Ari Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 When we installed the screen, it appears the default setting of everything (brightness, contrast, all of that) is centred. To be fair, it's a superb picture, but I wonder, should I be fiddling with them? I also discovered that the screen mode was "dynamic". I recall reading that this was to impress punters in the shop so I've changed this to "normal", which I think is a bit better. Anyway, any advice on setting everything up? I read somewhere that I should turn off the intelligent picture predicting software, but haven't messed with that (and don't honestly know where that is anyway). Interested to know what people think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Did you go Panasonic? Yep, all our telly's are Panny, and i don't like the dynamic setting.. it over saturates everything... stick with normal and it'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Yup, Panasonic TH-46PZ81B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Yup, Panasonic TH-46PZ81B. nice !!.. I wouldn't buy anything else.. They rule as far as I'm concerned! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 And i've just checked and it has got integrated HD receiver. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tipex Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 If you've got an animated film on DVD, Monsters inc for example or anything like that, they usually have a THX setup thing for the picture, very good in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 If you've got an animated film on DVD, Monsters inc for example or anything like that, they usually have a THX setup thing for the picture, very good in my experience. I can vouch for the THX set up. IIRC it was on my Pearl Harbour DVD . Out of curiosity, I did this as a comparison to Gizze's optimum settings for the PX70. Not one of the settings was more than +/- 1 increments out and i couldnt spot the difference, so stuck with Gizze's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 That's a good tip. Got Shrek (I, II, and III), The Incredibles, and a few others so I'll have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 IOut of curiosity, I did this as a comparison to Gizze's optimum settings for the PX70. You wouldn't have a link to that post would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 And i've just checked and it has got integrated HD receiver. That's interesting. I had a look in the brochure at the technical specs but no mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted November 27, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 Just had a look on line and it says: DVB-T n/a DVB-T HD (H.264) n/a DVB-S HD (H.264, FreeSat) yes DVB yes Which kind of suggests to me that the Freesat tuner is HD, but nothing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 (edited) You wouldn't have a link to that post would you? not to the post, there are several, but i do have my settings (Gizze's) from a PM. My settings are (42" PX70 Panasonic Plasma) contrast 70% colour 50% Brightness around 45% Sharpness one click right from centre. Colour temp NORMAL Picture mode NORMAL. All dnr etc. set to off. I worked out how many clicks per option made the bars 100% full and pretty much set it up from there. Edit: I should add, i havent had to, or wanted to touch it since. Set and forget Edited November 27, 2008 by Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bazza_g Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 my Panny is on 'auto' - appears to do the business (for lazy people like me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Thanks chaps, I'll have a fiddle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calm Chris Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Plasma's need a few 100 hours of running in. Keep everything below 50% for a month. This will condition the screen and help it build up a tolerance to screen burn. Under no circumstances leave it fixed on a screen for any length of time. So avoid screen pause via DVD, and avoid holding the set on any screen menu or guide for any great length of time. The Panasonic should look fine at the settings suggested Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted November 29, 2008 Report Share Posted November 29, 2008 (edited) Ari this is a link from a while back about setting up Panasonic TV's, by Gizze. http://www.tyresmoke.net/forum/technology-corner/101310-panny-th42px70.html Edited November 29, 2008 by Luke missed something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ari Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Perfect, thanks all. Had a fiddle and it seems pretty good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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