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AS OF DECEMBER 21, 2014, THIS POST WILL NO LONGER BE UPDATED. FOR NEW UPDATES, PLEASE REFER TO THE OWNERS THREAD.

Official Product Pages:
U.S. - TBA

UK - TX-65AX902B

Canada - TC-65AX900

Owner's Manual:
U.S. - TBA

UK - TBA

Canada - eHelp | Owner's Manual

Press Release:
U.S. - Panasonic Announces U.S. Debut Of AX900 And AX850 Series 4K Ultra HDTVs

UK - Panasonic IFA 2014 Press Kit, and ‘Unleash your senses’ with Panasonic’s AX902 - a new chapter in 4K Ultra HD LED LCD TV picture quality

Link to Purchase:
U.S. - TC-65AX900 (Magnolia exclusive | $7,199 | available now | online product listing TBA)

UK (Panasonic Store) - TX-65AX902B (£4,999.99 [$8,016.11 USD]) (In stock)

Canada - TBA ($7,999.99) (Early to mid January 2015)


FEATURES
•THX Certified 65-inch IPS 3000 4K Hz BLS IFC PRO (Ultra High Definition (3840 x 2160p) | Scanning Backlight | Intelligent Frame Creation | Full Array Local Dimming with 128 Dimming Zones)

•Full Aray Local Dimming (FALD) dubbed "Local Dimming ULTRA" (claimed to feature a more sophisticated sampling across 5 x 5 matrices of local dimming fields to minimize halos around bright objects against dark backgrounds) in 128 16×8 dimming zones (dimming zones confirmed)


•Studio Master Drive which includes both a Super Chroma Drive providing professional-standard 3D Look Up Tables calibration with 8000 registry points (which Panasonic claims is the first time it will be used in a consumer television) (click here for an explanation on LUTs by fxguide co-founder Mike Seymour) and the Black Gradation drive that scans for and applies brightness compensation to dark parts of the picture to protect against them looking hollow and ‘crushed’


•Dynamic Range Remaster (DRR) circuitry to restore the brilliance of bright highlights

•ISF certification with Day and Night calibration modes

•Setting controls accessible on a tablet or smartphone using a dedicated app

•Color gamut reaching 98 percent of the DCI (Digital Cinema Initiative) specification including the BT.1886, the International Telecommunication Union's standard for gamma on professional mastering displays that offers the specific advantage of rendering dark shadows with improved clarity versus older gamma functions (it is also the default gamma target for BT.709 calibrations in SpectraCal's well-known CalMAN software) (yet another claimed industry first)

•Lighting condition analysis (linking video signal processing to ambient light levels) (yet another claimed industry first)

•Four (4) 18 Gbps HDMI 2.0 terminals with HDCP 2.2 support

•DisplayPort 1.2a

•H.265 HEVC content decoding and UHD/4K cloud sreaming

•3D (Polarized) (Passive)

•“Beyond Smart” feature set driven by a Pro5 Quad-Core video processor and HEVC decoder which includes: Info Bar (displays information such as the time and weather without turning on the TV due to a proximity sensor coupled with Face Recognition), Internet Apps (linked to official current lists), my Home Screen, my Stream (for customized recommended content), TV Anyplace, Voice Assistant, Panasonic Cloud - TV Anywhere (transfer live broadcasts or recorded contents via the cloud to a smartphone or tablet device anywhere), HbbTV, Freetime (on demand programming in the UK), and DLNA streaming

•Quad Core Pro5 processing driving the frame interpolation processing for removing judder and motion blur, a Halo Effect Reduction feature (see quote below), 4K Super Clear Resolution upscaling engine, Content Optimiser Pro applying either or both ‘Random Noise Reduction’ to remove video noise without effecting subtle detail elements or causing blurring or Low Bit Rate Noise Reduction to eliminate fizzing and blocking patterns/artifacts associated with heavily compressed digital broadcasts or Web streams (credit to John Archer of Forbes)

