Panasonic TC-L42E50 - Anyone? - Page 2

What do you recommend for calibration settings for the Panasonic TC-L42E50?

Thanks for the tip, that saved me a lot of digging.

This just arrived today from Amazon, shipped for under $600. It's the first flat panel I've ever owned. I'm the last person I know to get rid of my tube television, a 27" Sony WEGA that still performs like a champ. With the HD projector for watching movies, I really didn't care about HD cable for years, but now it's finally time. At an 8ft viewing distance, the 42" is fine. Since the router has always been right next to the tv, it's pretty novel to hook the tv to the network and browse Youtube. Some of the hi res content, like Peter Jackson's video diaries, actually looks pretty good. Can't wait til the new cable boxes get here so I can really take it for a spin.

Aside from the default motion smoothing junk, this seems like a pretty nice tv, good bang for the buck. The speakers are a little anemic, and seem to throw most of their sound backwards, but the HTB350 2.1 kit is on the way.

Picked mine up today at BB for $580. Had $125 in reward zone bucks so I was aout the door around $480 after tax. First LCD and is going in the bedroom. So far seems like a great TV.

Anyone know what the refresh rate is? I'm assuming 60hz since It doesn't say in the specs even at Panasonic's website.

For what it's worth, the name of the product at Amazon is "Panasonic VIERA TC-L42E50 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz Full HD IPS LED-LCD TV"

How is this set for gaming? Any tests to show the input lag results?

I have this tv and coming from the 2011 D30 I am very unimpressed.

First of all when light hits the screen it causes a huge rainbow effect.

And secondly there is no frame dimming like the d30 had.

Also the right side of the screen has a minor pink tinge.

I'm going to try to sell it and buy something else.

The only good led TV that panasonic came out with in 2012 was the wt50 but its really overpriced.

I hope panasonic offers cheaper but yet better preforming led tvs for 2013.

Check under sound/audio menu the output format for the S/PDIF. It should have PCM and RAW options. Try both

I'm wondering the same thing, because Amazon has pulled themselves as a seller of the 42" version. I just bought this a few days ago, so I asked Amazon and they couldn't tell me why. Another purchaser asked the same question on product page, because it apparently says 60hz on the box?

Can a current owner confirm this?

I'd hate to start my search over again.....

I no longer have the box, but if you know where to look in the menus or setup, let me know and I'll look. The CNET review says 120hz. TV gaming's not a priority for me, I'm a PC gamer. For the price (Amazon refunded $32 to me, so I got for $550), I don't know how I could have done better. No color or rainbow issues here.

I'm not sure where to look in the menu's, but thanks for offering! I'm a PC gamer as well, so I'm not worried about gaming. This is going in our bedroom, so I just wanted best price vs. performance. I took advantage of the recent Amazon deal: $548 + $100 promo credit to my account. I had a bunch of stuff to order anyways, so the $100 credit is like cash.

How did you get the $32 back? Thanks again.

So I just received this set yesterday and got it set up on my bedroom wall.

Are there any opinions on settings? I saw some recommended settings on the first page of this thread. Has anyone else tried them or have any recommendations?

If you see that a price dropped after you bought something, email support, they will give you the difference. Usually it's automatic. I just happened to look.

I've had this hooked up in my bedroom for a couple weeks now. I'm loving it! I used ShinobiX's settings as a starting point and haven't decided if I want to tweak it yet. I'm just running a WDLive and now a Sony S590 Blu-ray player. I don't notice much black light bleed and it doesn't appear any pixels are "stuck". If anyone has any suggestions on how to test this thing further, please let me know.

Price: It's dropped a penny since I purchased it. I've already spent the $100 promo credit.

And now it's dropped another $50 to $499.99! Still not as cheap as it was in early December ...

Just out of curiosity, how much did this run in early December? I'm looking to pick up a 42" for a bedroom TV and I've been checking this one out for the last few days and noticed the price drop today. I initially budgeted around $350-$400 with a lesser brand in mind, but if this eventually comes down another $50 I would probably buy at $450. I have a 50" Panasonic Plasma from 2008 as my main TV so I wouldn't mind another Panasonic. Thanks!

I read on Slicdeals that the price in early December was $497 with a $100 Amazon credit.

Dec 15th, I picked it up for $548 - 100 promotional credit = $448.

It appears Amazon's price is by far cheaper then anyone else, so $499.99 isn't a bad deal. I could always open the Amazon Visa for another $50 off since I buy a reasonable amount of stuff there. I'll have to think it over. Thanks for the info

The price this morning (1/20) is $499.99 ... and Amazon has once again added a $100.00 promotional credit ... bring the price down to $399.99. I'm buying!

Score! Make that two of us. Crap I just ordered $103 of stuff on Amazon yesterday too. lol.

Well I just placed my order. I spoke with someone via chat and they said I could apply for the credit card and get the $50 off, and also get the $100 credit. I was able to cancel 3 of the 4 items I ordered yesterday (almost $80 worth) which I will re-order later on with the $100 credit. So I effectively got the TV for $349.99 shipped when all is said and done. The $100 credit is like cash to me since I was buying that stuff anyway. I almost feel like a thief, but not really

Hi Guys,

Want to buy this for my parents. How is this TV for web browsing? It is super limited on the sites you can visit? Can it display flash or java pages? Thank you!

Thank you! I just called and they gave me the refund on the price match!

Flash is not supported and I haven't tried java. The browsing experience is made easier with the mobile app, so you can use for phone to navigate to a site and then "throw" it up on the TV screen. Videos will open and play full screen.

I just bought this tv and am wondering if this is an abnormal amount of bleeding, just want know if I can expect better with an exchange.

Did you change the default settings to any of the recommended settings in this thread? If not, start there. Ultimately, if you can't stand any bleeding, then it's not going to work for you.

With the settings from ShinobiX as a starting point, I notice very little light bleed on mine.

Damn thats bad. Try changing the settings and if that doesn't help, return the TV.

I just ordered this set from Amazon ... when I get it, how do I determine if the TV has abnormal bleeding?

Watch a movie with the lights off, If you notice it during the dark scenes and it bothers u, tweak it with some settings from this thread. If after you tweak it the blleding still bothers you then you have a decision to make.

Just to let some of you guys whom posted earlier know, their is two models to this TV with similar model numbers. The one on Amazon going for 499 with the 100 dollar coupon is the TC L42E5 which is 60hz. The one the original poster was referring too, is the TC L42E50, which is 120 hz and going for 529 on Amazon with said 100 coupon.