Panasonic LED TV tuner picture problem

[luggsie]

Been using a TX-L42E5B for a few weeks and getting very frustrated with the picture setup. HDMI inputs work OK, always a consistent bright crisp picture and no problems. "Dynamic" setting is always brighter than the rest of the options - as it should be.

But the built-in Freeview HD tuner is very woolly. Contrast seems to fall to about half or less compared to the same source via HDMI from a (Humax) STB and the picture settings: "dynamic, normal, cinema, true cinema" don't make a lot of difference. Everything else in the menus has been tweaked. Is this normal for this TV and do I have to hope for a software update?


luggsie

 

[Mark uk]

Not too sure of your TV but my Panasonic has different picture settings for each input?

 

[luggsie]

Mine does too, but all variations have been optimised.
Also the preset options differ between HDMI's and tuner.
I read a review of a similar 47" Panasonic in a mag. which, between the lines, said picture settings were a PITA, so I thought it may be a generic problem.