•Area Gamma Control feature "where the brightness levels of dark and bright areas are continually analysed separately so that the screen’s gradation steps can be optimised for each area which should result in even more shadow detail and [ ] accurate localised colouring." (credit to John Archer of Forbes)

•700 Nits of brightness (credit to John Archer of Forbes)

•Black frame insertion without frame interpolation in THX mode (credit to Mark Henninger)

•The AX900 is the first LCD-based TV to feature accurate gamma tracking (with BT.1886) when local dimming is activated (credit to Mark Henninger and Joel Silver)

•Rec 709 standard and BT.2020 colour space also supported (the latter in conjunction with the 3D Look-Up technology) (credit to John Archer of Forbes)

•Contains four (4) cooling fans (credit to digital.tv)

•No 55-inch model for the U.S. (unconfirmed)

Reviews
Digital Daily - Panasonic AX900, in testing the super LCD designed for those who want the very best (Italian)

avforums - Panasonic TX-55AX902B (AX902) Ultra HD 4K TV Review (UK)

Lesnumeriques - Test: Panasonic TX-55AX900E a definition TV UHD (French)

Dinside - TEST: Panasonic 65AX900 (Norwegian)

Trusted Reviews - Panasonic TX-55AX902 review (UK)

HDTVtest - Panasonic TX-55AX902B 4K TV Review (UK)

avforums - Panasonic AX902 (TX-xxAX902) user review and owners thread (UK)

tweakers.net - Panasonic Viera AX900 Review - The UHDTV that plasma rivals (Danish)

hdtvpolska.com - TEST: Panasonic 55 "65" AX900 Ultra HD 4K 55AX900 65AX900 65AX900 TX-TX-55AX900 (Maciej Koper) (Polish)

digitalt.tv - Panasonic AX900 TX 65AX900 Ultra HD TV (Danish)

idg.se - Panasonic AX900 UHD TV: TV for those who want the best possible image (Swedish)

obywatelhd - Panasonic AX900 - for and against the [test] (Polish)

Notable Quotes
From HDTVtest's Vincent Teoh
Panasonic set out to build an LED LCD TV that performs like plasma, and in many ways the company has succeeded with its flagship AX902B series. Mention plasma and most video enthusiasts will immediately think of its formidable blacks, but occasionally people forget that PDP’s other strengths include screen uniformity, viewing angles and motion quality that so endeared us to this now-defunct display technology.

And it’s in these areas – if not outright black level – that the Panasonic TX-55AX902B stamped its mark. The set’s breathtakingly accurate colours, near-perfect screen uniformity, wide viewing angles and impressive motion clarity combined to deliver an overall picture that looked as plasma-esque as we’ve seen on an LCD-based television.

Of course, sceptics will ask, why bother spending so much on an LED LCD display when plasmas and OLED TVs share similar advantages, and have superior black level to boot?

