I might have a case of the "Break-In Blue's..." - Blu-ray Forum

joegs300 · 01-25-2009, 10:10 PM

I understand that it's important to break in your plasma... but it's such a tease to have such a beast of a TV and not be able to play with it to its full potential right out of the box... A lot of folks have said you have to break it in for 100-200 hours before calibrating, etc... man! What a tease! Wasn't it really hard for all of you to break-in our TVs for that long? I guess I'll only get to watch concert blu's (full screen) for the time being once I get my TV.

graf1k · 01-25-2009, 11:01 PM

Yeah, it's kind of crap IMO. I mean even if you leave the TV on 24 hours a day, 200 hours is over 8 days. I haven't gone through it yet, but it's something I'm taking into consideration considering I game a lot and don't really want to wait or be limited in how I use it.

brett_day · 01-25-2009, 11:06 PM

no, when i considered that my panny plasma would last years and years and thousands of hours, 150 hours didn't seem that bad at all! I just watched regular tv zoomed for non hd content, then for hd content just basked in the glory as no zoom was needed! it went by very fast imho

Technically you don;t have to break in the tv, it is just a recommendation, however panny does recommend a break in period. after spending $$$ i would rather have piece of mind

http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs...tGroupId=24973

joegs300 · 01-25-2009, 11:47 PM

i know i know... i wanna let her rip right out of the box though. im getting excited for my shipment on wednesday!

brett_day · 01-25-2009, 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joegs300

i know i know... i wanna let her rip right out of the box though. im getting excited for my shipment on wednesday!

lol, i know how you feel! honestly i felt the same way, i would not wait until the 150 hours were up, i wanted to calibrate my set lol, but the picture this thing produces even when all the settings are 50 or below for the break in period is simply breathtaking!

lghaze42 · 01-26-2009, 12:03 AM

I have the Panny TH-50PZ800U that I got a couple of weeks ago and I have been watching various Blu-rays and DVD'S with no problem.I even called Panasonic about this "break in" thing and was told that it won't hurt the set to watch movies with bars .Some movies I watch are 185 or 178 to one while others are the wider formats.I do use just or zoom mode on 4x3 based video.I can handle bars on the top but side bars are a distraction to me.

joegs300 · 01-26-2009, 03:54 AM

so you didn't break it in, haze?

Santeria · 01-26-2009, 04:18 AM

personally im going to break in my tv, but i will watch tv here and there...
i play a lot of games so if breaking it in makes for less risk of burn in then ill doit.

btw im also getting my tv delivered wed, well its scheduled for wed anyways.. WOO

joegs300 · 01-26-2009, 04:26 AM

fura, so is mine... so you are just going to calibrate it right off the bat?

Santeria · 01-26-2009, 04:34 AM

no, im just gonna follow the avs forum and put everythund under 50 and use cinema mode or whatever, then run the break in DVD off my SD card for like 15 hours or so.

i will of course just check out like 5 mins of a blu-ray and some tv first.

after my initial 100/120 hrs is up, i will then calibrate it.

i am going to attempt to break it in as much as possible, i know some folks say u dont need it, but id rather be safe, what is 7 days breaking in vs.. 2 weeks of wanting to return/deal with panasonic cause theres a screw up with burn in

joegs300 · 01-26-2009, 04:44 AM

i wonder how many people didn't break their tv's in and they were perfectly fine? im sure there are a ton of people who dont read this forum yet use their tvs right out of the box

lghaze42 · 01-26-2009, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joegs300

so you didn't break it in, haze?

Nope.I just use the THX mode and watch material with diff aspect ratios.When I talked to a rep at the Panasonic plasma concierge he told me it would be fine to play that way.As I said I don't use the 4x3 mode ever because the side bars anoy me.By the way, in the owner's manual that is the mode that is mentioned about causing image retention anyway.

Hammie · 01-26-2009, 12:35 PM

I just mixed up my viewing and did the color images from www.webapalooza.com for 90 minutes per night when I went to bed ( I used the TV's timer feature). During the day, since I work from home, I would sometimes have the color images playing when I would have music streaming from my network. I have not had any issues.

BTW, I kept it on HD2 and Just the entire "break-in" period without issue.

Steve · 01-26-2009, 02:12 PM

When I got mine, I set everything to the cnet recommended settings and that was it. I was just careful watching stuff with black side bars for the 1st couple of weeks. But I've been playing games, and watching pretty much anything I wanted to since day 1.

