms with a lot of ambient light. It also allows the G5 to produce more impactful and accurate high dynamic range (HDR) images with highlights (like explosions) that pop from the screen. But the G5's full brightness capabilities only get unleashed when watching movies and TV shows mastered for above 1,000 nits. You can learn more about HDR mastering and how it relates to content and TVs in our HDR guide. Raw brightness is only a part of what makes the G5's image quality so noteworthy. What makes this TV shine is how it's able to precisely harness its brightness and combine it with pixel-level contrast control, inky black levels, and rich colors. I watched a wide range of movies and TV shows across several weeks with the G5, and I've never seen a consumer TV that matches its picture capabilities. Some of its benefits over other high-end sets are subtle, and it has some flaws that a few rivals handle better, but overall, the G5 rises above the competition. Fiery explosions in high-brightness HDR movies like "Mad Max: Fury Road" radiate from the screen with rich saturation, while deep shadows in the opening sequence of "The Matrix" remain perfectly dark without any halos around lighter elements of the picture. Tricky sequences in movies like "1917" and shows like "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina" that trip up the local dimming backlights on many QLED TVs I've tested are displayed with perfect, uniform contrast. And image quality barely shifts if you're off to the side of the screen, so everyone gets a good viewing experience no matter where they sit. LG's picture processing continues to improve year after year, and the G5 is able to hold its own against high-end Sony TVs. Lower-quality content like compressed HD YouTube streams and cable TV upscale nicely on the G5. To be clear, they still don't look as good as native 4K sources, but the TV does a good job of minimizing imperfections without introducing an unnatural look. But as phenomenal as the G5 is, the TV's image quality isn't flawless. When it first hit stores, the G5 had issues with color banding, also called posterization or false contouring. This caused some gradations of colors and dark shades to look blocky rather than smooth. This problem initially appeared in some Dolby Vision and HDR10 content, but during my testing, LG released a firmware update that corrected Dolby Vision playback. However, some banding still popped up in isolated scenes when watching a small selection of HDR10 videos. But throughout my weeks with the TV, this flaw was very subtle and only appeared in a couple of movies I sampled out of more than a dozen. After my evaluation period ended, LG released another firmware update in June. This latest version reportedly corrects those lingering problems with HDR10 so long as you use the TV's Filmmaker preset. With all that in mind, I don't consider this to be a major drawback. Another small imperfection I encountered involved some slight over-brightening in near-black content, which caused dark shades to faintly glow. I noticed this a bit when watching some dim sequences in the Amazon Prime series "The Wheel of Time," but it was never too distracting. This issue is common on OLED displays like this, and the G5 performs about on par with what's expected. Finally, it's also worth noting that while the G5 rises above competing flagship OLEDs in nearly every way, there is one area where top models from Samsung and Sony still have a slight edge: color volume. High-end OLEDs from those brands use quantum dots, which is a feature the G5 is missing. This allows those TVs to maintain high saturation a bit better when displaying especially bright colors. The G5 improves upon the G4 in this area, but it still can't quite match OLEDs that have quantum dots. Gamers get cool features like a 165Hz refresh rate and support for Xbox streaming The G5 is one of the most advanced gaming TVs there is. It supports ALLM (auto low latency mode), VRR (variable refresh rate), and a dedicated Game Optimizer menu that lets you easily adjust settings. The G5 sets itself apart from most competing TVs with its support for up to a 165Hz refresh rate. Most high-end TVs max out at 144Hz. This is only useful for PC gamers with high-end hardware, but it's still a cool perk. LG is also one of two brands (Samsung is the other) that supports the Xbox app directly through the TV's interface. If you have a Game Pass membership, this app lets you stream Xbox games so you can play them without needing a console. The quality isn't as good as playing a game directly through a system, and playability is heavily reliant on the stability of your internet connection, but it works well enough for casual gaming. I also tested the G5 with a PS5 using a 4K/120Hz connection, and it delivered excellent image quality and smooth motion. I didn't see any flicker or ghosting with VRR