Apologies for the noob question, but is break-in necessary for all plasmas?

hi, i m newbie 
i m checking panny plasma atm and go  after seeing so many threads discussing about it.
may be someone from penang can help point out the best price shop around Seberang Jaya/BM side?
thanks. 

Thanks ronnt88 for guidance, will check the two shops.

At the moment are targeting Panny TH42X10K, which I had seen in SenQ and Jusco.

Seems like S10K is a better choice?   

To lone wolf, yes you can call me a baby in this cause I m really is. 

Don't think the price diff is more than RM400-500 nowadays

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Added on September 3, 2009, 4:24 pm
I think you need to change your nick to "Color*Wolf" 

  to all masters.

Saw the price on Panasonic Malaysia site, TH42S10K sales for RM 3999 and TH42X10K sales for RM 3499.

http://direct.panasonic.com.my/Products.aspx/Category/101

Is there better offer around in Northern area?

What are the bundle normally inside? BD player? SD card? HDMI cable?

Anyone? 

is that some settoing for your sxbox360 ned to apply before can get pic to the plasma?

Eve tho u called, she wont be able to qoute u immediately bcos she needs to check the  price without the package. Tat's y i sms her, gave her some times, but seems no reply after 2 smses sent.

Maybe elite Ronn is the boss!

wah ronn's referral of sales commission is 20%.. manyak lor..   

Hey guys,

An AV technician told me that since i will be sitting more than 3 times the recommended distance from a 50 S10 then i might as well get the cheaper X10 because i wont be able to tell the different between Full HD and HD from such a distance.

How true is this? To truly notice the FULL HD 1080p i must sit very much closer as the recommended sitting which is 2 or 3 times the height of the screen.

Please advice on this matter.

Again, something that needs to be done in service menu, there is a setting called sub-brightness that can be adjusted to bring the set out of black faster or slower. Can you let me know how u adjusted the brightness? Was it using a windowed pattern or full black pattern? What test patterns did u use? Also what r u viewing it with, HTPC, media player?

Calibration shd be done after 200hrs so that the phospors have settled.

LCDs also need to be run in before calibration. The electronics take time to settle down. For LCDs preferably 100hrs. Will they change with time, most definately. Things degrade. Again, remember there are backlights and some things just take time to settle down.

Just a note, they look fine even when it is new, this is just so that the calibration is not wasted if the phospors do ctake longer to settle. Most sets are run-in at least a few hrs at the factory. For some plasmas, 50-100hrs run in at the factory and then QA'ed to see if it is within spec before release. Of course, these things add to the cost of the set...Also most electronics fail within 50hrs or then run for a long time without problems, Early Failure Rate is good to weed out before shipping.

I believe for plasma's all brands do some sort of run in. The more established brands (that are with premiums) do longer run ins, measure them after the run in, check some basic greyscale data and reject the ones that are out of control/spec. In some cases, u can get the data pre and post run in if u input the serial number.

I believe the professional sets have more stringent controls.

Yes. But varies model to model. Of course the lower end ones will not have as much run in.

I just checked this model at SenQ and found out the reflection very strong under a bright light

LCD don't have reflection

The anti-glare coating play the most important part (which is why some model more expensive than other). In the case of Panasonic 42x10 model, it does have an extra coating and that's why it is more reflective. The older model 42PV80 is more expensive but less reflective (color less vibrant when compare to 42x10)

If possible, position your LCD/PLASMA so that light source will not shine on it or maybe try to dim the light a bit.

hitachi plasma tv got higher resolution pixels than panasonic and samsung. the PQ is even better than pana and samsung and the price is also higher among those. 

Here is a screen shot of the weird green color on 50S10.  It is very obvious.