![]() ![]() Leaving it on the PS homescreen 1-2 hours isn't a big deal, but if you start to leave it on the PS homescreen 1-2 hours a day for several months, it might start to become one. I would avoid leaving the screen on any sort of static image/interface for extended periods of time. We don’t hear from all the owners who have never had a problem they’re too busy enjoying all the OLEDy goodness. And it’s going to be disproportionately loud because people who experience problems tend to complain about them. Like I said, there’s a lot of paranoia about burn-in. ![]() But it’s not tuned to one channel 24/7, so the pixels haven’t gotten stuck. In other words, the worst case scenario for burn in. When it gets other usage it tends to get left on news channels, which have the little logo slug down in one corner. ![]() When I watch it I tend to view movies or play games. Mine has a lot of hours because it’s on almost all the time due to overlapping sleep schedules in my home. It’s most probable that you’ll avoid getting a dud and will get a lot of hours before the quality starts to degrade. People are very paranoid because of older technology that’s been fixed or current generation factory duds. It could be one of the best OLED TVs of the year.I have the C9 with over 14000 hours and no burn in yet. I think the MZ1500 will provide a nice option for people who want a better home theater experience than a mid-tier OLED can provide, and are willing to pay a bit more… but not as much as the high-end stuff. You can split the difference on price and picture quality. The latter of those is Panasonic's own My Home Screen system, which has some nice touches, but isn't generally considered to be at the top of the pack, and is an area where LG's OLEDs may be preferable. A lot of its other features are things you'd expect, including comprehensive gaming support (it has two HDMI 2.1 ports with VRR and 4K 120fps), Panasonic's highest-end image processing (which includes improved reduction of color banding that makes a great difference in practice), and a comprehensive smart TV platform. Those are the main two things that stood out to me when seeing (and hearing) the MZ1500 in person. And it's not going to give you a convincing Dolby Atmos effect (though it does support some psychoacoustic trickery to expand the sound), but if you just want a TV with sound that feels solid and don't want to add any other tech to your setup, it's a major step up, and will probably be one of the best TVs for sound. Let's be clear, it's still somewhat basic compared to what one of the best soundbars gives you. The MZ1500 felt dynamic, crisp and able to deliver a wider range – and with plenty of detail, which also tends to be lost with small speakers. The LG C3 can create a wide and tall soundstage with some positional effects when you engage its AI sound mode, but the audio is thin – it's never going to really satisfy in action scenes or elevate a score to its full potential. The speakers create a big soundstage that feels deep, based on my experience with it – and doing both of these is hard for most TVs. And although the C3's sound isn't bad at all for a thin TV with a hidden speaker system, there's nothing quite like having stereo channels pointing straight at you with a dedicated subwoofer to add bass. Sound's goodĪs mentioned, the built-in speakers in the MZ1500 are the other advantage that it has over the LG C3. The LG G3 (or the Samsung S95C) are both much brighter again, reaching around 1,400 nits – but you have to spend a load more again to get there. And, unlike any LG or Samsung TV, the Panasonic has support for both Dolby Vision and HDR10+, so it can make the most of its contrast whatever service you watch on. In our LG C3 review, we measured its real peak brightness at around 800 nits, so assuming MZ1500 can hit the same highs (and there's no reason it won't), you're getting a 20% boost in brightness compared to the C3 – and as I mentioned above, you can really see that difference in practise. The screen is essentially the same as last year's Panasonic LZ1500 TV, which reached peak brightness of around 1,000 nits in real-world testing. A heatsink behind the panel allows the brightness to be pushed harder without shortening the life of the OLED screen, or risking the dreaded burn-in, where 'ghost' images stay on the screen. The MZ1500 uses Panasonic's Master OLED Pro screen, which means that it's tuned for color accuracy out of the box, but most importantly that also means it includes heat management tech that's custom to Panasonic. ![]()
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