active, which is something I've seen on some QLED TVs. Some flicker did show up when I pulled up the TV's settings menu while playing games, but this went away as soon as I closed the window. However, I've seen some user reports of banding in certain games when using the TV's HDR Game mode, even after the latest firmware update released in June. But outside some subtle bands in the sky when playing "Cyberpunk 2077" and some slight contouring in menus, I didn't encounter any egregious banding when playing various HDR titles, including "The Last of Us Part 1," "Spider-Man," "No Man's Sky," "Dragon's Dogma 2," and "Baldur's Gate 3." LG's webOS adds some new AI features, but they're mostly unnecessary Like all LG TVs, the G5 uses the webOS smart TV system. The platform is easy to set up, as LG guides you through some basic housekeeping items. The interface has access to all of the best streaming services, though it's missing a few niche apps that some other platforms support, like the Criterion Channel. General navigation is smooth, and I didn't encounter any major lag when moving through services. That said, the interface's design could annoy some users. By default, webOS displays a banner ad at the top of the homepage, and the screen prominently features a row for shopping recommendations. You can deactivate the banner ad if you navigate through some buried menu options, but this leaves that space unutilized. You can also turn off the shopping recommendations, but this deactivates all of the platform's content suggestions, leading to a barebones interface. It's great that LG offers the option to fully deactivate the ads, but I wish there was a better balance to begin with, so it could display content recommendations while demphasizing some of the sponsored material. For 2025, LG is touting a lot of new AI features, but most of these functions are just improved iterations of features that have already been available on past-generation TVs. For instance, there are AI picture modes that are meant to enhance the image, especially with lower-quality content, but the adjustments these modes make are unnecessary. The company has also brought back its AI Picture Wizard and added a new AI Audio Wizard. These features present you with various sample images and audio clips. Based on which ones you select, the wizard learns what kind of picture and sound settings you like the most, and then creates custom modes for you. Again, I highly recommend just using the TV's Filmmaker mode and Standard audio mode to get the most accurate playback, but if you're unhappy with how the G5 looks or sounds, this is worth playing around with. LG's remote also emphasizes AI more this year, as the microphone button has been rebranded as the AI button. Pressing it pulls up LG's AI concierge. This is supposed to present smart content recommendations based on your viewing habits, but I didn't find them to be all that useful. Holding down the AI button allows you to search with your voice or speak commands to control the TV. The G5 also supports hands-free voice search. I'm not sure what the issue was, but during my first week or so with the TV, I ran into a lot of server errors and "voice not recognized" messages when using the G5's voice search. Over time, these glitches stopped popping up, and voice search worked consistently. That said, I found the TV's voice recognition to be less accurate and slower than some competing systems, like Roku and Google TV. On the plus side, the G5 does have a new voice feature that's actually pretty cool. It's called AI voice recognition, and it automatically switches user profiles based on who speaks to the TV. So, if your spouse was using the set and you both have different profiles, once you speak to the TV, it will switch to your personalized home screen with your preferences and recommendations. Should you buy the LG G5 TV? Few TVs have left me as utterly impressed as the LG G5. Some competing high-end sets from Sony and Samsung offer better performance in certain aspects, but when looking at picture quality as a whole, the G5 is the best premium display I've seen. Panasonic is set to release a similar TV later this year, called the Z95B, so I'm curious to see how it stacks up. But for now, the G5 is the reigning king of premium TVs. Though picture performance isn't flawless, the TV's combination of pixel-level contrast and high brightness is unmatched and outweighs any shortcomings. LG's webOS interface isn't my favorite, and I did run into some software issues that ironed out over time, but it gets the job done. The new AI voice recognition feature is also a cool addition. The G5 is expensive, so it's only suited for big picture quality enthusiasts and those willing to spend extra for high-end design flourishes that you can't get on cheaper TVs. But if you fit that bill, the LG G5 TV earns my highest recommendation.
