Panasonic has announced a minor surprise with their new ultra-large, Ultra HD X940 Series TV.
The X940 will be called the X942 in the UK and features 2000Hz Back Light Scanning (BLS) panel and ‘4K Intelligent Frame Creation’ technology for clearer images when watching fast action scenes.
The high-end Local Dimming Pro feature sounds like a welcome addition and we can’t wait to see it in action, having had a glimpse of the AX902 prototype earlier in the year.
The X940 employs Panasonic’s new original high-performance image-processing engine, the Quad Core Pro5 super-high speed processor and the 4K Studio Master Drive panel promises to deliver more accurate colour; richer, smoother gradation, and more shadow detail at virtually any brightness.
Panasonic says this is down to a 3D Colour Management System (Super Chroma Drive), in addition to the Black Gradation Drive which looks for and applies brightness compensation to low-brightness image elements. To deliver colours which are truly faithful to the original source, the X940 uses LCD panels equipped with a newly developed, high-colour-space LED backlight. In particular, the Studio Master Colour enables the X940 to reproduce colours accurately even at low saturation and brightness levels, greatly enhancing the picture quality of dark scenes.
The high-end Local Dimming Pro feature sounds like a welcome addition and we can’t wait to see it in action, having had a glimpse of the AX902 prototype earlier in the year.
The X940 employs Panasonic’s new original high-performance image-processing engine, the Quad Core Pro5 super-high speed processor and the 4K Studio Master Drive panel promises to deliver more accurate colour; richer, smoother gradation, and more shadow detail at virtually any brightness.
Panasonic says this is down to a 3D Colour Management System (Super Chroma Drive), in addition to the Black Gradation Drive which looks for and applies brightness compensation to low-brightness image elements. To deliver colours which are truly faithful to the original source, the X940 uses LCD panels equipped with a newly developed, high-colour-space LED backlight. In particular, the Studio Master Colour enables the X940 to reproduce colours accurately even at low saturation and brightness levels, greatly enhancing the picture quality of dark scenes.
The specs certainly sound impressive
The X940/942 is equipped with a new 4K 60p-supporting HDMI terminal, which is compatible with the HDCP 2.2 protocol and there’s also a DisplayPort 1.2a terminal which can accept 4K signals at 50/60Hz without any reduction in colour or frame rate performance.
The X942 has all of Panasonic’s usual excellent Smart TV features including TV Anywhere, where you can access your TV’s content from anywhere you are in the world. By using the Panasonic TV Remote 2 App and connecting to the Panasonic Cloud, you can stream live TV shows or movies on your tablet or smartphone wherever you are, as well as recorded content from a USB hard disk drive connected to your TV.
If you are travelling, TV Anywhere enables you to begin watching a movie at home, start recording before you leave the house and then continue to watch from where you left off when you reach your destination. If you forget to start the recording, you can still do this on the road thanks to the Panasonic TV Remote 2 App. Pretty neat!
We await pricing details but clearly this isn’t going to be cheap!
The X942 has all of Panasonic’s usual excellent Smart TV features including TV Anywhere, where you can access your TV’s content from anywhere you are in the world. By using the Panasonic TV Remote 2 App and connecting to the Panasonic Cloud, you can stream live TV shows or movies on your tablet or smartphone wherever you are, as well as recorded content from a USB hard disk drive connected to your TV.
If you are travelling, TV Anywhere enables you to begin watching a movie at home, start recording before you leave the house and then continue to watch from where you left off when you reach your destination. If you forget to start the recording, you can still do this on the road thanks to the Panasonic TV Remote 2 App. Pretty neat!
We await pricing details but clearly this isn’t going to be cheap!
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