Colour management is supposed to mean a means of moving the colour points (google CIE chart) in a CIE Chart to match standards (also the luminance (brightness) of each colour that is not shown on the CIE chart). However Panasonic's implementation is different. You are given 3-4 choices. Move the slider to the extreme right. That gives the most pleasing combination to the eyes. This should be good for HD sources.

Pls do not use the word "burn-in", it is taboo for a plasma display. The correct term is break in. The main reason is to age the phospors evenly. You can use any mode if you still want to as long as you use the full screen colour images. I will try to contact D-Nice to see how I can derive localized settings of the break in. I believe you can use maybe Standard mode and turn the contrast up close to what the vivid setting was at. This is my assumption, I have used the break in disc before and it serves to age phospors evenly past its infancy stage.

Actually, even outputting at 720p would require one more scaling by the display. This is because the resolution of the display is 768p. Thats why it is best to output at 4800/576p to the display if u want to reduce the scaling times. Another alternative would be to output BluRay at 1080p/24 so it scales only once. There is one thing to remember, based on tests and observations the new X10 series does not deinterlace too well. It is better to send a progressive signal to it, hence a 480p/576p from the DVD player.

I believe some display do a better job at downscaling vs upscaling and that could be the reason why 720p might be better if you want the display to upscale.

Anyway, trust ur eyes. If 720p looks better than go for it. Just try 480p/576p from the Pio DVD player and see if that looks even better.

Seremban...pm htkaki, he can help...

Don't worry about the heat and lifetimes. The plasmas work at higher temperatures. This is the nature of the panels. They have very capable temperature sensors and overcurrent protectors that will shut off should it reach critical temperatures. This is a requirement. So don't worry about the heat generated and the long hours viewing time.

Just calibrated podrunner's X10 thru WDTV. Excellent grayscale (calibrated in service menu) and very decent gamma. Better response for colour, grayscale and gamma compared to PV80. Great blacks. 1st time calibrating thru WDTV using HD test patterns. Good response. The colour space bug is there for sure. I think they will fix it with a firmware rev soon. Anyway, pleasantly surprised with the X10 post calibrated grayscale.

Hope u enjoy it podrunner!

Sorry, I did not write them down. Anyway, I am not sure if you can use them directly, it will be close, but it depends on your environment and your set. Also it depends very much on your source,

SD settings are not really applicable for HD but they are close. Again, it needs to be verified for your set and adjusted. Also depends on what source is used for SD and the connection type.

All the settings that are not in the service menu shd be ok to copy. Pls remember that the numbers in the service menu are not to be followed blindly, each set has a different initial setting. These non service menu settings will work for WDTV and get u close. Might not work for blu ray or DVD player as the source is different.

Again, unless u know what u r doing, pls refrain from adjusting anything in the service menu.

Yes the 2nd portion is service menu settings. This is not recommended to copy since ur starting point might be different.

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Added on May 22, 2009, 9:38 amSorry, I did not keep track of steps forward and backward. This is because on the Panny's there is a bug where the luminance levels in the service menu are half of outside the service menu. So I had to keep getting out of the service menu to check the grayscale after making the changes and saving them in the service menu. But trust me, it tracks grayscale very well..

This post has been edited by anfieldude: May 22 2009, 09:38 AM

Ok...At least I know that my teeth will be well taken care of in Kuching....

Full HD.

Not really sure, I doubt it. Some sets change the colour a little to compensate for x.v. colour. Remind me to check if there are differences next time I calibrate a X10.

Thanks jchong. Actually the results mimic the results from podrunner's X10. The only difference being the gamma. The calibration of podrunner's X10 was done thru a WDTV and the viewing environment was much brighter. The gamma was around 2.1 to cater for the brighter viewing environment. Also the colour luminance was not that great due to the WDTV known problem with the Sigma Designs chip.