The reality is that the curtain has fallen on plasma display panel (PDP) technology, with Panasonic, Samsung and LG Electronics all having shuttered production within the span of twelve months. Meanwhile, LG – the only major OLED TV player in town – is still facing delays in bringing its 4K curved OLED model to market. At this time of publication, no other LED television comes closer to emulating plasma’s alluring image quality than the Panasonic AX902/ AX900.
From Forbes' John Archer
In fact, the AX900s’ ‘3000Hz BLS 4K IFC PRO’ motion compensation system includes a new Halo Effect Reduction feature, which adds complex back and forward motion to its analysis as well as the more standard vertical, horizontal and diagonal motion elements.
From Sound & Vision's Tom Norton
The AX900 is said to be capable of a color gamut reaching 98 percent of the DCI (Digital Cinema Initiative) specification, though this will be of value only if DCI is chosen as the color spec for Ultra HD (still under discussion, with B.T.2020 also a candidate) and if the set can accept a native DCI source and pass it through to the panel without modifying it in any way, apart from the effects of the user controls.
I noticed that the AX900’s image darkened somewhat when I moved 20-degrees or so off axis, but didn’t suffer color wash out in the same way that a VA LCD panel does.* * * * In its black level, color, and other qualities, even in the vivid mode used for some of the tests, the AX900 looked clearly as good or better than any of the adjoining sets.
From Big Picture Big Sound's Chris Boylan:
In looking at both Blu-ray and 4K video content on the four LED/LCD sets, the plasma TV and the OLED professional monitor, it was impressive how closely the AX900 set matched the color and overall image reproduction of the OLED monitor.
Also, in an industry first, the AX900 has a gamma setting that matches the BT.1886 standard, which has been recommended by the ITU (International Telecommunication Union) as the preferred gamma standard for professional studio monitors.
It's the closest I've ever seen an LED/LCD set come to producing the black levels and color saturation of a plasma, and that's saying something. Videophiles who bemoan the death of plasma technology (myself included) will find a lot to like about the AX900.
From the IFA 2014 press release:
Reproducing deep, rich blacks, whilst also retaining rich colours in dark scenes has been a long standing weakness of LCD TVs. In order to deliver best-in-class black performance, the AX900 uses a Direct LED with full-array local dimming complemented with Panasonic-unique Local Dimming Ultra technologies. Other full array local dimming systems suffer from a ‘halo’ effect around moving bright objects because their local dimming fields lack sufficient brightness control or are either entirely on or off. The AX900 analyses the incoming video signal not in traditional 3 x 3 matrices, but across 5 x 5 matrices of local dimming fields and adjusts the brightness level of each individual field by extremely fine degrees (i.e. not just on/off), providing smooth motion of bright objects, a high contrast ratio, deep, rich blacks and extremely fine gradation which retains detail even in the darkest scenes.
(Photo courtesy of HDTVtest)

An unnamed "Panasonic product specialist" was quoted by Virginia Barry of Reviewed.com as saying:
[E]ach zone utilizes a five-step granular technique, so that diodes dim and brighten intelligently, avoiding the dreaded haze (or "halo effect") that can bleed from bright subjects into surrounding blacks, and also retaining maximum detail in both light and dark areas.
According to Vincent Teoh of HDTVtest:
[T]he largest 85-incher, originally part of the AX900 range, has now been hived off as the Panasonic X940/ X942 series, presumably due to the reduced number of dimmable zones (32) and LCD panel type (VA).
Design
Virginia Barry of Reviewed.com described the AX900's design like this:
The AX900 bears a strong family resemblance to the excellent AX800 4K TV, which is positioned just below it in the Panasonic lineup. The primary difference between the two is that the new AX900 is a bit thicker. That's by necessity: It simply has more LEDs to cram behind the screen.

Instead of a prop-style stand with a thin neck, which is what you spot on most televisions, the AX900 has almost no base at all. A single, sleek line traces the underside of the screen and props the TV up in a continuous horizontal swoop. In other words, it looks like a freestanding screen. The approach is exceedingly minimal, though it gives the TV a strangely monolithic look.

The AX900 looks like a freestanding screen.

Discreet, ribbon-thin bezels wrap around the screen, while chrome traces the panel's outermost perimeter. Where some companies have embraced flashy, futuristic, or gaudy designs, Panasonic keeps it classy and understated with the AX900.
Specifications
U.S. - TBA

UK - TX-65AX902B

Canada - TC-65AX900

Articles (Newest at top)
HDTVtest - Samsung HU8500 Ties Panasonic AX902 for Best 2014 4K TV

Forbes - Panasonic TC-55AX900 Review: LCD Gets Serious

Forbes - LCD TV Revolution: The 6 Steps That Make LCD 'Better Than Plasma'

Sound & Vision - A Preview of Panasonic's New Flagship Ultra HD TVs

Home Theater Review - Panasonic Life+Screen Web Platform (2014) Reviewed

AVS - Panasonic TC-65AX900—a Revolutionary LED-LCD UHDTV

Big Picture Big Sound - Panasonic Shows Off Flagship 65-inch AX900 and 85-inch AX850 Ultra HD LED TVs

High Def Digest - Panasonic Will Demo Latest Ultra HD TVs at Luxury Tech Show

FLATPANELSHD - Panasonic AX900 will be almost as expensive as OLED (Note: U.S. prices have not been announced)

4K News & Reviews - Review of the Panasonic TX-L65AX900: Panasonic’s Newest, Greatest Line of UHD TVs

ayehdtv.com - IFA: Panasonic AX900 Review (The First Look)

HDTVtest - Panasonic AX900/AX902 Could Be Best 4K LED TV Yet

Reviewed.com - Panasonic AX900 4K LED TV First Impressions Review - The king is dead. Has Panasonic found a worthy successor?