Tom's Guide
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Tom's Guide
Panasonic's 2025 flagship OLED TV is a true stunner — and it might beat LG and Samsung
In a twist no one saw coming, Panasonic returned to the US TV market last year, bringing with it not one but two OLED TVs — and even a budget Mini-LED model. The Panasonic Z95A OLED was a surefire hit and one of my personal favorite TVs of 2024. That's why I got excited when Panasonic debut the Z95A's successor at CES 2025. Last week at a closed door briefing, Panasonic let me see its new OLED TV for myself at its Newark, New Jersey office. Even from this cursory look, the Z95B OLED TV is already shaping up to be one of the best TVs of the year, largely stemming from a set of enhancements in design that give it a proper edge against the LG C5 OLED and Samsung S95F. These include a special four-stack OLED panel, tweaked airflow for better cooling, and enhanced audio. I'm not ready to give it a full review yet, but I'm impressed with these early results and can't wait to see more of it in action. Here's why I think it's set to be a top contender this year and may well beat even some of the best LG TVs, like the LG G5 OLED. As we've said before, LG's four stack OLED is a game changer for TVs, and it comes to life like never before on Panasonic's new flagship OLED. Essentially, the new design takes over for last year's MLA (a three-stack layer) panel adding a fourth layer to the OLED stack, which not only aims to minimize production costs but boost brightness. What stood out most on the Z95B when I saw it in person was a deeper level of color vibrancy, with reds, greens, and blues truly popping off the screen. Of course, an important tidbit is that some of the content was played in Dynamic mode, but we did get to see a slew of assorted clips in Filmmaker mode with HDR enabled. For the demonstration, Panasonic had last year's Z95A OLED TV set up right next to the new display, so you could see all the major changes in real time. They are slight, but most noticeable in color accuracy and minimized artefacting in certain scenes. We won't know just how much brighter it is until we get the new Z95B in for testing, but a substantial increase in peak brightness wouldn't surprise me. Even if you disregard the performance upgrades offered by the newest panel, there are plenty more features that give the Panasonic Z95B a leg up on the competition. The other major upgrade from last year's model is an enhanced and redesigned cooling system, which Panasonic called ThermalFlow. Panasonic explained that it put hundreds of hours into reworking the internals and speakers to make the new cooling system work as intended. Panasonic claims that this makes it easier for hot air to dissipate, equating to improved picture quality and a longer lifespan. The design is best equated to a chimney. Instead of there being a more complicated airflow system with multiple thermal exits, the new Z95B has just two pathways situated at the top and bottom at the rear of the display. Panasonic claims that this makes it easier for hot air to dissipate, equating to improved picture quality and a longer lifespan. Based on what I heard from Panasonic, the upgraded cooling technology could have major effects if there is improved luminance, but I think the biggest advantage for the everyday viewer is that this TV will last longer than a rival OLED from Samsung or LG. It's hard to really know how much Panasonic's ThermalFlow design might prevent burn-in, but it's definitely something we'll test over the course of a few months. That alone could be a major selling point for the Z95B if it turns out to have some merit. One of the coolest features on last year's Z95A was its sophisticated speaker system underpinned by a robust software suite, which Panasonic called Sound Focus. It's back on the Z95B and it sounds even better. While the software hasn't changed too much over last year's model, the internal hardware got some big improvements — not that it really needed them to begin with. The Z95A boasted a 5.1.2-channel system built on a 160W output, and the Z95B amplifies this with new line array, side, and up-firing speakers, plus a 30W subwoofer and passive radiator. Panasonic has also kitted the display with improved stereo and 5.1-channel upmixing, which essentially gives you a broader digital surround sound without the need for additional speakers. I got a taste of this at the briefing and while I didn't quite hear anything behind me, I did notice a big improvement in audio quality over last year's model. Panasonic is riding high on the success from its breakout return to the US last year, but the Z95B could be Panasonic's last for the US market. I reported earlier this year that Panasonic might already be eyeing the exit sign, and the upcoming tariffs on electronics could be the final nail in the coffin. Last year's Z95A, which was only available in 65-inch, rolled out at $3,200 (it's now down to just $1,997 at Amazon). At the time, it beat out major competitors like the LG G5 OLED ($3,399) and Samsung S95D OLED ($3,399), but not by a lot. Tariffs now could make the Panasonic the priciest of the three models. Though, at this point, pricing is anyone's guess. To that end, we'll just have to wait until we get it in for testing to see just how well it stands against the best OLED TVs, but I've got a feeling that Panasonic's Z95B is about to give Samsung and LG a serious run for their money.
