Official Panasonic GT50 Series Discussion Thread [No Street Price Talk] - Page 200

Yea, that's the one I have and it works fine but there are many others as well. I went with that one simply because it was massively popular on Amazon and had an overall strong rating. Bluetooth is fine for simple stereo audio. I never got to excited about using it with the TV because Bluetooth is limited to stereo and is bandwidth limited by the Bluetooth 2 standard used by most tof these audio receivers. As a simple way of getting stereo from here to there it's fine. Actually I'm being to critical; it sounds very good. Yes, anything that the TV's speakers will play will be transmitted.

They would probably rather give you a vt than a gt at this point. The vt didnt sell nearly as well as the rest and they have more in stock that they want to get rid of. That would be fine with me.

OK with me too if that's what actually happens. Fingers crossed.
Edited by Freddyknuckles - 1/28/13 at 8:52pm

I would push for it now that it has been mentioned and after what you have been through.

Ya, I totally know it's not going to sound amazing, I just don't want to have to be reading captions on the late nights that I want to watch a little Netflix or catch up on Archer or something...

I am after a USB HDD to use with my GT50 but can't find many suggetions of compatible drives. What drives have people had success with?

Also, with so many USB ports, what other accessories have you plugged in?

Hi guys,

My father and I own a 42GT42 and a 50GT50.

On mine 50GT50 I'm struggling with IR and banding (no buzzing on white screens luckily).

I bought mine GT50 last summer. Do you think I can get a replacement or do you have any tips how to reduce banding and IR?

But now the actual question.

A couple of months ago my father told me he could hear a strange resonance/vibration noise from the build-in speakers (he doesn't have an amp. connected). I checked my own GT50 and I can hear it to, if using the build-in speakers. It's not there all the time, but it's very often. It's difficult for me to describe how the noice sounds, but it's like the noise goes in the chassis and makes resonance/vibration, and the sound from the speakers gets compromised. It's very annoying and it's hard not to focus on the vibration noise.

So could it be something with both displays, or should we just accept the fact, that speakers in GT50 aren't very good. Maybe my father should consider a soundbar solution?

Any suggestions? do you hear the same vibration noises in your GT50?



Thanks

Kristian
Edited by skirk1983 - 1/29/13 at 4:57am

I tried checking out the GT50 last night at a local Best Buy since I am torn between plasma for picture quality and LED to compensate for brightness and fear of IR. It's in their Magnolia section, so it's a darkened room and controlled environment.

The room I want to put my new TV in has windows opposite that I am willing to black out, but am wondering if the screen is very reflective of overhead lights as well. Does the bright room setting remedy this at all?
Edited by aristotlewilde - 1/29/13 at 4:44am

Since this wholly subjective, i will answer it in relative terms of three tvs that have been in a similar with windows opposite the tv, obscured in part by plantation shutters.

In this room i have auditioned three tvs: sony 850, samsung e8000, and a gt50. I would bifurcate bright room performance into two basic qualities: anti-reflective ability and black level preservation. The sony was the best at protecting black levels, but the most reflective. The samsung protected blacks second best, and was less reflective than the sony. The panasonic was best at obscuring reflections, but in bright, direct sunlight blacks look dark greeny blue.

All three handle overheadlights very well, especially with an otherwise dark room.

Hope this helps...

This does. I have come to grips with needing new window dressings anyway, so as long as overhead lights aren't a huge issue, I think I'll be fine. The TV can be mounted on a slight downward angle as well I assume?

I don't know that many people are doing that. I have a 3TB external HDD, but I have it hooked up to a Blu-ray player that plays the media I have on it.

when you say e8000 are you talking about plasma or LED?

LED is ES8000.

Which LED are you considering, I am in the same position

When we all go OLED in 6 years, we'll all be living with the Soap Opera effect.

We'll all dream of the days of these plasmas.

Not sure what to think about this. My normal viewing window is between 5pm and 12am, its a mix of Halo 4 (Xbox 360), ESPN, NHL Network, Fox Sports, Cartoon Network. Have had the tv for 14 days. Every night when I go to bed I turn on dnice slides, upon waking up at 7am in the morning I can still see the ESPN logo in the lower right hand corner. I still leave the slides running and by the time I get home from work a 5pm the logo is gone. Next day I watch the tv the same way, run the slides the same way, get the same IR thats still there in the morning, then is gone when I get home from work. Does this sound concerning to anyone, still have 9 days in my return window. Surely I shouldn't have to run the slides everyday for 17 hours to remove IR. I have around 250 hours on the set, should I continue to age the screen this way until the set has 500 hours?

