Official Panasonic GT50 Series Discussion Thread [No Street Price Talk] - Page 239

I'm not familiar with the VLT or the digi mount. Compatability wise, Sanus has a tool on their website to cross reference which mount will work with which model TV. I have the LL22 and it is awesome! I have the 65gt50. With spacers you can increase the distance it sits off the wall. I used the next to smallest ones and the TV is exactly 3.25" off the wall total (from wall to front of tv). Looks like a picture hanging. The mount has a neato kick stand to make hooking it up a little easier. Emphasize "little" lol

In many situations a dedicated wall mount is not required. Save your cash and spend $12 on a four foot piece of 1 inch angled aluminum at Lowes. Cut it in half, drill appropriate holes, mount one piece to TV the other to the wall. Two 5/16 or 3/8 bolts and four nuts make up the attachment. Works quite well where a fixed position is required. I've mounted several like this; very clean, very streamlined and secure. Adjust metal gauge according to size/weight of TV.

Just another easy DIY in the right application.

You can get a mount as low as $15. Works fine and no hassle of building a mount.

The only thing I'd say that would make mounting a tv easier to to go ahead and mount it to dry wall vs studs. Sometimes the spacing or location of the studs can be a pain. Get dry wall anchors and call it a day.

Are you drilling holes through both angle pieces then installing bolts to secure the plasma in place? I'm sure it works fine an saves quite a bit of money. The Sanus mount I bought at Best Buy for under $60 is well worth it as it gives one flexability with horizontal placement (tilts as well). I can see the desire to save cash but when one is spending close to $2k for a plasma the added security of a dedicated wall mount is worth it IMO. There are a number of sturdy wall mounts from Monoprice for under $20.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Sanus+-+Classic+Tilting+Wall+Mount+for+Most+32%22+-+63%22+Flat-Panel+TVs+-+Black/3025161.p?id=1218374264958&skuId=3025161

http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10828#1082812

Bill

So you would forgo mounting a wall bracket to studs and mount it to sheetrock instead? How is that easier if wall studs can be used? I can understand using anchors if wall studs are not an option for a specific mounting location. But to suggest using sheetrock anchors at all times is actually more work and not as a secure installation.

Bill

Some displays are getting downright light nowadays but you would definitely want the appropriate DW anchor. Some just wouldn't cut it. I've never "not" mounted where I couldn't grab two studs - but agree some applications could require otherwise.

JB360 and BMac,
Sure there are cheap mounts out there, I own a relatively cheap one holding my 54GT15 - I could have easily DIY'd that one as well yet we tilt that TV often depending on whether movie watching or having a stand up XBox kinect or Wii family battle. :-). I also have a full articulating mount that MSRP'd for $500 holding up my Pio Elite. My 60GT50 is actually on the stand - and no JB360, wall mounting wasn't the right application.... My other two displays have DIY mounts.

I didn't post to debate an idea for cost savings only, rather a store purchased mount is not the only option. Hanging a TV isn't rocket science. Whether a cheap or expensive mount, they are 75% of the time a one size fits all (the Omni mount behind my Elite is one exception). On my two displays as well as the other two I have mounted with friends this way, the one size fits all did not provide the aesthetics desired - expensive or not. As I originally stated, if the situation/application allows, extremely simple DIY can be beneficial. For example, the other two patio mounts I fabricated were less than $30 even with paint, min time to construct. The closest store mount capable of the application was over $80 and frankly would have looked hideous from the side where visible etc, and yes that is important to many.. :-). And regardless of my financial situation I am always up for a challenge.

BMac, on two DIY mounts what worked quite well was the angle aluminum pieces one on TV, one on wall - same orientation. Two slightly larger holes drilled about 15-18 inches apart in the piece on the wall. The 1.5 to 1.75 inch long 5/16 bolts go through in equal distant holes on the TV bracket pointing down. One nut on each, tight holding the bolt on the bracket. The second nut threaded all the way on loosely. This leaves you with an approx 1 to 1.25 inch shank remaining. You then just pick the TV up and slip the bolt shanks through the holes on the wall bracket. The loose/second nut is used to help level the panel if your brackets were a tad off etc. TV hangs there, very secure with a tad bit of angle - as close to the wall as the slimmest of mounts.

