Panasonic’s eagerly awaited 2025 OLED and Mini-LED TVs have started rolling out in Europe and the U.K. and many of its new models can already be found online and with select retailers.
The new models for this year include the flagship Panasonic Z95B OLED TV, the company’s first to come with the most advanced RGB Tandem OLED panel, while the Z90B and Z80 represent more affordable OLED options.
Panasonic’s range also includes a couple of high-powered Mini-LED models, with the top choices there being the Panasonic W95B and the W93B. Just like the Z95B, the W95B features an enhanced panel that promises to deliver even more stunning pictures than its Mini-LED predecessors.
Without doubt, the star of the show is the Panasonic Z95B OLED TV, which replaces last year’s highly-rated Z95A, which was regarded as one of the best OLED televisions money could buy, and it should deliver a noticeable improvement thanks to the inclusion of LG Display’s next-generation Primary RGB Tandem panel. The Z95B is positioned to compete with other high-end OLED televisions, such as LG Electronics’ G5, Philips’ OLED910 and OLED950 models, as well as QD-OLED models such as Samsung’s S95F and Sony's Bravia 8 II.
The Z95B is available in 55-, 65- and 77-inch sizes and has some unique features not found on its competitors’ models, which could help position it as one of the best OLED TVs this year. These include Panasonic’s proprietary ThermalFlow cooling system that’s said to be inspired by racecar dynamics and improves the thermal airflow structure inside the TV. By carefully optimising the placement of components and vents, the system helps the TV to dissipate heat more effectively, ensuring it will maintain peak panel performance.
The Z95B is the first Panasonic TV to feature the company’s updated 360° Soundscape Pro system, which introduces spatial audio and a more expansive speaker array layout, with front-firing, upward firing, and side speakers optimised for wider sound dispersion and personalised sound placement. There’s also an integrated subwoofer, which cranks up the total audio output to 30 watts. Together, these should notably enhance the effects of Dolby Atmos surround sound. Finally, there’s a new processor in the HCX Pro AI Processor MK II chipset.
The Z95B is on sale now in the U.K. at select retailers, priced at £2,299 for the 55-inch model, £2,799 for the 65-incher, and £3,899 for the largest 77-inch version.
HDTVTest is yet to review the Panasonic Z95B, but chief reviewer Vincent Teoh did get a good first look at it in May when he visited Panasonic Europe's headquarters in Germany in May. He believes that Panasonic's OLED TVs could well be the biggest beneficiaries of the RGB Tandem OLED panel, and this is why:
A more affordable OLED option is the Panasonic Z90B, which is sold in the same sizes and also two smaller, 42-inch and 48-inch options. It features front-facing speakers and an OLED Master Pro panel, which is based on LG Display’s OLED.EX technology that debuted last year. It comes with the same new HCX Pro AI Processor MK II chip that’s found in the Z95B. At present, not all sizes are available yet, but the 42-inch model can be found online priced at £1,399, while the 55-inch version costs £1,799.
As for the Panasonic Z80B, this is the company’s most affordable OLED TV this year, featuring a standard OLED panel and older processor, and it comes in three size options – 48-, 55- and 65-inches. We haven’t found them listed in the U.K. just yet, but we do have European prices that gives us an idea of what to expect. On Amazon Germany, they cost €1,299 (around £1,123), €1,949 (£1,685) and €2,199 (£1,901) respectively.
If OLED isn’t your thing or you’re on a tighter budget, Panasonic’s Mini-LED TVs look like a great alternative, headed up by the flagship W95B, which is the successor to last year’s W95A model. It ups the ante with an improved Mini-LED panel that features two-and-a-half times as many local dimming zones as the W95A television, with the promise of better contrast and deeper blacks that get closer than ever to achieving parity with OLED.
The Panasonic W95B also comes with the same HCX Pro AI Processor MK II chip found in the high-end OLED models. According to Panasonic, the chip enables more optimal backlight control compared to its older Mini-LED TVs, which is combined with Precision Detail technology to help boost HDR quality.
The W95B is also perfect for gaming, with support for 4K 144Hz graphics and VRR, ALLM, Dolby Vision, AMD FreeSync Premium and Nvidia G-Sync all included. There are four size to choose from with the 55-inch version priced at £899, the 65-inch model at £1,199, the 75-inch model at £1,599 and the largest 85-inch set costing £2,199.
Finally, we should also give a mention to the Panasonic W93B Mini-LED TV, which has the same advanced processor and the older 144HZ HDR Bright Panel Pro that was found on last year’s W95A flagship. So it has fewer local dimming zones than the W95B, but with the same processor and improved backlight control system as the W95B, it should still provide some high-quality pictures.
At present, the W93B has not been listed by any U.K. retailers, but in Europe it’s currently available in two sizes, with the 43-inch version priced at €759 (around £656) and a 65-inch model that costs €1,249 (£1,080). Panasonic has also promised to launch 50- and 55-inch variants later.
