By eye. Off & on I will freeze the picture & compare the black colour of the picture on the screen with the black frame of the TV. With normal room lighting & dimmed lighting condition I see no difference before & after the 1000 hours. I do not watch in a completely dark environment as it is not practical for me.

After everything is said & done, the bottom line for me is that I am completely 110% satisfied with the performance of my TV.

Thanks

Thanks for the advice jitbeng

btw, how do u "wash" the screen? any particular tool or setting that can do this? how do i check the total time usage of my tv? mind to share? thx in advance bro

yipa yipa.. i finally got my 42" plasma tv too

decided to get the full hd THP42G10K series.

mebbe i m gonna try using the 50 brightness & contrast setting n eco mode off for 200 hrs.

btw; jitbeng, washing of the screen = running the full 1080p solid color scheme loop???

Hi jitbeng,

My 42X28K settings for HDMI (Astro Byond) and AVI (DVD player) is contrast 48, brightness 50, colour 48 with eco mode always at Off position. I notice that if I set eco mode to ON position, the picture is brighter and richer in bright surroundings, in this case usually daytime. But at night, if the eco mode is turned on, the picture is dimmer. But when the eco mode is turned Off, the picture is similar to the ON mode at daytime.

So, I've decided to permanently set the eco mode to OFF position and have the settings for contrast at 48, colour at 50 and brightness at 50, PNR min. Already done approx. 50 + hours.

Appreciate your opinion on the above settings.

Yeah,it's already end of April.
Any signs of new 46,50 models 2010 coming in the shops?

# Hold down the {VOL -} button ON THE PLASMA TV itself. Not Remote
# Press the {RECALL} button on the remote control 5 times.
# The Service Menu will be displayed.

# Use the {2} buttons to select "SRV-TOOL"
and press the {OK} button to access it.

# HIGHLIGHT the box on the right side of the last option: (Navigate by using the arrow buttons on the remote)
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PTCT :00.00.00.00.00

HIGHLIGHT HERE

# Then press and hold the {MUTE} button on the remote for 3 seconds.

TIME = Hours and Minutes of Operation.
COUNT = Times the Plasma was Powered On.

# To exit, press & hold the {POWER} button on the TV for few seconds.


The above for going into the service menu & checking the hour usage. Please be very careful when you go into the service menu.


What I do for "washing" is to press the TV button on the remote. Since I am using Astro, the outside TV aerial is not connected. So if you press the TV button on the remote, there will be no input signal to the TV. The screen will show a snowy picture. Set the Timer (max 90mins).

Thanks

ohhh... so tats washing.. the snowy screen

BTW.. i m ok with getting into the service mode. BUT exiting is the problem. after viewing the hours count.

u mention press & hold the power button on the TV??? i hold awhile also cannot off.. so wat i do is jst press the power button on the tv let it off den on back again. wil this dmg it??

also if i m doing it wrong, please correct me, tq

Your settings looks good.

My settings now in Normal mode is, Contrast=Either 70 or 80, Brighness=40(-10), Colour=39, Colour Balance=Cool, Colour Management=Off, Sharpness=80 & PNR=min.
In Setup/Other Settings:- Intelligent Frame Creation=Off & Power Save=On

In the Picture Menu, Normal mode is for watching Astro (non-B'yond). 50% of the time

Cinema mode for watching DVD/BR. 5%

Game mode for Xbox 360. 10%

Dynamic mode for PC (Net surfing). 30%

Dynamic mode for PC (download movies/tv shows). 5%

All the modes above will have their own individual settings.

This is what I read in one review " Eco mode which adjusts the average picture level for max energy efficiency (surprising, it makes the image brighter rather darker)".

Yah! a bit strange the eco setting mode! My interpretation is there is a sensor near the on/off button. When eco mode is on it senses the surrounding lightning conditions in the daytime to be bright & therefore increases the brightness to compensates for it. So it is the reverse in the night.

So turn it off. The brightness will be the same for day & night. In my opinion it is better because you are in control.

Try to vary your viewing content.

I watch Astro, DVD/BR, downloaded movie/tv shows, play Xbox & surfing the Net. Practically all my AV is centered on the TV.

Thanks

Congrats to our new purchase and we're now in the panny plasma family


wow! this is useful info! many thanks jitbeng! i will definately try it out later in the evening once i reach home!

hehe thanks

@ jitbeng, u still havnt answer me yet

on how to get out of the service mode the proper way

Hey jitbeng,

Thanks for the tip to access the service mode to check the total viewing time.

It should be OK. I just did it myself to check.

The TV will turn off. Just turn it back on.

So far my hours usage:- 1,202:30

Thanks

This post has been edited by jitbeng: Apr 26 2010, 06:48 PM

Bought hdmi cables and logitech harmony one from usa

Just waiting for stupid Pana Malaysia to release the 50 inch stocks

This post has been edited by rublik: Apr 26 2010, 07:15 PM

Congrats bro. You got the RM4,699 or the display unit in the end?

seeing how they treated the display unit

i opt for the new unit; since i m going for installment plan the difference from RM4,100 isnt tat noticeable.

i m loving it! cant wait till i get my hands on avatar

Avatar blu-ray is awesome. Just got the R1 version and played on PS3 on my HDTV Plasma. Missing the audio effect.

I would never buy a display unit. Not only long hours of usage but also, got tikus, lepas etc masuk the kedai at night. Sometimes lipas and cicak go into the plasma unit.

ehm... noob question here..

lets say i m watching the bluray movies.

those movie ratio at 1.78:1 is full screen right.

if watching those 2.40:1 have those top n bottom black bars.

how do i change the black bars color??? it is advise not to leave it black right??

Any updates on release dates?

hey jitbeng,

many thanks for the guidance on how to check up the hour of viewing on our plasma....as for me, after 100days of ownership my plasma p42s10k, it showed that my time viewing it was 822 hours and 30 minutes with count 330 times...considering i got this plasma more than 3 months ago which around 100 days, it means i power on my plasma around 8 hours per day with 3 time on it each day...i thought watch it more than that since i'm working from home...

up till now, i'm still enjoying my plasma as it delivered superb PQ and the speaker is decent enough to produce good sound as well...there's no problem at all on my unit....truly satisfied...