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post #6361 of 6382
1/14/13 at 9:03am
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Originally Posted by htwaits View Post

You may just have your contrast, which controls brightness, set to high. Try lowering contrast or better yet, get a calibration disk like Disney's WoW and set both brightness (black level) and contrast (brightness).

the set has been professionally calibrated with ISF modes. ISF settings prevent changes to brightness and contrast unfortunately. Will try other modes, ie cinema, THX to see if this makes a diff..

thx,
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post #6362 of 6382
1/14/13 at 4:42pm
tried other modes with contrast, brightness reduced and no difference.... here's a pic of what I'm seeing:

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post #6363 of 6382
1/14/13 at 4:44pm
forgot to mention what to look for... the image of the background bar extends across the subject's forehead. Unfortunately the lighting doesn't do the problem justice. It's more noticeable on the TV than here..
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post #6364 of 6382
1/14/13 at 8:14pm
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Originally Posted by htwaits View Post

You may just have your contrast, which controls brightness, set to high. Try lowering contrast or better yet, get a calibration disk like Disney's WoW and set both brightness (black level) and contrast (brightness).

the set has been professionally calibrated with ISF modes. ISF settings prevent changes to brightness and contrast unfortunately. Will try other modes, ie cinema, THX to see if this makes a diff..

thx,
Have you talked to your calibrator about the problem? He may have better ideas that amateurs like me. wink.gif
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post #6365 of 6382
1/14/13 at 10:51pm
Does anyone know if a TC55VT30 can get a web browser via a firmware upgrade? Will this ever be possible? Also, the Pandora channel via Vieracast has a much more inferior user interface compared to other Pandora offerings (e.g. iPad, Google TV,etc). There is no later version of Pandora via the Panasonic online store. Any idea if this is what we're stuck with?

Thanks!
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post #6366 of 6382
1/15/13 at 4:20pm
Considering this is a 2011 model, I doubt Panasonic will be adding new features via firmware updates. Their 2012 BluRay players had new features and better interfaces than their 2011 players, which were never upgraded to match the 2012 models.
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post #6367 of 6382
1/17/13 at 12:35am
Sorry if this has been discussed I couldnt find it as I may be using the wrong terminology.

Can the VT30's UV filter be fixed? Basically have option to get one of these tv's where someone has used an polish on the film and essentially rubbed it off so its now shines in that spot. Rest of the TV is perfect..

Is it possible to remove the film ? I heard in the past people used to put car tint onto screens for better blacks, so thought perhaps remove and replace but just not sure if anyone has seen this?

Thanks,
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post #6368 of 6382
1/18/13 at 12:19am
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Sorry if this has been discussed I couldnt find it as I may be using the wrong terminology.

Can the VT30's UV filter be fixed? Basically have option to get one of these tv's where someone has used an polish on the film and essentially rubbed it off so its now shines in that spot. Rest of the TV is perfect..

Is it possible to remove the film ? I heard in the past people used to put car tint onto screens for better blacks, so thought perhaps remove and replace but just not sure if anyone has seen this?

Thanks,
I wouldn't recommend it.
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post #6369 of 6382
3/31/13 at 6:25am
My son left my home theater PC paused and TV on all night! I know have burn in eek.gif
I'll be gone all day for a family gathering. Hoping someone can tell me the best thing to do to the television while I'm gone today. Any specific images or content I should be playing while I'm away? Please help!

EDIT: I searched and see there is a snow pattern I need to play. Can anyone point me toward the link real quick?
Edited by IA_Chiefs_fan - 3/31/13 at 6:33am
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post #6370 of 6382
3/31/13 at 9:31am
I bought a VT30 new (Oct. 2011) and out of the box did the slides and put D-Nice's setting in. The other day I turned it on and noticed a problem that I have in my attached pic. The pic you see I had on pause and in a few minutes it went away. I've seen this watching TV and watching a BD.

IMG_3550.jpg 435k .jpg file

Looked on the forum but couldn't seem to find this problem, I'm sure its here tho. Has anyone had or know what this could be?

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post #6371 of 6382
3/31/13 at 11:53am
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My son left my home theater PC paused and TV on all night! I know have burn in eek.gif
I'll be gone all day for a family gathering. Hoping someone can tell me the best thing to do to the television while I'm gone today. Any specific images or content I should be playing while I'm away?
You do not have burn-in. What you have is image retention (IR) which is temporary.

