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Panasonic 75" 4K Pro HDR 200Hz LED TV TH-75EX780A for $2,995 at Joyce Mayne & Domayne

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Anyone looking for a top quality 75 inch TV under $3k, Domayne & Joyce Mayne currently have these on special, lowest price ever if I'm not mistaken, reviews suggest much better TV than Hisense 75N7. One of the last LED TV's that had 3D as well if this means anything to anyone now. Free tabletop installl and local delivery through Domayne

Overview

Experience stunning cinematic picture quality with Panasonic's 4K PRO HDR technology and the HEXA Chroma Drive's incredibly precise colour reproduction. You'll also love the EX780's smart TV features and adjustable pedestal with 'swivel and lift' adjustable design.

Product Features

4K Pro HDR Premium LED LCD Panel
Studio Colour HCX2* processor
Special tuning in Hollywood Lab
Multi HDR Support
Quad-Core Pro

In the Box

Panasonic 75” TH75EX780A Premium 4K Ultra HD TV
Remote Control
Power Cable

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  • Joyce Mayne, Domayne and Harvey Norman

    all 3 are the same.

    • +40

      They seem to be spelt differently to me….

    • +6

      I heard it's also on sale at domaynes subsidiary, do ma may.

    • Not really. They are different franchise companies

    • Joyce Mayne, Do Mayne and Harvey Nor Mayne.

  • Offer ends 23rd April 2018

    • +1

      Well shit that doesn't give much time for consideration. Anyone know how this panel compares to the Sony x9000e? That's what I'm planning on buying tomorrow (65 inch.)

        • +31

          An hour researching or a 10 second question potentially answered by a helpful person. You tell me what's the better course of action.

      • +3

        I'd go for this against the Sony, although the Sony gets all the online rave for its full array backlit, to me in store comparing them side by side the Panasonic looked much better.
        Not sure about the upscaling though since i had my own 4k content.

        • +1

          1080p/720p upscaling is pretty good on most TVs - friends have Samsung and TCL and I have the 9000e. All other upscaling looks ordinary.

          This is a great deal imo. 9000e cost me a little over $2400 for the 65". This is 75" for not that much more. Without comparing side by side most TVs for most people's situation will look great.

          I have a Panasonic plasma, last of the Made in Japan panels and it is still going after 7 years.

        • +4

          Sony will not help you if your TV fails. The worst customer service of all time.

        • @Craysee:

          Nice. I've got a Panasonic 2010 50 inch Plasma that has never missed a beat. Upgrading for the sake of upgrading really. I'll be sitting 4 metres from the screen.. wondering if 75" is over the top!

        • @mr fox:

          its perfect.

        • @mr fox:

          I think we sit around 2.5m and I wish I had got a 75". Go bigger if you can afford it.

        • @hyperfuzz:

          Lets hope it doesn't. What's the failure rate of electronics these days anyway?

        • @hyperfuzz: they usually replace the TV no issues with support

        • @Craysee:

          $500-$600 is nothing to you? Can we be friends ;-)

        • +1

          @syousef:

          It is all relative mate. TV is not something you buy every day so spending a little now for something that should last you 8 years on something you will enjoy every day is not the worst way to stretch your budget.

          I was looking at at OLED initially but decided that I could get 90% of the PQ for 40% less and went the Sony. However, probably should have gone a 75" instead of 65" but again 75" in a 9000e was almost twice the price.

        • -1

          @Craysee:

          Even as a percentage markup $500 is 20% of $2500. That's a significant difference in price. If you want a 75" or it better fits your space, I'm sure many can justify that. But it's not "a little more". It's a fifth more.

      • I have the 75" x90e. They are an amazing tv for eveything except for maybe badly compressed 480p and lower. Admittedly the eco system isnt the best but the latest fw update has made some good changes regarding speed. Also, 4k and hdr shine on this ser and if you have a ps4 pro or xbox one x, 4k gaming is superb. Try some youtube 4k nature scenes and the planet earth ii bluray and you'll be blown away.

        • Agree! We only watch Netflix and I play PS4 Pro. Free to air can be hit and miss. Great TV imo.

  • +1

    I'll never get another panasonic again.. left in the dark with firefox os with my current pos… should have stuck with lg or tried sony…

    • Isn't this one Firefox OS too? There's nothing wrong with it. Other than app support I find it better than Sony's Android implementation.

