Panasonic G30 vs ST30

[giosipiano]

Originally Posted by MrFattBill

Congrats on the purchase. I am about 45 hours into the break in slides with about an hour or so of normal TV viewing each night as well.

Bill

I don't know much (well...hardly anything ) about the plasma break-in process, but is image-quality supposed to improve further after the first ~100 hours ?

[MrFattBill]

Originally Posted by giosipiano

I don't know much (well...hardly anything ) about the plasma break-in process, but is image-quality supposed to improve further after the first ~100 hours ?

The break in is to help the phosphors age evenly for the first 100 or so hours. I honestly think my G10 (~5400 hours) looks better now then it did on day one. There is also someone online that posts calibrated settings for different models after the break in has been run, this usually gives you a spectacular picture and a great place to start if you need to make minor adjustments.

Bill

[giosipiano]

Originally Posted by MrFattBill

The break in is to help the phosphors age evenly for the first 100 or so hours. I honestly think my G10 (~5400 hours) looks better now then it did on day one. There is also someone online that posts calibrated settings for different models after the break in has been run, this usually gives you a spectacular picture and a great place to start if you need to make minor adjustments.

Bill

Thanks - so it's more to do with the actual 'health' of the panel rather than improving the image quality ?

With regards settings, I'm in THX mode at the moment. +1 notch extra for brightness and +4 for contrast - and it looks spectacular. The 'enhancements' have also been turned off.

[MrFattBill]

Originally Posted by giosipiano

Thanks - so it's more to do with the actual 'health' of the panel rather than improving the image quality ?

With regards settings, I'm in THX mode at the moment. +1 notch extra for brightness and +4 for contrast - and it looks spectacular. The 'enhancements' have also been turned off.

It will help get the panel to a point where the calibrated settings posted online may look better to you and be closer to "perfect"

I will say that some of the calibration settings you will find involve accessing the service menu which can be a little scary for sure, my G10 setting did.

Bill

[giosipiano]

Originally Posted by MrFattBill

It will help get the panel to a point where the calibrated settings posted online may look better to you and be closer to "perfect"

I will say that some of the calibration settings you will find involve accessing the service menu which can be a little scary for sure, my G10 setting did.

Bill

Thanks - will definitely check these out soon (I'm on ~80 hours so far)

To be honest though, I can't imagine it looking much better than it already does. Like I said, I was literally floored when I first got it

[My_Two_Cents]

Originally Posted by giosipiano

Thanks - will definitely check these out soon (I'm on ~80 hours so far)

To be honest though, I can't imagine it looking much better than it already does. Like I said, I was literally floored when I first got it

I thought the same thing until I tried these from PlasmaTVBuyingGuide.com. The picture is a lot better than the THX presets (that are pretty good). IMO, of course.

Picture Mode: You must be in the Custom Mode to make the following adjustments. Pro Setting may not be adjusted in the other Picture modes.

Picture Mode: Custom
Contrast: 70
Brightness: 60
Color: 48
Sharpness: 10
Tint: 0
Color Temp: Warm 2
CATS: Off
Mosquito NR: Off
Motion Smoother: Off
Black Level: Light
24P Direct in: 60Hz
In Pro Settings Menu (White Balance)
W/B high R +16
W/B high G 0
W/B high B +16
W/B low R +7
W/B low G 0
W/B low B +4

Hopefully Crack doesn't pop-in here and chastise me for posting settings outside of the official "settings" thread!