Panasonic TC-37LZ85 LCD HDTV Review - Connectivity

The Panasonic TC-37LZ85 offers a solid selection of ports, and we very much like the way their placed, which makes for easy access. We also like the built-in memory card slot, but wish some other advanced options like DVI or VGA ports had been included as well.

Input Ports (6.5)
The Panasonic TC-37LZ85 has a reasonable selection of input ports, although it lacks some of the more advanced ports we see on more expensive HDTVs. There are three HDMI ports, two composite video, two component video, one S-Video and four analog audio inputs. There is also support for both analog and digital cable and over the air antennas. What's missing are things like VGA and DVI inputs, which can make it a bit more difficult to connect the HDTV to a computer.

Output Ports (2.0)
As with most HDTVs the only output ports are one analog audio out and one digital audio out. Both are found on the back of the HDTV.

Other Connections (0.0)
The Panasonic TC-37LZ85 does not support any wireless connectivity options like Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.

Media (1.0)
The Panasonic TC-37LZ85 does have a memory card slot that can support SD cards, including high capacity SDHC cards. This can be used to playback photos from such cards on the Panasonic TC-37LZ85.

Placement (7.5)
We liked the placement of the Panasonic TC-37LZ85's ports. Most of the ports are found on the back, but they are all found towards the left side, right around the right side of the HDTV when looking at it from the front. This makes it easier to simply reach around and access the ports if necessary, although we do wish there had been a swivel on the stand to make this a bit easier. There is also one HDMI port, a compositve video port and analog audio ports on the right side of the HDTV that are even easier to access when you just want to hook up a camcorder or other device temporarily. The right side is also where the SD card slot is found behind a plastic door towards the bottom.