Run a Blu-ray or DVD movie that's full screen on repeat when you're not using your display for normal viewing. That and some time is all it takes. Be patient, because it's going to take longer to get rid of IR than it took to create it. Full screen Pixar movies do a good job.
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post #6372 of 6382
3/31/13 at 3:25pm
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Originally Posted by htwaits View Post

You do not have burn-in. What you have is image retention (IR) which is temporary.

Run a Blu-ray or DVD movie that's full screen on repeat when you're not using your display for normal viewing. That and some time is all it takes. Be patient, because it's going to take longer to get rid of IR than it took to create it. Full screen Pixar movies do a good job.
Okay, thank you very much for taking time to respond.
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post #6373 of 6382
3/31/13 at 4:22pm
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Originally Posted by htwaits View Post

You do not have burn-in. What you have is image retention (IR) which is temporary.

Run a Blu-ray or DVD movie that's full screen on repeat when you're not using your display for normal viewing. That and some time is all it takes. Be patient, because it's going to take longer to get rid of IR than it took to create it. Full screen Pixar movies do a good job.
Okay, thank you very much for taking time to respond.
You're welcome. smile.gif

So is your son. eek.gif
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post #6374 of 6382
5/30/13 at 12:13pm
I own a Panasonic vt30 65 TV. I'd like to cancel my Comcast cable and rely solely on Netflix (streaming and DVD services) and local HD digital channels using a digital converter.

My question is, do these televisions have a built in digital converter/tuner?

If so, how can you test it out to see if you can pick up the locally broadcast digital channels?

If it doesn't have a digital converter/tuner built in or it's unable to pick up a signal with the one it does have, should I buy a digital converter/tuner that hooks up to the TV that will be strong enough to pick up those stations? Are there certain brands/models that people recommend?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Sincere,

Matt
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post #6375 of 6382
5/30/13 at 12:19pm
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I own a Panasonic vt30 65 TV. I'd like to cancel my Comcast cable and rely solely on Netflix (streaming and DVD services) and local HD digital channels using a digital converter.

My question is, do these televisions have a built in digital converter/tuner?

If so, how can you test it out to see if you can pick up the locally broadcast digital channels?

If it doesn't have a digital converter/tuner built in or it's unable to pick up a signal with the one it does have, should I buy a digital converter/tuner that hooks up to the TV that will be strong enough to pick up those stations? Are there certain brands/models that people recommend?

Thanks in advance for any advice!

Sincere,

Matt

I don't believe you need anything other than an hd ota antenna
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post #6376 of 6382
5/30/13 at 12:23pm
It has a tuner built in and you'll actually get the highest quality picture via your antenna anyway!
Just hook up the antenna in the back, have it scan for channels and you'll be ready to go.
As a backup to DirecTv I have an antenna hooked up, works awesome.
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post #6377 of 6382
5/30/13 at 8:57pm
Ok, so having a built in tuner doesn't mean we'd get a signal unless we get a HD antenna?
Should we buy an outdoor HD antenna or would an indoor one hooked directly up to the TV be enough?

Thanks again!

Once we hook up the antenna, do we just do a channel scan to see what comes in?
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post #6378 of 6382
5/31/13 at 3:08am
Whether you need outdoor or indoor depends on your area are you rural or metro? Yes channel scam after antenna is connected
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post #6379 of 6382
6/4/13 at 9:16pm
My 65VT30 died today frown.gif, after a year and a half the TV doesn't want to turn on anymore. No red flashing light or anything just the usual clicking sound that you hear when you turn on the TV but nothing happens....

The culprit maybe the vacuum, since we were cleaning the carpet but the TV wasn't on and it is connected to a surge protector (which still work). I thought those things were supposed to prevent overloads go figure I'm sad
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post #6380 of 6382
6/4/13 at 9:48pm
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My 65VT30 died today frown.gif, after a year and a half the TV doesn't want to turn on anymore. No red flashing light or anything just the usual clicking sound that you hear when you turn on the TV but nothing happens....

The culprit maybe the vacuum, since we were cleaning the carpet but the TV wasn't on and it is connected to a surge protector (which still work). I thought those things were supposed to prevent overloads go figure I'm sad
It may just be a dead power supply board. If so, that's a simple repair. Except tor the number of screws involved, it's not much more than replacing a card in a desktop PC.
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post #6381 of 6382
6/11/13 at 4:56pm
I have a squaretrade warranty on my VT30. Anyone, have any recommendations on getting the A-board swap with this warranty. I know I'm late to the party with the swap, but I wanted to keep my pro-calibration. And now I'm thinking of doing swap and getting it re-calibrated. Thanks
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post #6382 of 6382
6/11/13 at 7:04pm
Have you contacted square trade yet?
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