Panasonic’s 65-inch OLED TV is a great Father’s Day deal at $997

Panasonic whitethorn not beryllium arsenic well-known successful the US for its TVs arsenic it is successful different parts of the globe, but that’s starting to change. The institution has a solid lineup of high-end TVs that are disposable done Amazon, 1 of which is selling astatine a large terms close now. Its 65-inch Z85 OLED TV with Amazon’s Fire TV bundle built-in is $997.99, a whopping 45 percent disconnected its archetypal $1,799.99 terms erstwhile it debuted successful precocious 2024. That’s a bully woody by itself, 1 that’s made amended with a bundle that includes the aforementioned TV positive Panasonic’s wireless cervix talker for just $2 more (totaling $999.99).

The Z85 features HDMI 2.1 ports connected 2 of its 4 HDMI ports (through which it tin show 4K solution astatine up to 120Hz), positive Dolby Vision and HDR10 Plus support. It ships with different bells and whistles that astir radical are looking for successful a premium tv (especially gamers), similar adaptable refresh complaint (VRR), positive adaptive sync via AMD’s FreeSync Premium and Nvidia G-Sync. Not atrocious astatine each for nether $1K.

I looked up this exemplary connected RTINGS, a assets that I usage for method breakdowns that enactment TVs advertised specs to the test. For the price, this TV fares beauteous well, but not arsenic good arsenic astir brands’ flagship models erstwhile it comes to brightness oregon handling glare.

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