Official Panasonic GT50 Series Discussion Thread [No Street Price Talk] - Page 36

Thanks sheshechic!

Question:

Anybody know of a valid code for he Onkyo 809 remote with the GT50? Searching via the remote setup doesn't find anything and the testing leaves the power on the input switch.

Another question. Has anybody found some decent settings for the XBOX. I'm playing Skyrim and I'm getting a screen door effect when I spin around too fast. Also, some of the dark areas are way too dark. Even with a torch I can't see on the ground.

How are people finding the 3D quality?

Thank you for posting this. I'm returning my slightly tilted 55GT50, and bought the 60GT50 at the Newegg price. I just love the tv so much that the biggest regret was not getting the 60" to begin with, but now I'm glad, because I wouldn't have gotten this great price. I'm so excited!

Next month you will be returning the 60" for the 65".

I think that if I do hubby will have me committed. lol

Haha true for probably many of us. Seems as tech becomes more advanced it becomes more of a headache and many consumers want to dump them for the next model only after 2 years. Where I come from you buy a TV, turn it on, adjust maybe the tint and brightness and then you keep it for at least 10 years.
Moving to today it's more to deal with and this happened to me for the first time last night. I've only owned my 55GT50 for more than a week and I came upstairs and saw my family watching a show on it with Letterbox. I immediately picked up the remote and zoomed the screen. They asked my why and I didn't want to go through explaining it, I just told them it's required during the break-in period.

Sorry to start this comical scenario but this is so relevant to this forum, haha.

HUSBAND: Honey, our new Panasonic Plasma has just arrived!!!

WIFE: Great! Hurry up and set it up our favorite team is about to play on ESPN.

HUSBAND: We can't watch tv for at least 2 weeks, I need to run the slides first.

WIFE: Slides? What slides?

HUSBAND: Oh, the break-in slides so I can apply D-Nice's settings.

WIFE: D-Nice? What's a D-Nice?

HUSBAND: Oh, he's one of the pro-calibrators on AV Science forums.

WIFE: Um, okay.

100 hours have passed.....

WIFE: Honey, why does every show I watch resemble my daytime drama programs?

HUSBAND: Oh, that's called the Soap Opera Effect:. I can switch that off but I'll have to switch it back on for action shows.

WIFE: Um, okay.

WIFE: Honey, why does the screen flash so much during the hockey game?

HUSBAND: Oh, people on the forums say it's from the fans snapping photos, but it hasn't been confirmed.

WIFE: Um, okay. Gonna wipe the dirty screen now.

HUSBAND: Oh, the screen isn't "dirty" that's called the Dirty Screen Effect, happens on a white screen like when watching hockey.

WIFE: Hmmm.

HUSBAND: Honey, hold on, I need to zoom the picture to avoid the black bars during your TV show.

WIFE: Why? What's the matter now?

HUSBAND: Oh...well...even though it's past the break-in period the TV might get Image Retention from the black bars.

WIFE: What's Image Retention?

HUSBAND: Image Retention is like faint images of station logos burned into the screen but only temporary......but it could be permanent if we're not careful.

WIFE: Why do I sometimes hear buzzing from the TV?

HUSBAND: Oh, that's because it's been said that Plasma's do that.

WIFE: HUH??

WIFE:Is this TV defective? I see big horizontal lines during the rating system at the beginning of the movies we watch.

HUSBAND: Oh, that's called line bleed. Seems to be a characteristic of Plasmas.

WIFE: Remind me why we spent over $3000 on this high maintenance paperweight??

HUSBAND: Because it's a great TV!

Sorry, but before and after I bought my GT50 I've learned so many things about Plasmas from AVS that I didn't know existed. I just thought I would collect the majority of the posts on here and sum it up for fun . If this post needs to be removed then no problem.

No need to zoom unless you plan to watch the same channel with the same bug, or ticker, or logo boxes, never changing the channel for several days.

No IR on my set.

^^^^^

Hella Funny.

Sad but true.

I will be having this same conversation with my wife for sure.

You're welcome. It was too tempting to resist. Was sitting on ST fence, but after reading comments like yours and others and the fact that Chad at HDJ got one, well it had to be the GT. A worthy match for my P42GT25.

Here's hoping the P60 does not tilt.

Here's to hoping that all goes well for both of us.
I just know you're going to love the tv. The reviews of the VT50 made me feel even better about my decision. This is a very good year for Panasonic!

Just wanted to ask how the GT50 handles 720p content. I'm having trouble with my ST50 when playing PS3 games in 720p. The picture gets smeary/smuggy looking with any 720p content.
Is this present on the GT?
I've owned Panasonic plasmas before without this issue.

Thanks to all that helped fill me in on the risks of purchasing from places like eastcoast tv. I have decided to wait for a better price from a more reliable retailer.

I am fairly new to this so i am wondering if it is common for prices to steadily fall or could i be waiting awhile? Just last week a local B&M store had the 55'' GT50 for $200 less than this week. I know this has to do with manufacurer rebates offered to the retailer, but I wish i didnt wait. I had to wait because at the time i was not positive that the refund for my Samsung was def. gonna get approved.

Then i saw the great deal on the 60'' at Newegg. Never thought i would be able to afford the 60'', but if it comes down even a couple hundred more i could. But i def. dont wanna wait too long. Am i pipe dreaming on this one?

Originally posted by (BitJumper)

"I just got a 60gt50 today. Oh my, it's beautiful! Both off and on. I've finally pulled myself away from watching it all day. I can't keep myself from watching things on it.

