Official Panasonic UT50 Series Discussion Thread - Page 19

Originally Posted by Jawzey

I'm breaking in my 42UT50 using the Evangelo slides. Whenever it goes to a white slide, it makes a buzzing sound. Should I be conserned? Only on the whites it seems to do this. Like if I press return and end the slideshow, the buzzing stops.

Originally Posted by Jawzey

I'm breaking in my 42UT50 using the Evangelo slides. Whenever it goes to a white slide, it makes a buzzing sound. Should I be conserned? Only on the whites it seems to do this. Like if I press return and end the slideshow, the buzzing stops.

Originally Posted by QuiGonJosh

Mine buzzes as well on the bright white slide, but I have to really listen for it and notice it. How far away can you hear it?

Originally Posted by Sonyboy

That is a normal occurrence with a full white screen. Nothing to worry about!

Originally Posted by Jawzey

Man this is really pissing me off. I'm playing the Evangelo slides via a USB stick. I go into the Viera settings and choose the media player, and I go to my pictures. I look at every slide before I start the slideshow, and I see that the TV has doubled the amount of pictures, with half being blank "unreadable" slides, while the 20 that are supposed to be initially there are still there, however out of order. I don't get this. Why can't there just be the 20 slides that I initially wanted? Why is it like this? Is there something I need to do?

Originally Posted by Badwagon

I'm VERY interested in the UT, my only concern is the daytime watching of TV. We have 30' celings in the living room and 3 windows on the top that let light in. Will it really be that bad and unable to watch? The windows will be behind the TV. Right now I have a Samsung HL61A650 DLP its so so to watch in the day with the glare, if this would'nt be worse I'm fine with it. The Sammy is starting to give me fits, and all that I have been reading online sounds like a bulb may not fix it and I'm not going to dump a bunch of money in it. The UT 55" sounds about perfect for me, dont really want to have to go to the 50" ST so hoping that the glare is doable????

Thanks

Any suggestions on how to fix the Sammy..anyone want to buy it I love the TV and Picture quality will be sad to see it go...

Originally Posted by Jawzey

I'm breaking in my 42UT50 using the Evangelo slides. Whenever it goes to a white slide, it makes a buzzing sound. Should I be conserned? Only on the whites it seems to do this. Like if I press return and end the slideshow, the buzzing stops.

Originally Posted by RandyWalters

You must have created your USB stick using a Mac - it creates a companion file with each Jpeg and the TV cannot read those companion files. There is supposedly some sort of procedure you can do to remove these files but i'm not a Mac guy. It's not the TV's fault.

Do you have a PC available to create the USB drive instead?

Originally Posted by Jawzey

Thank god. Yes I am using a Mac for the images. I do not have a PC ready for this, so I will go to my local library and download the images from their PC computers. Thank you Randy!

Originally Posted by RandyWalters

Yes, that's it - Paint!. That's the procedure i remember someone using to get around this (i couldn't remember that it was done using the Paint program) and i believe it did work for those that tried it.

Originally Posted by Johnworfin

Out of curiosity would anyone know how this set (50UT50) compares to say, the Samsung PN51E550D1FXZA?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung+...&skuId=4846783

Just curious. I am wanting to return the 50UT50 for the 55" version, but BB is out of stock at the moment .

Originally Posted by Johnworfin

Out of curiosity would anyone know how this set (50UT50) compares to say, the Samsung PN51E550D1FXZA?

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Samsung+...&skuId=4846783

Just curious. I am wanting to return the 50UT50 for the 55" version, but BB is out of stock at the moment .

Originally Posted by skydiverforever

We have the UT50 in our living room with 8 windows behind the tv. Watching tv during the day you will see reflections. How bad it is just depends on what you plan on watching & what settings you use. If its just regular day time shows/news on tv that are brightly lit its not too bad, but if you try to watch say a movie or anything with a darker background its really bad and the screen just washes out. I don't know if you have any blinds or not, but if you do and can close them it does make a big difference.

I put up a video on youtube the other day showing the tv and how it looks during the day with the blinds open, closed, and then some night shots. It might give you a better idea of what the reflection looks like.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPC3zZysFMY

Originally Posted by Bridude

Hi guys, Lightning just ruined my 5 year old TH-50PX75U. This was a great TV, with a 720P resolution. As I look to replace it, I am wondering if the UT screen is similar to my 75U. Is the UT glossier than the 75U? Does anyone know?

