Audio is neither here nor there, really. The chassis has aspirations to wall-hung skinniness, so there's precious little room for any serious acoustic hardware and the noise the Panasonic produces is, rather predictably, adequate rather than awesome.

It's faithful enough and a match for broadcast material, but blockbusting movies expose a lack of real depth and bass. There is, however, an optical digital output on the back panel that enables you to divert the signal, in Dolby Digital form, to an external amp, or you could just wire your Blu-ray deck or digibox straight into your home cinema system for greater sonic satisfaction.

Nearly two grand isn't particularly cheap for a television, even one as large as this. But given its enormity, solid overall performance and generous array of features, we'd say the price is just about right.

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