Lg 32pg6000 - Part 1

[SanderV]

Originally Posted by Monarch08

A word of advice, although it's too late really, is that people who run in their set often get worse IR then the people who use bobsalvadors settings on page 9 of this thread (which has no running in qualities). It's ok to run it in, just make sure you go the full 200 hours, from what I've read the majority of people only run it in for 100 or so hours, people who run it in 200 hours are ok, or those who dont run it in (but blast it with some regular TV for a bit)

Thanks for your reply. I noticed that about worse IR on this forum. Still, I'm very cautious as I don't want to damage my TV or something. At the moment I'm using low settings. Contrast 40, Brightness 40, Power Save 4. I intended to do this for 200 hours. As I said, I'm very cautious, should I just start using normal settings or just continue running it in like I'm doing now? I don't know much about plasma so I took the advice from a ISF specialist to run it in for 200 hours.

Well, the IR is pretty bad. When I acces the menu, leave it on the screen for like 7 seconds and then exit, I can still see something from the menu for 25 seconds or so. I assumed this kind of IR would be gone after 200 hours... Sorry if my English is not that good

[krakpot]

Could someone confirm before i buy the TV tonight that a SCART breakout box would definatly enable me to use a headphone on this tv and that i wouldnt only work for the device attached to that SCART input i.e AV2 ?

[Monarch]

Originally Posted by SanderV

Thanks for your reply. I noticed that about worse IR on this forum. Still, I'm very cautious as I don't want to damage my TV or something. At the moment I'm using low settings. Contrast 40, Brightness 40, Power Save 4. I intended to do this for 200 hours. As I said, I'm very cautious, should I just start using normal settings or just continue running it in like I'm doing now? I don't know much about plasma so I took the advice from a ISF specialist to run it in for 200 hours.

Well, the IR is pretty bad. When I acces the menu, leave it on the screen for like 7 seconds and then exit, I can still see something from the menu for 25 seconds or so. I assumed this kind of IR would be gone after 200 hours... Sorry if my English is not that good

As long as you keep it for the 200 hours it should be ok, you could turn the settings up a bit, to 50 or so. You could just turn the settings up quite a bit and display some regular TV (with no logos, use the zoom function) for a whole weekend, or even a week, just leave it running to get everything going through. Either way, it should reduce IR in the future, make sure all of the anti burn in things like the orbitter are turned on too

and sorry krakpot, im not sure, some people seem convinced that it does work though

EDIT: development krakpot, i just tried my SCART breakout on my PX80 through the AV2 socket and it did output sound everything else, not just the AV2. As it turned out the Audio L+R wont work because it worked on my Panny because it is audio out on there whereas the 32PG6000 only has an audio in. The AV2 trick should work though, im about 99% sure it will. I just needed to turn the volume down on the TV itself otherwise it still came out of the speakers on the set, but that didn't effect the headphone volume, it may or may not be the same on the LG. I also had some trouble plugging a SCART into the other end of my breakout so make sure you get one that fits a SCART socket! luckily I dont need the AV2 socket!

[SanderV]

Originally Posted by Monarch08

As long as you keep it for the 200 hours it should be ok, you could turn the settings up a bit, to 50 or so. You could just turn the settings up quite a bit and display some regular TV (with no logos, use the zoom function) for a whole weekend, or even a week, just leave it running to get everything going through. Either way, it should reduce IR in the future, make sure all of the anti burn in things like the orbitter are turned on too

Thanks again. I've had this TV for 9 days and it's up to 83 hours already. It's displaying regular TV almost all day, orbiter is on and I make sure there's no logos. The kind of IR I described is pretty bad but it's gone after half a minute so it doesn't seem like a real problem to me. I think this is about all I can do. It takes some patience but I hope it's worth it

[Monarch]

im sure it will be

[refoowbus]

The IR definitely gets better after the 200 hour mark. Don't worry about using higher settings (77 contrast is about right during the first 100 hours then begin to raise it to around 90).

This link is just to reasure you that even the pros recommend a pure white screen with a correct contrast setting (70-90) rather than something lower (40-60).

Plasma Screen Burn Prevention

You just have to be extra careful to have nothing static on screen for more than 15-30 mins.

[SanderV]

Thanks. Would the whitewash mode be useful? Someone told me about it but I'm not sure about the technical purpose and consequences...

[Monarch]

Dont use white wash all the time, if you have really bad IR then put it on for a little bit but not a lot. It does reduce the life of the screen, using it once in a while is ok but it's mainly for getting rid of bad IR, you might want to put it on for 4 or 5 minutes a day for the next couple of days because it will blast everything round and run it in quicker but dont use it too much otherwise it will damage the panel

[refoowbus]

As far as I can see, the white wash is driving the pixels at 100% brightness which isn't such a good idea. It's only there to get rid of any serious image retention/burn.

If you had a calibration DVD with a pure white scene then you could set the contrast correctly. So the best thing to do is just watch a varied selecton of channels and use the zoom feature when needed.

Just so you know, I used 70 contrast for the first 50 hours (being very careful during this time), then 80 at 100 hours and now at 200+ hours after proper calibration it's at 90.

[Monarch]

Originally Posted by refoowbus

As far as I can see, the white wash is driving the pixels at 100% brightness which isn't such a good idea. It's only there to get rid of any serious image retention/burn.

If you had a calibration DVD with a pure white scene then you could set the contrast correctly. So the best thing to do is just watch a varied selecton of channels and use the zoom feature when needed.

Just so you know, I used 70 contrast for the first 50 hours (being very careful during this time), then 80 at 100 hours and now at 200+ hours after proper calibration it's at 90.

and are you suffering any IR at all or just the usual mild 'need to be close up on a black screen' type of thing?

[refoowbus]

If I've watched a prog with a bright logo for around an hour, it will take a bright scene about 2mins to wash it away. Half an hour of a bright logo washes away very quickly. less than half an hour, say using the menu, does leave some slight retention but washes instantly.

I think this is pretty normal for this set.

Here's something people should take into account but hasn't been mentioned yet. A week ago I watched Sin City and noticed the 'Plasma Rainbow' effect. If you look from one side of the screen to the other fairly quickly during high contrast scenes, you can see yellow and blue trails.
I've definately learnt to live with it though as I'll rarely be viewing black and white films anyway.

Yellow/blue flashes and rainbows (plainbows) on plasma TVs - discuss

[krakpot]

Originally Posted by Monarch08

EDIT: development krakpot, i just tried my SCART breakout on my PX80 through the AV2 socket and it did output sound everything else, not just the AV2. As it turned out the Audio L+R wont work because it worked on my Panny because it is audio out on there whereas the 32PG6000 only has an audio in. The AV2 trick should work though, im about 99% sure it will. I just needed to turn the volume down on the TV itself otherwise it still came out of the speakers on the set, but that didn't effect the headphone volume, it may or may not be the same on the LG. I also had some trouble plugging a SCART into the other end of my breakout so make sure you get one that fits a SCART socket! luckily I dont need the AV2 socket!

Great, thanks for the info. off to buy one

[SanderV]

I will not use whitewash as I don't want to take any risks. Just continue watching regular TV and some DVDs and use the zoom feature when needed. Thanks both for you advice.

[Monarch]

Originally Posted by SanderV

I will not use whitewash as I don't want to take any risks. Just continue watching regular TV and some DVDs and use the zoom feature when needed. Thanks both for you advice.

Good idea, I would recommend using it (for a short period of time) if you get any particaularly stubborn IR which wont budge

[akki007]

Has anyone calibrated this set using the Digital Video Essentials dvd?