Panasonic TX-40GX800

4K television | £599 | View offers whf.cm/TX-40GX800

How realistic should movies look in your living room? Panasonic claims its latest TV set, the TX-40GX800 will make them look exactly as intended, or at least how black levels, colours and brightness ought to be.

Panasonic collaborated with Hollywood colourist Stefan Sonnefeld in the creation of the HCX processor for its top-of-the-line 2018 OLED TVs. One year later, that same bundle of silicon is now the beating heart of the GX800 range.

But the Panasonic TX-40GX800 is no OLED; it’s just a plain-old LED – and an edge-lit LED at that. While that makes for a nice, thin panel, we don’t expect it to have