Official Panasonic UT50 Series Discussion Thread - Page 60

Originally Posted by cosmiclegend 

now my TV is just sitting here and won't turn off by hitting the power button its stuck on the SELF CHECK screen and SELF CHECK is in red with BT 01 also in red? OKay to just unplug?

Originally Posted by watcher6 

hey, i finally got my new tv set up.
a few things have annoyed me,

the main thing being where the power light is, for some reason it's dead center on the bottom and is very distracting... i've never seen a power light in that position... it's always far off out of the way, how are people dealing with that?

it's wayyyy more reflective than i thought and like a mirror it reflects so much, i didn't take into account my pc monitor would be on, i was only thinking of sunlight/lamp sources and so i have to turn my pc monitor off when i use my tv which sucks. (i watch stuff on my tv from my pc alot)

right now i'm watching standard content (dvd) stretched to fill the full screen with, i think it's "just" or hfill or something, i'm wondering if it will make any difference in the "burn in" process if the picture is stretched or not? would that somehow affect the pixels to have stretched content?

i'm a little disappointed overall, it's a great tv just not what i expected, it could be the adjustment period one goes through with any big change... watching the same tv for 8 years and then getting a new one is a bit of a shock at first.. it's much bigger than i'm used to, i've never watched anything bigger than 40 inches... 50 inches seems massive.
when i say i'm a little disappointed i think it's more "adjusting to change" more than anything because it does look good... even my dvd stretched looks good haha

i thought i saw 1 instance of ghosting last night but i wasn't sure if it was or not.. should i be concerned if i notice it again?

oh, also is there any way to get rid of that opening panasonic viera welcome logo that comes on when you power up? thanks.

Originally Posted by Icelight 

So I'll be getting a 50UT50 tomorrow and I was wondering about something.

I've read a lot that states one should break in the Plasma using those single-coloured slides in a rotation fashion (and others that state there's no need) before calibration.

I'm not too concerned about calibration, however this HDTV will be used only for Gaming.

I am concerned about IR, and I'm wondering if I should focus on breaking the set in for the first few days, or if I can just use it and enjoy it (and pray I don't get bad IR)?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by whipit 

Some folks on avs are using "Light Dims" (google it)applied over the light to dim it or block it. If you are getting reflections maybe you can tilt it down a bit, being a plasma tilting won't affect the pic quality.

Filling up the screen is good so you age all the pixels. Stretching is fine as long as all the pixels are lit you are doing good. Logo's bad, black bars not so bad, still try to avoid those a bit if you can in the early hours. The pic quality seems to get better during the first hundred hours or so. It seems the ghosting gets better as the panel ages too so be patient and see how that goes. If you get ghosting(crosstalk) when watching 3D stuff try 48hz to help reduce that effect.

To get rid of the logo, hit menu>settings, it's somewhere in there, sorry I can't be more thorough on that. You should try some user settings posted in the UT settings thread to see what the tv can do, enjoy:)

Originally Posted by watcher6 

thanks!!!!!!
i'm using the stand and it's set in place i don't think i can tilt it.
is it normal if i'm watching something and i get close to the screen (like say 3-4 feet) i can actually see myself in the picture like a mirror, mainly the black area? that's pretty insane on the reflective scale...

one more thing, what's up with the grey bars on the sides on standard content? i thought it was supposed to be black bars.. any reason they're grey?

Originally Posted by whipit 

I'd say it's normal to look like a mirror until the room is dark, both of my tv's have a filter so it's not as bad.

In the menu>settings>anti-image retention area there's a place where you can adjust the black bars or turn them off. It's setup to display them when the tv detects 4:3 content, hitting "info" on the remote will show something like 480i.

These tv's can get IR depending on your settings and how you use it. So this is a step to help that a bit. You want to stay away from static bright images and black bars as much as possible in the panels early hours.

Kind of up to you if you need them, I'd run med or low for a hundred hours or so. If you don't you won't age the pixels in the black areas and they may look different. If you get IR just change up how you use the tv.

Originally Posted by whipit 

Some folks on avs are using "Light Dims" (google it)applied over the light to dim it or block it. If you are getting reflections maybe you can tilt it down a bit, being a plasma tilting won't affect the pic quality.

Originally Posted by tommy7uk 

My phone doesn't pick up the bluetooth from the TV but is picking up the bluetooth from other devices. When I did the factory reset it showed BT as OK. Please can you let me know if you are aware of a Bluetooth setting I can change? Have had a look but can't see anything. Thanks again.

Originally Posted by watcher6 

now that i've had time with my new tv i'm loving it, watched finding nemo last nigh in high definition and it was breathtaking... my grandmother came over and saw ice age playing on it and was blown away.

it looks amazing connected to my pc through dvi<>hdmi, although for some reason it displays text not so great, like when there's motion the text shifts (that motion corrector thing is off).
and text on the screen from my right click context menu is bad, i'd never use it for a primary monitor but for playing video files is amazing.

i don't even need any calibration or anything.

i had one more question though, is there any need to clean the screen of the display? if i never touch it or anything?
on my previous screen i made the huge mistake of taking windex and a paper towel to it within the first few months of having it and had to live with smudges for it's duration.
i do not want to smudge this screen or anything like that.