P.S - Bill, ironically I should own stock in Monoprice for the $1000s I have spent there over the years. I almost purchased one of their mounts yet wanted the clean look of my DIY idea - and yes my fabricated mount cost me more...

Sorry for my semi off topic ramble..


Cheers
Edited by KJSmitty - 3/1/13 at 3:50pm

Speak for yourself. This television is in 10x20 media room with a sliding accordion wall on one 20' side, a media closet on one 10' side, a window on the other 10' side and putting it on the other 20' side is impossible because there is no way to arrange the furniture so I could sit in front of the TV. Trust me, I would rather have it on the wall but there are literally 2 walls in my entire 1200 sq ft condo that could be used to mount a 60" TV, one of them already has a TV mounted on it and the other has my bed up against it. I don't even have a wall I could put a TV stand up against. The entire place is open with windows and walls that jut out unevenly. I am putting this TV in this room because I can control the light, the window has a dark shade and the sliding wall can be closed to seal it off from the rest of the place.

I have the stand 18" out from in front of the media closet. The TV is about 30" away from the closet on the stand and 8' away from the seating and the closet itself is black to provide a fairly nice backdrop. I have no problems with where the TV is. Regardless, I highly doubt it being on the stand is the cause of the buzzing or that mounting it on a wall would all of a sudden cure the problem.

I don't want an LED, I tried it, it was inferior in every possible way to this TV. Not sure why that is the recommendation. I'm not some rookie at this coming here begging for help on what TV to buy, every TV I have owned in the last 7 years has been a plasma. I strayed and tried an LED for 20 days before taking it back because of pathetic uniformity issues and the fact that it couldn't handle motion. Why would I want an LED?

It has nothing to do with the slides either, I did not run slides for "break-in" nor do I have any interest in wasting a week doing so. A TV is meant for watching, not lighting up a room with colors. I put the slides on USB to check for any problems with the screen when it was delivered, pixel problems, cracks I may have missed, etc. Hadn't touched them since. I noticed the buzzing during the first real world content I displayed on the TV after I put it on the stand, with the sound on. I verified it with a blu-ray I knew to have quick cuts between bright and dark and could still hear it with the sound at 20 and those weren't even quiet scenes. The slides were used to confirm it and determine just how dark it has to get before it stops, I could still hear buzzing on the darkest gray slide. That's how bad it was.

That was my first thought as well since it happened right after I tightened everything a second time. Went back, loosened all the screws but still have intense buzzing. It isn't even just one "white" screens, it is pretty loud on just about any bright screen including the red and green test slides and any "outdoor" daylight scene in a show or movie.

Oh well, disappointing but Amazon is going to ship a replacement out and take this one away next week so we'll see what happens. Hopefully that one is solid. I was perfectly fine with the little buzzing I had with it on the floor in the center of the room, my cable box and PS3 both drowned it out on even the brightest of scenes and any sound washed it out completely. This new buzz was overwhelming and seemed to come from all parts of the TV, left, right and center.

Great idea KJ. If you're handy. There are many out there who are not though. I'm a contractor and could have built a doozy! Will consider your idea next time

Very true. I'm transforming a coworker at this very moment.. . Finishing up a media room above his detached garage. I'm not sure if he ever put a screw in wood prior.. And sometimes regardless of cost the ease of the purchased product beats the the hassle of the alternatives.

Cheers

Damnit- Cartoon Network got me. Kids watched 1 movie and now the logo has been there for three days. Faded a bit the first day but any solid color and the distinct outline is there.

1 moving causing 3 days of IR? Hmm

Good luck, I hope you get a good one this time.

