Panasonic JZ2000 OLED TV has HDMI 2.1, low input lag and bright OLED panel

By admin On Jan 8, 2021

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Panasonic has unveiled the top model of its OLED televisions from 2021. It concerns the JZ2000, the successor of the HZ2000. The new model also has a relatively bright OLED panel and innovations include a lower input lag and HDMI 2.1. The JZ2000 comes in 55 and 65 inches.

Panasonic has given the JZ2000 a new image processor, called HCX Pro AI Processor. According to the manufacturer, this chip uses artificial intelligence to analyze and optimize the image and sound in real time. The processor recognizes what kind of content is being watched, such as movies, sports, music or news broadcasts. These images are then compared with a database of images on which the television has been trained, on the basis of which adjustments are made automatically. According to Panasonic, this also means that users no longer have to manually select different picture modes for different content in the TV menus to change settings. These automatic adjustments can be turned off if users want to manually determine the settings.

The Japanese manufacturer is clearly doing its best to make the new television specifically attractive to gamers. For example, the JZ2000 has HDMI 2.1 support, which supports, among other things, the display of 4k images with 120 fps and Variable Refresh Rate. Probably e-arc and allm will also be present. Until now, this latest HDMI standard was missing on televisions from the Japanese manufacturer. How many ports actually support HDMI 2.1 and what the exact bandwidth is is unknown. Panasonic also speaks of a low latency. During a press briefing, an employee showed that the new television would have a measured input lag of approximately 14ms. That value will only be achievable in the specific game mode, a new picture mode present on the television. Furthermore, the JZ2000 supports HDMI Signal Power Link, which according to Panasonic should improve the connection with older devices that do not support CEC. This includes older set-top boxes or PCs.

Just like the HZ2000, the JZ2000 has a specially adapted OLED panel that should be able to achieve a higher brightness than regular OLED televisions. A special heatsink has probably been used for this purpose, which improves the cooling. The television should therefore not only allow for higher peak brightnesses, but also achieve higher average brightness values. Panasonic did indicate that the JZ2000 will be comparable to last year’s HZ2000 in this area. HZ2000 can achieve a peak brightness of 931cd/m². The new television will therefore come approximately on that. This is a relatively high brightness for OLED televisions that most OLED televisions with regular panels do not achieve.

As with previous models, Panasonic focuses on the most accurate possible representation of colors in film content, whereby the company mentions, among other things, the collaboration with a color editor from Hollywood. The manufacturer thus suggests that the JZ2000 out of the box will already be calibrated quite accurately. Filmmaker mode, which disables image processing such as interpolation, is reinstated and to further enhance rendering, both Dolby Vision IQ and HDR10+ Adaptive are present, which adjust images with these HDR standards based on the lighting conditions in the room. Dolby Vision and HDR10+ are therefore both supported, as are HLG and HDR10.

With the JZ2000, Panasonic also wants to score high when it comes to sound. The HZ2000 already had front and up-firing built-in speakers and the JZ2000 adds side-firing speakers. This speaker system supports Dolby Atmos and was developed in collaboration with Technics. It is not clear whether the JZ2000, like the HZ2000, does not support DTS.

The new television runs on the my Home Screen 6.0 operating system and is able to simultaneously transmit the sound signal to two different Bluetooth devices. The main voice assistants will also be supported, although Panasonic has not yet named them. Full specifications, pricing and release information will follow in March. Then it will also become clear which other models Panasonic will release.