Guys, I've just noticed that there's IR on my PV80. The AXN logo on the top right is permanently there oredi. Quite obvious when a light background is displayed. Damn. Anyone else experienced this?? Wonder if Panasonic will entertain this complaint or not.

My brightness is set to 50 and contrast is set to 95. Color and Sharpness is set to 60 and it's always in Standard Mode. This setting is for all my input sources e.g. Astro, Wii, WDTV, DVD, PS2 etc... Now watching Madagascar2 using WDTV and will check the IR again after the movie. I watch a lot of AXN. Hence the IR of the AXN logo. Man, this worries me.

My PV80 more than 5 months old oredi and exceeded the 100hrs long ago I think. I just finished watching Madagascar 1, Madagascar 2, and now displaying the calibration jpegs i got off the net last time for almost half an hour oredi and the AXN logo is still there. Damn, starting to doubt panny's technology. I have another 50" LG plasma PC1R that my grandmother watches her WLT 24/7, no IR at all after nearly a year of usage.

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Added on April 22, 2009, 11:08 pmBeen watching different sources other than astro for like 6 hours straight now, and the AXN logo IR is still obvious. This sucks. I would've thought IR is a thing of the past as claimed by Panny and the worse thing is, I have a PV80 and my brother has 1 too. Just went to check the LG again. the WLT logo IR is not as obvious as mine.

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Added on April 23, 2009, 12:27 am

The circled region shows the AXN logo IR. Try looking at the circled region at a certain angle and you can see it. It's not very clear on the photo. But on the screen it's very obvious.

This post has been edited by phat_newbie: Apr 23 2009, 12:29 AM

It has reduced slightly only, very subtle changes. I am now watching AXN in Zoom1 mode whereby the AXN logo is not visible on the screen. It's quite obvious when there's a background of light colors e.g. blue sky or explosions. Normal viewing if you dont pay attention to that particular region, then you won't notice it. I think the pixel shifter is turned on by default in this model. Damn, I seriously thought that image burn-in was a thing of the past when the launched the pv80. Kinda regret getting a plasma now. Should I call panny and bring up this issue?? But it is stated in the user manual that the warranty does not cover IR issues. False marketing gimmick I guess.

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Added on April 23, 2009, 10:35 amAnd to those who watch channels with logos that have sharp white wordings, beware!! IR is still a big issue even for new model plasmas.

This post has been edited by phat_newbie: Apr 23 2009, 10:35 AM

Thanks for the advice. Cartoon channels logos generally don't have the bright white contract wordings like the AXN channel but are kinda like watermarks I guess. I'll look up the screen washer and probably view nothing but mkvs these few days to see whether will it be removed or not. Guess this will be my last purchase of a plasma tv.

I showed the Panasonic Service guy my settings too, and he said it does not affect anything to contribute to the IR. And my plasma is more than 4 months old oredi. Broke the 100 hours long time ago. I also used the images downloaded from the net to run the break-in process.

Yeah, practicing that now. Trying to ignore that region. My uncle has a 52" Samsung A650 and I go over there to play PS3 a lot with my cousin and it's gorgeous when displaying PS3 games. But HD movies without tweaking and Astro on it is super disappointing. Plasma to me is always superb for movies, hence 3 units of plasma purchased for my household (LG 50PC1R and 2 units 42pv80). FYI, my first 100+ hours were more towards Super Mario Galaxy on the Wii. And I did the break-in procedure for more than 100hours too everynight when I go to sleep that I'll leave the tv on with the break-in images running. Therefore, I don't think my watching style has anything to do with it. Yes, I do watch AXN a lot. But in my daily usage, AXN is maybe like 4-5 hours max with channel switching in between then it will be followed by either mkvs or gaming on Wii or PS2. So, I don't really regret my purchase but just disappointed with Panny's tech when they claim that the risk of IR for their newer models are very low but I still got it anyway.

Also, black bars and grey bars will not introduce higher risk of getting IR as compared to bright white sharp static images. My wife watches heaps of HK drama jack sparrow DVDs on it during the weekend in 4:3 aspect ratio and the grey pillar boxes do not create any IR at all. AXN logo is bright white, hence the permanent IR.

