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Panasonic

MZ1500 OLED

Name: MZ1500 OLED
Brand: Panasonic

around $2599

All prices are estimates and may vary from actual prices.

81 Pros

76%
6 reviews (0h 50m)

25 Cons

The Panasonic MZ1500 OLED delivers a cinematic experience tailored for movie lovers and dark room viewing. Its Master OLED Pro panel, powered by the HCX Pro AI processor, produces stunning HDR and SDR picture quality with deep blacks, excellent shadow detail, and vibrant yet natural colors. Filmmaker Mode ensures accurate out-of-the-box performan...

Summary of pros and cons from human reviewers, put together by AI

74%

40 vs 14

Picture Quality

89%

8 vs 1

Gaming Features

100%

1 vs 0

Design & Build

100%

1 vs 0

Smart Features

89%

16 vs 2

Sound Quality

Reviewer verdict

Across 6 YouTube reviews, the Panasonic MZ1500 OLED earns an Index score of 4.1/5, ranking #46 among TVs. Reviewers most often praise its picture quality, sound quality, gaming features, while the most common criticisms concern picture quality, value for money.

The Panasonic MZ1500 OLED is widely praised for its picture quality, with reviewers (40 mentions) calling its accuracy, near-black performance, color fidelity, HDR tone mapping and Filmmaker Mode standout strengths and noting support for multiple HDR formats. Many highlight its strong processing and upscaling (several mentions), the new panel/heatsink design and calibration potential, and repeated comments that it looks cinematic for SDR and HDR content. Sound quality is also frequently commended (16 mentions) for the built‑in front‑firing soundbar/subwoofer design, Dolby Atmos support and improved speaker tuning, giving a convincing and sometimes surround‑like stage. Reviewers additionally note gaming and connectivity features, value for money and software improvements, though these are less universally mentioned than picture and sound performance.

Criticisms are concentrated on picture quirks (14 mentions), including occasional posterization, slight banding, hints of black crush or gamma darkening, some hue/skin tone shifts out of the box, limited peak brightness for HDR, and flaky black‑frame insertion behavior. Connectivity complaints (3 mentions) focus on having only two HDMI 2.1 ports with eARC using one, which can limit simultaneous HDMI 2.1 device connections. Some reviewers view this model as a step down from Panasonic’s MZ2000 flagship in brightness and sound (several mentions), and a few say the integrated soundbar won’t match a dedicated surround system.

Analysis based on 6 YouTube reviews (0h 50m of video) with 81 pros and 25 cons extracted.

Pros (81)

Picture Quality (40)

insane in terms of uh detail ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 2:02
with RX 79 we also see some good accuracy to the standards with saturation points tracking well ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 4:09
SDR and HDR content is accurate thanks to filmmaker mode out of the box ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 2:34
plus there's support for hdr10 hdr10 plus HDR 10 plus adaptive Dolby Vision Dolby Vision IQ and hlg hybrid log gamma HDR format ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 2:49
incredibly good in terms of picture performance ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 1:55
The most accurate filmmaker board picture preset has undergone further upgrades with the ambient color temperature sensing responding appropriately to any lighting conditions to preserve accurate color reproduction ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 2:35
Excellent tone mapping to the mastering display metadata ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 4:49
the Panasonic MZ 1500 is an excellent mid-tier OLED TV designed for movie fans and dark room viewing conditions ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 2:26
Dolby Vision support ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 0:46
when it comes to picture with people with TV talks and stuff this is all done to the to the brand new mle panel micro lens array panel ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 1:55
we can expect around 1 000 nits of peak brightness on the 10 window after calibration to d65 White point ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 1:29
Excellent just above black and overall black performance ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 4:23
Excellent just above black performance ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 2:03
I prefer Panasonic picture quality over even LG ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 0:51
upscaling is very good with nice clean edges and no signs of edge enhancement or junk pixels ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 6:48
HDR and SDR content on the MZ 1500 looks incredibly cinematic as you would expect from a Panasonic OLED TV ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 7:08
uses an OLED ex panel with heatsink marketed as Master OLED Pro ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 1:22
blacks are deep ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 7:12
plus there's the added benefit for bright room viewing with a new light sensor and white balance adjustment that follows the Creator's intent but it adjusts the image to suit your environment ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 2:41
has the multi-layer heatsink the HDX processor with filmmaker mode and true game mode ▶ Panasonic Full 2023 TV Range REVEALED: MLA & Mini LED is on @ 7:19
incredible then look at Panasonic's OLED TV ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 0:02
one if if not the best picture quality hands down ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 1:01
50 Improvement ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 2:06
class leading near black luminance accuracy and color Fidelity to Faithfully reproduce the creative intent ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 2:25
Engineers take a long time in development and are really interested in picture quality ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 1:10
colors are bright and natural with very good skin tones ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 7:22
hdr10 plus support which is insane ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 0:47
all the major HDR formats are supported including HDR 10 plus adaptive and Dolby Vision IQ ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 2:57
Looks fantastic in Filmmaker Mode ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 4:01
Shadow detail retrieval is excellent adding real depth to the image ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 7:17
still features LG's display OLED X panel ▶ Panasonic Full 2023 TV Range REVEALED: MLA & Mini LED is on @ 7:16
the MZ 1500b in filmmaker mode is very good indeed with a gray scale that tracks accurately to the standards and with Delta e errors that are well below the visible threshold of three with an average of around 1.1 ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 3:48
Very good picture processing with the HCX processor ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 1:44
both HDR 10 plus Dolby Vision which is better than LG Sony and even Samsung CU none of these three brands support these two HDR formats at the same time ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 2:05
Accuracy in displaying movies as they were mastered and intended to be seen ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 0:14
Engineers came up with heatsinks to improve brightness and reduce image retention on OLEDs ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 1:27
the latest panel we call it the Ultima ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 2:46
Can be calibrated incredibly well ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 1:04
Infinite contrast of OLED ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 4:37
Exceptionally good with SDR content ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 3:47