      • +1

        Doubt it, they didn't release many tv's with the 'firefox os big promise'.. I find the FFOS/panasonic tv clunky, hard to run files off my NAS (primitave file explorers, limited options etc), no updates for file formats, cant lock certain audio settings.. and a number of other small niggles… got this one after LG fail, then the panasonic failed, then this was an 'upgraded replacement'.. should have requested my money back.. as said, I'll never get another panasonic tv.. probs LG then sammy..
        Edit: No Stan TV app, no foxtel tv app, no updates, ever, as they couldn't give a shi* about all us who have firefox os tv's they supplied…ass&^%es…

    • +11

      I disagree with you, I'd rather a TV that boots in less than 7 seconds (Firefox OS) but has few apps rather than a TV which takes ages, at least 1 minute, to boot and crashes (Android OS)…
      It's easy to have an external TV box/PS4/Xbox to take care of smarts but you cannot make a slow TV fast.

      • -2

        Fair enough, I suppose if you've experienced super slow boot times it makes sense to care about that an I would find that frustrating too.. you saying some of these new big brand tv's are taking over a minute to even display free to air & audio!? I do have an android box but it's just not as easy and streamlined as it should be.. nor as streamlined as any tv's built in or downloadable apps normally are… I'm not saying an android tv is the way to go, but you'd think with processors these days a TV manufacturer could come up with something half decent.. and in my experience LG was doing pretty well on this front..

        • +3

          The Sony at my friend's house shows picture from a cold boot in about 30 seconds, but takes another 30 or so seconds before you can change channel or change source. And annoyingly it doesn't remember last HDMI and always defaults to TV.

          My LG webOS has a 20 second or so to picture from cold boot, but keeps last source and another 10 seconds to be able to change channel.

          TCL I saw in shop with Android took a whole minute to boot and no picture in that time, none android TCL booted much quicker.

          Panasonic/Hisense on the hand were almost instant on and all functions available immediately. I think this feature is extremely underrated…

        • @OpayuOnam:
          Your right, but this shouldn't be considered a 'feature' in my opinion, i's how a tv should boot… but just FYI my FFOS panny takes probs 10-20 secs to boot.. image and sound are instant but can't change chan, increase or decrease vol or change input for a bit… and for this reason I'd sacrifice this speed for a decent quality file browser with options the tv saved like sorting a list by date or alphabetically…

        • @ashpete02: btw what's your panny TV? Interested to know more about it.

        • +1

          @OpayuOnam: Those boot times you mentioned are terrible. I agree a fast boot is very underrated - we've never thought about it being a requirement for a TV, but I think once you experience instant boot then it's hard to go back.

          For us it more drove whether we turn the TV off or not. Our previous TV's 10 sec boot was enough for us to just leave the TV on all day. Our new TV boots in 1 sec and goes straight to the last source/app with immediate vol/ch responsiveness, and casting to Chromecast also turns the TV on if it's off, so now we turn the TV off all the time as soon as we stop using it.

          But it's also great to see 75" 3D TVs still around!

        • +1

          @particle: this pretty much, and yeah i believe this Panasonic has the wake on LAN feature (cast to YouTube to wake it up).

          Also in this regard I think Samsung is the real winner as the few I tried in store had immediate turn on with channel/volume working and about few seconds later smarts features working, this was the case even from a hard boot when TV was unplugged which really amazed me.

          The reason this is very important for me is i use the TV as monitor for PC and Xbox and I hate for my PC/Xbox to boot faster than my TV (that feeling when windows sound/Xbox welcome sounds is heard but you still cannot see the picture :| ), which happened with a older monitor I had so this feature is on top of my priority list since then.

        • +1

          @OpayuOnam: I agree totally - I have a 2 year old Hisense and I hate it with a passion as 45 second booth then 45 seconds before you can change channel or volume which means if someone had loud volume the night before you get blasted in the morning.

          Took a chance on a new 4k Hisense (as recommended by ozbargain) just recently and totally solved - boots and channels instantly even though it is much smarter than my old one.

        • @clse945111:
          Panny th60cx700a

      • I'm out of the loop, I didn't even know TV ran on an OS.

        So new TV's that run an OS, you gotta wait 30secs to watch TV?

        • It depends on the particular model, but generally Android TVs tend to have a very slow boot (think roughly about how long it takes for your phone to boot).
          Some of them are super fast to boot, Samsung Tizen OS is pretty much instant on, then Hisense Opera TV and Panasonic Firefox are almost tie in second place with well under 10 seconds boot, then LG WebOS and from there it is a downfall of super slow boots!

