Panasonic has been attempting to prove the superiority of its CZ950 4K OLED TV over its own reference-grade ZT plasma and LG’s OLEDs in tightly-controlled demos, but how does the Japanese manufacturer’s claim hold up in the real world? To find out, British independent AV retailer Crampton and Moore will be holding a three-way TV shootout event in conjunction with Leeds Trinity University on the 7th of November, pitting a Panasonic TX-65CZ952B, an LG 65EF950V and a Panasonic TX-P60ZT65B against one another in a side-by-side comparison.
Panasonic’s first ever consumer OLED television has generated great interest among video enthusiasts who have been looking for a worthy successor to the now-defunct plasma display panel (PDP) technology, but at an eye-watering price of £8000, many will be wondering if it’s worth £3000 over LG’s 65in EF950V flat-screen OLED model, or indeed whether it’s a step-up from the company’s final 2013 lineup of critically-acclaimed plasma TVs. Now, attendees will have the unique opportunity to see and decide for themselves.
The shootout will take place in a light-controlled, theatre-like auditorium at Leeds Trinity University. All three televisions will be given adequate time to run in, and then calibrated to the standard used within the film and broadcast industry. David Mackenzie and I will evaluate the panels, and then demonstrate our findings on various aspects of picture quality including contrast ratio, near-black performance, colour fidelity, motion handling and video processing to lucky attendees who will be asked to vote at the end of the day to select the “Best TV of 2015”.
This is the third collaboration between Crampton and Moore, Leeds Trinity University and HDTVTest on similar TV comparison events in the United Kingdom. Panasonic’s ZT plasma pipped LG’s 1080p OLED to the crown in the inaugural event, whereas Samsung’s HU8500 tied Panasonic’s AX902 4K television in the second event, although most thought the Samsung delivered significantly better value for money.
The 2015 TV shootout event will take place at Leeds Trinity University (post code LS18 5HD) on Saturday the 7th of November from 1pm to 5pm GMT. The preliminary schedule is as follows:
- 13:00: Opening statement
- 13:15: Contrast ratio, near-black performance & colours
- 14:45: Coffee break
- 15:00: Motion, video processing & others
- 16:30: Q&A plus closing statement
- 17:00: Event ends
Attendance is free, but limited to the first 35 people (due to space constraints) on a first-come first-served basis. To register, please fill in the form below so that you can be issued with an email confirmation for entry on the day.
Please also take a look at 2% and 3% grey test slides in order to check if the Pana OLED also comes without any dark edges at greys lower than the usual 5%.
We know that it does look pretty good at 5% and does better in near black than the curved EG960V, but the same applies to the new flat EF950V.
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I’m very disappointed that the Samsung 65JS9500 and the Sony 75X9405C have been excluded, as they are the other top televisions that are often discussed on the forums, and HDTVTEST has reviewed the Sony very favourably recently, in fact it was your best TV of the year so far, and the Samsung is also very, very good. Please, can you not obtain them in time for the shootout??
I agree with the other poster, there is no LCD LED sets in the line up, like the high end models from Sony and Samsung, which are considered the best TV in the market, esp the Sony X94.
Without the inclusions of these two LCD sets, you can not judge ‘the best TV of 2015’
Lets be honest here. No matter how good the LED range from sony or samsung is – it will never match the picture quality of a oled tv.
The oled tvs cant be beaten especially by a lcd led.
Agree with 2nd poster. Need some more LCDs from Sony,Samsung for comparison. LCDs have come a long way into improving pic quality and improved blacks. Although they are no OLED beaters, realistically how many will beable to afford a OLED technology for a while.
@Charlie – that might be the case about the LED’s but given the price difference it would be nice to see how much better the public think the current OLED’s are. Are they worth the price premium they command at this particular moment in time??
This is pretty much an OLED head to head as it stands and certainly not a 2015 shoot out … so I hope they add at least one major LED to make it a bit more relevant.
When are actually going to Review the Panasonic Oled and the flat one from LG? Then we should be really able to tell which one is bettter.
The Only Consumer Reference TV(Monitor) as for today is the KRP-500M
it should have been in this shootout as a reference and to show these LG and Panasonic employee amateurs how a tv should look like.
Todays TV buyers are completely lost as for how a reference tv should be.
they think banding/vignetting/lost colors near black/black crushing/color tints/low motion resolution is something you have to to expect.
all tvs has faults they say.
Put up a voltage modified KRP-500M with 0 blacks and you can throw all the other tvs in the trashcan.
then you can start to think about what the words “all tvs has faults” means ;)
So, Patrik Gårdewall, what would you have people buy today, since plasmas of any kind are no longer available, let alone Pioneer plasmas? (I speak as the owner of a Pioneer 428XD and a Pioneer LX5090, and two other plasmas, all calibrated.) Telling people to throw their televisions in the trashcan really is not constructive.
Where is the results????
Yep, where are the results please?
Hi all, you can read the results here:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2015/11/10/oled-tv-beats-plasma-tv-in-new-public-shoot-out/
Warmest regards
Vincent