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post #691 of 1248
3/8/12 at 11:40am
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Originally Posted by MrVizio View Post

Yeah, I know. CRT days seemed so simple.

Personally, I'm using THX with 80 contrast, 54 Brightness, and Warm 1 (sometimes Normal). This is with 2.1 patch.

If you tend to use your set in a pretty dim or all dark environment, then you might not want to apply 2.1. But I usually have a bit of light present.

I, however, really like it. Plus, it seems that pro calibrators apply it before they go to work, so it's obviously beneficial in that regard.

A disk can def help because your adjusting things specifically to your set and your environment. Plus you can use it on other sets in the house, as well as future sets.

I'm proud owner of this beautiful 65GT30 and would like to seek some advice, i know there are lot of pages of info in here.. but do i need to run d-nice slides to break in or just apply 2.1 patch and start watching TV
Please advice, maybe I already asked this in the other thread....
TIA
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post #692 of 1248
3/8/12 at 12:17pm
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Originally Posted by ram48335 View Post

I'm proud owner of this beautiful 65GT30 and would like to seek some advice, i know there are lot of pages of info in here.. but do i need to run d-nice slides to break in or just apply 2.1 patch and start watching TV
Please advice, maybe I already asked this in the other thread....
TIA

There are a number of different schools of thought regarding the "break in" of a Plasma set. One group (probably least represented on the forums) unpacks their new Plasma, plugs it in and starts viewing immediately. Another group (myself included) use moderate settings (brightness/contrast <50) for 50-75 hours, avoids prolonged letter boxed content, does little or no gaming, and then inputs whatever settings suit their taste. Finally there is a group that utilizes the D-Nice approach running slides for 100 hours to age the phosphors uniformly, then inputs D-Nice settings, or other settings of their choice.

Regarding the 2.1 Patch - I have input the 2.1 Luminance patch & then updated firmware to 2.2. Most posters have said that the 2.1 patch improved brightness on their panels, very few have indicated any problems after loading the Patch. So that choice is left to you

Most Plasma manufacturers do not caution new owners to break in their panels. The Panasonic Owners Manual does not have any wording regarding a break in period - older Plasma models apparently had problems with Image Retention and Burn In, the newer models seem much less susceptible.

The "break in" process is up to you - others may have a different opinion.
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post #693 of 1248
3/8/12 at 1:04pm
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Originally Posted by ggsantafe View Post

There are a number of different schools of thought regarding the "break in" of a Plasma set. One group (probably least represented on the forums) unpacks their new Plasma, plugs it in and starts viewing immediately. Another group (myself included) use moderate settings (brightness/contrast <50) for 50-75 hours, avoids prolonged letter boxed content, does little or no gaming, and then inputs whatever settings suit their taste. Finally there is a group that utilizes the D-Nice approach running slides for 100 hours to age the phosphors uniformly, then inputs D-Nice settings, or other settings of their choice.

Regarding the 2.1 Patch - I have input the 2.1 Luminance patch & then updated firmware to 2.2. Most posters have said that the 2.1 patch improved brightness on their panels, very few have indicated any problems after loading the Patch. So that choice is left to you

Most Plasma manufacturers do not caution new owners to break in their panels. The Panasonic Owners Manual does not have any wording regarding a break in period - older Plasma models apparently had problems with Image Retention and Burn In, the newer models seem much less susceptible.

The "break in" process is up to you - others may have a different opinion.

Thanks for your input, I unpacked and started the d-nice slides and would wait for approx 100 hrs before I start tweaking to my liking and some of the other users settings.
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post #694 of 1248
3/8/12 at 8:07pm
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Originally Posted by ggsantafe View Post

there are a number of different schools of thought regarding the "break in" of a plasma set. One group (probably least represented on the forums) unpacks their new plasma, plugs it in and starts viewing immediately. Another group (myself included) use moderate settings (brightness/contrast <50) for 50-75 hours, avoids prolonged letter boxed content, does little or no gaming, and then inputs whatever settings suit their taste. Finally there is a group that utilizes the d-nice approach running slides for 100 hours to age the phosphors uniformly, then inputs d-nice settings, or other settings of their choice.

