read my link in post 310, recommendation is to have 120 hours burn-in for the brand new set using the method given in that link before doing the setting.

dig up some charts done by D-nice@avsforum, showing before and after calibration done on X1(not x10 plasma though ) panasonic plasma, target is D65 CIE Illuminant standard:


another set of charts showing colour accuracy with respect to rec. 709 HDTV standard:

inside bullseye circle, must be pretty much accurate!

This post has been edited by neb: Apr 27 2009, 01:04 AM

you guys got any dead pixel on the plasma panel?

is this how you access the serviceman menu: hold down "volume -" on the plasma, then press "info" button 3 times on the remote?

This post has been edited by neb: Apr 27 2009, 02:57 PM

great! we have lowyat member who can read the chart.

however the charts are for x1, wonder anyone in malaysia has the equipment to do the calibration and publish the result for x10 and the settings for diy calibration.
the calibrator is using PR-655 spectroradiometer, the price of one unit can buy you 15x P42x10

delta E 1994 for green and cyan is over 3 so no good? so how will these manifest in the plasma display?

This post has been edited by neb: Apr 27 2009, 08:29 PM

so samsung LCD TV has full 3D CMS(Colour Management System) and manual colour temperature controls? panasonic should add those in their future plasma.

This post has been edited by neb: Apr 27 2009, 10:58 PM

I am no sifu , but this is my opinion:
the panasonic plasma panels needed to be break-in for at lease 120 hour before calibration can be done on them, if they calibrate on the new set the final result on screen will be drifted away from the target standard anyway. It is simply not economical for them to waste 5 days' electricity to break-in and hold up the assembly line. If they calibrate every set before leaving factory, the final plasma price will be very high for consumers.


I just downloaded the AVSHD709 v1.2b calibration disk from avsforum, is this the right one?




GREYSCALE & COLOUR CALIBRATION FOR DUMMIES!


This post has been edited by neb: Apr 28 2009, 04:09 PM

that would be perfect! like what D-Nice has done, publish the offsets so that we can diy calibrate X10 plasma and other display as well without any tools.

Eye-One Display 2 = US$279, quite reasonably priced actually, might get one of those meter myself.

astro max has 2 tuners inside, although can't watch 2 channels simultaneously, record 1 channel and watch another is possible.

This post has been edited by neb: Apr 30 2009, 02:50 PM

30 years panel life claimed by manufacturer, should give us 30 years warranty to back up their claim

it would help if you can snap a picture showing how dark is the screen when you are watching from what source, and you current setting

if altering user accessible settings can not improve the brightness any further, a few options are avaible to improve your set:

buy colourimeter and calibrate yourself,
or pay calibrator to do it for you,
or waiting for someone to be kind enough to publish their calibrated offset for X10

strange, normally manufacturer calibrate their set to display in vibrant and bright colour mode to attract more customers to buy.
check your source machine and cable.

last resort is to lodge a complaint to panasonic, may be they will calibrate your set for free

This post has been edited by neb: May 2 2009, 07:16 PM