Wow, my son watches that channel or other cartoon channels all day long and I've never had IR on logos. That must suck, but don't worry it will go away.

Thanks. I was pretty bothered by it overnight but Amazon was great about rectifying the problem so we'll see how it goes next Wednesday. If it came down to it, I could work around the issue because I love the TV that much. But I wanted to give a replacement a shot. I've played around with it quite a bit tonight and with my wide accordion wall open to my living room and kitchen, I could hear the buzzing over the running dishwasher 25 feet away on bright scenes and THX Cinema mode. As long as the next one isn't as bad or worse, I'll be good with it.

I've been very pleased with the way the TV has held up to gaming. I figured since the replacement was on the way anyway, I might as well run it through its paces with video games and see if IR ever showed up. It has taken a few hours straight to see anything at all, usually scoreboards/tickers in the corners, only visible on a light, solid screen and never during content and its gone almost immediately. Really encouraging since I do game a lot and some sports games (Madden, NCAA, NBA 2K) have some pretty harsh contrasting scoreboard graphics.

Keeping my fingers crossed.

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All of those things you listed can make the buzzing more noticeable. If it is acceptable to you then thats all that matters.

Has anyone here used the pixel protector disc screen washes on this set? They have a nice one that simulates white noise. I was just curious because I have the disc and was wondering if anyone here had tried it for break in or IR issues.

I havent personally used one but some people have said they work ok for ir. Cant remember anyone using one for break in.

Hello everyone.

Yes I'm a newbie to this forum and the proud owner of a P60GT50 which arrived last Saturday. I've been running the slides to age the phosphors, avoiding Fox News Channel, watching full screen content. I'm sure this question has been asked to death, so please forgive me for asking again, but is there a simple way of gauging the total hours on the unit?

You indicate the buzz can only be heard when the sound is dead, a white screen is on, and you intentionally listen for it. This is not a problem. Someone just said their set can be heard 25 feet away over the noise from their dishwasher; that is another story altogether.

As far as pop goes, try HDmaster's wide color settings (just go back a few pages) I'm not sure who's settings you have listed; most of the numbers are usually similar. The low red and low green seem pretty negative ?

No, but you can pull the info out of the service menu.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1123534/accessing-panasonic-service-menu

I find the brightness of the panel changes. It gets brighter on nonstandard for me which washes out the colour.

I don't think 'auto' works for the hdmi for the rgb range.

I don't know what the best thing to do is, but I would guess you would need to calibrate it on nonstandard to not have this problem.

I also notice a change in brightness for 48hz vice 60hz.

I couldn't watch 48hz at first, but if I am in a black dark room, it seems ok to me know.
Edited by ser_renely - 3/2/13 at 8:38am

I've had my 65gt50 for a few weeks now, having a tech come this Wed. to calibrate it...but what I can't figure out is why 3d is so pathetic when I've read reviews that raved about how good it is...I have an oppo 103 bd player and have a few 3d blurays, avatar, hugo, green lantern, avengers. So is there a setting that'll help or am I just screwed in expecting ok 3d on a home set? The quality of picture on the THX settings is amazing and I can't wait to have it pro calibrated to see how much better it can get, but wtf to do about the horrible 3d? when there's text in 3d it's like 2 or 3 lines of the same text on top of each other...no popping out of the screenof 3d images..

Have your tech calibrate the 3d as well. I had chad b calibrate my 2d which made the sucky 3d really obvious. Suffice to say he's coming back to do my 3d

Thx3d is ok just really dim 48hz helps a little. Chad b's custom 2d on mine looks great so I'm excited to have him get the 3d up to par.

OK good to know. They have 3 washes on the disc, I guess they couldn't hurt if I run into any IR.

It cant hurt.

I get nervous anytime an anonymous tech is referred to in a post. I hope your tech is someone with good references and not one of the BB hit and miss herd.

lol Understood but he is getting a calibration not having a baby!