Regarding the 2.1 patch - i have input the 2.1 luminance patch & then updated firmware to 2.2. Most posters have said that the 2.1 patch improved brightness on their panels, very few have indicated any problems after loading the patch. So that choice is left to you

most plasma manufacturers do not caution new owners to break in their panels. The panasonic owners manual does not have any wording regarding a break in period - older plasma models apparently had problems with image retention and burn in, the newer models seem much less susceptible.

The "break in" process is up to you - others may have a different opinion.

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post #695 of 1248
3/8/12 at 10:52pm
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Originally Posted by Wermey View Post

could someone please go into the service menu, and tell me the default SM Offsets for a 65GT30



SM Offsets
R-DRV: ?
G-DRV: ?
B-DRV: ?
R-CUT: ?
G-CUT: ?
B-CUT: ?

I did end up doing the same but I was able to find out the default setting by going through this method:

Go to SM settings by pressing back "Vol-" key and "Info" key 3 times as described above.
Then choose a different input (HDMI1 to HDMI4, Component, Video or PC - anything) using the "input" button in remote.
Then SM settings will re-appear again which will have the default values.

But if you have changed it for all the inputs, then I don't know the procedure. I have changed it when I was running the slideshow. So it did not get changed for other inputs. I was able to recover the settings. I checked all the inputs and the value was same for all. So I assumed it was same when I accessed it in slideshow mode.

Hope this helps.

-RJ.
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post #696 of 1248
3/8/12 at 11:17pm
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Originally Posted by MrVizio View Post

You could try these.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...3#post21295853

This is with 2.1 applied.

There's also settings for a darker environment, but give these a try first, since most people on here strive to get a little more light output from the set.

Also, concerning color temp, everyone's different. If you prefer more whiter whites than switch it to normal. Give it some time and see what your eyes tell you.

And if you use a custom mode I strongly suggest that you switch HDMI to "graphics".

Right. Thanks. Those settings are what I've been using, just wasn't sure if they were the latest. Wasn't at all aware of setting HDMI to graphics though, will check that out.

I think I'm fairly satisfied now though. The black levels are pretty insane. In a dark room, if I didn't know better I'd wager the TV could be the actual size of the picture it's displaying (i.e. 2.39:1).

Only thing I'm still trying to get used to is the dithering. I've played with the brightness and contrast settings enough. It sounds like short of exchanging it for a smaller TV the only thing to do would be move my seating back, which isn't physically possible. But I'll give it some more time.
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post #697 of 1248
3/11/12 at 11:01am
I just picked up this TV from best buy and I'm not sure I like it. The picture looks great when it's not moving. For example. I'm watching college basketball and when watching the players run up and down the court it seems like the TV can't handle it. Picture gets all fuzz.

I have direct TV and good cables. Any one else having issues like this? Or maybe something I could do to fix it.
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post #698 of 1248
3/11/12 at 11:17am
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Originally Posted by bigjoexxl View Post

I just picked up this TV from best buy and I'm not sure I like it. The picture looks great when it's not moving. For example. I'm watching college basketball and when watching the players run up and down the court it seems like the TV can't handle it. Picture gets all fuzz.

I have direct TV and good cables. Any one else having issues like this? Or maybe something I could do to fix it.

Make sure you have on Video noise reduction and motion smoother on/weak it helps Sat/Cable feeds on these sets....Now for Blu-ray you probably want those features off..

PS. Also don't watch basketball or hockey in the standard mode as that is the eco mode for panasonic and it brightens or dims the picture due the camera flashes in the arena regardless of c.at.s being turned off.All other modes work great for basketball/hockey...Check that your directv box is outputting a 1080 i/p signal as well..
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post #699 of 1248
3/11/12 at 1:44pm
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Originally Posted by ram48335 View Post

Thanks for your input, I unpacked and started the d-nice slides and would wait for approx 100 hrs before I start tweaking to my liking and some of the other users settings.

