Hi,
Got a Panasonic TH50PX70 with 400+ hours into it. I adjusted the settings with the aid of the THX Optimizer facility on a Star Wars DVD I had. I played the DVD via a PS3 connected to the TV via HDMI.
The first screen on the THX Optimizer is for adjusting the contrast of your screen:
http://www.thx.com/home/dvd/optimizer/contrast.html
Basically its 8 squares of different shades of white arranged in a rectangle of 4x2. It states that if the contrast is too high, then the middle 4 squares will seem to all be the same shade. So it says adjust the contrast so you can just about differentiate between the middle 4 squares.
However on my Panasonic, if I have the contrast full, the middle 4 squares are still very easily distinguable. Theres never a moment when it looks like they will be not be easily differentiated . However when watching a few films eg Bourne, the blacks are all merged together! You can differentiate them! For example in one scene he's wearing a black coat, black trousers and black top, but all you could see was a solid blob of black under his head
I must also say im SLIGHTLY dissapointed with HD content. Since im on Virgin, the only HD channel i get is BBC HD but i dont find the picture looking absolutly amazing when comparing BBC1 and BBC HD during the england match yesterday.
Just wondering, is there anything wrong possibly or am i just looking far too into it? I mean normally im very happy watching it, its just when i start really looking for problems i notice these things.
Thanks in advance
Got a Panasonic TH50PX70 with 400+ hours into it. I adjusted the settings with the aid of the THX Optimizer facility on a Star Wars DVD I had. I played the DVD via a PS3 connected to the TV via HDMI.
The first screen on the THX Optimizer is for adjusting the contrast of your screen:
http://www.thx.com/home/dvd/optimizer/contrast.html
Basically its 8 squares of different shades of white arranged in a rectangle of 4x2. It states that if the contrast is too high, then the middle 4 squares will seem to all be the same shade. So it says adjust the contrast so you can just about differentiate between the middle 4 squares.
However on my Panasonic, if I have the contrast full, the middle 4 squares are still very easily distinguable. Theres never a moment when it looks like they will be not be easily differentiated . However when watching a few films eg Bourne, the blacks are all merged together! You can differentiate them! For example in one scene he's wearing a black coat, black trousers and black top, but all you could see was a solid blob of black under his head
I must also say im SLIGHTLY dissapointed with HD content. Since im on Virgin, the only HD channel i get is BBC HD but i dont find the picture looking absolutly amazing when comparing BBC1 and BBC HD during the england match yesterday.
Just wondering, is there anything wrong possibly or am i just looking far too into it? I mean normally im very happy watching it, its just when i start really looking for problems i notice these things.
Thanks in advance