You are freaking me out, I will have to see if this is showing up on my set.

Let me add I can't see the IR with normal viewing, but its there for sure when viewing the slides.

My Pioneer Elite and Samsung pn58b550 both got IR when they were new but normal viewing would remove it in minutes. Not the case with this tv.

I'm curious...what were your thoughts overall on the 8000? How was the soap opera effect? Were you able to eliminate it and keep a crisp picture overall compared to the Sony? What did you end up going with?

If price is not a huge issue it may be worth waiting now that the new models are coming. Value Electronic released prices and release dates for the Panasonic plasmas. I'm thinking to achieve the picture of the XBR but get into a 60 inch it's going to be the new VT or the new Samsung LED. The new Sony will no longer be full array backlit. Now edge lit. Unless they drop their price and put out a 60" Sony is out for me. Buying one now really won't get you much of a deal unless you go panasonic since most dealers are sticking to their guns on the Samsung and Sony as they are price fixed. You could find a deal from a non authorized retailer but not sure that's worked out all in all cases.

I would prefer to buy a discounted end of model year...I don't need the latest and greatest if I can get last years latest and greatest at a discount.

They (Value Electronics) release prices early each year and they are always false. Robert Zohn from VE is close to a snake oil salesman.
Edited by HD-Master - 1/29/13 at 10:08am

Richard? Are you referring to Robert (Zohn)? That surprises me. So do you expect them to be lower? what did you see last year?
Edited by LoD80k - 1/29/13 at 10:04am

I had the PN51E8000, not the ES for clarification. I did audition an UN50ES6900 and UN47ES7100 too. Samsung has gotten better with soap opera effect, but not as good as higher end Sonys. Soap opera/motion rendering is a lot better with LEDs than it was even two years ago in my humble opinion. It still does not render film as well as plasma in my opinion. Throw in uniformity, blooming, and narrow viewing angles and LCD remains a technology that has limited appeal to me. We have a high end LED LCD in our kids playroom and it is probably the best technology for that application.

I have had my dalliances with LEDs from time to time, but remain loyal to all that plasma goodness. The Sony KDL46HX850 is the most plasma-like LED i have owned (including its big brother the XBR55HX929). In the daytime with a lot of ambient light, it might be a hair better than my GT50, but when the lights go off, the HX850 looks dark blue and the GT50 is black.

I agree at night the GT does shine.

Yes. Typo. I'm not sure what they will be, but he always pulls a number out of thin air in order to start taking preorders early. He is very dishonest. He's like a shady used car salesman. He rehashes press releases and calls himself an expert. He sits on panels at industry events and says nothing, with the exception of occasionally agreeing with what a true expert seated next to him has already said. I also love that he claims to not be an Internet retailer, yet for years he said he was right on his own website. He's been banned on more forums than I have been a member of.

So I am a loyal Panasonic plasma user. This 55GT50 is my third Panny in a row and so far I have been nothing but pleased with it. I've been running d-nices settings since I can remember.

Well I'm watching Game of Thrones the other night when they are North of the Wall in a very snowy terrain, and I see some strange lines on the screen. So I test it out on a solid color slide and sure enough, I have a grid on my screen. It's 4 vertical lines and 2 horizontal lines. In normal content you can barely see them (I can, wife usually can't) but when the screen is more of a solid color (like the PS3 boot screen) they are very evident.

It looks something like this (ignore the crappy Photoshop skills & and the VT used).



Again let me clarify, I'm not seeing a green screen. I just used that as reference as the lines are most obvious when viewing solid colors.

Now I've recently added a HT to my setup. So I removed the Denon receiver from the equation. I tried the Apple TV, DVR, PS3, different HDMI cables, I tried composite cables, I tried a factory settings reset, I tried the anti-burn in function. The outcome is the same no matter what I do. So it's certainly the TV. And it's not a burn in. In no way have I ever had burn in problems, let alone left any type of image that was cause this up for any period of time to do damage.

I just got off the Panasonic support chat and the guy want's me to do a self-check test. Which is pushing the volume button on the TV and the remote's menu at the same time. Anyone heard of this? Any adverse reactions to doing so?

Any ideas from you gurus? At this point I assume it's some sort of power/logic board failure...?? I think the set is almost 16 months old. So that probably means I'm SOL for it being fixed under warranty / good will...

Thanks!
Chad
Edited by Maharajamd - 1/29/13 at 11:14am

Did you buy it with a credit card? You might have a 2nd year of warranty through it.

Bestbuy's HSBC...

I am not sure but that self check sounds like the factory reset process but there's more to it than just hitting those 2 buttons at the same time.