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post #421 of 1083
12/31/11 at 4:33pm
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Originally Posted by New2PlasmaTV View Post

Not sure about the FBR how would I notice it? From my understanding firmware update may have resolved it. Do you mind taking a look at my previous questions please. Thank you.

I bought mine back in April, and have never noticed FBR. My recommendation is NOT to look for it. No, firmware upgrades did not resolve it (you would need an A board swap, but again, if you don't see it, don't worry -- some VT30 displays are more prone to FBR than others).
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post #422 of 1083
12/31/11 at 4:52pm
I got the 50GT30 two days ago, is it normal that they(sears) still have one from March? Did the newer builds resolve this particular issue? Thanks.
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post #423 of 1083
12/31/11 at 6:13pm
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I got the 50GT30 two days ago, is it normal that they(sears) still have one from March? Did the newer builds resolve this particular issue? Thanks.

like bill said, if you dont see any problems you may not have any problems.

if you search you will find many detailed threads and posts here about this issue:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=3775
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post #424 of 1083
12/31/11 at 7:27pm
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Originally Posted by musicmafia View Post

like bill said, if you dont see any problems you may not have any problems.

if you search you will find many detailed threads and posts here about this issue:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=3775

I just watched a movie and I DO SEE it now. lol After reading that thread I also remembered the CATS was set to off. So the question now is: do I return the GT30 and see if they have a more recently built model that is patched or have mine fixed?

Would someone mind giving me answers on my first post in this thread? Thanks.

HAPPY NEW YEAR
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post #425 of 1083
1/1/12 at 9:50am
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I just watched a movie and I DO SEE it now. lol After reading that thread I also remembered the CATS was set to off. So the question now is: do I return the GT30 and see if they have a more recently built model that is patched or have mine fixed?

Would someone mind giving me answers on my first post in this thread? Thanks.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

It's the luck of the draw, really... I just had a 50" delivered from Hhgregg on Wednesday with an April build. It seems to exhibit slight Fbr. Given that they were out of stock and I had similar odds of getting an older build from someone else (except, perhaps, Panasonic), I opted to keep the set since it was a) here, and b) free of any other obvious issues.

I called Panasonic, they acknowledged the issue, and are sending a tech to my home on Thursday.

While YMMV, I'd keep it and have Panasonic fix it -- assuming you are otherwise happy with it.
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post #426 of 1083
1/1/12 at 10:04am
I would guess that higher volume stores are less likely to have old stock. Received my 65vt30 a week ago from Amazon, and it is October build with the updated EEPROM.
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post #427 of 1083
1/1/12 at 11:59am
I bought a 65ST30 and I am running the slides now. There is one particular issue as far as I can see. The white slide does not look like white. It's almost gray. Is this expected due to the picture settings D-nice provided?
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post #428 of 1083
1/1/12 at 12:02pm
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Originally Posted by yenal View Post

I bought a 65ST30 and I am running the slides now. There is one particular issue as far as I can see. The white slide does not look like white. It's almost gray. Is this expected due to the picture settings D-nice provided?

Full screen white is dimmer on plasmas. Completely normal.
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post #429 of 1083
1/1/12 at 12:04pm
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Originally Posted by D-Nice View Post

Full screen white is dimmer on plasmas. Completely normal.

So that's the brightest white I'll ever see or it's the case only for full screen?
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post #430 of 1083
1/1/12 at 12:40pm
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So that's the brightest white I'll ever see or it's the case only for full screen?

Full screen only.
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post #431 of 1083
1/1/12 at 12:53pm
Can the settings for the P60ST30 be used for the P60S30??

Thanks!
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post #432 of 1083
1/1/12 at 12:53pm
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No!
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post #433 of 1083
1/1/12 at 1:05pm
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Originally Posted by D-Nice View Post

Full screen only.

Thanks a lot D-Nice. I have one more question. I fail to see those green/pink blobs in the slides. I looked at the dark and white slides but I cannot see them. Are all Panasonic plasmas affected by this issue or should I assume that I got a good set? The picture uniformity looks great compared to LCDs.
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post #434 of 1083
1/1/12 at 1:08pm
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Originally Posted by yenal View Post


Thanks a lot D-Nice. I have one more question. I fail to see those green/pink blobs in the slides. I looked at the dark and white slides but I cannot see them. Are all Panasonic plasmas affected by this issue or should I assume that I got a good set? The picture uniformity looks great compared to LCDs.

It does not affect all sets
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post #435 of 1083
1/1/12 at 1:57pm
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Originally Posted by yenal View Post

Thanks a lot D-Nice. I have one more question. I fail to see those green/pink blobs in the slides. I looked at the dark and white slides but I cannot see them. Are all Panasonic plasmas affected by this issue or should I assume that I got a good set? The picture uniformity looks great compared to LCDs.

low panel brightness and color temp warm2 shows the problem most if you have it.
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post #436 of 1083
1/1/12 at 1:59pm
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low panel brightness and color temp warm2 shows the problem most if you have it.

I'll wait until the slides are done and will check it that way. I still have until the end of January to return this TV.
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post #437 of 1083
1/1/12 at 3:09pm
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Originally Posted by New2PlasmaTV View Post

Hello, I would like to say that I'm glad I found this forum and hope to learn a lot from it. As you can tell by my name I'm very new to the Plasma TV world as I just bought myself a 50GT30 the other day. Unfortunately I started regular use of it and so far I'm happy.

