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I tested Panasonic's new affordable LED TV model - here's my brutally honest buying advice

Panasonic's W70B series offers a budget-friendly TV experience and is one of the lightest models I've ever set up. But is that enough to win you over?

A quick sniff test for any TV's optics involves closely watching the opening credits for a contemporary film because they're composed of motion graphics. The intro graphics looked OK, but you could easily spot the TV's low (60Hz) refresh rate because of the slight judder trailing along moving images. Again, this is a budget TV with a full-panel LED backlight and no local dimming, so its brightness and contrast are not as high as more premium models with technologies like Mini-LED or OLED.

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