Just bought me a Panasonic P55ST60B Plasma
- Thread starter County
- Start date
Run it with reduced contrast for the first 100 hours or so. Depending how good you want it to look, either go stage 1 with a calibration disc (PAL DVE / Disney WOW etc) or go stage 2 with a good professional calibration. This last will make the biggest difference.
Using someone's recommendations for which digital features should be no or off is generally okay. But using someone else's numbers for the picture control settings never really works. At best it'll just look different but not necessarily better. Use a test disc and set things up properly for your own sources in your room and for how you watch.
People like me who come to your home to calibrate will charge £250~£350 for a full calibration. It's not a small amount of money until you see the results. I'll warn you now though, it will spoil you for any further new TVs because you'll have a better eye for spotting a good picture.
Using someone's recommendations for which digital features should be no or off is generally okay. But using someone else's numbers for the picture control settings never really works. At best it'll just look different but not necessarily better. Use a test disc and set things up properly for your own sources in your room and for how you watch.
People like me who come to your home to calibrate will charge £250~£350 for a full calibration. It's not a small amount of money until you see the results. I'll warn you now though, it will spoil you for any further new TVs because you'll have a better eye for spotting a good picture.
Last edited:
Long thread on AVforums...
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/167-p...icial-panasonic-tc-pxxst60-series-thread.html
When I got my 50" panny st60 I was so impressed I just left it as is. I could not get any burn in or image retention from day 1. That's with lots of pc time on it. Only thing, I had to set HDTV in NVidia control panel on pc to see picture.
http://www.avsforum.com/forum/167-p...icial-panasonic-tc-pxxst60-series-thread.html
When I got my 50" panny st60 I was so impressed I just left it as is. I could not get any burn in or image retention from day 1. That's with lots of pc time on it. Only thing, I had to set HDTV in NVidia control panel on pc to see picture.
You've likely never experienced a calibrated picture to know the difference. Likely end up like this persons. http://www.avsforum.com/forum/139-d...brating-opinions-some-help-samsung-f8500.html
Which no doubt the Panasonic's has a lot less of blue and more green than red. Plus the gamma is usually lower on the Panasonic's for 10%.
Last edited:
I found some THX Optimizer tools to vary from disc to disc. Star Wars one seemed to want a very dark picture, so I wouldn't use it for an overall calibration tool.
Ditto.
The THX tool isn't reliable. There are a lot of films where the tool is set to match the Director's vision for the film rather than for the industry standard. It would be like trying to adjust the colour of your TV when watching the green-tinted virtual world sequences from The Matrix.
It's always been a mystery to me how folk can spend weeks or months researching the best TV, then spend high hundreds or even thousands on an AV system, but completely baulk at the idea of spending £30-£40 on a good set-up disc to really get the best from thousands £'s of an investment.
I laugh too at the folk who waste a tonne of cash changing their gear rather than spend a few hundred having it professionally optimised. Ah well.
It's such a weird one from all the stories. Those that have had it sit down with big grins like as if they've had a new TV and as they have said, it's like looking out a window on a clear summers day.
Yet some others hated it because they felt it looks far too warm. As well as some freaking out with all the shadow detail thinking it's washed out. Then you read threads about Godzilla 2014 blaming the film because they can't see the extremely dark detail. So many stories and experiences from so many people. Yet the biggest problem once again, adapting to change. For the better.
I've always been amazed seeing some peoples sets as they're thinking they've got a great looking picture for football, yet the blacks are crushed and the grass is neon.
Same goes for their computer displays.
Usually refresh rate related. What device are you using that's giving the judder? Some switch the TV's refresh rate to match the content automatically, some need it turned on in options and some don't have the option at all.
Its via SKY TBH.
I am also getting that "Soap Opera Effect". The set is being calibrated after Christmas so can just play about until then.
Glad to see you're considering that option. Well done
