doveman
Joined: 02 Feb 2012
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| Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2012 7:39 pm Post subject: Any Plasma without these Panny issues? |
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I was almost sold on the Panasonic G30 or S30 until I read about the "gamma fluctuations”:
http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/panasonic-tx-p42g30b-p42g30-201104091079.htm
"Unfortunately, the TX-P42G30B shows the exact same “brightness shifting” issue that we noticed with the GT30: with certain video content, the Plasma TV will appear to adjust gamma mid-way through a scene. Although we feel the effect is subtle, it does occur fairly frequently. Name any predominantly dark film you can think of, and odds are, eagle-eyed viewers will notice some shifting going on as they watch. In our GT30 review, we mentioned scenes from Se7en as revealing the issue, but we also noticed it during the newer, director-approved Blu-ray Disc of Silent Hill. In the latter example, there’s a scene early on in the film where a character runs out into a highway, only to narrowly avoid being hit by a truck. As soon as the truck appeared in shot, the TX-P42G30′s gamma characteristics would change, giving the scene a lighter look.s."
As I'll be using it mostly with my PC (but also my consoles), for gaming as well as with Mediaportal for SD/HD TV, video playback, etc I was also rather disappointed to read that it doesn't support RGB 4:4:4 and converts it to Y/Cb/Cr 4:2:2 for processing.
So is there another Plasma around the same price range as the Pannys, with the same picture quality, that supports RGB 4:4:4 and doesn't have the "gamma fluctuations” problem?
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