AVS › AVS Forum › Display Devices › Plasma Flat Panel Displays › Official Panasonic GT50 Series Discussion Thread [No Street Price Talk]
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

Official Panasonic GT50 Series Discussion Thread [No Street Price Talk] - Page 269

post #8041 of 9047
3/16/13 at 12:06pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

What's the BEST 3D movie? 3D effect wise.

I have to go with Avatar, if you don't already have it.

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1304204/avatar-3d-blu-ray-official-avsforum-review
Reply
Reply

Gear mentioned in this thread:

post #8042 of 9047
3/16/13 at 12:09pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by ser_renely View Post

why would they pick him to narrate...odd.
You have to have a certain kind of voice and speech to narrate well. Apparently he has it. I have heard him narrate other things also.
Reply
Reply
post #8043 of 9047
3/16/13 at 12:21pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bond 007 View Post

Quote:
Originally Posted by ser_renely View Post

Ohhh, anyone use power conditioners for their set-up? Worth it or waste of time?
Depends on who you ask and what your household electric is like. In most cases it is not worth the money imo.
Exactly. If your home's power supply is stable, the power supply on the TV will do all that's needed. Surge protection is all you need unless you are running a projection system with an expensive lamp. In that case an uninterrupted power supply would be a good idea so that you would be able to do a normal shut down to protect the lamp.
Edited by htwaits - 3/16/13 at 12:32pm
Reply
Reply
post #8044 of 9047
3/16/13 at 12:27pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by rupterr View Post

Any advice for a new owner just starting out with the GT50 would be much appreciated.
Just in case this ever comes up. rolleyes.gif

New to plasma?
Edited by htwaits - 3/16/13 at 12:33pm
Reply
Reply
post #8045 of 9047
3/16/13 at 1:06pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bond 007 View Post

You have to have a certain kind of voice and speech to narrate well. Apparently he has it. I have heard him narrate other things also.

I certainly understand that, there are way better voices out there.

I gather its just like anime/cgi movies when they decide to put a famous actor/actress as a voice actor. It usually just doesn't work well at all, but at least the studio got their big name.
Reply
Reply
post #8046 of 9047
3/16/13 at 3:16pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bond 007 View Post

Depends on who you ask and what your household electric is like. In most cases it is not worth the money imo.

I go back and forth on it. I just don't know enough about electricity to be educated enough to know if they really do anything.
Reply
Reply
post #8047 of 9047
3/16/13 at 3:19pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by ser_renely View Post

I go back and forth on it. I just don't know enough about electricity to be educated enough to know if they really do anything.
Its not going to give you better pq or sq. If youre not having any problems you probably would see no benefit. Use some good quality surge protectors.
Reply
Reply
post #8048 of 9047
3/16/13 at 3:28pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Bond 007 View Post

Its not going to give you better pq or sq. If youre not having any problems you probably would see no benefit. Use some good quality surge protectors.

I understand that, I was thinking along the lines if it does create "better" power, than the life of the equipment may prove better.
Reply
Reply
post #8049 of 9047
3/16/13 at 3:44pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by ser_renely View Post

Ohhh, anyone use power conditioners for their set-up? Worth it or waste of time?

I've had mine for 3 years and couldn't be happier not only it looks good and cleans up wiring clutter by plugging all your components to it, it actually really cleans up any hissing or static noise coming from a receiver. The video & sound is pure and clean coming from my speakers and it protects your system from any electric surges/storms. I've read from some people that they had power outages/ storms that killed their tv's. So I'm glad I'm protected.

Belkin PureAV PF30 Home Theater Power Console.
Reply
Reply
post #8050 of 9047
3/16/13 at 4:10pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by sheshechic View Post

Did you read the directions? I have the older pair and they were simple to pair. Have you paired glasses before?


Thank you Dear. Nope this was the first time I've ever paired glasses. I lead an IT department and I'm used to stuff not working as advertised. This was a surprise that they just worked.
But I very much appreciate you jumping and helping! smile.gif
Edited by SFabozzi - 3/17/13 at 8:13am
Reply
Reply
post #8051 of 9047
3/16/13 at 4:15pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by SFabozzi View Post

Thank you Dear. Nope this was the first time I've ever paired glasses. I lead an IT department and I'm used to stuff not working as advertised. This was a surprise that they just worked.
But I very mush appreciate you jumping and helping! smile.gif
I like the F15 with the contrail. smile.gif
Reply
Reply
post #8052 of 9047
3/16/13 at 6:26pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by ser_renely View Post

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bond 007 View Post

Its not going to give you better pq or sq. If youre not having any problems you probably would see no benefit. Use some good quality surge protectors.

I understand that, I was thinking along the lines if it does create "better" power, than the life of the equipment may prove better.
The life of your equipment will be effected by surges that get through to them. "Cleaning" normal power will have no effect either way. If your power is unstable, with frequent brown outs, then a UPS can protect you from damage.

I don't know what "better power" might be. wink.gif
Reply
Reply
post #8053 of 9047
3/16/13 at 7:27pm
^^^^ Same thing a good CPU power supply does.
Reply
Reply
post #8054 of 9047
3/16/13 at 7:40pm
Anyone having text issues with a PC?
Reply
Reply
post #8055 of 9047
3/16/13 at 9:38pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

Anyone having text issues with a PC?

