{"id":175256,"date":"2023-11-15T19:32:27","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T19:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techweekmag.com\/?p=175256"},"modified":"2024-06-04T17:04:07","modified_gmt":"2024-06-04T17:04:07","slug":"panasonic-mx940-tx-50mx940-review-the-perfect-all-rounder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/tv\/panasonic-mx940-tx-50mx940-review-the-perfect-all-rounder\/","title":{"rendered":"Panasonic MX940 (TX-50MX940): The perfect All-Rounder"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Panasonic TX-50MX940 is an LCD TV in the 2023 lineup that offers advanced video processing capabilities, as well as HDR support for all current formats, combined with accurate grayscale and other colors, and decent gaming performance.\u00a0It uses a\u00a0VA\u00a0panel with a quantum dot layer and\u00a0Full Array Local Dimming\u00a0(FALD) backlighting.<\/p>\n

This is a TV designed for the mass consumer.\u00a0It can be used in bright living rooms and dark rooms.\u00a0Panasonic MX940 TVs are available in two screen sizes: 43 and 50 inches.\u00a0Image processing is provided by the AI \u200b\u200bHCX PRO processor with advanced motion processing, as well as image scaling and processing.<\/p>\n

The MX940 series TVs feature all HDR formats, as well as a new True Game picture mode designed for gaming.\u00a0It remains to be seen how good this TV is and whether the MX940 is worth buying.\u00a0In this review of the Panasonic TX-50MX940 4K HDR FALD, using a model with a 50-inch diagonal as an example, we will try to answer these and other questions.<\/p>\n

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Panasonic MX940<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Panasonic MX940 review<\/h2>\n

Design<\/h3>\n

In terms of appearance, the Panasonic TX-50MX940 TV has a traditional minimalist design.\u00a0The case is attached to a stand, which consists of two small legs that slightly raise the TV above the stand.\u00a0As you would expect from Panasonic, the TV is built from quality materials.<\/p>\n

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The build quality is very good.\u00a0The remote is a familiar design from Panasonic.\u00a0It is made of black plastic with many buttons.\u00a0The remote control fits neatly in your hand and is easy to use.\u00a0For wall mounting, there are four holes on the back panel for a 200 x 200mm VESA mount.<\/p>\n

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My Home Screen 8.0<\/h3>\n

The new Smart TV My Home Screen 8.0 feature offers the ability to personalize the home screen (\u201cMy Scenario\u201d option) with a choice of photos or videos.\u00a0Panasonic partners with LoungV Studio to create quality relaxation videos.<\/p>\n

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Access to VOD and content has also been made even easier with an updated graphical interface based on device icons.\u00a0Some applications like Netflix, Amazon, YouTube are already installed and ready to use.<\/p>\n

Users can even add frequently watched TV channels directly to the home screen.\u00a0Finally, Panasonic MX940 TVs have voice control via Google Assistant or Amazon Alexa.\u00a0The microphone activation button for issuing voice commands is located on the remote control.<\/p>\n

Sound quality<\/h3>\n

Unlike the\u00a0MX950\u00a0series , the Panasonic 50MX940 TV has a sound system consisting of two speakers.\u00a0The power of each of them is 10 W.\u00a0In terms of sound quality, watching TV and movies on a traditional TV speaker system is good at moderate volumes.<\/p>\n

Excessively high volume results in distortion, but with normal use of the speaker system, the sound sounds above average.\u00a0The MX940 also has a subwoofer output with equalizer settings that can add even more bass to the sound.\u00a0As with any TV that has a\u00a02.0 sound design\u00a0, you can get much better sound.\u00a0To do this, you should use a separate soundbar.<\/p>\n

Image quality<\/h3>\n

Like the latest MZ series OLED TVs, the MX940 has the same AI HCX Pro processor.\u00a0Additionally, it displays content at 24 frames per second with proper motion reproduction.\u00a050Hz content streams without dropped frames or microstutters, even with fast on-screen movements.<\/p>\n

