Official Panasonic GT50 Series Discussion Thread [No Street Price Talk] - Page 186

I was cautious in the first 150 hrs. Since, I've watched movies with bars, tons of ESPN, PBS with logo for 6 hrs a day (my 5 month old son) for weeks and have zero IR. Just reporting in for the "no-IR'ers" I also feel very fortunate for having that exhibits zero buzz. Both my wife and I have put our head beside the TV on very bright scenes and can't hear a thing knock on wood.

HD master waiting patiently for your newest settings! I've made a cheat sheet I keep in the den with yours, cnets, and blackops. I change once a week and so far, overall for all sources, your come out on top. They all look good though.

That was the case here also but I told the person arranging/confirming delivery that I did not want the box opened. She said the TV's are inspected at the warehouse to make sure they are ok but also said they can deliver an unopened box if I request it that way. I did and the box was sealed and opened for the first time in my home. Thankfully all was OK, if it wasn't they would just take it back. If you are buying from BB and having the set delivered request an unopened box...........they will do it.
Edited by MacNThorens - 1/17/13 at 8:27pm

OK, I'll chime in or bite! I have had my 60GT50 for several weeks now with about 150 hours on it. I have played some games on it. Typically from 1/2 to 1 hour on the set and I have NO IR. At All. I have looked for it but it is not there. When I game I run the set in standard mode and not game mode so that may make some difference, not sure. I do also run the Anti retention app once a week for a couple of minutes. Thankfully no problems to report!

I also just knocked wood after this post. lol
Edited by MacNThorens - 1/17/13 at 8:27pm

how do you get into the service menu to see how much time your GT50 has played?

also, does it void your warranty if you go into the service menu?

So here are a couple more pictures of the blue streak. This was a different source. Cable this time.
What is causing it? Ever seen this before? I just want to know if I should be sending this set back?
Could someone give me some advice on what to do? If this is the wrong forum, just let me know and I will post it
somewhere else. Thanks.


Got some red streaks showing up too

Edited by Freddyknuckles - 1/18/13 at 5:39am

Damn, I was afraid of that. I will be calling Paul's. I don't think I have the patience to do the 100 hrs of slides again though .

It just depends on what you consider as "favorable." I ordered the Darbee to try it out and was not impressed with the results on my 65GT50. Yes, I noticed a difference (mainly with blu rays). But the difference was so subtle to me that it wasn't worth the price tag. In my opinion, the GT50 produces such a great picture already that the Darbee can only add a subtle enhancement. I suggest you try it out and see for yourself. Others have highly praised the Darbee so I'm probably in the minority. Depending on where you order it from, you get 30 days to return it.

Yeah my V10 IR'ed everything. I used the slides and ran it on custom mode (which was the point on buying the V10. It could be calibrated)

My GT50 hasnt IR'ed anything. I didn't run the slides and use THX.

The IR was annoying, but it easily went away. Just watch some TV. Boom. Gone.

Also of note, the IR got really bad on the V10 between 6-12 months. After that it lessened.

actually. I did do both.
I tried googling "TC-P50GT50 service menu" and also tried searching within this thread for the keywords "service menu" but did not come up with anything.
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Is there anything in the service menu that lets me turn off that annoying red power light on the front? How do I get in the service menu anyways? Thanks in advance.

Can any one with the 65" confirm the width of the tv? The panny site says its 59" wide. That should be inclusive of the bezel, right?

Please let me know

I agree I had a Darbee for my VT30.. although it improved the picture, I felt that it increased the contrast or background white somehow (difficult to explain), I think the GT50 is just fine without it, but it can never hurt to try.
Mo!

I used a small piece of black gaffer tape.

Yeah,definitely call and get a new one..Plus ,,why not just watch the TV?...
Just watch a lot of movies you enjoy or if you have kids do what i did?
Mine was on a rotation of pixar and disney movies for the first few weeks ,,heck ,it still is

Because I was interested in using DNice's settings and that requires 100 hours of slides to be accurate. I did so on Wednesday and it looked phenominal. However, I may just break the new one in the old fashioned way and try using some of the other settings taht are floating around out there.
I called Paul's TV this morning and they asked that i send the pictures and it would be about 24hrs until I hear from them. We'll see how that goes.

I've been using black ops with some slight tweaks of my own ..good luck with it ..

I just bought the 55" GT50 to swap out with my Samsung PN51E7000 and so far it is quite a bit better than the Samsung, but I had a few questions/concerns about the GT50.

• I tried playing two different MKVs and they both failed. The first video stopped and had colored artifacts all over the screen although the sound continued working. The second one the video worked but a message came up saying something along the lines of the audio not being supported. I watch a lot of videos off USB so I'm hoping I can find a workaround. Is there a way to fix this or possibly something else that will work?
• I'm currently running the 'break-in' slides made by D-Nice. I ran them for 24 hrs so far and did some before/after comparisons. I didn't see anything major yet but I did notice that the black levels got worse. Is this normal? Prior to the slides the blacks were almost indistinguishable from the bezel, but now it is more like a very dark gray.
• In my comparisons between the two TVs I noticed the Gt50 had better motion handling than the Samsung ONLY with motion handling on. With it off then there was more 'judder' on the GT50. I noticed this a lot in Planet Earth when they panned across the Jungle Conopies. Why do all the settings I see have motion handling off if it fixes the judder that I saw?
• I have also noticed a huge amount of black crush on the GT50 compared to the Samsung. Is this normal with this TV?
• Lastly, HDMI Inputs 1, 3, and 4 have no problems, but HDMI input 2 has a ton of 'noise' on the screen, even with no HDMI plugged in. It looks like a a faint static across the screen that is made up of Red, Green, and Blue dots. I want to use that HDMI port since it has ARC on it and my receiver supports that, but I don't want this 'noise' on the screen.

I've used HD Masters settings for a couple of days. Pretty much only with Sons of Anarchy on Netflix. I'll try some VUDU or Blu Ray tonight. But so far, of all the settings I've tried these are by far the best IMO.

I have some image ghosting on mine today. The kids were watching nickHD where the picture is squeezed in about 8" from each side And now I have a line top to bottom on both sides and the words hd. Will it go Away?

I took a quick look at two different movies; Looper and Green Lantern. Looper because you mentioned it and Green Lantern because I remembered several dark space scenes with bright image elements. Quite to my surprise, YES, these horizontal flares are there. They have always been there, but I never thought they were not just part of the movies.

I will have to run these on my laptop to convince myself they are GT50 / PDP related and not encoded in the film.

It's bizarre, I never saw it until you pointed it out. I'm guessing that anyone who looks for it will now see it as well. I will also check to see if its setting related or possibly HDMI related. I am using slightly modified CNET settings; I don't think it's quite as bad on my set with those settings. If I use the vivid or THX bright room modes it's much worse.

Bookmark this page everyone like I did.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1403635/official-panasonic-gt50-series-discussion-thread-no-street-price-talk/5100#post_22769982

thanks!

Sure.

Hi guys' I'm new to this forum but I have been following this thread for a while and I just got my 55gt50. I just finished the 100 hrs suggested burn in time and started using black ops setting which is good for watching TV shows and movies but when I am watching sports using the samesetting the color seems washed out and the picture isn't as clear. Is there a reason for this ?I am scare there is something wrong or is it just that the setting from black ops not sport friendly.

Also if anyone can suggest a setting for watching sports that would be very much appreciated.

Thanks