        • +2

          @OpayuOnam:

          Thanks, never knew of this problem.

          You assume it would there would almost instant on like TVs of the past.

        • +1

          @JB1: yep, when I got my first "smart tv" a few years ago replacing a 2006 32inch tv, i was so shocked by the step back in speed…
          That old tv changed channels in a whim, turned on instantly. The new LG webOS was comparably slow to boot and change channels, and later i came to realise that webOS is actually one of the faster ones, everyone i know has kind of accepted that TVs are slow… Almost as if we forgot how fast they were.

        • @OpayuOnam:

          I have a non-smart TV, a 65inch Panasonic Plasma, purchased in 2010. Still working and happy with the picture quality as we watch FTA 99% of the time.

          I'm somewhat glad I have a 'dumb' TV if it means no waiting to watch TV. Although I have a WD Live and Google Chromecast if I want to watch some downloaded contents or YouTube.

          I'm planning on getting another TV soon (75inch or larger) to replace the 65inch Plasma, but I will make sure that I'll turn it off and on to test the boot up time.

        • +1

          @JB1: And make sure you break that test into 2 parts:
          1. Cold boot (booting from when unplugged from mains)
          2. Standby boot (booting when turned off by remote)
          As these two can sometimes differ severely, and you ask why should you care about cold boot if it is always plugged? Oh because Android TV (or potentially any smart TV) can get stuck and the only way out is a unplug :)

          Also another small detail which probably not many people would care/notice (I have raised this in OzBargain in the past as well), how hot to touch is the TV, and the showroom floor is the best place for this check since the TV would have been on for a while, example Hisense N7 range HEATS UP and I mean hot to the touch specially in the lower right corner, I raised this to a Hisense rep once and he claimed it is because they use metal in the TV body and it acts as a heat sink (this is a really stupid response as there are other metal TVs that don't heat up)…

        • @OpayuOnam:

          Thanks for the tips.

    • +1

      Get a TV box, problem solved.

      • -1

        Don't all Tv's come with a box? Thats how they are transported to stop damage.

    • +10

      I just wish they’d make high-end “dumb TVs”. All this smart crap is outdated in a year when manufacturer X drops support for it, including security updates. Much rather buy an external box like an Apple TV or some Android equivalent with HDMI CEC and at least have a chance of keeping everything smooth and secure.

  • " last LEd TV's that had 3D "

    what's next ?

    • +2

      4D

      • +2

        Tesseract TV….

        • If i'm forced to watch Interstellar again, I'll pass no matter what the deal.

        • +1

          @syousef: i didnt know what a Tesseract was until me and my son (6yr old) watched avengers… and he made a passing comment that its a 4d shape.. im like huh? his like yeh its a cube in a cube .. LOL 4d tv's they are coming :P …

    • 3D glasses not included with this TV

  • This is 400nits..thats is so low..

  • You could get JB hifi to. Price match as well

    • Not before the deal expires?

      • +1

        Maybe, maybe not. HN website hasn't updated their website yet but Joice Mayne & Domayne's updated price only went up $7 to $2995. Suspect the price may go back to $2,995 which is still a very good price…

  • 200 HZ ? :)

    • Apparently (by looking at what other sites say), eg: http://shop.davidjones.com.au/djs/en/davidjones/75-4k-pro-hd…

      • This is just the "inflated" Hz. There are no TVs atm with Panels higher than 100 Hz (is the case with panasonic 7series ). At least this is my knowledge regarding this matter.

        • Correct.

          TVs are either 50/60 or 100/120 - most are 50/60.

    • +1

      120Hz panel, maximum input is 60hz. The 120hz i believe is used for 3D (60hz left eye and 60hz right eye)

      200Hz is interpolation…

      Also whoever gets this TV, don't buy expensive Panasonic galsses, these use "Full HD 3D RF" standard so most of Bluetooth glasses will work (not IR ones).
      Also the TV can only view 1080p content in 3D so you cannot send full SBS or full OU image for 3D, you'd have to send it as 1080p signal. Hence the only way to get best quality for 3D is frame packed (certain games and Blu-ray movies only).

  • How does this compare to the Hisense N7? Does anyone have a link to reviews or comparisons?

  • +4

    I have this tv and it is gorgeous, beats the N7 in a heartbeat, probably on par with the X9000e, the only downside of this tv is the base, takes up a LOT of space, make sure your tv unit is wide.

    • Or install it on the wall!

