Just got my first Plasma! Just a few ???

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Originally Posted by fredreed

I have heard nothing but bad things on plasma's. I would have stayed away from buying a plasma and would buy a Led TV instead. The plasma inside the tv will only last about 2 years and then you will end up buying another tv. My advice return the plasma and go with The Led.

if you really think that then you should be on these forums... plasma is the best tv if you love to watch movies or play games! you cant beat the colors on plasma. Sure go ahead and buy LCD or LED and get those awesome red skin tones! if all for it...but if you want the deepest blacks and broghtest whites and every color looking the way they were meant to be then get plasma!

Originally Posted by ObiWanShinobi

So this Saturday I bought a 55" Panasonic Viera (TC-P55GT31) and WOW! Already love it.

I have a few questions being a first time Plasma owner only because I wanna do it right with this set.

- What should I put the display settings on during the break-in period? So far I have put Contrast at 50 and the brightness at 48, is that acceptable enough or should I go lower?

- Should I be gaming on this set during the break-in period? I played a little bit of Skyrim and Killzone 3 last night. I turned off all the HUD options for Killzone 3 so only the crosshairs remained. With Skyrim the only object that stays on screen the entire time is a compass of sorts at the top but with that game I switch in and out of menus often so its never on screen for longer than 10 to 15 minutes at a time. Even when its broken in should I be wary of gaming for more than a hour or two at a time?

- Without having to hire someone to come and calibrate my TV. Are there any direct links to pages on websites that have good calibration settings specifically for Panasonic Plasma TVs? Of course I will tweak it to my taste but it would be nice to have a "jump off" point.

Anyway. I love how this set looks and performs (even at the low settings for break-in) and can only imagine how good it will look when the dust settles. Any help would be great guys and if there are some threads already made for this sort of thing if someone could direct me to them I'll just close this one down and get my read on.

ObiWanShinobi

- Use your own eyes, no one can tell you what settings to put your tv at. I used some settings that were on the boards but then after I saw them I had to change them a little to make the colors look the way I wanted them too!

- Hell yea play games! you bought a tv dont let these guys tell you DONT PLAY GAMES UNTIL THE 100 HOURS IS UP! its a myth....I bought my ST30 in March of last year and have played games on it since I opened the box! I was exactly like you when I bought mine very causous and asking a lot of questions, and I finally realized that I am the best person to answer my questions! just set it to what I like because I am the one watching to tv not anyone else!

- Like I said before You are the best person to decide what the picture looks like!!


Have a great time with your TV!!! and post some pics! and welcome to the wonderful world of plasma!!