Infra-red receiver section Do not soil the infra-red receiver section or attach stickers etc. Please check the list p. Sound will be output from the Home theater whenever the TV is powered on. Automatic lip-sync function Minimizes lip-sync delays between the picture and audio when you connect to a Panasonic theater system or Amplifier.
Page 39 Adjustment for the equipment output. Control the theater speakers with the TV remote control. If you already have such service, make sure that the connection speed exceeds the following. Page Network Settings Network settings This is a setting for connecting to a broadband environment. Page Editing And Setting Channels Editing and Setting Channels The current channel settings can be changed according to your needs and reception conditions.
Page 49 Manual program Set manually Use this procedure when changing the channel setup or Edit changing the channel display. Page Lock Lock Locks specified channels or shows to prevent children from watching objectionable content. You will be asked to enter your password each time you display the Lock menu.
Settings Items Item Description Movie which has not been rated or where rating does not apply. This lets you choose the aspect depending on the format of the received signal and your preference. Panasonic is not liable for any deterioration or damage of recorded data. Page 60 48 to Hz. However, the image will not be displayed properly if the signals exceed 1, lines.
Display panel The front of the display panel has been specially treated. Wipe the panel surface gently using only a cleaning cloth or a soft, lint- free cloth.
Please discard according to local regulations. When disposing this product, disassemble properly by following the procedure below, and remove the internal rechargeable battery. Do not disassemble this product except when disposing of it. Page Frequently Asked Questions Faq If there is a problem with your TV, please refer to the table below to determine the symptoms, then carry out the suggested check.
If this does not solve the problem, visit the Panasonic website for further assistance. Begin playing the 3D video source. Ensure that the Panasonic 3D Eyewear glasses are on check the glasses battery 3. At least three 3 years from delivery of products, Panasonic will give to any third parry who contact us at the contact information provided below, for a charge no more than our cost of physically performing source code distribution, a complete machine- readable copy of the corresponding source code covered under LGPL.
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A valid registered receipt is required under the Limited Warranty. Page 73 Specifications are subject to change without notice. Panasonic cannot be responsible for approximate. Page 74 Note All Rights Reserved. Printed in U. Todos los Derechos Reservados. Impreso en EE. Show all Tc-p65gt Print page 1 Print document 75 pages. Rename the bookmark. We wish they used Bluetooth sync like Samsung's glasses.
On the other hand we appreciate their prior-year backward compatibility; you can use Panasonic's glasses with the TVs, and the glasses with the TVs.
Like Samsung and LG, Panasonic redesigned its Internet suite for TVs, adding an app store, greatly expanding content offerings and changing the name--it's now Viera Connect for TVs, although the old VieraCast moniker still applies to Blu-ray players.
Vudu video and Hulu Plus are still missing, and we could nitpick about the absence of Rhapsody since Napster gets a spot, but otherwise the selection is solid.
Unfortunately the Netflix interface doesn't allow search and uses the old, horizontal scroll instead of the new tiled layout, but at least you get genres. In addition to paid apps, the Viera Market also has actual merchandise, including 3D glasses, SD cards, gamepads and Logitech's DiNovo keyboard everything is list price, unfortunately. Overall we preferred the layout and simplicity of the Viera Connect interface to Samsung's significantly more ambitious, and more cluttered, Smart Hub.
Panasonic seems to enforce a straightforward menu structure and default font in many of its app and widget designs, and as a result using them feels easier and more cohesive. We didn't miss having a Web browser or video search capability, and as with last year we liked the ability to arrange and reorder app tiles among the various screens.
On the downside response times were slower than Samsung in many cases, but not slow enough to be annoying. We also wish you could activate apps from within the market, as opposed to having to back out to the main Viera Connect interface.
The VT30 offers more user-menu control options than any other TV we've seen yet. New for Panasonic has added a point grayscale adjustment, full-fledged CMS and, unlike any other TV we've seen so far, a point luminance control to home in on gamma. Unfortunately these controls are only available in the Custom preset, not on any others; they were difficult to use and didn't produce the results we expected.
And if you want to pay a calibrator to mess with controls, for example to set up the ISF Day and Night modes, you might want to ask for someone who can take advantage of the Calman auto-calibration system built into this TV.
You also get full picture control with Netflix and other streaming services--the TV basically treats Viera Connect as a separate "input. Like Samsung's slim plasmas and many company's LEDs, the input bay of the VT30 series is so slim that breakout cables are required for many of the jacks: component and composite video, stereo audio, RF, optical digital, the VGA input and the RS port. Its black levels are among the deepest we've seen, outdoing the competing Samsung PND plasma, and its shadow detail is also superior.