No issues at all. The THX modes are perfect. THX bright room was nice during the day. I played a little with Custom as the day's lighting changed but ended up with THX Cinema as night fell. I haven't heard any sounds from it (over the aquarium gurgling sounds). Perfect screen. Runs with a nice temperature. Surprisingly thin.

I'm far happier with the PQ on this than the 65vt30 I tried last year. The vt30 had odd color contouring problems for me -- especially on cheek bones and walls -- so I returned it and waited for the 2012 models. This gt50 has none of those problems -- faces are captivatingly beautiful.

I choose the 60gt50 because I wanted a high end 60". 65" was too big for my setup. I would have bought a 60" VT if it existed. I wanted the THX modes and extra CPU core.

After hearing how good the THX modes were, I didn't bother with the slide prep. Maybe in 6 months or so I'll have it calibrated. Or maybe not. I'm 100% satisfied with THX."



Good to hear your enjoying your set and not worrying about slides, like some people are. No need for it really. I may have mine calibrated as well at a later date. I am currently using Custom mode for day viewing using Cnet's settings and made some personal tweaks and I am very happy with them. For Bluray Movies I Use THX Cinema or just Cinema and Game Mode for PS3 Gaming and Disney Bluray Computer Animated movies.

Until someone posts other professional calibrated settings (which I'm waiting aswell) I'll use these ones. I still haven't gotten 3D glasses so I can't comment on 3D but I'm enjoying and love playing with it.

Maybe a little...I'm actually waiting for black friday to see what kinda luck I can have.

The NA VT50s have ISF Day & Night. ST50s and GT50s do not.


I worked on one GT30 on which the 2011 D-Nice instructions had been followed exactly. The measurements were excellent but this is not going to happen with all TVs as the electronic components are far from military spec.


The varied color luminance slides are unnecessary. White and all shades of gray through black are composed of equal parts red, blue, and green and they are all visible and getting exercised throughout the luminance levels. Put up a white pattern and view the pixels with a magnifying glass - you'll see them.

Has anyone measured the blacks on a 65"GT50?

This is true, but I have some debts to whittle down =^( It's all good tho, my 42" panny plasma still has some fight in her =^P I also like the idea of waiting for future production runs that will hopefully fix any issues that the TVs are having now.

First of all, thanks to everyone for posting great info on this site, I couldn't have made an informed decision without it!

Well after many months of hand-wringing and going from looking at the Sony HX929XBR 55"/60" to finally being sold on plasma's we have pulled the trigger on a Panasonic 60" AND 55" GT50. The 60" will be for the bedroom (it's a much bigger bedroom than our old house and finally time to retire the Sony 50" SXRD to the basement) and the 55" will be for the kitchen - yeah, it's a big kitchen too! There won't be a TV in the living room, we pretty much live in the kitchen until the kids go to bed anyway. Seriously considered the ST's, in fact a good friend bought a 55" ST50 at the same time, but I really like the metal edge of the bezel on the GT and the pro-calibration options. Delivery in 2 weeks with the full wall-mounting and installation service by Best Buy / Magnolia, the interesting thing was a 50"/60" could have been delivered right away but the 55" pushed us back, it must be the new hot size!

Now I'll go back to being a wall flower on these awesome forums - looking for calibration info and streaming apps info...

-Kirk

Save yourself the money and buy a wall mount from monoprice and install it yourself.

I bought a wall mount for my 60" for 17 bucks from monoprice, best buy wa asking like 250!

love monoprice, but hadn't occurred to me to buy the wall mount there! Got a recco for the TC-P60GT50? I tried using their search tool and entering the specs from the owner's manual posted early on in this thread, but it turned up nil. I imagine that's a glitch in their system and one of them will suffice. What model did you get?

I had a second opportunity to play around with the remote control on the display unit at Magnolia. I also played with the light switches in the room. Day and night mode almost seems like a deal breaker for me. Can anyone share their bright room experiences?

Please

Hello all,
I apologize if this has been discussed previously. I just bought a P65GT50 from Amazon - did not run the slides, as will get calibrated down the road. The PQ is everything that has been said here, and then some. I am extremely pleased with the purchase, and wowing friends on a routine basis. I run it on THX Cinema exclusively, and the set has about 30 hrs on it.

Now the troubling bit. I have become acutely aware of a white line approx 6 inches from the right edge (when viewed normally) that becomes all the more apparent with a white background when the camera pans towards the right, eg with NHL, Frozen planet and the like. Seen it with SD, HD and blu ray content. I tried to troubleshoot, tightened up all the links, hooked up different paraphernalia, yet still there. Now my wife sees it too.

I have never returned a TV before in my life, however this one is making me unhappy My question is whether anyone else has experienced this? if this is a recurring Panny problem? and finally whether there is a chance it may go away by itself with more hrs? Thanks much.

I think you're the first board member to report that kind of problem. Can you take a picture of it and post it here? Either way, it sounds like something that you might want to return the TV for.

It's a dynamic phenomenon, seen only with camera pans. Not seen with black backgrounds or stationary images. Its very difficult if not impossible to capture it as such. The line is not really a line; its almost like a vertical imperfection, a visual distortion when the background is white and the camera is panning. Its weird, I know. And its kinda subtle, however I have now caught it, and its becoming more and more blatantly obvious that more I know where exactly to look and when.

dse?

I haven't heard of that problem from anyone either, if you are not 100% happy, I would return it and exchange it for another one. Good luck.