Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and we are back again with a new TV to unbox on the channel this
is Panasonic's 48 inch OLED TV which comes with vrr 120 hertz and Dolby Vision support
now it's called the LZ980 and surprisingly it's the cheapest OLED in their new lineup yeah it's
packing some seriously good features for both movies and gaming including this dedicated gaming
menu so today we'll get this unboxed and set up and then I'll run you through the key features of
this TV right so I've got the 48 inch model here but it's also available in 42 55 and 65 inches so
a decent selection of sizes if you're looking for a screen for your desk or your living room setup
Inside the Box it comes with a three-part stand there's the base in a nice brushed metal design
a back plate for the stand and a metal bracket that connects the TV to the stand itself plus
there are two packs of screws this incredibly long remote control some batteries and a pack
of manuals and warranty information when it comes to installing the stand It's relatively
straightforward and can be done while keeping the TV upright you slot the metal bracket onto
the stand and fit the four available screws now lift the TV onto the bracket and secure it in
place with the four remaining screws then take the plastic cover and you can clip that over the top
so around the back it looks like most other OLED TVs to be honest we've got the ultra thin frame at
the top and the sides and then the chunkier bottom part which houses all of the internals material
wise is made from a very hard plastic with the thin part possibly being metal but it's hard to
tell but it feels premium and there's no flex in the screen which is always good to see as another
TV that I unboxed a few months ago had a crazy Bend in the middle now obviously I'm using the
provided standard that it came with but this can be wall mounted using the available vessel holes
and these measure 300 by 300 and here are all of the dimensions for the 48 inch model in case you
needed it for your own setup so taking a look at the ports on this we've got a great selection back
here which should be enough for most but there is one limitation so we have four HDMI ports two of
these are HDMI 2.0 and two are HDMI 2.1 and one of these are labeled e Arc and that's for sending
audio to your AVR or your Soundbar then we have an optical out an ethernet port satellite ports and
three USB ports there's also a headphone out if you need one as as well so plenty of ports but the
one limitation is that one of the HDMI 2.1 ports is reserved for e-arc so potentially you would be
limited to one port if you're using a sound bar at the same time and then we have the power cable
which measures 1.5 meters long on the left side we've got some physical buttons to control the TV
which includes the power button volume Channel and input buttons this is useful if you don't
have the remote controls at hand but you need to control the TV and as for the cable management it
doesn't really exist on this there's no trunking built-in or anything on the rear of the stand
it would have been good to have seen something incorporated into the stand itself maybe a hole
to feed the cables through or a clip to keep the cables tidy and out of sight but when it came to
setting it up it was really easy I wasn't prompted to create an account or sign up to anything just
a case of running through the various screens connecting to the internet and installing the
latest update it was probably one of the fastest setups I've done and only took a few minutes
and when it comes to the overall look and design of Panasonic's olad it's a cross between several
other oleds that I've reviewed so it's got the thin frame and bezels along with a slightly
chunkier chin housing a Panasonic logo I also quite like the stand as it gives the raised
monitor look which helps with finding space to fit a sound bar underneath to look at the stand
it looks nice with a brushed metal design but to feel it it's more of a hard plastic finish so it
definitely looks more premium than it feels but that's not necessarily a bad thing at this price
point right let's take a look at the screen so there's no surprise that the picture quality on
this is awesome it's an OLED panel so it's got those true deep blacks of 4K resolution decent
contrast and Clarity thanks to his AI processor now if you follow me for a while you know that
I'm a huge fan of Ola TVs there's something about the glossy screen the crystal clear image and the
infinite blacks that make them in my opinion the best TVs to use so not only does Panasonic offer
incredible picture quality for SDR content it also comes with some great HDR support and that
includes hlg hdr10 HDR 10 plus as well as Dolby Vision so whatever content you throw at it whether
it's via disk or streaming looks awesome on this TV out of the box it does have some over-the-top
motion smoothing switched on which was one of the first things I disabled and even with that off the
motion handling on this is really impressive it's also great to see filmmaker mode is supported as
well which means you can watch movies the way the director intended them to look and this is a mode
that I often used across other oleds as well but the big one for me is the support for Dolby vision
and Dolby Vision IQ which dynamically changes the brightness of the screen depending on the light
in your room okay so the picture quality is great the black levels are awesome but what's it like
for gaming well I'll be honest here and say that I didn't have high hopes for gaming on this OLED I
mean we know that Panasonic have been Pioneers for making TVs for years but are they gaming focused
well the short answer is after a couple of weeks of using it is yes this TV ticks all the boxes
when it comes to gaming on the PS5 Xbox series X and PC and that's down to 2mm important features
one is the fact that it supports HDMI 2.1 so we're getting the Fuller 120 hertz vrr and a llm but on
top of that they have a dedicated gaming mode or the game control board so firstly jumping into
pretty much any game on the PS5 looks stunning I mean once you've enabled 120 hertz and vrr you're
going to get an incredibly smooth experience and get quite literally the best out of this TV
and motion is great the contrasts black levels and Clarity are insanely good and when it comes to the
input lag that is coming in at 14 milliseconds so not quite as quick as a dedicated gaming monitor
or some of the competition but fast enough and non-competitive gaming although saying that I
did play some Modern Warfare while sitting on my sofa and I had absolutely no issues with getting
the kills but the big feature here is definitely the game control board within here you can see and
adjust the viewing mode so swap in between game modes or any of the others you can also enable or
disable a llm vrr or the 120 hertz bypass mode but seeing this dedicated gaming mode it definitely
shows that Panasonic are targeting Gamers and let's take a quick look at the menus and the
UI on this OLED so pressing the my app button on the remote brings up all the apps installed
from here you can rearrange them or add new ones via the App Store it's got everything that I need
including Netflix Disney Apple TV and Prime oh and if you need to jump into any of these apps
there are the quick launch buttons on the remote control most of these are standard Although seeing
YouTube is definitely a first for me now pressing the home button brings up a card system across the
bottom of the TV which is something I'm a huge fan of it doesn't take over the entire screen
and you can swipe between the different apps or even rearrange them into the order that you need
then if we press the menu button it brings up the quick access settings across the bottom things
like the picture mode sound and other settings that you might need to tweak or if you press the
main menu option it takes you to the full list of settings instead now not only are these settings
intuitive and easy to navigate I'm amazed at how fast and snappy this TV is I've used a few other
OLED TVs in the last year and it surprised me slow and sluggish some of those were whereas this feels
rapid with little to no delay when navigating around and honestly though a quick UI is massively
underrated when using a TV every single day and as mentioned at the start the remote for this is
big like I think this could be the longest remote control that I've ever used it's probably down to
the actual row of launch buttons across the top as well as the media playback buttons but it's
functional and has literally every button that you could possibly need from a remote
so there you have it I think overall the Panasonic LZ980 does take a lot of boxes when it comes to an
OLED TV it's got those perfect black levels a nice Snappy UI and awesome gaming features
for the PS5 and Xbox series X now today's video is only a quick look and I'm going to do a full
review on it next week specifically looking at the gaming features and how this TV could make
a great TV or monitor for your setup so if you've got any questions at all about this Panasonic OLED
just drop those in the comments below and while you're there if you drop a nice OLED I will give
you a thumbs up for staying right till the end and if you enjoyed today's video check this video out
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