Official Panasonic UT50 Series Discussion Thread - Page 68

tried using game input on the receiver and same problem.

just bought TC-P60UT50 to replace my LG Passive 3D that pixelated

ok so how do I get rid of the motion blur, so I can watch the rest of the Super Bowl?

nevermind, switched to OTA and that fixed it; it's COMCAST

Good game! I was a little worried about IR from the score bug but I don't see anything left over at all. Half way through I turned on the motion smoother to weak and it actually did a good job at removing some of the motion blur seen during fast pans.




Afterwards I flipped through a few of the 720p channels and man does it look terrible. When ESPN does a wide angle shot of their studio the faces of the commentators are nothing but smeared blobs. Luckily my DVR seems to have decent upscaling and even though 720p>1080i is not as clean as native 1080i it looks ten times better than going through the TV itself. We really should(meaning more than just a few of us) call Panasonic and complain about this.

A little off topic but has anyone else noticed that NBC is now 720p? I thought it was always 1080i but for the past few weeks my DVR is picking up 720p.

how do people have like 56 brightness when menu options show just to 50 max?

even though i find it ridiculous i have to pay an extra 100+ dollars just to listen to headphones (could've upgraded to a higher st50 model for the price i'm paying) would it be easiest to buy an av receiver refurbished such as http://www.accessories4less.com/index.php?page=item&id=DENAVR1312&gclid=CL212rqWnLUCFU-mPAodmhoADg

and then connect my blu-ray player via hdmi to the receiver, and then send an hdmi from my receiver to the tv? and plug headphones into the receiver... i'm assuming then i would be receiving audio from my tv as if i was listening to it normally and i'd have to mute the tv as it would play out of my tv speakers and in headphones simultaneously?

my brightness level goes up to 100.
i'm using at the moment,

contrast at 73
brightness at 63
color at 53
tint and sharpness at 0

in cinema mode/warm 2.

looks great to me but i'm not insanely picky, i'd be happy to go back to vcrs and tape, i was happy with the picture back then so i'm probably not the best judge haha.
but if i could marry this tv i would, love how it looks especially with 3-d/animation.
the colors on 3d madagascar 3 were mind blowing... i did ramp up things 10 notches for madagascar because i wanted to increase the color.
Edited by watcher6 - 2/4/13 at 1:00am

maybe we have different tv, mine is ut50a and menu has brightness from -50 to +50. and yes im impressed by this tv and i have yet to change advanced settings.

that's weird, did you try changing the mode like cinema/standard, etc?
does the other settings like contrast go to 100 or 50?
or maybe it's a region thing, mine is a american region tv it's possible they have a different method in other places.
i'm pretty much a newb in comparison to most others so i guess someone else could figure out what's up with that.

I was very interested in purchasing either the 60" UT50 or the 65" ST50 for my bedroom. This will be wall mounted a little higher than usual because I will be placing it above my computer monitor. This will be used for movies, TV, and gaming consoles. Since it will be placed above my monitor, it will be placed higher than eye level meaning I'm worried about vertical viewing angles. I heard that the ST50 has a filter which is great for watching during lighted conditions. Since this is in my bedroom, I can easily control light as I only have a window in a corner. As far as what I have read so far, the filter affects vertical viewing angles while the UT50 is consistent at all angles. Is this true? If not, I would opt for the 65" ST50 rather than the 60" UT50.

From what others have said the AR filter creates vertical viewing angle issues, the UT has no AR so there's no issue. I don't think the UT50 comes in 65", I think it's 60" max. If you were considering way mounting then you could angle it downward.

my local NBC is still 1080i
Edited by SanchoPanza - 2/4/13 at 2:00pm

I've got better sound through my Home Theatre system since installing this TV, or, so it seems; any basis in fact for this? Better HDMI pass-through or better ARC?
Edited by SanchoPanza - 2/4/13 at 3:26pm

I am shopping for a tv and have been following this thread.

In case anyone is interested, the 50ut50 and the 55ut50 are on sale at Best Buy for $699.99

I was going deciding between pany's 50" vs samsung 51" plasmas, both the same price($699)....



but the 55" pany now is the winner!