I wanted to find different calibrations what will make the picture really stand out. I have a few questions after reading D-Nice's thread about using the slides for 100hrs before you start calibrating:

Before I found this site, I used the settings from the plasma tv buying guide for the GT30. I can't post the link so here it is:

Picture Mode: Custom
Contrast: 70
Brightness: 60
Color: 48
Sharpness: 10
Tint: 0
Color Temp: Warm 2
CATS: Off
Mosquito NR: Off
Motion Smoother: Off
Black Level: Light
24P Direct in: 60Hz
In Pro Settings Menu (White Balance)
W/B high R +16
W/B high G 0
W/B high B +16
W/B low R +7
W/B low G 0
W/B low B +4

Used not more than an hour or two, and I'm worried if I made a mistake playing around with the custom calibration settings before 100 hrs. Did I cause any type of "damage" with those settings?


My next question is can the slides be run AFTER the tv has been used? So far it's been around 20 hrs. If not, can D-Nice's settings be used without any risks?

I apologize in advance for the noob questions but greatly appreciate any help. This is my first Plasma and really value it a lot.

Thank you.

D-Nice, do you mind taking a look at my questions? Thank you. btw I changed the custom settings to 50s on brightness and contrast.
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post #438 of 1083
1/1/12 at 3:14pm
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D-Nice, do you mind taking a look at my questions? Thank you. btw I changed the custom settings to 50s on brightness and contrast.

From what I understand, you can always use his settings however if you did not follow the instructions completely (like not running the slides for the first 20 hours), your picture will not be the same as the reference picture d-nice calibrated in his reference TV. It's not the end of the world.
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post #439 of 1083
1/1/12 at 3:35pm
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Originally Posted by New2PlasmaTV View Post

D-Nice, do you mind taking a look at my questions? Thank you. btw I changed the custom settings to 50s on brightness and contrast.

The link below will answer your question (it was for another poster in another thread).

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showp...postcount=4754
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post #440 of 1083
1/1/12 at 8:50pm
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Originally Posted by D-Nice View Post

No!

Do you have any settings for the S30?
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post #441 of 1083
1/1/12 at 11:10pm
The wife gave me a TC-P5032C for Xmas. These Pannys are sold at Target, any issues with this model?
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post #442 of 1083
1/2/12 at 9:26am
I have an LJ S/N with October build and 84.46 EPROM. Pink on the sides with gray slides. Notice on gray slides slight horizontal bands with a darker line running in the middle. The pink shows up when there is high white content like sky scenes. Also have experienced problems with random power cycling 5 times last month. It occurs most when playing back either WDTV or DLNA. Last time I was watching DLNA content and it powered off and back on which makes no sense that a DLNA source would force the TV to power cycle. It has power cycled during OTA and MCE recordings as well. I think this one is going back to Amazon.
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post #443 of 1083
1/2/12 at 1:51pm
D-nice- quick question. Are you planning on any settings for the LJ build or does one of the others work? Appreciate all the info you've posted already...

Submitted without full details: LJ (Oct 11 build) of the 65VT30
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post #444 of 1083
1/2/12 at 5:24pm
I got a 65VT30 arriving this week. Just been reading about all these green/pink uniformity issues, makes me sad I haven't read about that many cases of it happening with Australian models, mainly US and Europe. Hopefully I get a good one!

In other matters, does anyone foresee any issues in running the break-in slides (with D-Nice's break-in settings) on an Australian 65VT30?
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post #445 of 1083
1/2/12 at 9:43pm
I have a gt30 and wanted to know, if I do not follow the "SM Access Instructions", am i losing out on a significant diff in calibration settings?
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post #446 of 1083
1/3/12 at 5:58am
Is there any benefit/negative in continuing the slides past 100 hours?

Looks like the space where the 65VT30 is going to be mounted wont complete for another week which could put me around 250+ hours of slides if I continued them.
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post #447 of 1083
1/3/12 at 7:57pm
D-nice:
I wanted to thank you. The TV looks spectacular after tuning in your settings.
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post #448 of 1083
1/3/12 at 8:01pm
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Originally Posted by BillP View Post


D-Nice's settings are different for each SN, so I assume no, you should not use the settings for a different SN but rather should wait for D-Nice to post the appropriate settings (you need to wait for him to calibrate a few with your SN first so he can determine the proper settings).

OK, thanks for the reply. -David
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post #449 of 1083
1/4/12 at 11:03am
As I posted in the VT30 thread people may want to be aware that running the slides on 55VT30 with the recommended settings is consuming about 480 Watts - probably not a big deal for most if you only run them for 100 hours - although I do wonder what a 65VT30 consumes running the slides.

However as I found out last night my UPS battery side is spec'd at 330 Watts. It must have run its bi-weekly self test during the night and woke both my wife and I with its continous beep......Frightened the hell out of me as I thought at first it was the TV making the noise!

Anyway it is now plugged into the 'surge only' output which doesn't have the 330 Watt limit.

The UPS has served me well with previous LCD and DLP TVs - I guess I should have checked but I didn't think about the power output spec for the battery side. Normally I just need the UPS to run everything for 30 seconds until our back up generator kicks in (yes thanks to PGE I need a back up generator where I live....)
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post #450 of 1083
1/4/12 at 11:15am
D-Nice, just wanted to say thank you for your efforts and helping us get close to an actual professional calibration out of our sets.
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