Official Panasonic ST50 Series Discussion Thread [No Street Price Talk] - Page 286

Originally Posted by Bond 007 

Try turning the tv and bdp on and off a couple of times in different orders. Maybe the tv just doesnt recognize the bdp.

Originally Posted by Wolowizard 

I've been playing Red Dead Redemption on my 65st50 for a couple weeks, but haven't noticed anything. I'll keep an eye out later and let you know if I notice anything.

Originally Posted by Wolowizard 

I can't say I'm the most observant. I'm almost afraid I WILL see it and won't be able to un see it. Lol. I'm using custom mode with Rahzel's settings for everything. I suspect there's a little input lag while gaming, but I don't have anything A/B with. And it's not something that seems to cause me problems, so my lazy overrides any desire to tinker.

Originally Posted by Bond 007 

For $50 more I would do it again and again and again. It also has a dual core processor which could be helpful at times.

Originally Posted by CarguyHere 


When does the Dual Core make a difference?

(Just in case I see a GT for a close to ST price)

So far up here in Canada, they are +$500.00 for the GT adn + $500 for the VT

Originally Posted by rahkz 

Hey I'm starting to notice this more in bright scenes( 6-7 feet away), but I think its what most people here seems to hear. It goes really zzzzzz for bright scenes, and then silent for dark scenes. The funny thing is I didn't really care about the buzzing when I first got the tv but ever since I saw "A Panasonic Tech came to inspect my buzzing panel" It has been bothering my brain a bit.

Ok so for you guys tired of the buzzing and what not and you don't want to return it or can't return it, show me how you reduced the buzzing.

I'm going to try covering up the areas where it sounds real buzzy on the panel with foam or cardboard. But I'm afraid it might cover the ventilation holes. Is it important to keep those vent holes open?
I don't want my panel to overheat and burn down my house just because I hate buzzing sounds...
Please share your ingenious thoughts on reducing the buzzing.

Originally Posted by p3Orion 

What games? I recently bought a 55ST50 and today played Red Dead Redemption and Skyrim. I noticed the jittery, shaky movement of the background when I swiveled the camera as well. I think this is normal, as the game is trying to render the background, but can't do so smoothly for whatever technical reasons. I'm thinking that the jittery motion is more noticeable on a larger display. I primarily gamed on a 42" plasma and I don't remember it being as apparent. What size TV did you use to game on? I will try to do an A/B comparison today/tomorrow to see the differences between the 42" and 55".

Originally Posted by p3Orion 

I'm pretty bummed about the buzzing too. I'm running "Up" (sound off) as I write and the on/off buzzing throughout the movie is a bit annoying. At first I only noticed it when the screen was predominately white, but now I notice it any time bright, pale colors - whites, yellows, sky blue, etc - are on screen.

I definitely wound not cover anything on the back panel. The ST50 doesn't run hot (mine at least), but I wouldn't do anything to prevent ventilation.

The only things that I read about that eliminated the buzzing on some displays were to either tighten the screws on the back panel or have a Panasonic technician tighten the screws on certain circuit boards.

Google Panasonic buzzing fix.

Here's one video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hq2SZI04Byg

Originally Posted by iketech 

When it comes to DLNA, my 55ST50 is almost useless......thank god for my LG Blue-ray player.

Originally Posted by iketech 

Quote:
Originally Posted by iketech

When it comes to DLNA, my 55ST50 is almost useless......thank god for my LG Blue-ray player.

Interesting. I have not had a problem with my 60" when I tried DLNA.
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CLEHD,
What type of files you have?

Originally Posted by LTE15 

I have a 51 inch Samsung E7000 and my return period is up in about a week. I am generally very happy with the set, but had been considering exchanging it for the 55 inch ST50 (which will actually wind up costing about $300 more than I paid for the Samsung and then I would need to buy 3D glasses). I was also thinking about the UT50 which would cost about $100 less than I paid for the E7000 (before glasses). Anyway, I was considering this because I thought the larger screen size might be nice and I understand the Panasonic has better blacks and maybe a little better contrast. On the other hand, it's a pain to go through an exchange and I am concerned that I might be trading a few little and fairly inconsequential issues for other potential problems. I also am not sure 4 inches of screen real estate is worth $300 (and a 60 inch set, which would be significantly larger is just too big for the space). FWIW, the viewing distance is about 8 - 8 1/2 feet from the screen and this is my first plasma, coming from a 42 inch rear projection LCD.

