NSYGrinner:
Well I've had this second tv since last Tuesday. I've spent all weekend playing with various settings and trawling the net for advice. I did a firmaware update on Thursday night (2.408). The motion problem is not really there but I'm seeing slight phosphor trailing. Mainly on high contrast scenes with speedy movement or pans. I get it in some racing games when swerving left or right and The Hurt Locker bd. The colour banding has come back, not as bad as before but still unacceptable. The opening scenes of Star Trek are very noticable. There is also a lot of posterisation (I think that is the phrase) on faces. This occurs in on all sd sources and the hd channels of Freeview to some extent. Apart from slashing 5 seconds offf my time at Hotel Lisboa on PGR4 I have had no real enjoyment from this tv.
I'm off to Leeds today and will have a word in the Panasonic shop to see what they can advise and look at the 42D25. I'm going to call in at the Sony Centre as well to have another look at the HX703.
Nooooooo!! I'm gutted for you NSYGrinner, a 2nd tv going back, i really know your pain! This is so puzzling to me as from what Pink Moon was saying these problems may not be limited to just the 46 inch as i beleive his/her problems are with a 42 inch but mine has been great. As for the phosphor trailing on that set, it's exactly what is happening and i still get some very slight trailing on SD low quality channels (Dave etc) and some slight instances with DVD but with games i've only ever had one game with trailing and that was Dirt2 when driving in Morocco, i had one section with trailing right in front of the car where the bonnet met the ground but tried it again straight afterwards and it was gone which was weird.
I know plasma tv's need on average 200hrs run in but these problems are not acceptable and i too would be taking the tv back, i too have the Star Trek BD and get none of those effects on my tv. The fact that it is happening across multiple sources points to something being wrong for sure but then i do remember being underwhelmed when i first got my g20, there was alot of trailing at first and a washed out feel to the picture (perhaps due to just replacing for an lcd?) but i never felt that it was faulty as i expected alot of run in time untill it hit it's peak and it has got better and better as time has gone by.
I'm convinced these and many issues across tv manufacturers are just down to quality control or the lack of it perhaps lol because i can find no other answer as to why tv's that are supposed to be 'exactly' the same are performing in such vastly different ways?? I wonder also IF manufacturers change internal components during the lifetime of a tv from the original components and how this may effect the performance, be that positive or negative!?
I look forward to hearing how you got on in Leeds and hopefully with some good news for a change lol
Best regards
Oldboy