Sound Quality (16)

AIO processing does add some envelopment to effects and if you're positioned in the ideal spot you will get a feeling of surround ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 7:57
continue with the left right and the two upward firing speed goes all tuned by Technics ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 1:36
integrated front firing speakers and subwoofer to deliver better Adobe Atmos experience build as Dynamic theaters around Pro ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 1:56
introduced the 3.1 Channel Soundbar across the bottom ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 4:08
continue with the array speaker so having the ability to move sound based on your living room even based on who's watching the TV ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 1:08
sound improvements on the 1500 not just with the front-facing sound bar or the subwoofer built in as well ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 6:49
this TV supports Dolby Atmos ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 3:15
the 2.1 front firing Soundbar does a great job with film soundtracks given a convincing Sound Stage that's nice and wide ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 7:51
it even includes a built-in front firing Soundbar setup uh that is incredible ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 3:17
delivering a true 7.1 360 degree soundscape Goldy Atmos ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 1:44
they have like 80 wats most most of the most of their new TVs have have like a 4.2 channel uh setup 4.1 Channel setup they have a very powerful speaker system that is even on the same level as a mini Soundbar ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 2:53
if you buy their TVs you might not need a sound but ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 2:51
an FPS sound mode that amplifies enemies footsteps to let you gain a technical advantage ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 5:05
their speaking system the sound system that comes with their TVs are incredible ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 2:46
it's a ultimate panel MLA 360 sounds good very best picture and sound ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 2:56
implemented several gaming sound modes tailored to the titles played ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 4:52

Gaming Features (8)

gaming is also well catered For with two HDMI 2.1 ports at 40 GB per second an improved game bar and an accurate true game picture mode ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 2:58
this is the one that we'll always talk about when it talks about gaming and that is ends at 980 ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 5:10
HDMI 2.1 gaming features include 4K 100 videos resolution low input lag as well as multi-format vrr support such as AMD freesync and Nvidia g-sync compatibility ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 5:12
a number of new gaming features including the new HDR true game mode which brings all the color accuracy features available for watching movies into the world of Gaming together with hdr2 map set to clipping by default to activate Source based to mapping essentially a color accurate sgig gimbal without needing users to jump through hoops ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 4:02
you get support for 4K 120 HZ gaming and variable refresh rate as well as Auto latency mode ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 2:28
from a game mode extreme it was introduced so this is our full HDMI 2.1 support ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 5:30
true game mode can be calibrated using portrait displays Kalman calibration software after which the picture preset will be marked by a Kalman logo ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 4:40
Gamers will love this TV hands down ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 2:17

Value for Money (7)

key model for Panasonic this year ▶ Panasonic Full 2023 TV Range REVEALED: MLA & Mini LED is on @ 6:50
Take feedback very seriously ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 1:14
the price has dropped considerably ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 0:08
on the same level as the other companies like LG and Samsung ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 0:39
650 off in terms of discounts it is an incredible deal ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 0:25
it is better than any TV that is on the market ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 3:23
A good set, badge winner 8 out of 10 ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 7:33

Connectivity (3)

going to come with only 2 HDMI 2.1 ports ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 2:20
going to come with 48 GB bandwidth ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 2:23
Gaming support with two HDMI 2.1 ports at 40 gigabits per second ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 2:32

Operating System (3)

the other half in the room with Android TV built in ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 7:46
Panasonic's first OLED TV for half of the room with Google TV built in ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 7:39
features Panasonic's latest OS namely my home screen 8.0 with support for all key video streaming services improved accessibility options built-in Alexa voice control or with Google Assistant enabled devices as well as the relaxing my scenery function which has new nature sounds freshly encoded in Dolby Atmos ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 5:42

