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Originally Posted by ATC7 
Just a quick update on my issue with buzzing....
The delivery company had my replacement TV a day early and offered to deliver today. They loaded the 60GT50 into my house, I offered them a bit of cash in exchange for staying a few extra minutes to set up the new TV and they happily obliged (must be a slow day for them). Anyhow, we set aside the old unit on the floor without taking it apart, installed the new one in its place. I plugged in my BD player, turned it on, ran through the setup quickly, played the slides and low and behold this thing buzzes at least as much as my old set did. I also saw a dead (black) dot on the right half of the screen against an all white slide. Needless to say I'm somewhat thankfull for being able to retain my old set, which apart from the buzz is perfect.
Of course this experiment in itself doesn't prove or disprove anything. But at least for me it did remind me of how prone today's TVs are to manufacturing faults. Getting a perfect one might be hard without exchanging numerous sets which is something I neither have the time for nor any inclination to do. Having said that, I still think that if the buzzing is bad enough the set should be exchanged. In my case, it's only affecting viewing where there is predominantly extremely bright scenes and the audio volume is very low. Even during hockey games I can't hear it as it's completely masked by audio. It doesn't help that I have zero-loss hearing which is more of a curse than anything. My wife has good hearing and she can't hear the buzzing at all.
Just a quick update on my issue with buzzing....
The delivery company had my replacement TV a day early and offered to deliver today. They loaded the 60GT50 into my house, I offered them a bit of cash in exchange for staying a few extra minutes to set up the new TV and they happily obliged (must be a slow day for them). Anyhow, we set aside the old unit on the floor without taking it apart, installed the new one in its place. I plugged in my BD player, turned it on, ran through the setup quickly, played the slides and low and behold this thing buzzes at least as much as my old set did. I also saw a dead (black) dot on the right half of the screen against an all white slide. Needless to say I'm somewhat thankfull for being able to retain my old set, which apart from the buzz is perfect.
Of course this experiment in itself doesn't prove or disprove anything. But at least for me it did remind me of how prone today's TVs are to manufacturing faults. Getting a perfect one might be hard without exchanging numerous sets which is something I neither have the time for nor any inclination to do. Having said that, I still think that if the buzzing is bad enough the set should be exchanged. In my case, it's only affecting viewing where there is predominantly extremely bright scenes and the audio volume is very low. Even during hockey games I can't hear it as it's completely masked by audio. It doesn't help that I have zero-loss hearing which is more of a curse than anything. My wife has good hearing and she can't hear the buzzing at all.
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Originally Posted by ATC7
Well my 60GT50 is going back, this time not for an exchange.
The buzzing reared it's ugly head last night and this morning and it was bad. Last night even my wife was hearing it. She asked if I too can hear the fridge. I said, no hon that's our TV. lol
Anyhow, both Panasonic Canada and FutureShop wanted me to do a second exchange but I just don't have the time and in all likelihood the exchange will be the same. Interestingly, the panasonic rep I spoke with eventually told me that they've received more buzzing complaints this year than before and he thinks it's due to the thinness of the 2012 models, in that there's hardly any sound insulation there and all the boards are near the rear surface almost exposed. I don't know if I buy that argument but it was interesting to hear nonetheless. My old G15 and PZ77 which are much thicker than the GT50, although they also buzzed, the buzzing isn't even in the same league. I never heard them from anywhere outside 4 ft away unlike my GT50 where I can hear it from 15 ft. It's a shame as I love the panel and the PQ is the best I've seen but I just can't live with this buzzing. Maybe I have to settle for an LCD.
Well my 60GT50 is going back, this time not for an exchange.
The buzzing reared it's ugly head last night and this morning and it was bad. Last night even my wife was hearing it. She asked if I too can hear the fridge. I said, no hon that's our TV. lol
Anyhow, both Panasonic Canada and FutureShop wanted me to do a second exchange but I just don't have the time and in all likelihood the exchange will be the same. Interestingly, the panasonic rep I spoke with eventually told me that they've received more buzzing complaints this year than before and he thinks it's due to the thinness of the 2012 models, in that there's hardly any sound insulation there and all the boards are near the rear surface almost exposed. I don't know if I buy that argument but it was interesting to hear nonetheless. My old G15 and PZ77 which are much thicker than the GT50, although they also buzzed, the buzzing isn't even in the same league. I never heard them from anywhere outside 4 ft away unlike my GT50 where I can hear it from 15 ft. It's a shame as I love the panel and the PQ is the best I've seen but I just can't live with this buzzing. Maybe I have to settle for an LCD.
Sorry to hear that, I was hoping you'd have better luck than me. The buzzing did differ for both of the sets I had. One was definitely more intrusive. It was frustrating to watch anything with bright content with low volume late night. There was no way I'd keep that set.
Hope you find a tv that works for you.
Think i'm gonna actually put a little more time and effort in to getting my decent home theater sounding perfect.
