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Panasonic TX-37LZD80 - 37" Widescreen 1080p Full HD LCD TV- With Freeview | 
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| Brand: Panasonic
Category: CE
Buy New: £625.10
New (7) Refurbished (1) from £580.00
Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 587
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 66.1
Dimensions (in): 41.1 x 29.1 x 14.6
MPN: TX-37LZD80
Model: TX-37LZD80
EAN: 5025232462032
ASIN: B0015LV9DU
Release Date: March 16, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 37" Full 1080p HD LCD Screen | | • | 1,920 x 1,080p Resolution | | • | 10,000:1 High Contrast | | • | VIERA Link and SD Card Slot | | • | V-Audio surround sound |
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Product Description
The TX-37LZD80 from Panasonic comes equipped with a whole host of features to ensure you enjoy beautiful images, whatever you're watching. Once you've settled into your favourite armchair, you can watch your favourite TV programmes in high definition, thanks to its image enhancement technologies, which include x.v. Colour, 24p Playback and 3D Colour Management. The TX-37LZD80 has a triple HDMI connection for hooking up all your audio/video appliances, and a slot for SD cards. There's even a digital tuner for endless hours of entertainment!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
Exceptionally good picture quality October 17, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Before buying this television I owned the Samsung LE23R87BDX 23" LCD TV. This TV was very high quality and especially good for gaming, however I wanted something a bit bigger, as I have just moved away from home.
As I was happy with the Samsung I already had, I decided to go for another Samsung LCD. I bought the LE37A556P 37" 1080P TV from Curry's as the price was good and I had read some good reviews of the TV. However it soon became clear to me that although this TV was adequate at displaying high definition video through the the PS3, and was especially good with Blu-Rays, it was lacking in the standard definition department. With Sky it was very blurry and made me wonder if it was faulty. It also suffered greatly with "tearing" when playing certain PS3 games - this is where the screen briefly gets a line through it when turning on the horizontal axis (in games such as 1st peron shooters), as though the screen cannot keep up with the action on the screen.
I decided to return the Samsung to Currys and get a different one. I read reviews on here, and other websites and decided that for the money the Panasonic TX-37LZD80 looked like the best alternative.
Since having this TV I have been blown away by its image quality in both standard definition and high definition formats. Through Sky (using scart) the image is very sharp and vivid. It is a world away from the blurriness that seemed the blight the Samsung. While the Samsung offered acceptable performance with high-definition video, it is out classed by this Panasonic. Blu-Ray videos are displayed crisply and clearly when output from the PS3, and games seem to be smother than on the Samsung.
I never thoroughly tested the sound quality through the 37" Samsung, but a problem that I found on the 23" Samsung I had was that it would reverberate with bassy tones, and was especially annoying when watching movies or music videos with the sound turned up a bit. There is no such problem with the Panasonic however, and the sound is superb for both music and movies. It has a pretty convincing simulated surround sound mode too, although I am planning on buying a system to use with it at some point in the near future.
There are many customisable image options on this television, offering picture optimisation for Movies, etc. as well as other image processing modes - however if you are planning on playing PS3 and X-Box 360 games on it it is probably worth turning much of the processing off; The reason being, that it can cause the image response to slow down a bit.
Relating to the menus, I would comment that they are not quite as user friendly as they could be, although this is me being very picky indeed.
Another small-ish problem I should mention is that for some reason, I found that it would not go above XGA (1024x768) resolution when connected through a VGA lead to my laptop. The consequence is not only that the resolution is quite low for the size of the screen but also that this resolution is designed for 4:3 ratio screens, not 16:9 (widescreen). The result is that the image is stretched. I couldn't find a way to increase the resolution to be any higher than this on either the TV or the computer. I have had no problem using PC screens at higher resolutions than this with the same laptop before, and as the Pansonic screen is capable of displaying 1080P images through HDMI it seems a bit of shame that it can't cope with higher resolutions when connected to a computer. I have just ordered a new Dell XPS laptop with an HDMI output so this will hopefully offer a way around this problem, rather than a solution,
A useful feature worth a mention is that it has an SD card reader, thus allowing you to view photos from your camera on the big screen. In all honesty though, it is a shame that didn't include a card reader for other formats of flash memory such as Sony's memory stick, and also USB drives.
My review may have bcome slightly critical towards the end, however I don't want to dissuade anyone who is considering buying this TV from doing so. I simply want to point out any possible flaws that people might find with it - the issues which I have encountered when using it as a computer monitor, for example, may cause some people more problems than others.
Overall however, the Panasonic TX-37LZD80 is a pleasure to use. For the money that this TV costs you would be hard pushed to get a 100hz 1080P TV. Without going down the 100hz route, I think that this TV would be hard to beat.
Fantastic October 4, 2008
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Panasonic TX-37LZD80 - 37" Widescreen 1080p Full HD LCD TV- With Freeview
Forget about spending 200 more on the LZD85 100Hz and even more for the LZD800. I spent a very long time comparing these 3 models and found no difference in picture quality,even sport.
I have combined this TV with the panasonic EX78 DVD Recorder and get excellent results .
Sets up automatically right out the box and with a few minutes personal picture and audio tweaking its stunning.
I would reccomend using quality scart cables as this WILL make a noticable difference!.
I dont think you can go wrong with this model so comes Highly reccomended from me!!.
Fantastic TV - great price! September 26, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Had the TV for well over a month now and I'm still impressed with it!
Watching TV from a Sky+ box I found some of the low-end channels were a bit fuzzy and rough around the edges - probably due to lower quality recording methods etc. But the high-end channels such as Sky, BBC, ITV, Dave, UKTV Style etc had flawless quality. I expect the same from Virgin as well.
Sitting a good 3 metres from the screen is perfect - average couch distance. The back of the TV has the usual collection of connections - Scarts, S-video, VGA and 3 HDMI.
I've read a few reviews elsewhere on the net on this TV and it didn't get a very high score (60% occasionally) - most reviewers commenting on the lack of quality in Freeview. Unfortunatly I havn't tried Freeview so I can't comment on this.
But if you have Sky or Virgin I can assure you - the picture quality is among the best.
I've seen a lot of HD footage before on a wide assortment of TV's - Sony Bravias, Toshibas, Pioneer 60" TV's - and after watching a blu-ray film and playing xbox 360 in HD on this little Panasonic it has blown me away.
You'd expect this level of quality from a TV costing twice as much.
Whole heartedly recommend.
 Very good tv September 10, 2008
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
First off this tv tx-37lzd80 is a very nice looking Hd tv
that has a swivel type stand as to the features of this model
again all very good and nicly laid out and easy to under stand
i did not get the chance to try the freeview since i have cable
and as a default when you turn off the tv then back on it will
go to the tv channel not the cable one :) easy to fix so that
it will remember which it will use at switch on i do have a ps3
and again very nice in full 1080p games just look awesome over all sound
again is good it would bennift from a home theature system again no rush to add that option picture wise depending on the program and how old it
is the picture can be a bit blur ish of course hook this up
to a Hd box from sky and or Vrigin media then it does come in to it's own
if your looking for a mid price lcd then this is a good choice
Fantastic!!! September 2, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have received this item today, its excellent!, you will not regret buying this Item!, some reviews remark on the Black Colour on the screen is not that good..I have got to say I totally disagree, I have spent most of the night Tweaking the Picture settings and I cannot knock it at all!
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