Big Picture Big Sound - Eyes-On with Panasonic's AX900 LED/LCD Ultra HD TV: Is It Really a Plasma Killer?

FLATPANELSHD - PANASONIC CONFIRMS 4K NETFLIX FOR ITS 4K TVS

what hi-fi? - IFA 2014: Panasonic confirms AX900 and flagship X940 4K TVs

c|net - Panasonic plasma-ifies 4K LCD TV picture with full-array local dimming

Huffpost Tech - Panasonic Unveils New 4K TVs, The Return Of 'Technic' Audio... And One Hell Of A Mirror

FLATPANELSHD - Panasonic launches new AX900 & X940 4K TVs

AVS Forum - Full Array Local Dimming: It's All About the Zones

HDTVtest - Panasonic’s Plasma-Like LED TV is AX900 with Direct Local Dimming

FLATPANELSHD - Panasonic unveils two Ultra HD TVs - AX900 & AX800

FLATPANELSHD - Panasonic's 2014 TV line-up - with prices

Flatpanels HD - Can Panasonic AX900 really produce plasma-like PQ?

High Def Digest - Panasonic Details 2014 TVs

PC Mag - Panasonic Unveils Voice-Activated TVs With Facial Recognition

PC World - Panasonic says new 4K LED TV has plasma-like picture quality (appears to erroneously refer to the AX800 series rather than the AX900)

Big Picture Big Sound - Panasonic Introduces 4K, LED and LCD TV Lineup for 2014

Trusted Reviews - Panasonic Viera AX900 4K UHD TV series coming to UK in Q3

Trusted Reviews - Panasonic TX-L65AX900 Review

techradar - Panasonic: our new AX900 LED TVs finally rival plasma

Panasonic - INTRODUCING THE FUTURE OF TELEVISION: LIFE+ SCREEN

Panasonic - Panasonic's 65-inch 4K LED TV Named the Best UHDTV

Gadget Update - Panasonic TX-L65AX900 TV Assessment

Of Week - Panasonic Viera AX900 4K UHD flagship TV

Firmware Releases
TBA

Calibration settings
55"
vegacortez (UK)

avforums - Panasonic TX-55AX902B Reviewer's Recommended Best Settings

65"
TBA

Social Media
facebook - Panasonic VIERA TV (official)

Video
Panasonic VIERA Global - Local Dimming Ultra - youtu.be/E6Ut5wGp0IA

Panasonic AX900 4K LED TV US CA 1212 - youtu.be/MDzjjPAjau4

Panasonic VIERA AX902 Studio Master Drive - youtu.be/-a1_diBpt5Q

Panasonic VIERA AX902 Ultra Bright Panel - youtu.be/6sCI5mTXou8

Digital Trends - Panasonic Viera AX900U 4KTV - First Look (Latest video from the 10/14/14 Luxury Electronics Show) - youtu.be/VRCdfmbfFjs

Panasonic VIERA Global - Panasonic VIERA Studio Master Drive - youtu.be/wxzAVfYO1yE

Panasonic VIERA Global - Panasonic VIERA Ultra Bright Panel - youtu.be/aW9uLw9GCsw

Panasonic Japan - Direct voice operation [VIERA 4K AX900 / AX900F] [official] - youtu.be/f21to7SQ3x0

Official Panasonic Channel (Poland) - Panasonic AX900 4K LED TV - youtu.be/snTQERLFKkc

