Comments on: Panasonic TCP50G10 50″ Plasma Review

By: Black bars are good for you

Black bars are good for you — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:35:32 +0000

Oh muh lord with the black bars…

Motion pictures are filmed in a variety of aspect ratios, few of which conform exactly to the 16:9 standard of HDTVs. The black bars are there to retain the original aspect ration of the movie. You are not missing anything (unless you zoom in to crop the bars out!) If anything, you are robbing yourself of experiencing the movie as the director intended…

By: Anne

Anne — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 04:39:03 +0000

I found this when I was googling “how to get rid of the bars on the top and bottom of the G10 screen while watching a bluray disc” … and just to clear up the question raised above, I finally found the “Format” button on the TV remote which cut off the edges and blew up the center of the movie to full screen, which was much appreciated (despite cutting off the edges)… I bought the TV to never have black bars again.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:33:46 +0000

I has a Panasonic TCP50S1 and it was just stolen a few weeks ago when my condo was broken into. Got the insurance check and went to BB to get the same thing since I was impressed with the set. They were out of the S1, since it came with Bluray player on a deal for $1099. Since I needed two of them they substituted the G10 in its place for me. So I just got two new G10’s. i was very happy since the G10 is quite a bit more in price. I have only had pne of them up for about a week now, but I love it. Works great with my PS3 too, no problems with fast moving action that I can see. I LOVE IT, just my two cents worth.
i was thinking of having it calibrated after a month or so. Does taht help alot? I was interested in the claim of quite a bit less power consumption more than anything. Any thoughts?

By: EL

EL — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:15:34 +0000

Well, I’ve had the 42PZ85U for about a year and I’m giving up on Panasonic. I mainly use my plasma for watching blu-ray material. The flickering is unbearable for me. All this time I thought it was my source material. I switched form compressed MKV’s to uncompressed blu-ray because of it. It can make reference quality material seem mediocre at times. Just bought the Samsung PN50B650 to alleviate this problem. Blacks should be on par with the older model Panny and colors should be better, from what I’ve read. And it also supports 24p native playback. That flicker has been a massive thorn in my side.

By: TV upgrade: woes and “whoas”

TV upgrade: woes and “whoas” — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:19:46 +0000

[...] did all of the research for me! Alex recently got a 12th generation Panasonic plasma set — the G10 — and he told me all about it, in great detail, as he was feeling his way through the [...]

By: Mark Rod

Mark Rod — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:23:28 +0000

Paralysis by analysis.

Excellent dialogue and questions at this joint.
I believe it’s helped me to make m decision to go with the Pan. 46″ G10 or G15. (I can get the at the same price.)

The G15 is a little slimmer and IMO is nicer looking with a slimmer smaller silver strip along the bottom.

By: scattershot

scattershot — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:35:27 +0000

Hey “please help me fix my tv” sounds like you are in demo (store display) mode.

Unplug the TV, count to 10, plug it back in and select “home use” on the opening screen.

Enjoy your new Panny Plasma you lucky bum

By: please help me fix my tv

please help me fix my tv — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:30:37 +0000

I just bought an open-box panasonic TC-P50G10 today, and so far its not bad. I would enjoy it more if i could figure out how to get rid of this thing that pops up at least every 5 min!…
it says:

on the top center “Moving Picutre Resolution”
on top left “(1080* Lines)”
on top right “(conventional)”
on bottom left “*based on APDC measurement method”

and there is a black line down the middle.

i think its the demo? but im not sure how to get rid of it. It also resets my settings. please someone help i can’t find any info about it.

By: Steve P.

Steve P. — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:04:49 +0000

Have had my 50G10 for over 4-5 months now and it is awesome. My friends LG plasma has already had issues and does not even come close to mine. Everyone asks where I got it, they want one, how much I paid ect. Great TV. At the time Worst Buy(BB) had theirs for 1700+tax and a 30+day backlog.

A friend said to try Amazon.com and they had 3-4 new ones for 1400 no tax and free shipping…it was a no brainer IMO. Got the TV 7 days later and the rest is beautiful HD history….P3 games and BD are awesome…even SD looks good enough to not be annoying like alot of LCDs I see.

Thanks HD Guru….keep up the good work!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:29:04 +0000

Is there a site to show the settings to achieve THX brightened, without losing the great colors?
Thx, Dave