Official Panasonic ST50 Series Discussion Thread [No Street Price Talk] - Page 296

Thanks for posting Bill. Your post really helps me out as it gives me details with regards to how the tv is handling reflections based on the position of the light source. Im just sad to say (as I really-really wanted a plasma, specifically the 60" ST50) that based on my room a plasma just wont work. I have two huge windows facing the TV, and I have a light bang centre on the ceiling that stays on a lot. I know what you mean about the newer LED's even having a glossier display compared to the older LCD's as my sisters one year old LED although matte definitely isnt as matte as my 5 year old LCD. Sadly I will have to buy a LED. Im thinking the Samsung 65" EH6000 (sadly $300 more then the ST50 and still not a plasma but at-least its 5" bigger *consolation price i suppose, lol*).

Sorry for the language

How accurate is the hour count in the service menu? I am running the slides and there is a discrepancy between the log I made and the service menu count. My log, which I though was accurate, is showing 1 hour 40 minutes more than the service menu. Which should I follow? If the service menu is 100% accurate I'll follow that, but want to make sure.

That is interesting but for the sake of the slides it does not have to be that accurate. If you run them 105 hrs it will make no difference.

You are in danger of getting too close to a black hole in space.

i know people have posted this in a few different pages, but i just bought a new house and will have to mount my 60" on the wall above the fireplace. Which wall mounts are everyone using?

Are you really sure you want to mount it there? Over a fireplace seems too high to mount a TV for neck comfort. If you're going to use the fireplace, you'll also be adding heat and soot to your TV, which I can't imagine would be good for it.

only place to really put it. The fireplace is gas and the living room is big enough so that it won't be a chore looking up at it.

Hey fellas. Well, I'm set. I had some issues with the delivery of my 60ST50, so Amazon credited me back $100, bringing the total cost to $1575 + tax. I'll also be getting $60 in Amazon coupons in the days upcoming, I guess I'll buy some blu-rays or something. All told, a rough consumer experience, but Amazon gives me no room to complain.

The blacks put my Samsung plasma to shame, the difference is really quite remarkable. The panel is quieter than my Samsung, too, which is a pleasant surprise (although I've heard reports that the 'buzz level' can change so... we'll see).

I'm running Custom without serious calibration, just lowered the Contrast a bit and turned off the offensive defaults like Motion Smoother.

Anyway I'm completely delighted. This thing is fantastic and I'm in love.

Can somebody remind me what I need to do to gain access to Color Management? It's greyed out.

Hups, I get it. Not available in Custom. Ok!
Edited by SaviorMachine - 2/11/13 at 4:54pm

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For some reason my tv is not picking up my wifi. Every other wifi thing works, but the tv cannot find any wifi service. This just happened all of the sudden. Any reason why this would happen

Ever since I plugged my TV in to my router, TVersity no longer sees my other devices

Update after a week with my ST50; loving it! Got some new discs in the mail. I have a pretty sad Blu-ray ‘collection’ currently consisting of about 4 discs LOL. Picked up ET last week – which was beautifully done and I’ve got a few new discs coming. I popped in my V For Vendetta DVD last night and it looked better than it ever has to say the least. I wasn’t sure what to expect from my DVD’s as far as how sharp the picture would be, etc. and I was not disappointed.

Still running the slides and haven’t watched a ton of stuff with bars, etc. until it gets more hours on it, but overall haven’t found anything to gripe about not that Netfix and Vudu started working. I’ll be using my external media hub for that anyway since I’m short on optical inputs on my receiver.

I did a little ‘calibrating’ with the Wow Disc over the weekend as well – just a couple bumps up or down here and there. I prefer the settings from another site that I found over the ones I see mentioned here a lot. It looks pretty amazing to my eyes anyway.
Exploring a few options that I haven’t dealt with before; 48hz vs. 60hz in 24p, etc. I have to be honest that I only recently discovered 24p mode on my Blu-ray player when I started burning off my own Blu-ray discs at home from my 24p camcorder/still camera. I know that’s awfully un ‘AVS’ Forum of me to have never realized there was a 24p mode for DVD’s and Blu-ray’s. I still have a lot to learn.

Do any of you have an ST50 that has a volume bar with a solid black background and yellow meter instead of the translucent blue background with white meter?

Here's the black and yellow volume bar:

wasn't that a firmware update change?

Not sure. My first 55ST50, an October '12 build, has the blue and white volume bar. My second 55ST50, a December '12 build, has the black and yellow volume bar. I don't know what firmware each has.

Are you saying that the firmware update included the change to a yellow and black volume bar?

Just checked and the October '12 build has firmware version 1200-1030. The December '12 build has version 1230-1030, so it has the update.

The volume bar was part of the firmware update.

Does anyone know if the new ST60 will have 1080p Pure Direct?

Its out now. Cant you go to the Panasonic website and find out?

Do you do alot of TV watching during the day? Even then, personaly I still go plasma but that would be the only factor that may make me think about an LCD/LED.

Yes I would say I do a fair amount. Sports mainly during the daytime hours on the weekends and such. I am thinking of getting some blackout curtains for the windows right now if I really-really wanna get a plasma over LED/LCD. The curtains might be the best compromise at the moment as I do find that things that directly hit plasma tv's head on that reflect the worst. Off angle light sources don't seem to be so bad (or so i read).

Hm, no, seems like it was a coincidence. Right now neither TVersity nor Serviio finds my network devices and it does not appear to be related to the TV. Thought I should clear up that misinformation.

i didn't check mine last night, but as of two nights ago, mine still couldn't find the wifi. I didn't change any settings or anything, it's just not coming up. All my other wifi devices are working fine. So i think mine is an issue with the television. I guess i'm going to need to contact Panasonic

I noticed that as well. Was that the only change?

Is there somewhere to look up what each update addresses?

I've never updated my firmware. Have any updates improved / worsened input lag? I use custom but it feels heavier than game mode. Nobody ever really posted good game mode settings so I don't use it due to the odd greenish tint I can't get rid of.

Ive gotten only 1 update since June and didnt notice anything other than the volume bar.

Thanks. So the consensus is 2.4 gamma on 60" sets? I've been using D-Nice settings with 2.6 gamma.

Whatever you like. Most use 2.4. I use 2.6 on my 60".