This post has been edited by phat_newbie: Apr 24 2009, 10:59 AM

Nope. I'll wait til thursday and if they never call me, then I'll call them to follow up.

Called them up last week, and they told me that they've yet to get a feedback from Japan. Therefore, I'll have to wait til they get a response from Japan and they'll contact me to deliver the verdict.

Hi guys, update on my PV80 IR issue.

Panasonic called me up and told me that they will exchange my PV80 with the latest X10 one-to-one and retain my 5 year warranty. This is better than superb service from them. I'm extremely happy with Panasonic.

However, I still love the pv80. Dunno whether should I just keep the pv80. Any users have compared the x10 and pv80 side by side and saw any significant improvement over the older model?? Opinions are most appreciated.

I went to check out the x10 in Queensbay Mall just now. They were playing some XBOX trailers on it. I dunno whether is it just me, but the screen seems to flicker. The unit was placed next to a PY800 and the PY800 looked very smooth. And the x10 only has 1 component in while I need 2. This is making me skeptical whether to trade my pv80 for the x10. Sigh. Dilemma pula now.

Is it?? Ok ok. Coz i'm watching some animation on my pv80 now. The flicker is not obvious. Maybe I should try and bring my WDTV to Queensbay to test it with the x10. As for my lack of component input problem, worst case scenario have to get a component splitter box. Gotta start looking around for 1 soon. Anybody got any place to recommend to get in Penang??

Wow, I envy you bro. Coz i want my pv80 to be replaced with another pv80. Too bad panasonic said they only have the new x10 and no more pv80 in stock. Enjoy your new PV80.

I asked many times for them to find me a PV80 for replacement and even offered to pay extra if they have PY800 or PY850 in stock. But according to the customer service rep, they don't have anymore previous generation plasmas in stock. This is from Panasonic Malaysia in Penang. They said that retailers might still have them, but not Panasonic Malaysia. Hence, no choice for them but to give me the X10 as replacement. The 2 year warranty is applied to the X10. But in my case, they will transfer my warranty from my PV80 over to the X10 for me to honor what I was offered before when I purchased my PV80.

Panasonic service personnel delivered the X10 to me just now and took away my PV80. Damn sad. I loved the PV80 so much. Sob sob....

I still get 5 years warranty as of May 1st.They gave me a warranty card with an extended warranty chop that says warranty extended until May 1st 2014.Tried a few animation mkv files on it just now.At first,the picture looks smudged and colors were very off.Then i mucked around with the settings and turned the Picture Overscan off and everything looked good again.But the reflection on the screen is really bad compared to the PV80.Oh how I am gonna miss my old PV80.

Guess now I'm officially an ex pv80 user and a new X10 member huh. Oh wait, there's still another pv80 in my household. Haha. That means I can still remain in this club.

This post has been edited by phat_newbie: May 21 2009, 09:15 PM

I personally tested the X10 side by side with a PV80 and also the PY800 before. I can easily see the contrast difference immediately with the X10 looking much brighter compared to the PV80 and PY800 but the screen of the X10 is super reflective. Details wise, the PY800 wins hands down but only at close range. Now that I am just watching the X10 alone in my room, I do notice the more vibrant colors (maybe it's just my mind playing tricks.. ).

Also, I really do notice some motion jerking on slow moving scenes on Speed Racer 720p mkv files that does not happen on the PV80. Fast motion scenes are not affected. If you have the X10 and Speed Racer 720p mkv, try watching the front part where Speed is racing during night time with them showing commentators slowing gliding over the scenes. Watch the commentators as they glide through and you will notice the motion jerkiness. I have watched this movie many times on the PV80 just to admire the pic quality because it is a super colorful movie with very nice graphical presentation. Hence I know all the details from the movie. I guess it's the 600Hz sub field drive thingy (I do not know what this is.. ) effect compared to the 400Hz you get on the PV80.

But the mkv file works superbly with the PV80. Tested on 2 units of PV80 and also the LG. So, I guess the flag settings or whatever that means should be correct and its the X10's incapability to decode the source properly. I could be wrong though. Just pointing out what I observed from both models. Anyway, the X10 is sitting in my room now. Just have to make the best of what I have.