It's been a few weeks since I posted. I have been enjoying my 55GT30. I ran the slides and the Dnice settings. I have not installed the 2.1 patch, as I have a room that can be darkened. I think it looks great just the way it is. I like THX for BD and the DaveO settings (w/o the 2.1) for satellite

I have been able to work most of the bugs out with HTPC. Now I get virtually perfect PC playback.
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post #700 of 1248
3/11/12 at 2:09pm
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Originally Posted by PeterLewis View Post

Check that your directv box is outputting a 1080 i/p signal as well..

My wife put on one of the 49er games a few weeks back, on a SD channel. Picture was awful...lots of buzzy noise. I immediately popped it onto the HD channel and picture dramatically improved. I do see a little buzzing here and there on shows, but nothing major. I think my NR is off
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post #701 of 1248
3/11/12 at 6:49pm
Thought I'd give Pandora a try. But is there a way to turn the screen off or engage a screen saver to avoid the Pandora menu from burning in?
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post #702 of 1248
3/12/12 at 9:52am
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Originally Posted by Noonin View Post

Thought I'd give Pandora a try. But is there a way to turn the screen off or engage a screen saver to avoid the Pandora menu from burning in?

it should automatically go to screensaver....I know for sure my ST30 does when on Pandora
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post #703 of 1248
3/12/12 at 10:15am
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Originally Posted by TulsaCoker View Post

it should automatically go to screensaver....I know for sure my ST30 does when on Pandora

How long does it take? I had it on for only a couple minutes, but worried about IR, so turned it off. Glad to hear Panasonic didn't include an app that would kill the screen
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post #704 of 1248
3/12/12 at 11:00am
don't remember exactly how long but within one or two songs it kicked on
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post #705 of 1248
3/12/12 at 11:12am
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Originally Posted by Noonin View Post

How long does it take? I had it on for only a couple minutes, but worried about IR, so turned it off. Glad to hear Panasonic didn't include an app that would kill the screen

My wife uses this feature and I was worried, but it automatically kicks in. It takes maybe ten minutes or more, but then its all good. Also, I checked after a long session of her using it and there was no IR. You should be good.
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post #706 of 1248
3/12/12 at 11:12am
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Originally Posted by datman View Post

It's been a few weeks since I posted. I have been enjoying my 55GT30. I ran the slides and the Dnice settings. I have not installed the 2.1 patch, as I have a room that can be darkened. I think it looks great just the way it is. I like THX for BD and the DaveO settings (w/o the 2.1) for satellite

I have been able to work most of the bugs out with HTPC. Now I get virtually perfect PC playback.

Are you the one that was using reclock?
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post #707 of 1248
3/12/12 at 1:02pm
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Originally Posted by MrVizio View Post

My wife uses this feature and I was worried, but it automatically kicks in. It takes maybe ten minutes or more, but then its all good. Also, I checked after a long session of her using it and there was no IR. You should be good.

Good to know
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post #708 of 1248
3/12/12 at 2:48pm
Are there any settings (besides using 60 Hz instead of 48) that have an impact on decreasing the amount of visible flickering? It doesn't bother me so much, though it is a little annoying in some places.

I'm also having a hard time deciding what setting I like the brightness at. Lowering it improves the image in many places (because of the darker blacks I'm guessing), but also makes many other scenes look overly dim (though they kind of look that way to begin with). Guessing it's just about finding a balance?
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post #709 of 1248
3/12/12 at 2:55pm
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Originally Posted by MrVizio View Post

Are you the one that was using reclock?

yes that was me. I still am not completely sure how much reclock helps because it will play smooth with or without it. I found a newer ati driver 12.2 and it helped more than anything with the PC.
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post #710 of 1248
3/12/12 at 3:09pm
As I am still debating between an ST30 and a GT30, was this issue of fluctuating brightness ever addressed? As the price of the GT30 comes down I was thinking it might be worth it to go for that one instead but not if there is still a large number of instances of fluctuating brightness.