A couple of questions to help in my decision:

(1) I watch mostly movies. How is the IR with black bar movies? On my Samsung during a complete black screen (e.g., transition between scenes) the bars appear lighter after watching for a little while.

(2) I understand that the Samsung has a reputation for having better video processing and supposedly looks somewhat better with non1080P content. I do a reasonable amount of streaming and we also don't have an HD TV signal because we watch very little broadcast television. How does the ST50 do with lesser quality content?

Any other general thoughts are welcome as well.
Thanks.

Originally Posted by tedcousens 

I have my heart set on an ST50, can anyone recommend the best wall mount ? There are so many out there! I know that some do not fit.

Originally Posted by rahkz 

Thanks man for the tips. I've read all over the forums and others such as http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/archive/1917351, it seems like people are just tolerating the buzz or they have been to way too many bon jovi concerts, therefore they are basically deaf.
Others who say they don't hear anything, its dead silent are really unobservant, deaf, and or just teasing. So I will give that youtube video a try without wrecking my tv hopefully. Maybe try aligning the walls with acoustic foam or cardboard, but that would only make me seem obsessive/excessive.
Cheers.

btw... What year/month is your panasonic model. Mine is November 2012, but it seems like it still makes the buzz sound... The guy in the video you linked is from 2011. I thought they had changed the screws to the later 2012 models...

Originally Posted by knewknow 

Hi All,

So I recently purchased a 55" ST50 in December, and am not 100% happy with my purchase. I ran the break-in slides for 100+ hours when I first got it, and configured as per the D-Nice settings and immediately had to make serious changes because the picture is too dark. Is anyone actually running with this config (contrast 76, brightness 56, color 43, tint 0, sharpness 0, gamma 2.6)? I can't see how this is acceptable even in a nearly pitch black room. The only way I can use this, is if I bump the gamma to 2.2 and contrast to 85 which produces a red tint on all black screens (this is due to the D-Nice pro settings). I have since leveled all pro settings to 0, kept the gamma at 2.2, bumped the contrast to 85, and moved the tint by 1 point towards red, which makes for some decent looking colours, and removes the nasty red tint on blacks. This seems to introduce other problems like cloudy/smokey looking scenes, and sunlight/light bleeding. AND.... I feel that the darks are still not defined enough. When I hook up my 2008 Kuro to the same source, the darks are perfectly defined and "pop", and there's no nasty cloudy effect on anything. For a TV that everyone says has such great picture quality, I just don't see it. The weird thing is that there's nothing I can do to make dark scenes pop, without increasing the brightness to like 80, and even at 100 on both contrast and brightness on the ST50, my Kuro still has a more defined and brighter picture at acceptable levels.

I'm running Blu Ray through PS3 (limited HDMI 16-235) and have the TV HDMI input set accordingly.
Gaming is done on PS3 and Xbox 360. I was playing dishonored a few days ago on the xbox, and everything was veiled in that cloudy effect. Hooked it up to the Kuro, and it was perfect.

Is there something wrong with my set? Any recommendations on some brightness settings? With everyone talking about such great picture on this set, I'm surprised I'm having such a tough time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

TIA...

Originally Posted by p3Orion 

Mine is an October 2012 build. As far as the video there's no way to tell if indeed the screws are updated on each individual display unless the back panel is removed. I would advise against doing that yourself. My reason for providing the video was purely informational not for DIY. Do so at your own risk. You could try tightening the outer screws to see if that helps, but I doubt it.

Originally Posted by rahkz 

Actually without removing the back panel I was able to see the kind of screw I had. It is the updated screw with the washer to my delight. However, that means the buzz is not being caused by the screws i have. or we have... I think you have the updated screw with the washer in it. If you shine a flashlight through the vent hole on the left side of the back. you could see that its the updated screw with the washer, try it out. I'm thinking about opening the back panel and tightening the screws just a tad bit and see if it makes any difference. and i know its all at my risk, i've built computers and stuff before so, i'm a bit careful with things like this.

Originally Posted by Bond 007 

Just for the record. I have had no buzzing. March build and all the screws I saw have washers.

Originally Posted by p3Orion 

You're deaf.

I wish I didn't hear anything. I know what a plasma that has low level buzzing sounds like. Our 2008 Panasonic plasma can only be heard if I put my ear really close to the upper corners of the back panel. I have ~7 days to decide.

Originally Posted by Bond 007 

Personally for me it would be a no brainer. If it bothers you, return it.

Originally Posted by p3Orion 

That's my gut instinct. The only thing holding me back is rolling the dice on another panel. If it doesn't buzz, but has other issues that weren't present on the one I have now, then what?