Color accuracy is very good, albeit not as accurate as the Samsung, video processing is excellent, and of course it enjoys the near-perfect uniformity of plasma. As usual THX mode delivered the most accurate picture out-of-the-box, with Cinema too dim and Custom off in nearly every way. THX on the VT30 measured better than on the GT30, with improved gamma and grayscale, but it could still be better especially in terms of primary color luminance see the Geek Box.
This year, Panasonic seemingly provided the necessary picture settings to properly calibrate Custom mode, but when we tried them the result still came up short. Our Custom calibration took a while and was hampered by poor menu design with excessive nesting and a need to back completely out of the menus frequently, but afterward our software and charts told us that the VT30's color was nearly perfect see our Custom post-calibration chart here.
Unfortunately, when we looked at actual program material, our eyes told us that colors were still inaccurate, with reddish skin tones and too much saturation throughout. We were mystified because the TV's colors measured extremely well Delta errors of less than 3 across the board , but compared to other well-calibrated TVs in our lineup, we saw a different story that contradicted the charts.
Rather than mess with Custom further to attempt to resolve the discrepancy, we settled on THX for our evaluation. We've contacted Panasonic seeking clarity on this issue and will update this review if we hear back. We've heard of VT30 calibrations using Custom that supposedly achieved superior results, and perhaps expert calibrators with more time to spend could dial in those controls to outdo THX.
There's also a new automatic ISF mode calibration available via Calman, our TV calibration software, which supposedly adjusts all of those controls automatically. The TV firmware supporting it is not yet available, however, and we doubt its results would be replicable via the standard menu controls, so we didn't try it for this review.
As for THX, since it lacks most controls our "calibration" consisted of simply increasing light output to our standard 40ftL and tweaking a couple of other basic controls. Afterward average gamma and a few other picture characteristics actually measured slightly worse than before we made any adjustments, due we assume to the increase in light output.
Again, if THX offered better controls, or if the ones in Custom worked as well as they do on competing high-end TVs, we'd see better results. As with previous Panasonic reviews we've included both our Custom and THX picture settings linked above so you can see the differences for yourself.
For our evaluation we lined up the comparison models below and watched old favorite "Avatar" on Blu-ray. Of course the VT25 which we measured at 0. If that's the case, then the VT30 is the new plasma black level runner-up to the Pioneer Kuro, but we won't know for sure until we can test how the VT30 ages. The difference in absolute depth of black was quite subtle between the VT30 0. While the VT30's gamma measurement was inferior to the Samsung's, the latter obscured details in shadows, such as the plants at and the back of Jake's avatar's hair at Such details were a bit too bright on the VT30 compared to our reference, but still closer than the other two.
Black areas appeared inky and deep, lending the customary pop to every scene. We looked for fluctuations in the level of black and gray but couldn't find any in "Avatar. Color accuracy: Although colors in THX mode looked very good on the VT30, with great saturation and accurate color points, the Samsung was superior overall in this area. The Panasonic seemed to have a slight greenish cast to many scenes when compared side-by-side with the Samsung and a few of the others, a difference that was visible primarily in skin tones--such as the face and arms of Jake as he wheels toward Quaritch's harangue in Chapter 2, or the faces of the cafeteria-goers in Chapter Near-black on the VT30 was the best in the room, but the Samsung was also very good so the difference in color between the two wasn't as noticeable as during brighter scenes.
Furthermore, we noticed the same kinds of false contouring artifacts in 96Hz mode on the VT30 that we've seen on earlier so-equipped Panasonic plasmas, like the VT25 see that review for more details. For these reasons we decided to use 60Hz mode for our evaluations and calibration. There were some slight differences between the two in terms of black level and color, but nothing on the scale of, for example, CinemaSmooth on the Samsung PND On the "Digital Video Essentials" test Blu-ray we noticed shifting lines and minor instability in the downtown Philadelphia buildings during an upward-facing pan.
We didn't see any similar issues during "Avatar," but assume they might crop up. In short, neither mode is perfect, but both do the main job--correct film cadence--properly. Panasonic introduced dejudder processing this year with a setting entitled "Motion smoother. As usual we found both relatively distasteful. The GT25 from last year had a "Blur reduction control" that, when engaged, delivered full motion resolution.
That control has been dropped for , but Motion smoother basically does the same thing: when it was engaged, either Weak or Strong, we saw an increase in motion resolution in our test pattern see the Geek Box.
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