****UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE SHOULD THESE SETTINGS BE USED WITH ANY OTHER SOURCE MATERIAL BEYOND THE PANEL AGING THUMBDRIVE FILES****
Recommended 100 Hour Panel Aging settings for North American Panasonic TC-PxxS2/G20/G25/VT20/VT25 models (ONLY to be used with Evangelo2's Thumbdrive Files!!!!!!!!)
*****Note: This procedure is designed to equally and evenly age all pixels and ensure the reference settings listed below provide maximum satisfaction. This procedure is NOT designed nor recommended to be used as Image Retention and/or Burn-in prevention.*****
Photo Settings
Picture:
Picture Mode: Photo
Contrast: 100
Brightness: 50
Color: 75
Tint: 0
Sharpness: 50
Color Temp: Cool (Cool 2 on G20/25 and VT20/25 displays)
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Originally Posted by LSUMatt1514 /forum/post/21013299
Is there a way to get brighter white reproduction on my 65VT25? The screen that really jumps out at me is the opening screen shot when you start NCAA Football on my PS3...an all white screen with the EA logo. The white seems to have a very slight grayish tinge to it. Its just not that really crisp white that we are all accustomed to...particularly for a set this expensive.
I have tried my own Custom settings using the Disney WOW calibration DVD and have done all the software/firmware upgrades from Panasonic (believe the latest is 3.75). The Disney TV refers to it as "T-shirt white" and I just can't seem to get there.
I still have D-Nice's offsets in for the Warm temperature settings, but I've currently got mine set to Normal in an attempt to get a bit more "pop" out of the picture and liven up the whites somewhat...this doesn't appear to be helping.
Can someone please help me out with what appears to be, in my opinion, this dull white issue I'm having? Thanks.
If the firmware update (I believe the current version I downloaded was ver. 3.75) is not compatible with D-Nice's offsets/settings...what is everyone doing?
How does this make any sense? For those that paid for a professional calibration...do you have to get the set re-calibrated every time there is an upgrade available and downloaded?
My understanding is that any automatic updates are Ok with Dnice's settings.
only the 3.5, which could only be done manually by downloading it on Panny,s website and not automatically, was never recognized as compatible with the settings.
The latest update doesn't change anything to the video settings, it only refreshes the Viera Connect/tools features.
On another subject, it's been a few months I've been trying to figure my issue out. I haven't had any luck.
I have a hard time describing the issue, but I'll try my luck again in case anyone can help.
Best way to describe it is, when for example a news anchor wears a tie or shirt with lines, let's say a white shirt with purple lines, the lines are "blurry". It's like the lines are rapidly skipping up and down and creating a motion blur or something. Not really a motion blur as we usually know it, just really as if the image is quickly going up and down one line on the display, creating a visual effect like the line is shaking up and down. I thought it could be caused by the upscalling from 1080i to 1080p but, I hardly think so?
This could also be source-related. But I've noticed the issue both with my STB and with OTA broadcasts. I haven't really had a chance to test with BD content as I haven't found a movie yet where someone wears such clothing lol.
Hoping someone will at least understand what issue I'm trying to describe and perhaps offer some hints for a solution. It drives me nuts every time I see it.
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Originally Posted by LSUMatt1514 /forum/post/21044048
If the firmware update (I believe the current version I downloaded was ver. 3.75) is not compatible with D-Nice's offsets/settings...what is everyone doing?
How does this make any sense? For those that paid for a professional calibration...do you have to get the set re-calibrated every time there is an upgrade available and downloaded?
Who did your calibration and what did it cost you? Sure would be nice to have Best Buy do it since I just got a $225 gift card to Best Buy, but I've read the horror stories about their Geek Squad. They are, however, listed on the ISF website as qualified calibrators here in B'ham and allegedly there is one guy here in B'ham that is really good...not sure I want to roll the dice with them though.
