Blu-ray Guide
04/08/2007
Panasonic TX26LXD70 Review

Panasonic have broken with
tradition and removed most traces of their silver livery on the
TX26LXD70. What remains is a very stylish thin silver border around a predominantly black screen (Note: Panasonic's Uk web site currently shows an all black finish). The TX26LXD70 benefits hugely in the style department from the mostly black finish.

V-Real is the collective name for Panasonic's picture processing technologies, and a major feature of the TX26LXD70 is that it now sports V-Real II the latest incarnation of this technology set.

First impressions indicate that the TX26LXD70 like its older brother the TX32LXD70, is a hugely accomplished screen. In fact, the two screens are nearly identical in performance apart from the display of Standard Definition pictures. With a High Definition source colours are the richest we have ever seen on a 26in LCD, with a sharpness and vibrancy that is simply unmatched on any comparable flat panel. Colours are deeper and more natural than anything the other major manufacturers have to offer

The only area where the TX26LXD70 differs from the TX32LXD70 is in the display of Standard Definition, which it does better than its older brother. Freeview was even sharper and more vibrant than on the TX32LXD70 which itself excelled in this area.

Read a full review of the Panasonic TX26LXD70 here