Originally Posted by ProfD 

Can someone tell me why I have to watch AD's on my UT50? Seriously... this is the worst !!! I realize it is just one little add when you turn the TV on which is easily ignored, but I bought a nice expensive TV and I plugged it into the internet.. what does that get me? An AD at the bottom of my screen every time I turn the thing on... TERRIBLE PANASONIC.

Originally Posted by WRXfanatic 

Chunon,

Sorry, I've been away from this thread for a bit. I'm not quite sure what you are trying to imply by saying that I'd be happy with a lower end LCD...Certainly if I'm pointing out PQ flaws with what the fanboys are touting as the PQ deal of 2012, we both know that's not true at all. Will I be willing to SETTLE for a cheaper LCD TV to avoid Buzz, Dithering, IR (more on this in a second) and absurd power consumption? Maybe. I've got what I would consider a pretty advanced home theater setup with integrated z-wave controlled lighting scenes, RF remote control, media server, color spectrometer calibration tools etc. etc that I've all done myself on a very low budget through lots of research). I'm a bit put off by your comment...

So, as I've alluded to already, I'm on my second 55UT50. While the vertical striping is barely less noticeable on the second set, the IR issues are horrendous on this set and basically as bad as my 2009 5 series Samsung Plasma. I kid you not, the SmarTVierra logo that displays on startup for a brief moment stays visable on a solid color screen for at least a minute or two (maybe longer, I've never timed it). Load the Pandora app and I can see the big "Pandora" title from the first screen on the music screen VERY CLEARLY. Worse yet, I played Pandora for a couple of hours last weekend, which has a screensaver, but the music progress bar is now visible over a week later on solid color backgrounds (or break-in slides). Yes, I can see it even in normal content!

What's worse is that I have 3TB of content on my HTPC. If I load my movie interface even briefly to select a movie, when I start the movie, I can see silhouettes of the movie box outlines for a few minutes into the movie. Same for the Netflix and Amazon apps. Tell me how that is acceptable picture quality? It's totally distracting!

I've always broken in my Plasma displays with slides and I do have at LEAST 200 hours on this second set and IR is getting worse and worse. I may be simply unlucky with a bum UT50 but after 2, I'm starting to doubt it. The first display didn't seem to have IR quite as bad but this is terrible. And no, I'm not using Contrast 100....I've got it at 86 right now.

So, will I be happy with LCD? I don't think I will be but I'll sleep better at night knowing that I won't see previous high contrast scenes in the next scene of the movie. I'd be buying an IPS panel LCD anyway which should have good color accuracy but worse black levels sadly...We'll see what I do.

Originally Posted by sk007 

Very excited to join you guys! Now I need a good TV stand, I'm limiting the dept of the stand to be less than 19", ideally TV should be positioned at eye level. I'm looking at the OmniMount (link below) Echo TV stand, people are reporting it will block some ports on the back of certain TVs. Please share if you are using this stand, or any stand you think is nice. Thanks!

http://www.amazon.com/OmniMount-Echo-50FP-50-Inch-Espresso/dp/B001GVIM9I

Originally Posted by ProfD 

I bought the version of that mount without the additional raised TV bracket. With a bit of effort, it is pretty good at hiding the wires. All my wires are almost 100% hidden; at least by my own standards.

Can't tell you about whether or not the bracket will block the ports on your TV because I don't have the bracket.

My one complaint is that the stand without the TV bracket does not have a ton of space underneath for speakers and components. I have an Denon AVR receiver, a fairly big center speaker and (soon to be a) PS3 under there and it is totally full. I don't need any more space for other equipment, but if you do then you may want a bigger stand. Of course if you have the TV bracket then you can also place equipment on the top part.

But for the cost that stand is certainly fairly nice. I like mine so far (had it for two weeks).

Originally Posted by soobaerodude 

I've been waiting on the sidelines and was entering the 10th year with my 42" Panasonic ED (480P, but excellent picture) plasma. For the past three or so years, I would always drool at the closeout pricing of the previous year's models when CES rolled around. At $850 for a 55UT50, I couldn't hold out any longer.

Using the settings from the other thread, the picture is excellent....in a dark room. I had heard about the reflectiveness of the screen, but I figured, I've had a plasma for 10 years, and it's never really bothered me. Unfortunately, behind our main viewing couch, is a kitchen with overhead fluorescent lighting. At night, with the lights on, the reflections are almost mirror-like. My previous plasma of 10 years never had this problem.

I've only had it up for 1 night, and I'll try it out for a few more days to see how bothersome it is. Is there anything I can do to alleviate the reflections? Or, will I just have to upgrade to an ST50?