On a side note, I did end up changing the settings later because the picture was a little too dark in my living room.

DavidAg02 · 01-26-2009, 07:19 PM

Break in is a thing of the past.

I have a Panasonic plasma. I did no break in. I have watched countless hours of letterbox movies, used it as a still image viewer, had multiple 4-5 hour gaming session on it and never once experienced even the slightest bit of burn in or image retention.

Enjoy your new TV! That's what you bought it for!

Santeria · 01-26-2009, 07:51 PM

OP its all a matter of what u think ull do.. IMO if 200+ users on AVSforum break in their Plasmas i will too.

there are advocates that break in does nothing and...

those who say u must doit or else ull more likely suffer from IR and image burn.

i assume ull have this tv for at least 3 years... 100 hrs is nothing...

365 days X 3 = 1095 days x 8 hrs a day viewing = 8760 hr- 100 = 8660 Hrs of viewing anyways. lol

joegs300 · 01-27-2009, 04:27 AM

haha.. fura! the day is coming! one more day! i checked my shipment and it says that its in los angeles already somewhere... i wish i had time to have it installed tomorrow! but id ont! ahh

Bizdady · 01-27-2009, 04:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joegs300

haha.. fura! the day is coming! one more day! i checked my shipment and it says that its in los angeles already somewhere... i wish i had time to have it installed tomorrow! but id ont! ahh

Is it on its way over to Van Nuys?? LOL

joegs300 · 01-27-2009, 04:41 AM

no marina del rey.. do you live in the valley? my ex girlfriend lived in van nuys.. off of victory and woodman. where are you from?

Bizdady · 01-27-2009, 04:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by joegs300

no marina del rey.. do you live in the valley? my ex girlfriend lived in van nuys.. off of victory and woodman. where are you from?

LMAO ya a few blocks there Im a lil north of there.

01-25-2009, 10:10 PM	#1
joegs300 Special Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:West Los Angeles, CA Home Theater Gallery:19 Trading Score:45	I might have a case of the "Break-In Blue's..." I understand that it's important to break in your plasma... but it's such a tease to have such a beast of a TV and not be able to play with it to its full potential right out of the box... A lot of folks have said you have to break it in for 100-200 hours before calibrating, etc... man! What a tease! Wasn't it really hard for all of you to break-in our TVs for that long? I guess I'll only get to watch concert blu's (full screen) for the time being once I get my TV.

01-25-2009, 11:06 PM	#3
brett_day Blu-ray Guru Member since:Mar 2008 Location:Moore, Oklahoma Home Theater Gallery:18 Blu-ray collection:45 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:1	no, when i considered that my panny plasma would last years and years and thousands of hours, 150 hours didn't seem that bad at all! I just watched regular tv zoomed for non hd content, then for hd content just basked in the glory as no zoom was needed! it went by very fast imho Technically you don;t have to break in the tv, it is just a recommendation, however panny does recommend a break in period. after spending $$$ i would rather have piece of mind http://www2.panasonic.com/webapp/wcs...tGroupId=24973 Last edited by brett_day; 01-25-2009 at 11:13 PM.

01-26-2009, 12:35 PM	#13
Hammie Blu-ray Champion Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Washington, DC Metro Home Theater Gallery:53 Blu-ray collection:545 DVD collection:12 Trading Score:12	I just mixed up my viewing and did the color images from www.webapalooza.com for 90 minutes per night when I went to bed ( I used the TV's timer feature). During the day, since I work from home, I would sometimes have the color images playing when I would have music streaming from my network. I have not had any issues. BTW, I kept it on HD2 and Just the entire "break-in" period without issue. Last edited by Hammie; 01-26-2009 at 01:52 PM.

01-26-2009, 07:51 PM	#16
Santeria Special Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:San Diego Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:20 Trading Score:4	OP its all a matter of what u think ull do.. IMO if 200+ users on AVSforum break in their Plasmas i will too. there are advocates that break in does nothing and... those who say u must doit or else ull more likely suffer from IR and image burn. i assume ull have this tv for at least 3 years... 100 hrs is nothing... 365 days X 3 = 1095 days x 8 hrs a day viewing = 8760 hr- 100 = 8660 Hrs of viewing anyways. lol Last edited by Santeria; 01-26-2009 at 07:54 PM.

