5 million is dynamic contrast ratio, actual static contrast ratio is in much lower value

this is very good price with 4 pairs of 3D glasses, which shop is offering this?

there is an advertisement of 50VT20k by panasonic offering 4 pairs of glasses



btw as for break-in, if your intention is to calibrate your panel, it is advisable to break-in for 200 hours before doing the calibration so that all the phosphor inside the plasma cells are aged evenly, and the parameters will not drift after calibration. If parameters drifted after calibration, you will have to redo the calibration again wasting effort and money


GT20 does not have THX, only VT20 has THX

from GT20 specs sheet:


This post has been edited by neb: Jun 11 2011, 03:05 PM

u30 is a low end full HD model, no anti-reflection coating, Moving Picture Resolution is only 900 lines

wow panasonic must be very desperate, selling GT20 now for RM3000

have you switch on your networked computer?

call panasonic immediately, complain to them that you got a demo set

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Added on June 13, 2011, 5:35 pmpanasonic TV got a service man manu that keep track of hours used and switch-on count

This post has been edited by neb: Jun 13 2011, 05:35 PM

voice your complaint to everywhere, to the shop, to manufacturer(I am sure they are very interested in customer feedback ), as a last resort to tribunal court(make sure you collect lots of evident to prepare for your case), to newspaper.....

This post has been edited by neb: Jun 13 2011, 09:54 PM

get into HDTV's service menu, check switch-on count and accumulated run hour

brand new set should only have a few switch on count

if you are looking for specs, here is the official panasonic web page
http://panasonic.net/avc/viera/asia2011/pr...lasma_spec.html

malaysian model will have "K" at the end of model name

watch your TV in wide screen everyday, after 200 hours, all of your tiny plasma cells will be fully aged, then do the calibration

This post has been edited by neb: Jul 11 2011, 07:20 PM

you need to age your panel for 200 hours, then hire a professional like anfieldude to calibrate for you

no v series this year, you can wait for 2012 series
however there are ST30 and Vt30 series 3D plasma

Rated Power for p42u30k: 275 W = 0.275 KW
power consumption per day: 0.275KW x 10 hour = 2.75KWh
power consumption per month: 2.75KWh x 31 days = 85.25KWh
electricity bill per month: 2.75KWh x 31 days x RM0.40 = RM34.10

RM0.40 per KWh is just an average, tenaga rate ranging from RM0.218 to RM0.437 based on how many KWh you have already been used

600Hz is sub-field drive frame rate, not response time

plasma response time is 0.001 millisecond, practically zero

This post has been edited by neb: Sep 6 2011, 06:29 PM

can use NETGEAR WNDA3100 v.2, as stated in panasonic web page below:
http://panasonic.jp/support/global/cs/tv/c...sb/option1.html