Thank you.
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post #711 of 1248
3/12/12 at 3:09pm
Hi,

I'm newbie with HD contents and I bought P50GT30E tv last week. I have problems when I connect my HDD USB disk (Lacinema Classic 1TB) to my tv via USB to play .mkv films. When I'll try to see them, and error appears saying that the format is not supported. I try to play them via media player and I connect my HDD disk in USB 3 (HDD)

My HDD disk is in FAT32 format (it is said in its instructions) and the .mkv has the following properties: video codec V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC, audio codec A_DTS, subtitles S_TEXT/ASS

I cut the films in 4GB parts with MKVToolNix

I don't have any problems to play another films in other non HD formats

Thanks in advance
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post #712 of 1248
3/12/12 at 5:30pm
I needed a good settings mode for my sports with March Madness and MLB,NBA in full swing.

So using my blu-ray Ratatouille set up calibration tool I came up with these settings.I have Brighthouse Cable and it looks sweet to me watching Nicks vs Bulls.

Game Mode - Color temp - normal

Contrast - 70
Brightness - 45
Color - 42
Sharpness - 25 - 50 (to the eye of the beholder)
C.A.T.S - OFF
Color MGT - On (gives uniforms and grass field some pop)
HD Size 1
Block NR - On
Motion smoother - weak

This is in a medium lit room.
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post #713 of 1248
3/14/12 at 1:02pm
I watched Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (blu-ray) today. It's a little hard for me to tell how or why but on my GT30 it looked like a very old film, not something out of 2003. Think it had a lot to do with the way the lighting looked. But I know the film well enough to know that's not how it naturally looks.

Anyone have any insight into this? I know that description is kind of vague. Hasn't been a problem with any of my other blu-rays so far.
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post #714 of 1248
3/14/12 at 2:33pm
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Originally Posted by Shocked View Post

I watched Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (blu-ray) today. It's a little hard for me to tell how or why but on my GT30 it looked like a very old film, not something out of 2003. Think it had a lot to do with the way the lighting looked. But I know the film well enough to know that's not how it naturally looks.

Anyone have any insight into this? I know that description is kind of vague. Hasn't been a problem with any of my other blu-rays so far.

That movie has a lot of soft focus, haze, grain and noise (that's why it looks "old" as you said) and is not a very good blu-ray presentation. Not sure if it's the transfer or the original film but it pretty much sucks. In fact, it's one of the worst blu-rays I own and I rarely watch it for that reason. Real shame too, because its an absolutely brilliant film, just not eye-candy at all. If you want to see what your display can do just pop in Avatar, Kung-fu Panda, or Hugo. You will be left in no doubt as to the PQ.
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post #715 of 1248
3/14/12 at 3:05pm
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Originally Posted by C63 View Post

That movie has a lot of soft focus, haze, grain and noise (that's why it looks "old" as you said) and is not a very good blu-ray presentation. Not sure if it's the transfer or the original film but it pretty much sucks. In fact, it's one of the worst blu-rays I own and I rarely watch it for that reason. Real shame too, because its an absolutely brilliant film, just not eye-candy at all. If you want to see what your display can do just pop in Avatar, Kung-fu Panda, or Hugo. You will be left in no doubt as to the PQ.

Oh, I understand the point about it not being a great film to watch as far as picture quality goes. Mostly I was just demoing my sound system to a friend.