Official Panasonic Channel - AX900 Picture Quality - youtu.be/stjDStcFVMo

VIERA - AX940 & AX900 4K TVs #PanasonicIFA - youtu.be/-i6yYZFTLJ4

YouTube - Smart Review - CES 2014 | Panasonic Viera 4K Ultra HD TV Lineup 2014 | Life+ Screen Smart HDTV | LED TVs - youtube.com/watch?v=lJjK-QqmFpA

YouTube - Panasonic VIERA Global - Panasonic Life+ Screen Special Interview Vol.1 - youtu.be/C7vMDC2j-EI

YouTube - AVForumsTV - Panasonic launch two 4K TV models and more at Convention 2014 - youtu.be/JGH969i69gc

Panasonic - Viera Life+ Screen (60") - youtu.be/1b3usmwpVBI
 
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#681 ·
Here you go. Should be $6995 MSRP with "sale" prices anywhere from $4995-5995 in the US market.
I hope you're right. Why is Panasonic taking so long to release the AX900 here? I just don't get it. Every day that goes by brings with it something new that could prevent me from buying one. Our dryer died and the wife just saw an ad at Home Depot for a discount on two appliances, free delivery, install and old appliance removal. It's almost a race to see which one of us gets to the order button first! :eek: LOL.
 
#683 ·
As a current owner of the AX800, I can say that I hate the backward lean. I understand its safety purpose but both my wife and I hated it. Couldn't get it on the wall fast enough. You can't help but notice that the frame is leaning back even if the picture was still perfectly OK. It just felt wrong.


If I was in a situation that demanded it stay on the base, I would have to come up with a shimming solution (which I think is certainly possible without too much effort).
 
#684 ·
As a current owner of the AX800, I can say that I hate the backward lean. I understand its safety purpose but both my wife and I hated it. Couldn't get it on the wall fast enough. You can't help but notice that the frame is leaning back even if the picture was still perfectly OK. It just felt wrong.

If I was in a situation that demanded it stay on the base, I would have to come up with a shimming solution (which I think is certainly possible without too much effort).
My TV is leaned back a bit and it never was i problem for me. I even like it better that way.
 
#690 ·
Looks like for once the RRP down here in New Zealand is far better than elsewhere in the world. It's being sold for NZD$6700 at the moment (equals to about $5000 USD).

The local JB HiFi just got two of 65AX900 in stock, and I'm heading there with my flash drive today to see the one on display in action.

I currently own Samsung Curved 65HU9000, which is very decent, so I have high expectations from this new FALD Panny, especially after the AX800 proved such a disappointment (the awful banding, washed out colors off angle, and constant stuck pixels).
 
#692 · (Edited)
Okay, just got back from the local store where I ran a number of videos and still background pictures on the new 65AX900.

Here are my first impressions.

1) Screen uniformity really looks almost perfect, certainly no dark banding and blobbing like all the AX800s I've seen (about 6 of them), the only blemish is a narrow darker 0.5cm pass around all four edges of the panel, exactly like AX800, but that is tolerable.
2) Colors look much more accurate than on AX800 (which I had right next to it with exactly the same files on it). While AX800 has washed out colors by default and completely white-washed when looking from an angle, the AX900 looks very solid looking at it from a centre, but exhibits noticeable color darkening when viewed from an angle (even slight one).
3) AX900 has even worse USB playback support than AX800; it seems to only support drives up to 16GB (AX800 detects 32GB no problems), and will only play 8-bit low bitrate (under 10mbps) h264 content properly, and will not deinterlace interlaced material. Not that anyone uses USB playback outside an electronics shop...but it's still annoying how useless it is.
4) Both AX800 and AX900 look exactly the same, same 20kg stand, same annoying backward lean that further contributes to color washout/darkening.
5) Motion interpolation looks exactly the same as on all Panny TVs, pretty good but nothing too impressive.
6) FALD definitely contributes heavily towards much more accurate colors, whites and blacks, and I was unable to see any clouding at all, but under bright store lights that is not surprising.
7) Upscaling 720p and 1080p to 2160p did not look nearly as impressive as Samsung HU9000.

