I decided to get it through BestBuy since that saved me the need to wait for it to ship and the headache in case the set ships bad. I ended up paying a little more with tax but was worth it.
Re-did my calibration with different patterns, now have 344 hours on my set, so it has aged pretty well. Will leave the older settings with the higher gamma:
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* Picture Settings (currently at 344 hours at time of calibration. I'm currently using the following settings on my P50S60 while using HDMI for Cable HDTV (Optimum iO), and HTPC. The viewing environment is in a dark room and a viewing distance of 5-8 feet (although these settings also work for daytime viewing for me). Calibration was done using an i1DisplayLT meter + ColorHCFR software and the GCD patterns and 10% APL with 75% luminance 100% color saturation patterns) (avg gamma of 2.29 with avg dE of gray scale of 2.83 and avg dE of primary/secondary of 1.63)
o Picture Mode : Cinema
o Contrast : 78
o Brightness : -1
o Color : 44
o Tint : 0
o Sharpness : 0
o Color Temp : Warm2
o Vivid color : Off
o C.A.T.S. : Off
o Video NR : Off
o MPEG NR : Off
* Pro Settings
o Panel brightness : Mid
o AGC : 0
o Black extension : 0
o Color gamut : Normal
* W/B detail adjustment
o W/B high R : -7
o W/B high G : 0
o W/B low B : -2
o W/B low R : 0
o W/B low G : 0
o W/B high B : 6
* Color detail adjustment
o Red Hue : 6
o Red saturation : 0
o Red luminance : 3
o Green Hue : 7
o Green saturation : 6
o Green luminance : 0
o Blue Hue : 2
o Blue saturation : 3
o Blue luminance : 11
* Gamma detail adjustment
o Gamma : 2.4
* Advanced picture
o 1080p pixel direct : Off
o HDMI content type : (Defaults)
o HDMI/DVI RGB range : Standard (16-235)
o Black level : Light
* Screen settings
o Screen format : Full
o Overscan : Off
o H size : Size 1
To prevent any confusion, this bottom calibration with the 2.6 gamma setting is an earlier calibration I did when my set had less hours on it. My current and latest calibration will always be the top one. I'll leave this one since I know some like a higher gamma to get more pop for dark rooms. Keep in mind not all settings will work with all sets since each set is potentially different but can use it as a baseline if you wish. This calibration is optimized for viewing in a dark room and produces around 30ftl at 100IRE window pattern. Calibration was done using an i1DisplayLT meter + HCFR Fork software and the AVS HD 709 disc patterns.
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Cinema
contrast 78
brightness +1
color 44
tint 0
sharp 0
warm 2
vivid color off
cats off
video nr off
mpeg nr off
pro settings
panel brightness Mid
agc 0
black extenstion 0
color gamut Normal
w/b detail adj
w/b high R -3
w/b high G 0
w/b high B 0
w/b low R 0
w/b low G 0
w/b low B -3
color detail adj
red hue 12
red saturation 0
red luminance 5
green hue 7
green saturation -5
green luminance 0
blue hue 2
blue saturation 3
blue luminance 11
gamma 2.6
black level Light
I realized that this set for some reason tinkering with the RGB low changes which should only affect the low 20-30-40 IRE, is affecting the higher 70-80-90 IRE so I only did a very minor change on the low end of the RGB and mostly tweaked the RGB high settings which affect the entire spectrum of the grayscale.
Edited by fairchild99 - 4/23/13 at 3:09pm
Went to turn it on and it made a terrible buzzing noise. The picture never came on and 7 blinking red lights on the power indicator. Appears to be an internal hair line crack too. Anyway they are replacing it (bought from panny.com) Just have to go through this exchange headache.