But I was really surprised. It wasn't the grain or noise. I don't doubt the plasma is bringing out many of its flaws but it looked more like the style of lighting was something directly out of old (color) films. I saw the movie twice in theaters, several times on CRT (DVD) in the years following and a few more on my previous LCD (Blu-ray) and none of them looked anything like what I was looking at. It really was that different.
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post #716 of 1248
3/14/12 at 3:32pm
Shocked ,

I recommend the free avs calibration tool here so you can adjust your settings to your room environment.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=948496

If you have a PS3,download just the mp4 version take the folder that says "basic calibration" also in the misc. folder take the "color steps pluge" and place it on a usb device.Then just use your ps3 to calibrate your settings (every mode).

I have a ratatouille Bd that haves a set up calibration feature but I liked the results I just got with this AVS calibration tool.It works great and i highly recommend it....A big thanks to alluringreality for this great tool....
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post #717 of 1248
3/14/12 at 3:47pm
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Originally Posted by Shocked View Post

I watched Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (blu-ray) today. It's a little hard for me to tell how or why but on my GT30 it looked like a very old film, not something out of 2003. Think it had a lot to do with the way the lighting looked. But I know the film well enough to know that's not how it naturally looks.

Anyone have any insight into this? I know that description is kind of vague. Hasn't been a problem with any of my other blu-rays so far.



No offense but M&C:Far Side of the World wouldn't be in my top five movies to use as demo material or judge my tv's performance though it is said the video of the BR is almost reference. The real question is does your set look that way no matter what movie you put in? What settings are you using to the BR Player to cables to electronic interference to the disc.
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post #718 of 1248
3/14/12 at 4:09pm
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Originally Posted by PeterLewis View Post

Shocked ,

I recommend the free avs calibration tool here so you can adjust your settings to your room environment.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=948496

If you have a PS3,download just the mp4 version take the folder that says "basic calibration" also in the misc. folder take the "color steps pluge" and place it on a usb device.Then just use your ps3 to calibrate your settings (every mode).

I have a ratatouille Bd that haves a set up calibration feature but I liked the results I just got with this AVS calibration tool.It works great and i highly recommend it....A big thanks to alluringreality for this great tool....

I actually did that the other day, though I confess my settings didn't actually change that much. The black and white levels specifically were already spot on. I am still actually exploring the disc though.
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Originally Posted by DR.DTS View Post

No offense but M&C:Far Side of the World wouldn't be in my top five movies to use as demo material or judge my tv's performance though it is said the video of the BR is almost reference. The real question is does your set look that way no matter what movie you put in? What settings are you using to the BR Player to cables to electronic interference to the disc.

If you see my above reply, I wasn't demoing it for its video quality but its audio. But when I actually saw it I was wondering why it looked so drastically different whereas all my other discs (good/bad) look relatively normal (albeit better in every other case so far). It didn't look great before but I was curious how it could turn into looking completely fake (now that I think about it it's almost reminiscent of the soap opera effect when using 120 Hz on my old LCD).

EDIT: I'm not even assuming there's anything wrong with my display, I was more just curious if this was a known thing to plasmas and/or how it works. I'd expected things like the softer picture, film grain, dithering, etc. to be more apparent (and they definitely were) but this was just kind of out of left field.
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post #719 of 1248
3/14/12 at 9:45pm
I have the movie on DVD but not BR so I cannot compare though I haven't viewed it since getting the new set. I just know about every movie I've seen so far, both DVD and B looked so much better overall than what they did on our former 2.5 year old Sony Z series LCD.

I've gone back and read some reviews about the video transfer and it's actually mixed bag. Some are saying it's really solid but most if not the majority are saying otherwise. You may want to read this one from DVD Talk as it mentions the video quality changes one shot to the next.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/33188...world/?___rd=1


Over at Blu-Ray.com read some of the user reviews and they say a few things about the video as well.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Master...1/#UserReviews
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post #720 of 1248
3/15/12 at 11:21am
My 100 hr slide prep is done and I started using dave'o settings for 2.1 patch and it looks great and HD and Blu ray movies are perfect treat to my eyes. Still playing with the settings for my dish.
Thanks a lot for all your suggestions and tips.
I'm loving my TV and worth the money I spent.
Thanks again
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