Define issues. It doesn't look great though, if that's what you mean.
Reply
Reply
post #8056 of 9047
3/16/13 at 9:41pm
Stupid Question (but I need to ask it anyway):

If I save the settings (like NightShade's nighttime viewing under custom) does it save just the Custom settings or is it going to override other settings on the set? Is there anyway to save both day and night settings?

Thanks!
Reply
Reply
post #8057 of 9047
3/16/13 at 9:57pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mickey_C View Post

Stupid Question (but I need to ask it anyway):

If I save the settings (like NightShade's nighttime viewing under custom) does it save just the Custom settings or is it going to override other settings on the set? Is there anyway to save both day and night settings?

Thanks!

Just custom. You will need an HDMI switch to get separate settings for the same mode.
Reply
Reply
post #8058 of 9047
3/16/13 at 10:07pm
So if I understand correctly - the settings each only are changed for the input selected? So I can have different Custom settings for each HDMI input?
Reply
Reply
post #8059 of 9047
3/16/13 at 10:08pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by JSpectre88 View Post

Define issues. It doesn't look great though, if that's what you mean.
Yeah. That's what I mean. Txt is often blurry. Then gets sharp. Then blurry again.
Reply
Reply
post #8060 of 9047
3/16/13 at 10:09pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mickey_C View Post

So if I understand correctly - the settings each only are changed for the input selected? So I can have different Custom settings for each HDMI input?

Yes, that you can do.
Reply
Reply
post #8061 of 9047
3/16/13 at 10:16pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

Yeah. That's what I mean. Txt is often blurry. Then gets sharp. Then blurry again.

I can kind of see that. Small text in particular looks bad, such as typing this.
Reply
Reply
post #8062 of 9047
3/16/13 at 10:18pm
Try using HDMI: Auto, looks better to me.
Edited by JSpectre88 - 3/16/13 at 10:23pm
Reply
Reply
post #8063 of 9047
3/16/13 at 10:27pm
It was already on auto. I hate it lol. I've tried everything.
Reply
Reply
post #8064 of 9047
3/16/13 at 10:36pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

It was already on auto. I hate it lol. I've tried everything.

Ahhh yeah, not sure it's going to get much better than that honestly, but I agree.
Reply
Reply
post #8065 of 9047
3/16/13 at 10:46pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by JSpectre88 View Post

Ahhh yeah, not sure it's going to get much better than that honestly, but I agree.
Well that just sucks. Surely they had to thought someone would use this thing as a monitor frown.gif
Reply
Reply
post #8066 of 9047
3/17/13 at 12:23am
Quote:
Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

Quote:
Originally Posted by JSpectre88 View Post

Ahhh yeah, not sure it's going to get much better than that honestly, but I agree.
Well that just sucks. Surely they had to thought someone would use this thing as a monitor frown.gif
Not really. wink.gif
Reply
Reply
post #8067 of 9047
3/17/13 at 4:41am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mickey_C View Post

Yeah, the 7 year old westinghouse 32" was not very good. We skipped entire generations of product improvements just to plain CCFL LCD's. LOL.

I already had cardiac arrest last night with my daughter watching Avatar collector's edition. Just absolutely mind-blowing. The space ship scene over pandora was absolutely incredible - and the forest at night had us both ooh-ing and aah-ing... it was like being at the theater. Yeah, I did check my kicker a couple times - there was some serious fluttering in the chest.

biggrin.gif

So.... Are you guys saying DO NOT RUN SLIDES and that I can use the TV in THX Cinema right away?

I read so much information about IR damage and conditioning the phospors for the first 100 hours - I really don't want to damage the set. I did get the geek squad warranty with it - but even still, the hassle wouldn't be worth it.

One other question - where is the list of movies that are the correct aspect to use the full screen for break in? At least that much is recommended right?


I'm not saying do not run the slides, go nuts with them if you want. I used THX cinema for a while and regular use with no issues. No slides for me. In the grand scheme of things its only a TV. Right now I use HDmasters night settings. Not the "wide", didn't like those as much as his earlier settings.
Reply
Reply
post #8068 of 9047
3/17/13 at 6:20am
Quote:
Originally Posted by JukeBox360 View Post

Well that just sucks. Surely they had to thought someone would use this thing as a monitor frown.gif

Quote:
Originally Posted by htwaits View Post

Not really. wink.gif

Hmmmm, they must have; they put a VGA connector on it. I'll agree they probably didn't expect most people to use it with Microsoft Word but if it is having problems with fine text / details then it probably isn't going to work well for PC gaming or HTPC either.
Reply
Reply
post #8069 of 9047
3/17/13 at 7:02am
Quote:
Originally Posted by electricmanscott View Post

I'm not saying do not run the slides, go nuts with them if you want. I used THX cinema for a while and regular use with no issues. No slides for me. In the grand scheme of things its only a TV. Right now I use HDmasters night settings. Not the "wide", didn't like those as much as his earlier settings.

Can you post his normal settings? I'd like to try them but he removed them not long ago and didn't put them back.
Reply
Reply
post #8070 of 9047
3/17/13 at 8:54am
PC gaming it isn't bad. The txt is just bad on the web and forums. Slight blur. It sucks.
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Plasma Flat Panel Displays

Gear mentioned in this thread:

AVS › AVS Forum › Display Devices › Plasma Flat Panel Displays › Official Panasonic GT50 Series Discussion Thread [No Street Price Talk]