Official Panasonic GT50 Series Discussion Thread [No Street Price Talk] - Page 232

I dunno.. that's what I'm asking hahaha

Hm. Thank you. I'll try setting it to graphics then. See if I notice a difference. I've noticed game mode is crazy bright. I believe I had brightness set to 48.

I dunno.. that's what I'm asking hahaha

It could be the signal too. It's possible that you may need a signal booster.

What is your contrast set at?

78

I changed the setting to "Graphic." Not seeing any difference in anything. Ill leave it on for a few days and see if anything changes.

I don't recall having to go and manually choose side-by-side, as Panasonic claims, when I watched such 3D during the Olympics. I think I just accepted the 3D option that popped up on the screen. It stayed in 3D as long as I wanted.

Under Custom take contrast up to 90-95, turn up brightness to 50-56, set gamma to 2.6, panel brightness to Mid, Black extension to 0 and AGC to 0. Make as many of those changes to THX Bright Room as allowed also.

If that's still too dark for you, would it be possible for you to post a picture so we can get a better idea of what you're seeing?

Edit: I'll be darned if I'm not trying to help the wrong person, sorry. I was trying to help crow216 make his picture brighter.
Edited by sheshechic - 2/26/13 at 8:55am

This is why I tend to think his signal isn't consistent and may need a booster.

Just thought about this some more, have you checked your glasses to ensure that they're staying paired and working properly? Is Auto Detect set to Auto 2?
Also, check your connections at the wall and into your TIVO . If you have any spare jumper cables I'd try swapping those out too. Once I was having problems and the connector in the wall was bad, another time, different outlet, it was loose coming into the connector.

Forgive me for sounding really crazy in this post but....where is the side by side setting on the GT50? I only see 2D, 3D, and 2D>3D. I'd like to know because I posted a question for which I didnt get a reply. I asked about EVO 3D video output in 3D format on the GT50. Anyway, still at the risk of sounding crazy....I think its your cable box. When you turn it on, it should go to a default channel which is non-3D and the front of your box should/could display "2D". My box works fine on PPV. There are several free 3D titles that I can use. The thing is, my box does TAB....so not sure if that helps you out. First step, replace the box...believe it or not, sometimes you have to be really specific about the box you want. Ask what is the most popular box FOR 3D that they deploy in your area and request that model. If you can play SBS on Youtube, then your TV is fine.

Under the Setup tab, Auto 2 is for side by side, other adjustments cannot be made without playing a 3D movie. The box is a TIVO, unless it's defective it should be fine.

The E-Help is the real manual, it is available on your tv and can be read online or downloaded. I keep a copy on my computer. Randy was kind enough to provide a link in the second post of this thread.

http://service.us.panasonic.com/OPERMANPDF/E-HELP_GT50.PDF

Oh, ok, its a Tivo, sorry about that, I thought it was a digital cable convertor from his cable company. Thanks for the info on the SBS. So is Auto 1 for TAB?

I'm not sure what you're referring to when you say TAB. Tablet?
See page 37 or 178 of the manual I linked to for what it says about 3D settings.

TaB (Top and Bottom)

Ah, yes top and bottom. (slapping my forehead). I have yet to watch a split screen 3D. The answer to your question is - Auto 2, it's side-by-side and top-and-bottom.

HD-Master, why does your updated settings look different than your older settings that are not using wide color? Which one is the more accurate to d65 the old settings or the new ones?

The fact that he changed color to Wide meant that he had to make other changes. Im sure he will explain further.

That is correct, he did make other changes in the wb menu compared to his old settings when he switched to wide. You guys can compare here is the link http://www.avsforum.com/t/1403635/official-panasonic-gt50-series-discussion-thread-no-street-price-talk/5910 to me his wide color settings appear to have a much cooler color temperature and his old settings look exactly like dnice's settings but a little better. I just want to know which one is closer to d65 in terms of color reproduction.

Do you guys have a calibration under the vivid settings? I'm finding that setting HDMI to graphics doesn't do much of anything but when I turn it to off, the screen gets much brighter, especially on custom.

This won't help with your TiVO streaming problems, but I have watched several full length 3D movies that were in the SBS format. They played fine. No loss of 3D. These were .mkv files and played from a media player connected with HDMI. I seriously doubt that there is anything wrong with your TV.

My GUESS is that the problem is related to short lived "hick-ups" in the stream getting to the TV. If this is a problem that is occurring from an off-site video stream it could be just a split second interruption of the stream that the TV is seeing as the "end" of the stream. If the TV isn't auto detecting the 3D then it won't display it when it resumes. This interruption would only need to be a few hundred milliseconds.

So, does the TV auto detect the movie at the beginning or do you have to start the 3D manually ?

If this is not a live stream and is being played from a download file on the TiVO you may have a problem similar to above but being caused by a momentary lapse of the hard drive.

i got my 60 gt50 yesterday. im proud to say that that i have seen no noticeable ir and have no outstanding "buzz". im using hd masters settings but cant help but think that the picture looks washed out no matter what settings i use. im hoping its not a defective unit . even my old g25 seems to look better color wise though the gt50 does have darker blacks.
any suggestions?

Ill be sure to check that pic out in a bit!