Also, I was at Sears today and they had a 50" ST right beside a 50" UT. There were many TV's behind me while comparing these 2 and I definitely noticed the reflection from the TV's behind me in the screens. The ST filter was evident, because the reflections were much worse on the UT. However, the UT picture DID seem more rich and clear.

If the UT just had built in wireless! Have read that the wireless adapter is expensive and finicky. Maybe I shouldn't be hung up on built-in wireless and just go for picture quality.

At Paul's TV, there's only $150 difference in the 55UT and 55ST. Which one to buy???

Originally Posted by Bridude

It's going in my basement den. My modem/router is on this level of the house, but being a basement, there's no way to get the ethernet cable to the den neatly.

My den is a fairly low light room. I don't think glare will be a big issue. It's not "in the dark" but it's not bright either.

I'd buy the UT today if it had the stinkin' built-in wireless!

Originally Posted by RandyWalters

Whoever told you that is wrong. It doesn't detract from the picture quality and this year's version is a bit clearer than last year's version. The Louvre Filter on the ST50 is the same one that's used on the GT50 and VT50, and the VT50 won the big VE HD TV Shootout held in a completely dark room so i don't see how some people here keep insisting that it detracts from the picture quality because it does not. I've spent a lot of time checking out the GT50 in the dark auditioning room at Magnolia and it looks better than any other TV i've experienced with the sole exception of a 9G Kuro - the the ST50 has the exact same Louvre Filter and Black Filter as the GT50 does.


That's actually not good advice - Best Buy is about the worst place to judge the picture quality of a UT50 (or even an ST50) since the store is way brighter than a home environment. When i see the UT50 at Best Buy all i see is the store lights, checkstands, shelving, and my own face reflected in all dark content the screen and it completely ruins the picture just like it does on the clear-screened LED LCD TVs. I have a smaller clear-screened LED TV in my home office and i see myself in the screen any time there is dark content being displayed and it wrecks it for me.

And people considering the UT50 are almost assuredly going to put the TV in a dark or light-controlled room so looking at one in a super-bright Best Buy store won't give them any idea of what it would look like in the dark or in their own home. Best Buy also doesn't adjust or calibrate these TVs and the source feed is usually not optimal so the picture quality is not representative of how much better it would look in a proper home environment with proper settings and a good source.

If someone doesn't need or want the Louvre Filter of an ST50, then the UT50 has better overall picture quality than any other non-filtered Plasma or LED LCD on the market regardless of price - mostly because of it's superior black level and contrast ratio. But looking at it in the store actually turns people away from it because of the reflections.

Originally Posted by RandyWalters

Whoever told you that is wrong. It doesn't detract from the picture quality and this year's version is a bit clearer than last year's version. The Louvre Filter on the ST50 is the same one that's used on the GT50 and VT50, and the VT50 won the big VE HD TV Shootout held in a completely dark room so i don't see how some people here keep insisting that it detracts from the picture quality because it does not. I've spent a lot of time checking out the GT50 in the dark auditioning room at Magnolia and it looks better than any other TV i've experienced with the sole exception of a 9G Kuro - the the ST50 has the exact same Louvre Filter and Black Filter as the GT50 does.


That's actually not good advice - Best Buy is about the worst place to judge the picture quality of a UT50 (or even an ST50) since the store is way brighter than a home environment. When i see the UT50 at Best Buy all i see is the store lights, checkstands, shelving, and my own face reflected in all dark content the screen and it completely ruins the picture just like it does on the clear-screened LED LCD TVs. I have a smaller clear-screened LED TV in my home office and i see myself in the screen any time there is dark content being displayed and it wrecks it for me.

And people considering the UT50 are almost assuredly going to put the TV in a dark or light-controlled room so looking at one in a super-bright Best Buy store won't give them any idea of what it would look like in the dark or in their own home. Best Buy also doesn't adjust or calibrate these TVs and the source feed is usually not optimal so the picture quality is not representative of how much better it would look in a proper home environment with proper settings and a good source.

If someone doesn't need or want the Louvre Filter of an ST50, then the UT50 has better overall picture quality than any other non-filtered Plasma or LED LCD on the market regardless of price - mostly because of it's superior black level and contrast ratio. But looking at it in the store actually turns people away from it because of the reflections.