The 55" Panasonic just went on sale today for $699.99 as well.

I solved my judder issue with Dish!!

Here's the combination of settings on Dish and the TV that together solved this:

On dish DVR: 720p

On the TV:

HDMI settings: RGB Range Auto
Content type: Off

Advanced picture: Once I set Dish to 720p my 3:2 pulldown option got greyed out. I have no judder, even on TNT/TBS the worst offenders.

that's a steal. i thought getting it for 749 at Costco Saturday was a bargain. fantastic tv by the way.

Thanks for the tip, cloud9ine.

I ordered the 50" from Amazon a week before Chistmas for $698; but when it didn't arrive by New Year's day, I cancelled it...

I just got my 55UT50 from Costco today for $750.00.
Brought it home,set up was a breeze, and I'm really enjoying the decision to return a Samsung 6500 series LED.
I'm gonna run it in for a while and then work on the calibrations.

Good set Great deal!

the other settings are fine, only the brightness is like that. my tv is australia region so that could be why. Im guessing 56 brightness for you would be like +6 for me since my midpoint is 0 which would be same as your 50%. Does anyone have Eco Mode? It changes pic brightness automatically depending on ambient light. Also for gamma, what is prefered? Also i read people speaking of color temp warm 2, I only see one kind of warm for me.

There's a couple sites I know that are euro based. These may be a bit closer to your model and maybe you can find some settings you like.

http://forums.hdtvtest.co.uk/

http://www.avforums.com/forums/plasma-tvs/

I noticed last night that the TV reflects badly horizontally but not much vertically. Luckily our lights are in the ceiling, so I can leave those on and turn off the lights in the next room, and there's little glare after 6 pm.

Just picked up the 55UT from Sears yesterday...$699. So far, I freaking LOVE this television.

Have a Sony Bravia XBR LCD hate it not big enough i been told Plasma are the way too go what are some breaking in things i need too know before i buy? And there are alot of people posting there setting do you have one that will be good? first time plasma owner!

Could you post a picture of what the box looks like with the -2 glued on? And how can I see the washers?

I picked up a 55UT50 at Costco yesterday.
From what I've been able to gather about run in, is to view content without the black bars or static logos for the first 100 hours.
I've been using the zoom feature on the cable box to get rid of scrolls, black bars, and static logos.
The picture is not as clear and I'm a little concerned about this.

Is running in the set with the cable box zoom feature a good or bad idea?

Chris

so i shouldnt use settings here? could it be that big of a difference?

You would just need to "Translate" the values to your TV's region. My settings are for the US/NA model which has difference number schemes for the settings. Probably if you looked at what the 0 or neutral point is you can get an idea of where your TV's settings should be. The easiest way to do it is to download the AVS 709 disc, burn it, and play it back on the TV (or use the mp4 files and use the TV's media center playback from a flash drive). This way you can set brightness properly. Contrast can be pretty much anything you want. I've never had clipping on my TV within 7 clicks from max contrast, so I don't think that will be an issues.

I dont recall reading any posts on the smartphone (iphone in my case) controller app for the Panasonic Viera TVs but I've given it some time and I find it really useful.

Every feature on the remote is available via the app, plus more. In fact I would say the response time is faster on my phone, especially navigating thru the viera link menus. With the one exception that the playback buttons in Netflix/Amazon arent as responsive. There is a keyboard input feature on the app which saves me having an extra keyboard around or spending 5 minutes typing in passwords. My wife got a kick out of being able to stream photos from her phone to the TV by pushing a few buttons.

The app is available for free in NA for iPhone and Android phones. Just FYI, the UT50 series requires either the optional wireless dongle accessory or the TV has to be connected to a wireless router. In my case, I happened to already have my UT50 wired to a router which had an Airport Express connected as well and that worked fine.

I know this isnt useful for everyone since the UT50 is not inherently set up for wireless and some people would rather stick with the remote. I downloaded the app on a whim but now Im pretty much using it exclusively, I think it's very cool user interface that has not received a lot of exposure. Here's the link from the Japan site with details on features and set up:

http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/tv/vremote/index.html