Panasonic TH40ES500A 40 Inch, 6 Colour Hexa Chroma Drive, Super Bright Panel, Slim Profile Design, Swipe and Share. The ES500 series uses a bright panel and adaptive backlight dimming to produce beautiful picture quality.It also boasts great smart networking and content sharing It is usually very bright when setup to look their best due to the types of light they use and need to limit brightness to aid contrast. Super bright panels solve this problem via a combination of new panel driving system.