Providing that the stuck pixels issue has gone away, I would definitely consider this TV for its PQ, I just wish it was curved to reduce color distortions from angle, save on space in a tight room, and simply be sexy looking like Samsung curved TV is.

Now I'll probably be waiting for Boxing day discounts to see if it's really worth upgrading or not.
 
#694 ·
Okay, just got back from the local store where I ran a number of videos and still background pictures on the new 65AX900.

Here are my first impressions.
General overall questions: Was the 900 calibrated? Were you able to tweak the calibrations in any way? Did you adjust the dimming level at all?

2) Colors look much more accurate than on AX800 (which I had right next to it with exactly the same files on it). While AX800 has washed out colors by default and completely white-washed when looking from an angle, the AX900 looks very solid looking at it from a centre, but exhibits noticeable color darkening when viewed from an angle (even slight one).
Do you know what the backlight setting was? Color temp?

3) AX900 has even worse USB playback support than AX800; it seems to only support drives up to 16GB (AX800 detects 32GB no problems), and will only play 8-bit low bitrate (under 10mbps) h264 content properly, and will not deinterlace interlaced material. Not that anyone uses USB playback outside an electronics shop...but it's still annoying how useless it is.
So first the display port gets exposed as an affront to gamers and now the USB an affront to most everyday consumers who use thumb drives with high resolution camera photo and video files. :(

4) Both AX800 and AX900 look exactly the same, same 20kg stand, same annoying backward lean that further contributes to color washout/darkening.
What distances were you from the unit what you saw the washout/darkening that the stand contributed to. I noticed that there was no similar anomalies from the tilt noted in the HDTVtest review. In his review at AVforums, vegacortez also made no mention of any effect caused by the sets leaning other than to say the angle "is not that much".

5) Motion interpolation looks exactly the same as on all Panny TVs, pretty good but nothing too impressive.
That's surprising to read given that unlike earlier models, the 900 uses a new quad core driven "Intelligent Frame Creation" system. So far, it's best described in Maciej Koper's review at hdtvpolska. I would have expected a noticeable difference. Koper gave it the maximum score "practically devoid of streaking" and said the 900 only had problems with images bearing "lightweight division contours" so that you could "see a subtle and small second contour for the object captured in rapid motion".

6) FALD definitely contributes heavily towards much more accurate colors, whites and blacks, and I was unable to see any clouding at all, but under bright store lights that is not surprising.
Despite the lights, did you try any real dark scenes? No haloing?

7) Upscaling 720p and 1080p to 2160p did not look nearly as impressive as Samsung HU9000.
This too is disappointing and somewhat surprising to read particularly with the 1080p content on up. Not many of the reviews published thus far tested SD material. Mark Dahl of idg.se stated that "we also tested the standard TV with very good results. Dvd looked really good and blu-ray upscaled to 4k was scary like genuine 4k." Did you use the feature that allows you to compare material scaled to 4K natively displayed on the screen of the same size?

I just wish it was curved to reduce color distortions from angle, save on space in a tight room, and simply be sexy looking like Samsung curved TV is.
Have you seen the CNET article "Trouble with the curve: What you need to know about curved TVs". Do you disagree that "the curve on the picture is subtle, and it provides no increase in immersion"? That it reportedly "creates subtle geometric distortions"?
 
#693 · (Edited)
^^^ What local store are you speaking off?
Ahh just saw you're from New Zealand, so they are available there now, how much?
 
#708 ·
JB HiFi here in New Zealand has them in stock across the country, but they have them exclusively meaning no other NZ store will be selling them unfortunately (=no price matching). MSRP NZD$7000 (USD$5500), street should be about NZD$5300 (USD$4000) during Boxing Day sale. I honestly cannot believe these prices, we usually get hit with 2-2.5x MSRP of what USA gets. For example Samsung Curved 65HU9000 retailed here at NZD$10500 (USD$8300).
 
