Panasonic Viera 24p NIGHTMARE

[gman102081]

Congrats to you man and the tv looks great!

[PanasonicPlasmaMan]

look nice. dont forget the break in process

[kyleprohaska]

O no worries...already been watching things on Zoom mode all day. It'll be that way for a while until its broken in.

[kyleprohaska]

I was able to watch scenes from the film I'm finishing on the TV via my Mac. The film was shot in 1080 HD 24p and it looks gorgeous on this thing...






Those shots and many others looked stunning on this thing...ugh so awesome.

[Mitchell]

Originally Posted by kyleprohaska

OK here is the situation and I only have a few hours for someone to give me a no BS answer.

I bought a Panasonic VIERA 50" TH50PZ85U from Newegg.com and not until today have I realized that it doesn't support 24p playback. This scared me to death and made my stomach hurt when I read that. Now after hours of reading articles it seems some people mention a flicker, some people say "o its great, I love it!"

I need to know what to do here. It shows up in the morning and I need to know whether I should keep it or send it back. Insert Problem #2. I found out also that Newegg seems to NOT allow a refund on it. What that means is that I might be able to exchange it for the 800U which allows 24p but at a great cost to me financially to send the 85U back, pay the difference on the 800U, and pay for the shipping on the 800U to get to me.

Is all this worth it? What should I do? Should I just keep the thing? Problem is if I don't get an answer from newegg before it shows up then I might be stuck with it forever unless I figure out a way to sell it, recoup my money, and rebuy the proper TV (still causing me to pay more anyways).

Also I would like to output my Final cut pro edits to my Plasma through a Blackmagic intensity card to preview them on the TV. Problem is I shoot in 24p, but if the bluray movies look ok on the TV, then my edits should I assume.

I don't know what to do...I feel really screwed here.

Ive got a Brand New LG Scarlett LCD 60mhz and ive got a PS3 which I use for Blu-Ray and what happens when I watch blu-rays the mhz drop to 24 so it should do the same with your tv but ive noticed at times when the camera is panning it kinda struters a bit so im going to to turn off the 24mhz and let it go at 60, Which I hear is better and does the trick so Il let you know if its better but maybe give it a go and see it runs at 24 which it should realy since most lcd and plasma tvs run higher at higher mhz but if it dosent just just ask for an exchange for the one that does

[VinnAY]

Originally Posted by kyleprohaska

OK here is the situation and I only have a few hours for someone to give me a no BS answer.

I bought a Panasonic VIERA 50" TH50PZ85U from Newegg.com and not until today have I realized that it doesn't support 24p playback. This scared me to death and made my stomach hurt when I read that. Now after hours of reading articles it seems some people mention a flicker, some people say "o its great, I love it!"

I need to know what to do here. It shows up in the morning and I need to know whether I should keep it or send it back. Insert Problem #2. I found out also that Newegg seems to NOT allow a refund on it. What that means is that I might be able to exchange it for the 800U which allows 24p but at a great cost to me financially to send the 85U back, pay the difference on the 800U, and pay for the shipping on the 800U to get to me.

Is all this worth it? What should I do? Should I just keep the thing? Problem is if I don't get an answer from newegg before it shows up then I might be stuck with it forever unless I figure out a way to sell it, recoup my money, and rebuy the proper TV (still causing me to pay more anyways).

Also I would like to output my Final cut pro edits to my Plasma through a Blackmagic intensity card to preview them on the TV. Problem is I shoot in 24p, but if the bluray movies look ok on the TV, then my edits should I assume.

I don't know what to do...I feel really screwed here.

cut down on the drama...it's like you wanted to slit your wrists over it with "NIGHTMARE" and then all the oh noes...cool...breath...calm...

[My_Two_Cents]

Originally Posted by Mitchell

Ive got a Brand New LG Scarlett LCD 60mhz and ive got a PS3 which I use for Blu-Ray and what happens when I watch blu-rays the mhz drop to 24 so it should do the same with your tv but ive noticed at times when the camera is panning it kinda struters a bit so im going to to turn off the 24mhz and let it go at 60, Which I hear is better and does the trick so Il let you know if its better but maybe give it a go and see it runs at 24 which it should realy since most lcd and plasma tvs run higher at higher mhz but if it dosent just just ask for an exchange for the one that does

Do you have a clue what you are even talking about....because I don't, and I doubt anyone else does either.

[lghaze42]

Originally Posted by zsultan

HI,

I was in the same dilema, bought 50PZ85U and was thinking of exchanging for 800U because of the 24p. i took my blu ray player to Magnolia to check 800U out, hooked it up to 800u and played Iron man in 24p, you know what it has really bad flicker in 24p mode, it's unwatchable. So i decided to keep my 85U because you are paying for a feature that doesnt work right on 800u. I am sure picture quality would be little better than 85U.

I noticed one more thing i used to watch blu rays with player (Panaonic BD55) set to 1080p 60HZ with 85U. When I switch it to 24p on the player it looks like its minimizing the judder on 85U. I am guessing that 85U is doing a better job in 2:3 pull down than the blu ray player, i may be wrong. What do you guys say?

Thanks

I have the 800u 50" and the BD30,no flicker on my set.It was made in December so maybe they have corrected the problem if there was one.

[xneox]

Originally Posted by lghaze42

I have the 800u 50" and the BD30,no flicker on my set.It was made in December so maybe they have corrected the problem if there was one.

I've decided that the "flicker" (a serious overstatement) is very subjective. I see it in rare scenes, but it really doesn't bother me. Maybe I'm too distracted by the complete awesomeness of this tv to notice...or maybe it's just not as big an issue as some would like to believe. Honestly, it feels like being @ the theater. Nothing wrong with that.