Hi,
I recently bought a plasma display, actually today, and i´m on the 100hs break in period. After that i´ll be able to calibrate.
Right now i lowered contrast to 50% as recommended, brightness to 53%.

My question is, what are the difference when calibrating a plasma compared to an LCD.

Right now i have E.Saving at High, and even with contrast at 50% i find it very bright.

There are any things to look compared an LCD?

thanks,
booker

PS, i have Avia and DVE btw Standard Def version though.

this is a great place to start after your breaking in period

http://www.curtpalme.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10457
below is a link to HD test patterns dvd that is a free download
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=12373254#post12373254

I would not recommend using the power saving mode on a Plasma – it tends to exacerbate the problem where the image dims the brighter it's supposed to be. (the brighter an image is, the more power it uses)

Brightness, colour etc won't have an effect on image retention, so set them where you feel it's best using Avia/DVE. It's only contrast you need to worry about – I'd run it with contrast as low as you can have it without the image looking dull.

Greetings

Use DVE ... get your brightness, contrast, color, tint, sharpness all set. Why bother waiting? Do it now!

Break in is for early mortality issues and for people that deal with traveling calibrators. Calibrate the TV now ... and calibrate it again later. It's not like you only calibrate TVs once in their life time. You do it all the time. The test disc won't degrade after one use.

Regards

We have been focusing on Calibrating Plasma Displays (mostly Pioneer) HERE (http://www.controlcal.com/forum/index.php) and HERE (http://www.controlcal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=31) with discussions using ColorHCFR (Free) and CalMAN. There is also discussion on using two popular meters, Display 2/LT vs the I1 Pro when calibrating Plasmas.

BTW, which model do you have? :D

Hi,
first of all, thank you all for answering my question. Now of course, i have more questions! lol.

first, my model is HP-T 4254, it´s not exactly the same, because i live in Argentina and we get different models than US, but it´s the same display, same design, same features, etc.

ok, my questions.

E.Saving, why i shouldn´t use it? i though this E.saving will give me the better blacks the panel can achieve, i´m wrong? Also, having E.Saving on High will not help to prevent IR?

From what i´m reading the only setting i should be aware is contrast, this is the only reason why my TV get IR/BI, i´m correct? Right now i have it at 50%, and to be honest i find it quite nice there... whites looks white... should i leave it there? or i should keep in mind other things besides "looking white"?

I´m going to read all the links you guys provide me. THanks!

My bigges fear is the BI and IR, i´ll be doing some gaming on this set, so i don´t mind sacrificing some image fidelty by reducing the IR. I´m actually really happy the way it is now. which is
Contrast 50%
Brightness 53%
sharpness 50% (i tried 0, but it looks all fuzzy, i mean extremely fuzzy, i did had my old LCD at 0, but with this set is too much)
Color 45%.

All extra process OFF (DNIE, Black ADjust, Dynamic Contrast, etc)


ps, sorry for my english!

one last thing, there are any difference between calibrating a plasma compared to an lcd?
or the rules are the same? (clipping, black crush, etc)

ok, Done the 100hs break in period.
Now i have some questions.
Lately i was able to see the "dots" on some colors, similar to dithering . I realize this was mainly because i had Contrast too low, after i rise it from 50% to 65% i get rid of most of this dots causes by dithering .

My question is, what else i should look when calibrating a plasma, compared to an LCD?

I already now contrast should be lowest as possible without making the picture looks dull, and on this case without forcing extra color dithering on the screen.
What else?