Official Panasonic GT50 Series Discussion Thread [No Street Price Talk] - Page 191

Originally Posted by swizzchard 

went over to HDJ and saw the disclaimer from D-NICE about his GT50 settings. To date Ive dialed in close to 30 hours of mixed content. His warning states dont use the settings without doing the panel prep process to the T...

Is there any adverse effect of using the settings if I didn't do the panel prep process? Ive already used HD-MASTER and CNets Katzmeiers...

Watched the Ravens/Pats game using HD-MASTER settings and it was pretty awesome!

Originally Posted by Freddyknuckles 

So just trying to keep everyone updated who might be folloing my 55GT50 problem. The blue lines continue to be a problem. Here are a couple shots from this weekend.

The original order and delivery with Paul's TV was a disaster and dealing with them on this issue continues to be a slow, laborious process As instructed, I sent pictures in last week but never heared back despite a 24hr promise. I went on live chat today and was told "maybe they bounced because the pictures were too big." Really? Who was going to tell me? So he says send them again directly to him. I do and he says ya, definately looks like a problem with the set. He tells me just send pictures of the S/N on the back of the TV and the front and back of the box. Why wasn't I told this before? I am at work now!
I arrange to have my buddy go over there, clicks the pictures, sends them to me, I forward them to Paul's and he says they will be forwarded to customer service to arrange for the swap. Now I wait some more. I don't have any faith that I will hear from them and I will probably have to prod them again in a couple days.

Originally Posted by Recstar24 

Sorry to hear. I went with amazon and they were great about price matching and others have commented the ease of their return process.

Originally Posted by MacNThorens 

Thanks to HD-Master for the new settings. I have finally passed the 200 hour rule (if there really is one ) and used your NITE settings of Warm 1 and 2. I settled on Warm 2 as I think it looks more natural and (for me) Warm 1 looks too LED like.

Thanks again, the picture looks amazing now!!! This is my first Flat Panel TV and I love it. It replaced a Sony KV-32FS120 so you can see this is a big change for me.

Before the TV purchase I set myself up with a few items that waited in the box until I pulled the trigger........Pioneer VSX-33, Panamax M5300-PM, Logitech Harmony One, and PS3 (used this before the TV arrived). My speaker set-up is Paradigm Phantom/Atom combo w/ CC100 center and PS-1000 sub. The next item is the speakers though as I have my eye on several different satalite set-ups. I wat to get away from the biggish speaker set-up and go smaller wall mountable. My short list is Paradigm MilleniaOne, KEF KHT3005se k-2, Cambridge Audio Minx S325 and the Anthony Gallo Acoustics NEW A'Diva or Micro with the BMR's (these are not out yet and that is what I am waiting on). On all of the set-ups I believe the SUB will either be the Paradigm Monitor SUB 8 or the SVS PB-1000 or SB-1000. Well see, but should be pretty sweet when it is set-up!!!

Thanks to everyone on this forum for their help.

Originally Posted by MacNThorens 

Thanks to HD-Master for the new settings. I have finally passed the 200 hour rule (if there really is one ) and used your NITE settings of Warm 1 and 2. I settled on Warm 2 as I think it looks more natural and (for me) Warm 1 looks too LED like.

Thanks again, the picture looks amazing now!!! This is my first Flat Panel TV and I love it. It replaced a Sony KV-32FS120 so you can see this is a big change for me.

Before the TV purchase I set myself up with a few items that waited in the box until I pulled the trigger........Pioneer VSX-33, Panamax M5300-PM, Logitech Harmony One, and PS3 (used this before the TV arrived). My speaker set-up is Paradigm Phantom/Atom combo w/ CC100 center and PS-1000 sub. The next item is the speakers though as I have my eye on several different satalite set-ups. I wat to get away from the biggish speaker set-up and go smaller wall mountable. My short list is Paradigm MilleniaOne, KEF KHT3005se k-2, Cambridge Audio Minx S325 and the Anthony Gallo Acoustics NEW A'Diva or Micro with the BMR's (these are not out yet and that is what I am waiting on). On all of the set-ups I believe the SUB will either be the Paradigm Monitor SUB 8 or the SVS PB-1000 or SB-1000. Well see, but should be pretty sweet when it is set-up!!!

Thanks to everyone on this forum for their help.

Originally Posted by jbdan 

Wow nice setup enjoy!

Originally Posted by HD-Master 

Glad to hear it! Enjoy!

Originally Posted by MacNThorens 

Thanks to HD-Master for the new settings. I have finally passed the 200 hour rule (if there really is one ) and used your NITE settings of Warm 1 and 2. I settled on Warm 2 as I think it looks more natural and (for me) Warm 1 looks too LED like.

Thanks again, the picture looks amazing now!!! This is my first Flat Panel TV and I love it. It replaced a Sony KV-32FS120 so you can see this is a big change for me.

Before the TV purchase I set myself up with a few items that waited in the box until I pulled the trigger........Pioneer VSX-33, Panamax M5300-PM, Logitech Harmony One, and PS3 (used this before the TV arrived). My speaker set-up is Paradigm Phantom/Atom combo w/ CC100 center and PS-1000 sub. The next item is the speakers though as I have my eye on several different satalite set-ups. I wat to get away from the biggish speaker set-up and go smaller wall mountable. My short list is Paradigm MilleniaOne, KEF KHT3005se k-2, Cambridge Audio Minx S325 and the Anthony Gallo Acoustics NEW A'Diva or Micro with the BMR's (these are not out yet and that is what I am waiting on). On all of the set-ups I believe the SUB will either be the Paradigm Monitor SUB 8 or the SVS PB-1000 or SB-1000. Well see, but should be pretty sweet when it is set-up!!!

