The Panasonic HX800 is an edge-lit VA panel LED LCD TV and is designed for use in normal living room environments with everyday TV viewing. So, with its claims of Hollywood picture tuning, can the HX800 offer cinema-quality images from an LCD? Let’s find out. There are however some drawbacks using this technique, with HDR images becoming a possible issue with clouding and uniformity issues. When it comes to edge-lit technology we get an ultra-slim panel for an LCD TV, which can help with the design of the set. The HX800 is a direct replacement for last year’s GX800 and is available in 40-, 50-, 58- and 65-inch screen sizes and it is the 58-inch we are reviewing here which is priced at £899.99. There is no HDMI 2.1 support via the three HDMI inputs, but there is ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) available for gaming and a measured input lag of 15ms, which makes the HX800 a possible choice as a gaming TV. There is support for Dolby Atmos audio decoding and the sound system consists of two 10W stereo speakers.
There is no Filmmaker Mode with the intelligent sensor or Dolby Vision IQ as these are reserved for the OLED line-up. It features all major HDR format playback including HDR10 and HLG (Hybrid Log-Gamma) static metadata, as well as HDR10+ and Dolby Vision dynamic metadata systems. The Panasonic TX-58HX800B is an ultra-thin edge-lit VA panel LED LCD TV with the company’s HCX processor that features Hollywood tuned picture quality and HDR Bright Panel Plus technology.