    • Have you owned a 75N7 to make this assertion?

      • mate has one, and believe me i'm super high on the Hisense N7 series, great value

  • Been out of the game for about 10 years… Is 3D well and truly dead?

    • +2

      New development prospects, yes. Personal choice, No.

    • +3

      Never really alive just hype that never took off

  • no stock anywhere in WA Harvey Norman :'(

  • +1

    If only I had money, I’m on my last dollar after spending $69 on God of war

  • +2

    Have owned the 65 inch for about 4 months. Amazing TV, talked myself out of the 65C7 as I was worried about image retention, no regrets.

    Huge amount of info here: https://www.avforums.com/threads/panasonic-ex750-owners-thre…

    Things to note:
    - Glossy screen so lots of reflections during the day
    - Heavy AF, can't imagine how heavy the 75 is
    - Colours fade at angles
    - Snappy smart OS
    - No Plex App :(
    - Shares firmware with OLEDs (as its the same processor) - Still waiting for promised HDR10+ update and hooping for MyHome 3.0 to be part of the update
    - Eye watering bright, there is no way I can watch in Dynamic mode with HDR at night
    - Shuttering tech is very good, blacks are very black, like its off

    • Nearly 65kgs for the 75".

    • The OS, is it firefox or something else?

    • I bought one last Friday based on on this same review and after comparing with the Samsung Series 6, LG 75UJ657T, Sony X8500 and TCL/Hisense units at the same price point. They are all good units and open to debate, but It's definitely a great buy at this price point.

  • +1

    I own this TV, its fantastic, I bought it late last year from DJ for $2700 brand new.. Get it price matched with DJ and pay using 10% discounted DJ gift cards with RACQ membership (RACQ lifestyle membership costs only $26 per yr), I did same so paid only $2700..

  • Width: 1650.24mm
    Height: 928.26mm

    I don't have room for this :(

    • that's just the screen display. the tv with stand is even bigger

  • this or the Hisense 75N7? Hisense is cheaper by a few hundred…

    • This, without even a single bit of doubt, the PQ is massively better on this (look at the amount of price drop on Hisense vs this or other known brands, tells you how Hisense is just about marketing at the moment)

      • I will go look at one in store, but the Hisense N7 is cheaper cause the N8s and N9s were just released (although the N7 is arguably a better TV) so you should view their discounts as an end of line thing.

        • N8 and N9 are not the same maket as the N7. They are targeted for the higher end market.
          The reason N7 dropped price was for end of line but my point was that it has so much price drop. Remember when the 55inch was above $2k now they're ended $1k…

  • Ended up buying last one available I think, went in store and got it for $2,852 with free delivery and installation

    • Beat you by $2 but have to wait until Tuesday. Did you set it up yet? What does it look like please?

      • Delivery booked for Tuesday as well, finally decided to upgrade from 50" Samsung plasma when I saw stock selling out in virtually every store. If you wanted a 4K TV with HDR and the bonus of 3D capability, then this was it. Heavy beast but not planning to move it and happy someone else will deliver and set it up for free

        • are you kidding me? i am upgrading from my 50 inch plasma as well. it still works and I've been waiting for it to blow up to buy another tv but couldnt put it off any more. my plasma the samsung ps50c7000 has 3d as well but i dont really use the 3d. when i said what i was upgrading from, they said, and after reading reviews as well, that you cant beat plasma for motion. hope i wont be disappointed. good luck with yours. are you keeping the samsung or trying to sell it. i figure its not worth sell for what someone would pay

        • also, did you compare the specs to the 2018? exactly the same except 2017 has hcx2 processor which may be better than the hcx in 2018. if you look at the pictures, its exactly the same. even the circuit board in the pics has the same numbers. i think we got a good deal

        • +2

          @beebs23327: ha ha, bigger step up for me, my Samsung is PS50B550, no 3D, from memory it was entry level to get FHD. Can't fault the Samsung, just wanted bigger as my room will fit 75" nicely. The Panasonic handles motion perfectly, without any issues from what I've read, it's the top spec Panasonic LED with all the bells and whistles, just at end of life cycle which is good for us with price. Keeping the Samsung for kids living room, sick of watching ABC kids in the morning.

  • Plex came out for this TV a few days ago, wasn't expecting it.
    All I need is Stan and I can ditch my Mi Box!

  • Finally picked my EX780 up yesterday! Now waiting on the install guy whose cancelled 3 times to call me back with a wall-mount install time.

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