The Best Buy calibrators are trained by one person that went to a ISF training so it depends who you get and how much he/or she learned if you were going to go with them ask for a ISF certificate, if they do not have one then walk away better yet ask for that person and tell them that you need to see the certificate when they get to your home, the last price that I was quoted was $150 for no more then 1 hour 45 minutes of work, again this is my opinion.
A pro can do the job in 2 hrs or less from prep to break down..and I mean a certified pro... I doubt any of bestbuys geek boys can calibrate a 2 or for that matter a 10 point grey scale on a panasonic in 2 hrs or less.. toss in an HDTV with an advanced CMS and I really don't think they are capable @ 1 1/2 hrs . Anyone that thinks they cannot/willnot invest money and time to learn to calibrate their own set and is considering a calibration that intense should contact ISF directly and have them point you to the right person in 'ure particular residential area!
One more thing IDE like to add.. I was in a best buy not too long ago and for kicks I got one of those guys from the "magnolia show room" and asked them if the x3 had a 2 point or a 10 point grey scale for adjustment (knowing what the correct answer already was)..he looked at me with this "deer in a headlights" expression and called over a geek dork who then proceeded to say "oh yea look here you see" he grabs the remote hits menu and proceeds to explain that they will make the tv look at it's tip top shape by dialing in the "contrast" "brightness" "color" etc etc..and I'm like no no to adjust the greyscale is it 2 point or 10..he's like "uh yea you see that's what we do and goes back into his shpeel about how they will make those picture settings look wowawoowee! I was in shock laughed internally and high tailed it outa there..lol I'm not saying all of them don't know anything but I imagine those that do know anything at all are far a few between..
Chad_B did mine, price was $375 and he did an amazing job. Spent over 3 and half hours on my set and would have spent more if I wasnt completely satisfied.
Chad_B did mine, price was $375 and he did an amazing job. Spent over 3 and half hours on my set and would have spent more if I wasnt completely satisfied.
Hi all. I apologize for what may sound like a super-noob question, but I want to be sure about something. When D-Nice says for example that R-DRV should have an offset of "-1", does he mean that
A) The parameter should be set to equal -1 (in other words it will say "-1" next to the parameter as that parameters level, like the way Tint will say -1)
or
B) I should click once in the negative direction for that parameter. (So if it was, say, 10 before, now it should say 9. Maybe these parameters don't work in a linear numeric like that (not sure), but I think you understand what I mean)
I looked at some of these Service menu values and they say things like "7B", so they don't seem to follow normal 0-10 or 0-100 values but maybe I'm missing something. Any further explanation would be greatly appreciated. I am an experienced director for broadcast HD, but monitor calibration is new to me (although it probably is based on the same core principles of color vectors and gamma and so on).
Thank you all for your time, and this wonderful forum.
Thanks man - much appreciated. So when (just to be sure because I don't want to mess up) D-Nice says "I suggest an offset of this value of +3" and the original value is 2, he is suggesting I set it to equal 5?
I know the offsets need to be applied for each HD and SD signal, but similarly, do they need to be applied for each color temp setting *within* the service menu? The factory presets seem to be different based on the color temperature setting within the service menu.
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Originally Posted by bradyman /forum/post/0
With the service menu settings for the G20...
I know the offsets need to be applied for each HD and SD signal, but similarly, do they need to be applied for each color temp setting *within* the service menu? The factory presets seem to be different based on the color temperature setting within the service menu.
Do not touch the all cuts or the all drv's..Please be very, very careful in the service menu. You can brick your TV. Change only the cuts and drvs -- do not touch the allcut or alldrv controls.
Thanks for posting your calibration report. I've included it in the flat panel list (post #2) that's linked at the bottom of my post.
Would it be possible for your to edit your report with some of your before/after impressions of your display. It would also help me to know the model. Thanks.
don't know if this has been asked before or not but can i use these slides for my gt30 tv? i can't seem to find the answer and theres too many pages to flip through to find it
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