Just a heads up, the brightness of the screen really shouldn't be anywhere near 70%. The most i've ever found any Panasonic plasma to need is a couple of clicks to the left or right of the default value to sort any issues. Usually the default is perfect for me!
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sounds to me like your settings are all kinds of crazy.
also did you run it in a little before you decided to start gaming on it? im going to guess at no if the first thing you did was stick brightness/sharpness up.
if you wanted mega bright, pixelated mess you should have got an LED.
also did you run it in a little before you decided to start gaming on it? im going to guess at no if the first thing you did was stick brightness/sharpness up.
if you wanted mega bright, pixelated mess you should have got an LED.
new tv has a much better image, no odd shadows/ smudges in the whites/noise etc
when the camera pans i dont notice anything now, because my last tv had more than just screen burn....i notice loads of variation in the whites.
my tv was either always faulty, or having the brightness at nearly 70% for 3 weeks permanently damaged it..... i'm not sure which
gaming looks fine at a brightness of 45%, in fact the colours look far richer
conclusion:- great tv, but it's easily damaged by too much brightness
when the camera pans i dont notice anything now, because my last tv had more than just screen burn....i notice loads of variation in the whites.
my tv was either always faulty, or having the brightness at nearly 70% for 3 weeks permanently damaged it..... i'm not sure which
gaming looks fine at a brightness of 45%, in fact the colours look far richer
conclusion:- great tv, but it's easily damaged by too much brightness
ok i'll google it
yes, it must be on ``game mode``.... low settings and no longer than a few hours gaming per day.....last time i gamed for too long with the brightness too high.
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Brightness doesn't damage the panel, you can whack that upto 100% and it's not going to have any effect on the lumen output of the panel, you're just going to lose contrast ratio.
The contrast control on these TV's is what drives the panel, and is what can damage them if they're too high.
The contrast control on these TV's is what drives the panel, and is what can damage them if they're too high.
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Again I'm asking are you talking about the brightness control or the contrast control?
There is never a need to even touch the brightness control on digital sets, it's set perfectly fine out of the box, all you're doing by turning up brightness is making it so the black level is wrong.
Did you actually read up on this set at all before buying? Because the first thing you did was whack up both the brightness and sharpness controls both things which HDTV Test have said not to do..
well it's ok now, lets check this contrast control
i've seen quite a few posts online where they've set the contrast between 60 and 80 %.... everything else is about the same as mine, close to default
my contrast is about 70%, not sure if this is ok, but i guess so simply because of the above 60 to 80% from others on AVS
i've seen quite a few posts online where they've set the contrast between 60 and 80 %.... everything else is about the same as mine, close to default
my contrast is about 70%, not sure if this is ok, but i guess so simply because of the above 60 to 80% from others on AVS
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I'd use avforums rather than AVS as a guide for your TV. AVS is a largely american based forum, whilst avforums are european 
The Panasonic ranges differ between the two continents, so it's worth noting that settings aren't comparible across the two ranges.
The Panasonic ranges differ between the two continents, so it's worth noting that settings aren't comparible across the two ranges.
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There's honestly barely any settings to change.
Put it in True Cinema Mode, leave Brightness and colour at default, set sharpness to 0, turn off all processing, noise reduction etc
Set Gamma to 2.4 or 2.6, depends which you prefer.
Set contrast depending how bright you want the image.
Put it in True Cinema Mode, leave Brightness and colour at default, set sharpness to 0, turn off all processing, noise reduction etc
Set Gamma to 2.4 or 2.6, depends which you prefer.
Set contrast depending how bright you want the image.