A job ... Knew i was missing something. Sadly theres no real opportunities here and best i could hope to do is currys and id not like that.Scooby2000 said:
the new "banding" issue and it can only be seen on grey slidles. as for the buzzing, the screen has to be so bright it fries your retinas
my fishtank filter makes more noise than the fans so not an issue. dfc has really been helped with the calibration. its still there, but is very minimal . Just one annoying thing. I'm getting a noticeable buzz from the top left side of the tv. Is this normal? Will this die down? Or shall I contact the panny store to make them aware ? The IR isn't visible on the scrolling bars (white or black) and shows best on bright blue skies.
Sounds a bit strange to me as the scrolling bar shows up any IR issues I haveGuys, I'm still seeing IR from the PS3 menu, more specifically the circle and envelope icons at the top right of the screen. Problem is that in order to watch or do anything on my VT I am forced to enter the PS3 menu first, always showing those same static images. I'm afraid that this IR might become a real problem and even permanent if I have the VT display the IR'ed image now and again, even though it's only for 30 seconds or so to start up a movie or a game.
What caused it is also somewhat of a mystery as the menu hasn't been on display for very long, though of course often very shortly, since I've been watching blurays like crazy the last couple of weeks. I'm trying to watch a ton of full screen material to get rid of the IR but so far more than 20 hours of continuous full screen playback have not quite done the trick.
What am I to do?
No really, it's non existent on the scrolling bar or either barely visible to the naked eye at least. (I can't see a hint of it) Whereas on bright images with light colours (light blue, light grey) I can see it clearly. (Clearly meaning I can see the faint IR clearly, not that the IR is so very clearly visible when you don't look for it)
I'm not doubting what you say, just saying it sounds strange for it not to be visible on the scrolling bar but visible on a blue sky background.
I assume it's the typical plasma buzz, though there are two fans to also consider, one on each side of the TV. I hardly hear the buzz on the 65", even when a bright white screen shows. And the fan noise is pretty subdued. You could try the fan noise solutions various people have tried earlier in this thread. The addition of felt across the lower two rows of the fan outlets is a simple, cheap way of trying to id the source. Good luck.Hi all
Ordered a 50vt50, a few weeks back from panny store. There was no stock. Out of the blue yesterday eve they phoned and Said we have your tv and will deliver tomorow. So as promised they delivered a couple of hours ago. A huge difference is picture quality from the vt30 In My opinion. The colours are mich deeper and the blacks are blacker. Very very impressed this far.
No banding yet
Was going to get the vt calibrated by steve at some point but want to make sure that the set is not faulty first.
Many thanks
Agreed, the plasma buzz & the fan noise are 2 different things, as stated above the plasma is mainly heard on bright white pictures, the fan noise is a constant hum as the fans are on all the time.
Sounds interesting
I take it THX is not available on USB then
Some thread reading required.
I had mine calibrated in thx & was told it produces better blacks so I think what you have found is correctDid anybody experience lifted black luminance in the Professional/ISF modes?
I hoped to calibrate a 55VT50E last night but I had to refuse the job because I saw and measured too high black levels in the Professional modes and I could do nothing to fix it.
The settings didn't matter at all and every other mode produced the expected ~0.010 cd/m^2 (except the Professional with it's ~0.022 cd/m^2).
What the hell?
Last time I had to say "Sorry, I can't do it, just use the THX mode" I spent hours with a VT30 for nothing. Now, one year later it's the flagship Panasonic model AGAIN which forces me to an unpleasant situation like this.
Interesting because nobody (except the Panasonic engineers and the THX lab guys) can calibrate the THX mode.
Thanks! Anyone else has some advice for me? I've got a serious problem here. The VT might be permanently damaged or will be if I don't take some precautions. Some reactions would be helpful.
That's why I purchased a Lumagen & that was used for the calibration
Can you see the retention whilst viewing normal content ?Ferruccio said:Thanks! Anyone else has some advice for me? I've got a serious problem here. The VT might be permanently damaged or will be if I don't take some precautions. Some reactions would be helpful.
For IR that was caused by repeated short amounts of time viewing this PS3 menu image this IR really seems more persistent than it should be. (from what my common sense tells me)
That makes sense.