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01-25-2009, 11:01 PM	#2
graf1k Blu-ray Guru Member since:Aug 2008 Location:🆇🆇🆇🆇 Trading Score:198	Yeah, it's kind of crap IMO. I mean even if you leave the TV on 24 hours a day, 200 hours is over 8 days. I haven't gone through it yet, but it's something I'm taking into consideration considering I game a lot and don't really want to wait or be limited in how I use it.

01-25-2009, 11:47 PM	#4
joegs300 Special Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:West Los Angeles, CA Home Theater Gallery:19 Trading Score:45	i know i know... i wanna let her rip right out of the box though. im getting excited for my shipment on wednesday!

01-26-2009, 12:03 AM	#6
lghaze42 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Princeton West Virginia Home Theater Gallery:23	I have the Panny TH-50PZ800U that I got a couple of weeks ago and I have been watching various Blu-rays and DVD'S with no problem.I even called Panasonic about this "break in" thing and was told that it won't hurt the set to watch movies with bars .Some movies I watch are 185 or 178 to one while others are the wider formats.I do use just or zoom mode on 4x3 based video.I can handle bars on the top but side bars are a distraction to me.

01-26-2009, 03:54 AM	#7
joegs300 Special Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:West Los Angeles, CA Home Theater Gallery:19 Trading Score:45	so you didn't break it in, haze?

01-26-2009, 04:18 AM	#8
Santeria Special Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:San Diego Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:20 Trading Score:4	personally im going to break in my tv, but i will watch tv here and there... i play a lot of games so if breaking it in makes for less risk of burn in then ill doit. btw im also getting my tv delivered wed, well its scheduled for wed anyways.. WOO

01-26-2009, 04:26 AM	#9
joegs300 Special Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:West Los Angeles, CA Home Theater Gallery:19 Trading Score:45	fura, so is mine... so you are just going to calibrate it right off the bat?

01-26-2009, 04:34 AM	#10
Santeria Special Member Member since:Oct 2007 Location:San Diego Home Theater Gallery:14 Blu-ray collection:20 Trading Score:4	no, im just gonna follow the avs forum and put everythund under 50 and use cinema mode or whatever, then run the break in DVD off my SD card for like 15 hours or so. i will of course just check out like 5 mins of a blu-ray and some tv first. after my initial 100/120 hrs is up, i will then calibrate it. i am going to attempt to break it in as much as possible, i know some folks say u dont need it, but id rather be safe, what is 7 days breaking in vs.. 2 weeks of wanting to return/deal with panasonic cause theres a screw up with burn in

01-26-2009, 04:44 AM	#11
joegs300 Special Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:West Los Angeles, CA Home Theater Gallery:19 Trading Score:45	i wonder how many people didn't break their tv's in and they were perfectly fine? im sure there are a ton of people who dont read this forum yet use their tvs right out of the box

01-26-2009, 02:12 PM	#14
Steve Blu-ray Knight Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:May 2008 Location:Anna, TX 4K collection:128 Blu-ray collection:416 Trading Score:41	When I got mine, I set everything to the cnet recommended settings and that was it. I was just careful watching stuff with black side bars for the 1st couple of weeks. But I've been playing games, and watching pretty much anything I wanted to since day 1. On a side note, I did end up changing the settings later because the picture was a little too dark in my living room.

01-26-2009, 07:19 PM	#15
DavidAg02 Senior Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Houston, TX Home Theater Gallery:16 Blu-ray collection:46	Break in is a thing of the past. I have a Panasonic plasma. I did no break in. I have watched countless hours of letterbox movies, used it as a still image viewer, had multiple 4-5 hour gaming session on it and never once experienced even the slightest bit of burn in or image retention. Enjoy your new TV! That's what you bought it for!

01-27-2009, 04:27 AM	#17
joegs300 Special Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:West Los Angeles, CA Home Theater Gallery:19 Trading Score:45	haha.. fura! the day is coming! one more day! i checked my shipment and it says that its in los angeles already somewhere... i wish i had time to have it installed tomorrow! but id ont! ahh

01-27-2009, 04:41 AM	#19
joegs300 Special Member Member since:Dec 2008 Location:West Los Angeles, CA Home Theater Gallery:19 Trading Score:45	no marina del rey.. do you live in the valley? my ex girlfriend lived in van nuys.. off of victory and woodman. where are you from?

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