As expected from the HCX processor’s processing, scaling is very good, with no junk pixels.\u00a0Edges look crisp and clean.\u00a0SD broadcast channels with lower bitrates look much worse, since no processing can improve such content.\u00a0The Panasonic MX940 TV has a VA panel.<\/p>\n

This causes problems with viewing angles as the viewer moves away from the perpendicular axis.\u00a0At an angle of more than 30 degrees, the color shift becomes noticeable.\u00a0In addition, blurring around the edges becomes visible.\u00a0The advantage of such a panel is that black color, including detail in the shadows, is very well expressed when viewed.<\/p>\n

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Panasonic MX940 has a slim design and a quality build<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

However, the user will not experience the smooth, deep blacks of OLED TVs when viewed in a dark room.\u00a0But again… As soon as you go off-axis, the color shift and blur become very noticeable.\u00a0Like OLED models, the 50MX940 TVs support the high dynamic range formats HDR10, HDR10+ Adaptive, HLG (Hybrid Log-Gamma),\u00a0Dolby Vision\u00a0and\u00a0Dolby Vision IQ\u00a0.<\/p>\n

SDR and HDR content looks very good on the Panasonic MX940 in a living room with normal lighting.\u00a0Colors are accurate, with excellent natural skin tones.\u00a0HDR content looks dynamic and vibrant, and specular highlights also look decent, although a little muted due to the use of de-blooming.<\/p>\n

However, the Dolby Vision Dark image looks quite dark compared to the PQ reference tracking.\u00a0In terms of uniformity, the panel appears to show no signs of dirty screen effect (DSE).\u00a0If you look closely, you will notice that the edges of the screen are slightly darker.\u00a0However, such artifacts are never visible when viewing content on the screen.<\/p>\n

Gaming is also a big plus of the TX-50MX940 TV due to the absence of problems with image saving.\u00a0In 2023, Panasonic is pushing gaming across its ranges and introducing a new precision picture mode called True Game.\u00a0Two HDMI 2.1 inputs (40 Gbps) support Dolby Vision games up to 4K@60 Hz with additional support for HDR 10 4K@120 Hz.<\/p>\n

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Connections<\/h3>\n

The physical connections are located on the back of the panel.\u00a0Most of them are facing sideways.\u00a0The breakout panel contains two HDMI 2.1 ports (40 Gbps) supporting 4K@120,\u00a0eARC\u00a0, as well as Nvidia G-SYNC and FreeSync Premium, VRR, ALLM (auto low latency mode) and HGIG.<\/p>\n

The input lag for 4K@60Hz sources is 16.7ms, and for 120Hz sources it’s 6.7ms.\u00a0There are also 2 HDMI 2.0 ports, two USB jacks, antenna inputs, CI slot, headphone\/subwoofer jack, AV-In jack, digital optical audio output, Ethernet port for line-in Internet connection.\u00a0Wireless connections include Bluetooth and Wi-Fi.<\/p>\n

Conclusion<\/h3>\n

Panasonic MX940 is a solid LCD TV with Direct backlighting and Full Array Local Dimming that delivers the picture quality you’ve come to expect from Panasonic. It is aimed at mass market consumers who want a TV that is bright enough to use in their living room.<\/p>\n

True Game mode is used for superior gaming picture quality that meets the standards.\u00a0Also for games there are two HDMI 2.1 inputs (40 Gbps) with support for 4K@120, VRR, ALLM.\u00a0This TV also has some of the disadvantages common to LCD TVs, such as slight ghosting, blur, and poor viewing angles.\u00a0However, when viewing either in a lighted room or in the dark, the image quality is very good for this price segment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Panasonic TX-50MX940 is an LCD TV in the 2023 lineup that offers advanced video processing capabilities, as well as HDR support for all current formats, combined with accurate grayscale and other colors, and decent gaming performance.\u00a0It uses a\u00a0VA\u00a0panel with a quantum dot layer and\u00a0Full Array Local Dimming\u00a0(FALD) backlighting. This is a TV designed for […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10402,"featured_media":175267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[641],"tags":[778],"class_list":{"0":"post-175256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-reviews"},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10402"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=175256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/175267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=175256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=175256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stereoindex.com\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=175256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}