Thanks to everyone on this forum for their help.

Originally Posted by Iain- 

You will love the Harmony One and the flexibility it will bring to your system. I've have mine for three years and I can't understand how I got along without it before that.

BTW, my new 50GT50 arrived a few hours ago. It's even more of a beauty that the 50ST50 it replaced.

Originally Posted by soundbomb 

Anyone know why when im watching netflix via gt50 it wont let me use the thx settings or zoom in at all orchange the format?

Originally Posted by soundbomb 

Anyone know why when im watching netflix via gt50 it wont let me use the thx settings or zoom in at all orchange the format?

Originally Posted by LoD80k 

So I have the GT and the HX950 both running side by side. Both impressive in their own right. To achieve the pop and desired light on the GT I have to set black level to light. In doing that I lack that deep rich color saturation and depth of black level I get from the 950. It also appears to wash out the picture a bit. If I set black level to dark on the GT seems capable of matching the black level of the 950, however shadow detail goes out the window and becomes too dark. I liked the GT better for football(the 950 had too much contrast) but i'm struggling to dial the picture in for everyday content.

It appears overall the 950 can achieve the brightest whites and the deepest black simultaneously while the GT seems to be one or the other. Can anyone tell me from your experience is there a way to achieve this degree of contrast or a significantly improved degree of contrast on the GT through tweaking settings? Can it be done through calibration since the GT only has two points of gray-scale adjustment? Would the GT have improved contrast? I believe someone mentioned yesterday that while the VT achieves deeper blacks it's at the cost of duller whites thus just a shift in range vs a wider range.

I also noticed to achieve the nice poppy vivid blue sky (i'm in Vivid) I need to set the GT color temp to Cool 2 yet I sacrifice browns, reds, and greens. Those seem best in in Normal. This I think I cana live with a little easier than the contrast ratio.

Just wondering what else I may be able to do and what realistic expectations should be? I know i'm being picky but every little bit counts.

Originally Posted by HD-Master 

Adjust both properly first. Vivid is horrid and should be banned in my opinion.

Originally Posted by Recstar24 

Sorry to hear. I went with amazon and they were great about price matching and others have commented the ease of their return process.

Originally Posted by HD-Master 

Adjust both properly first. Vivid is horrid and should be banned in my opinion.

Originally Posted by LoD80k 

So I have the GT and the HX950 both running side by side. Both impressive in their own right. To achieve the pop and desired light on the GT I have to set black level to light. In doing that I lack that deep rich color saturation and depth of black level I get from the 950. It also appears to wash out the picture a bit. If I set black level to dark on the GT seems capable of matching the black level of the 950, however shadow detail goes out the window and becomes too dark. I liked the GT better for football(the 950 had too much contrast) but i'm struggling to dial the picture in for everyday content.

It appears overall the 950 can achieve the brightest whites and the deepest black simultaneously while the GT seems to be one or the other. Can anyone tell me from your experience is there a way to achieve this degree of contrast or a significantly improved degree of contrast on the GT through tweaking settings? Can it be done through calibration since the GT only has two points of gray-scale adjustment? Would the GT have improved contrast? I believe someone mentioned yesterday that while the VT achieves deeper blacks it's at the cost of duller whites thus just a shift in range vs a wider range.

I also noticed to achieve the nice poppy vivid blue sky (i'm in Vivid) I need to set the GT color temp to Cool 2 yet I sacrifice browns, reds, and greens. Those seem best in in Normal. This I think I cana live with a little easier than the contrast ratio.

Just wondering what else I may be able to do and what realistic expectations should be? I know i'm being picky but every little bit counts.

Originally Posted by Bond 007 

I think part of this is that you are trying to make the gt look like an led. Plasma have a more realistic picture compared to an leds artificial look. leds tend to havr overstaurated colors and be too bright. Many people when they first get a plasma complain that it doesnt "pop" like an led. That pop is artificial. Kind of like a cartoon. But once people get used to a plasma then they think that leds look artificial and cartoonish. That famous "soap opera effect" if you will. I used to love my led but now when I go over my friends house and watch his I think everything just looks fake and has way too much color.

Originally Posted by Bond 007 

I think part of this is that you are trying to make the gt look like an led. Plasma have a more realistic picture compared to an leds artificial look. leds tend to havr overstaurated colors and be too bright. Many people when they first get a plasma complain that it doesnt "pop" like an led. That pop is artificial. Kind of like a cartoon. But once people get used to a plasma then they think that leds look artificial and cartoonish. That famous "soap opera effect" if you will. I used to love my led but now when I go over my friends house and watch his I think everything just looks fake and has way too much color.

Originally Posted by jbdan 

+1. I prefer a "realistic/true-to-life" television picture over an "enhanced" television picture. Just my preference. Both of bro-in-laws love they're enhanced led pictures. We're all different. What I can say to be true is if you're somewhat of a purist and techy, once you go pdp you'll never go back. That is until another tech bests it

Originally Posted by dougrvt 

It's not C.A.T.S., it's been off since day one. C.A.T.S adjusts the picture based on the room brightness. My issue is, the brightness automatically adjusts based on the the whiteness of the picture being displayed. The whiter the picture, the dimmer the screen gets. So if I'm watching a commercial with a big white background, the screen dims noticeably and it doesn't look good at all.

Originally Posted by dougrvt 

It's not C.A.T.S., it's been off since day one. C.A.T.S adjusts the picture based on the room brightness. My issue is, the brightness automatically adjusts based on the the whiteness of the picture being displayed. The whiter the picture, the dimmer the screen gets. So if I'm watching a commercial with a big white background, the screen dims noticeably and it doesn't look good at all.