Forbes
12-05-2025
- Forbes
Panasonic Unveils Full 2025 OLED And LED TV Line Up—Including World's First ThermalFlow OLED
Panasonic's annual unveiling of its latest TVs is always a key date on every serious home cinema fan's calendar — especially now that the brand is back selling its 'Hollywood tuned' TVs in the U.S. once more. Even by Panasonic's usual high standards, though, the range of OLED and LED TVs the brand has just unveiled looks like it has the potential to be pretty special. Let's look at all the key new models in turn, starting with the latest Z95B flagship OLEDs. The Z95Bs Screen sizes available: 55, 65 and 77-inch Panel technology: 4K Primary RGB Tandem OLED with heat sink and ThermalFlow technology The flagship Z95B OLED TVs combine all sorts of cutting edge technology to achieve what looks from demonstrations I saw at a recent launch event like potentially ground-breaking picture quality. Panasonic's new flagship Z95B OLEDs feature radically improved picture quality and a much slimmer, ... More less cumbersome design. As ever with Panasonic's flagship OLED sets, the new Z95B range benefits from an integrated heat sink system to help keep the panel cool so that it can deliver more brightness without generating the sort of heat that can cause permanent image retention (screen burn). Panasonic has taken its heat management efforts to a whole new level for the Z95B, though, by incorporating a world-first 'ThermalFlow' system. Inspired by race car aerodynamics, ThermalFlow combines careful component and vent positioning to enable heat to dissipate more effectively than ever before, enabling the panel to support even higher brightness levels. Panasonic would not be drawn on an actual brightness number for the Z95B, but it was clear during demonstrations at Panasonic's European launch event that the brand's latest OLED flagships are substantially brighter than their already impressive predecessors. The Z95Bs' brightness also use the latest Primary RGB Tandem Panels, which introduce two blue emissive layers to the OLED arrangement to improve light efficiency by a claimed 40% versus standard OLED panels without compromising colour vibrancy. In fact, demonstrations of the Z95B showed a gorgeous increase in color volume compared with the Z95A - despite, again, the Z95A itself being widely praised for its color prowess. The spectacular capabilities delivered by the Z95B's new panel are controlled by a new improved version of Panasonic's redoubtable HCX Pro AI Processor, with its customary focus on delivering images that look 'as the director intended'. Panasonic's obsession with delivering accurate pictures also sees the Z95B bring onboard a new Prime Video Calibrated Mode, designed to play content from Amazon's Prime Video streaming service in a way that matches as closely as possible the image conditions produced in Prime Video's mastering studios. The new processor includes a 4K Remaster Engine too, designed to improve gradation, especially with streamed video, and there's also a return after a few year's absence of Calman Calibration and ISFCCC support, providing a professional-grade toolset that can fine tune your Z95B into getting as close as possible to AV industry picture standards. The Z95B's sound has also received a pretty radical new revamp. It still delivers the true multi-channel Dolby Atmos sound capabilities of Panasonic's past few OLED flagship series, including integrating up-firing height effect speakers in the TV's top edge, and bags of power that includes increasing bass output to 30W from the previous Z95A's 20W. The sound can still be steered specifically towards different seating positions, too. These ear-catching features, though, have all been built into a much more elegant design that finds the speakers installed behind a subtle belt of felt that runs right around all four of the TV's edges, greatly reducing the depth of the TVs' rear. The Z95Bs' smart system is powered by Amazon Fire TV, following the debut of the system on last year's Z95A series, while gamers can look forward to the Z95Bs being able to support (albeit only over two of its four HDMI ports) 4K resolution gaming, frame rates up to 144Hz, variable refresh rates including the NVIDIA G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium formats, a True Game mode designed to extend Panasonic's obsession with creative intent to the gaming world, and a dedicated gaming onscreen menu system. The Z90Bs retain a powerful sound system and gaming features, as well as still using a premium OLED ... More panel (just not a Primary RGB Tandem one). Z90Bs Screen sizes available: 42, 48, 55, 65 and 77-inches Panel technology: WRGB OLED with heat sink The step-down Z90B OLED TVs lose the Primary RGB Tandem panel designs and ThermalFlow features of the Z95Bs, meaning that they won't be able to achieve the same levels of peak brightness. Their Master OLED Pro panels still benefit from a heat sink, though, as well as using a premium version of WRGB OLED technology, and are still driven by the same HCX Pro AI Processor Mk II processing system found on the flagship Z95Bs. They also continue with the Fire TV smart system support, can still support both of the Dolby Vision and HDR10+ premium HDR formats, and still feature a potent virtual surround sound audio system that includes a 30W subwoofer and front-firing speakers attached to the screen's bottom edge. Gamers will still