#699 ·
#704 ·
So with this one having more input lag than the ax800 based on that initial review, which tv would have a better picture, the 65 ax800 that is now on sale or the 65 samsung that just now supports 444 as of a firmware update a few days ago? Also considering the 70in p series for the price but sounds like a lot of people have issues with the sharpening bug and the 70 seems to have issues with red levels when calibrating and doesn't support 444. I'm leaning towards the ax800 since my older video card doesn't have hdmi 2.0 but has displayport 1.2. Also the price of the 900 seems to be way more than the ax800.... Upgrading from a seiki so I'm sure they would all be a big step up.
 
#705 ·
For the P Series it's not a lot of people it's 3 reviewers. Owners are still trying to determine if it's only the 65" that has it as many haven't seen what was pointed out. There are other issues but those are well covered in the owners and calibration threads also you seem to be focused on 444 yet you don't have a card that will be able to do 4k@60 444 so at least for now there is no benefit to you. It's still too early to make any conclusions about the ax900. If you don't need a new tv right now my advice would be to wait to see what comes up when more owners get it in their hands.


Sent from an system/360
 
#712 ·
Thank you Soapbox for all the impressions so far. Very much looking forward to you getting your hands on one and determining uniformity while in a darker environment and exploring its shadow detail capabilities while simultaneously showing brighter spots on the display (ie ANSI'ish evaluation).
 
#713 ·
News that JVC's 85" DM85UZXR FALD 4k TV is set to debut in two months for the same price rumored for the 65" AX900 in the U.S., $7,999. :cool: I noticed at least one immediate drawback. The JVC will have only 64 zones compared to the AX900's 128. It's also not clear whether it is 3D enabled like the AX900.
 
#722 ·
In follow-up to my earlier post, 635, avforums member vegacortez, who reviewed the 55AX902 (UK), recently added regarding the TV's 3D performance:

After watching the new transformers movie in 3D which switches between full screen and bordered all the way through the movie i have no real issue with the 3d as again the crosstalk from viewing angles only appears in the top left and right of the screen (from my viewing distance and height) and only at certain 3D depths which did not really spoil the movie at all to me. Really fantastic and sharp picture with deep black levels, really enjoyable to watch this movie in 3D.

My final impression after many movies and boxsets is i that i could not of bought a better tv right now and i am totally blown away and could not be any happier.
 
#726 ·
The consensus seems to be this Panasonic is using a revolutionary new IPS panel manufactured by LGD. Does anyone know if they are planing on using it themselves or letting others manufactures use it in their displays? I doubt anyone's processing could match Panasonic, but it would be nice to see what they can do at a lower price point.
 
#729 ·
Well, unless Panasonic pulls an "Emotiva", the U.S. price and availability announcement is coming this week (or by the first day next week, i.e., Sunday, 11/30/14, if you consider Sunday the first day of a week). Will Panasonic be a Grinch or deliver Holiday Cheer?
 
#740 ·
Trusted Reviews review

http://www.trustedreviews.com/panasonic-tx-55ax902-review

A very positive review. Verdict:

The 55AX902 is a considerable achievement by Panasonic. It's not the first truly brilliant LCD TV we’ve seen, but it's unique in the way it targets the needs of the dedicated cinephile. That means it's a better bet for a cinema room than a living room, but we suspect there are many film fans out there who won’t be upset to hear that at all.

Pros
* Revelatory, plasma-rivalling image quality
* Good 3D performance
* Solid, weighty sound

Cons
* Response time too slow for serious gaming
* Pricey
 
#742 · (Edited)
Thanks for sharing the new review. I've added the link to it in the Review section in the lead post. BTW. Along with vegacortez, Trusted has offered probably the best review of the TV's 3D performance.

For starters, since it uses the passive 3D format its 3D images are almost entirely free of crosstalk ghosting noise. Edges thus look clean and clear-cut, helping images look sharper and more detailed.
Archer's only complaint was a noticeable degredation in resolution when switching from 4K media. He also writes that in one scene of Pacific Rim, he saw "very small areas of detail . . . glitching in and out of the image slightly, and sometimes areas of the background can look a touch soft." Heck, if that's the worst I'll ever see, I'll be happy in the added dimension. :)
 
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