While the principle focus of Panasonic’s 2023 TV launch was the top-spec OLED fashions, there’s a product that will pique the curiosity of sensible dwelling fans.
The MX800 4K LED TV is Panasonic’s first ever mannequin to run on Amazon’s Hearth TV OS, and it comes with a bespoke (if barely giant) distant that has a number of further options designed to make navigation faster and less complicated, together with a technique to give a voice command with out truly talking.
Firstly, there may be the ‘My App’ button, which present Panasonic TV customers might already be conversant in. This can be a customisable key that may be assigned as a shortcut to apps like Disney+, which is sort of widespread – however what makes this function stand out is the truth that it could possibly keep in mind voice instructions for numerous options.
In a media demo to Tech Advisor in Berlin, a Panasonic consultant used the microphone on the distant to say the command “go to profiles”. The TV then saved this phrase, and the person was capable of register the command to the ‘My App’ button fairly simply.
This function can also be on the Alexa Voice Distant Professional, however this distant management is barely accessible as an extra buy (priced at £34.99 from Amazon), quite than included with any Hearth TV units as normal.
Voice management can also be appropriate with Alexa routines. So, in case you have sensible units enabled round the home, you should use your chosen voice command on the distant (similar to “Alexa, activate the lights”), after which assign it to the My App button to regulate your units with a easy click on.
One other shortcut included on the Panasonic MX800 distant is a button for Image Mode, so you’ll be able to rapidly alter the colors and settings on the HDR backlit panel to fit your preferences with out diving into the settings menu. All of the graphics on the panel are powered by Panasonic’s HCX Processor.
For navigation, the MX800 boasts a common TV information that streamlines each linear TV channels and content material from streaming companies similar to Amazon Prime Video and Freevee, holding all the things in a single helpful place.
This TV is a prototype and should differ from the ultimate product
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While Hearth TV is a really complete OS, we’ve got discovered it to be barely heavy-handed in promoting Amazon content material on different media gamers and TVs. If this isn’t for you, then Panasonic additionally has a variety of TVs which run on Google TV and its personal OS, My Dwelling Display screen 8.0. The TV additionally comes with assist for Dolby Imaginative and prescient, HDR10+ and Dolby Atmos.
Panasonic has not supplied costs or launch dates for the MX800, however final 12 months’s LX800 vary began from £499. When it does finally hit cabinets, it is going to be accessible in 43-, 50- 55-, 65-, 75-, and 85in sizes. Sadly, Panasonic TVs aren’t accessible within the US. It’s also possible to learn up on why the MZ2000, MZ1500 and MZ980 are perfect TVs for players, in addition to our roundup of the most effective TVs you should buy proper now.