be able to enjoy 4K, 144Hz refresh rates and variable refresh rates in the AMD FreeSync Premium and NVIDIA G-Sync formats too. The Z80s are Panasonic's entry level OLEDs for 2025. Z80Bs Screen sizes available: 48, 55, and 65-inches Panel technology: WRGB OLED Panasonic's entry level OLED TV series for 2025 lose the heat sink and use lower grade OLED panels than the step-up models. They're also driven by a step-down HCX processor, and feature a less powerful integrated audio system that doesn't include any direct forward-facing speakers and supports fewer distinct built-in drivers. The Z80B sound system does still benefit from a dedicated built-in subwoofer, though, along with Dolby Atmos decoding, and there's still support for both the HDR10+ and Dolby Vision premium HDR formats, as well as the Fire TV operating system. Supported refresh rates no longer extend to 144Hz, but the Z80Bs do retain support for 4K/120Hz game feeds, variable refresh rates (including in the AMD Freesync Premium format) and a fast-response Game Mode Extreme mode. While its OLED TVs were inevitably the star of the show at Panasonic's recent TV launch event, the brand is also significantly improving and expanding its LCD offering for 2025. In fact, it is set to launch its biggest LCD range in years, including a 32-inch set and some HD models for people looking for a second-room or very affordable TV. I'm going to focus here, though, on the three most high-performance LCD TVs from Panasonic's 2025 TV range. The flagship W95B LCD range from Panasonic for 2025 uses Mini LED lighting with advanced local ... More dimming. The W95Bs Screen sizes available: 55, 65, 75 and 85 inches Panel technology: Mini LED with local dimming and 144Hz support The W95Bs are Panasonic's flagship LCD TVs for 2025. They're built on Mini LED panels powered by a local dimming system that operates across 2.5x as many dimming zones (on some screen sizes) as 2024's W95As. The W95B series sees Panasonic expanding its screen size offering to accommodate an 85-inch model, too. The W95Bs are powered by Panasonic's most premium second-gen HCX Pro AI Processor, and are claimed to deliver much better color performance than their predecessors thanks to double area control and a high color gamut backlight system powered by real-time proprietary color tuning. New Hybrid Tone Mapping technology has also been installed on the W95Bs, enabling them to retain rich color saturations even in the brightest HDR picture areas. Side by side demonstrations of the W95Bs against last year's W95As backed up Panasonic's claims for its new flagship LCD models by clearly revealing a major reduction in the amount of backlight blooming the new models exhibit around stand-out bright objects, as well as significantly richer colors, especially in the brightest and darkest picture areas. It's a testament to Panasonic's ambitions with the W95Bs, too, that they join Panasonic's new premium OLED TVs in shipping with built-in Calman Ready compatibility to support professional-grade picture calibration. Gamers will be pleased to hear that Panasonic's flagship LCD TVs for 2025 support frame rates up to 144Hz, variable refresh rates (including in the AMD FreeSync Premium format), Panasonic's True Game setting for more accurate HDR gaming visuals, and a dedicated gaming onscreen menu system. Smart features on the W95Bs are provided by Amazon Fire TV again, while HDR support again extends to both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. The Dolby connection also sees the W95Bs offering Dolby Atmos audio playback from a speaker system that includes a 20W subwoofer. The Panasonic 65W93B. The W93Bs Screen sizes available: 43, 50, 55 and 65 inches Panel technology: LED with local dimming and 144Hz support The big difference between the W93Bs and Panasonic's 2025 flagship LCD TVs is that the step-down models don't benefit from mini LED lighting, reverting instead to regular sized LEDs. While this will reduce the precision of the TV's lighting, the sets still feature contrast-friendly direct LED lighting and local dimming to maintain a superior contrast performance. The W93Bs also deploy a less powerful audio system than the W95Bs. The W93Bs retain a True Game mode as well as support for 144Hz gaming feeds and variable refresh rates (including in the AMD FreeSync Premium format), while pictures will also benefit from the same premium HCX Pro AI Processor that the W95Bs get, complete with a 4K Remaster Engine for improving streaming playback. Even Calman calibration is still provided for the W93Bs, and they will still support the Fire TV smart system used higher up Panasonic's TV range. The W85Bs Screen sizes available: 43, 50, 55 and 65 inches Panel technology: LED with 120Hz support The W85Bs' HDR Bright Panel Plus panels are illuminated by regular rather than Mini LEDs, and don't benefit from the same degree of light control its siblings enjoy. Their supported gaming refresh rates drops to 120Hz from 144Hz, too, and they use the less powerful HCX processor rather than the AI-powered HCX Pro AI system. There's still support for variable refresh rates, though, as well as playback of the premium HDR10+ and Dolby Vision HDR formats. The W85Bs' integrated audio system still supports Dolby Atmos playback tii, and the W85Bs' smart features continue to be provided by the Fire TV system. ----- Sony Unveils New Bravia TVs—Including A Premium QD OLED Range