Size & Dimensions (2)

available in 55 inch and 65 inch variations ▶ Panasonic Full 2023 TV Range REVEALED: MLA & Mini LED is on @ 7:24
available in full screen sizes namely 42 48 55 and 65 inches ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 1:40

Design & Build (1)

a swivel design ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 1:51

Smart Features (1)

with Google Chromecast you've got your 10 000 plus apps ▶ Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) @ 8:52

Cons (25)

Picture Quality (14)

two small points to note with a small Hue error in magenta and green as well as a slight oversaturation of red ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 4:16
only very poor SD broadcast channels proved to be too much for the processing to clean up ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 6:58
black frame insertion is also unusable in my opinion it just adds too much Flicker and it's an onoff option with a 60 HZ refresh ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 6:38
no longer features the best possible image quality ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 0:02
The only slight issue is a darkening of the gamma around 10% stimulus which can introduce some Black Crush ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 4:02
applying IFC does introduce soap opera effect with higher settings with over smooth motion and artifact seen within fast moving objects ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 6:31
disappointments seen now and again are with posterization around bright objects or in Fade to Black where there is stair stepping and gational errors seen within the content ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 7:34
it's not all perfect as there is no such thing as the perfect TV and we see some issues of posterization around bright objects and gradational stair stepping in the lower reaches of the image with some lower bit rate content ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 8:26
just a hint of just above Black Crush within some content ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 7:15
we noted some very faint vertical bands that were visible in a pitch black room watching a dark scene in a movie ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 5:40
says goodbye to MLA with its Master OLED pro panel not Ultima ▶ Panasonic Full 2023 TV Range REVEALED: MLA & Mini LED is on @ 6:58
we also noted some Black Crush in the out of the box modes ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 7:43
skin tones that can just look a little bit Rosy from time to time out of the box ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 7:27
Peak brightness not huge, just over 600 nits ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 4:26

Value for Money (4)

a step down in brightness and a step down in sound with no upper firing drivers but a dedicated front firing Soundbar style design Instead ▶ Panasonic Full 2023 TV Range REVEALED: MLA & Mini LED is on @ 7:29
a step down from the mz2000 ▶ Panasonic Full 2023 TV Range REVEALED: MLA & Mini LED is on @ 6:56
a step down from their MZ 2000 which is their Flagship ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price @ 1:30
Pricing is a little steep ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 5:53

Connectivity (3)

only two out of four HDMI ports are HDMI 2.1 of which one is the designated ER Port so if you wish to utilize ER functionality in conjunction with a soundbar AV receiver or home theater system you will only be left with one HDMI 2.1 connection which can be an inconvenience if you own multiple HDMI 2.1 Source devices ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 3:06
Only two HDMI 2.1 ports ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 2:58
eARC takes up one of the HDMI 2.1 ports ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 2:58

Sound Quality (2)

it now has an added Soundbar which users probably don't want ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 0:04
it will never compare to a proper sound system with actual surround speakers ▶ Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? @ 8:06

Gaming Features (1)

supports Dolby Vision gaming from the Xbox series X although it's kept at 4K 60hz indicating that the TV is not blessed with the new mediatek pentonic 1000 SOC which can do 4K contributors Adobe vision ▶ Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 @ 3:31

Size & Dimensions (1)

55 inches is the maximum screen size ▶ ⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review @ 6:19

Review sources

Panasonic MZ1500 Review - No Longer The Enthusiast's Choice? by AVForums — 14 pros, 14 cons
Panasonic MZ1500 OLED TV Drops £650 off it's original price as it is now cheaper than LG C4 OLED TV by AV Atmos — 21 pros, 1 cons
⭐ Panasonic MZ980 4K OLED TV Review by ScreenTime with AVForums — 14 pros, 5 cons
Panasonic Unveil MLA OLED & Its First Mini LED TV for 2023 by HDTVTest — 14 pros, 2 cons
Panasonic's 2023 OLED TV line-up (MLA OLED, OLEX EX, more) by FlatpanelsHD — 14 pros, 0 cons
Panasonic Full 2023 TV Range REVEALED: MLA & Mini LED is on the way! by Smart Home Sounds — 4 pros, 3 cons

Frequently asked questions

Is the Panasonic MZ1500 OLED worth buying?

Based on 6 independent YouTube reviews, the Panasonic MZ1500 OLED scores 4.1/5 with 81 positive and 25 negative points mentioned by reviewers, placing it #46 in the TVs category.

What do reviewers like most about the Panasonic MZ1500 OLED?

The most praised aspects are picture quality, sound quality, gaming features — Picture Quality (40 mentions), Sound Quality (16 mentions), Gaming Features (8 mentions).

What are the most common complaints about the Panasonic MZ1500 OLED?

Reviewers most frequently criticize picture quality, value for money — Picture Quality (14 mentions), Value for Money (4 mentions).

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