Dear all,
I have recently bought a Panasonic Viera TH42PZ800B which is meant to be one of the best 42" plasmas on the market also nicknamed the Pioneer killer as they supposidly could not come up with a TV as good for the same value thus pulling out the 42" market. Sales chat i think .................
Since i bought it (1 month ago) the picture quality has been terrible on sports as follows.................
The Sky sports sign in the corner wabbles when players or anything walks or goes behind it.
When the goaly kicks the ball it judders across the screen like a rubbish comador 64 game and in some cases the screen has moved quickly from left to right and for a split second it has all frozen and smudged the players.
When the camera zooms in on a player, if a player walks infront of them for a split second its smudges or creates a bad haze around the outline of the person its focused on.
These problems are found in slow motion mode whilst watching super slow motion of the Oz tennis open the ball was flashing and juddering on quick live football matches.
These issues are not just related to broadcast pictures but also whilst playing PS3 Fifa 09. When the ball flies over the cross bar it judders and skips and flashes
What i have done to try and sort it...................
1st - i was advised to purchase better HDMI cables which i did at some great cost What Hi Fi 5 * graded stuff. 2nd i was told it was the broadcast so and delayed my complaints till i got Sky HD (720Ip) installed as on Sky + the sport channels were all rubbish. BUT the image quality is just the same as before.
2nd - I have fiddled around with all the settings taking scans off, image stabilizers, decreasing sharpness etc etc i have literally tried everthing with a view to deceasing how much the TV has to think thus hopefully increasing its ability to deal with quick motion on the TV. Again no difference at all the image is no better or worse.
3rd - I have Red eye system in my house, i have tested the broacasts on the other Tv's in my house through the AF or AR whats ever its called. My 32" LCD HD ready (non 1920x1080) which is 3 years old does not judder at all with the same feed. So issues with broadcast are surely ruled out completely.
So i called out the maitenance people who were very quite about the whole thing. I have since called them after they have run tests on it for 3 days. Their reply its working within spec and thats it! They are an approved Panasonci dealer and fixer but i get the impression they hear this all the time so arnt really interested. All they saying is there is not point getting another of the same TV as i will have the same issues i have to contact the store and look at other options.
I have emailed Panasonic directly but no response yet. Can anyone offer advice or have they had simular problems with this TV as no one mentions these sets????????!!!!!!???????
I have recently bought a Panasonic Viera TH42PZ800B which is meant to be one of the best 42" plasmas on the market also nicknamed the Pioneer killer as they supposidly could not come up with a TV as good for the same value thus pulling out the 42" market. Sales chat i think .................
Since i bought it (1 month ago) the picture quality has been terrible on sports as follows.................
The Sky sports sign in the corner wabbles when players or anything walks or goes behind it.
When the goaly kicks the ball it judders across the screen like a rubbish comador 64 game and in some cases the screen has moved quickly from left to right and for a split second it has all frozen and smudged the players.
When the camera zooms in on a player, if a player walks infront of them for a split second its smudges or creates a bad haze around the outline of the person its focused on.
These problems are found in slow motion mode whilst watching super slow motion of the Oz tennis open the ball was flashing and juddering on quick live football matches.
These issues are not just related to broadcast pictures but also whilst playing PS3 Fifa 09. When the ball flies over the cross bar it judders and skips and flashes
What i have done to try and sort it...................
1st - i was advised to purchase better HDMI cables which i did at some great cost What Hi Fi 5 * graded stuff. 2nd i was told it was the broadcast so and delayed my complaints till i got Sky HD (720Ip) installed as on Sky + the sport channels were all rubbish. BUT the image quality is just the same as before.
2nd - I have fiddled around with all the settings taking scans off, image stabilizers, decreasing sharpness etc etc i have literally tried everthing with a view to deceasing how much the TV has to think thus hopefully increasing its ability to deal with quick motion on the TV. Again no difference at all the image is no better or worse.
3rd - I have Red eye system in my house, i have tested the broacasts on the other Tv's in my house through the AF or AR whats ever its called. My 32" LCD HD ready (non 1920x1080) which is 3 years old does not judder at all with the same feed. So issues with broadcast are surely ruled out completely.
So i called out the maitenance people who were very quite about the whole thing. I have since called them after they have run tests on it for 3 days. Their reply its working within spec and thats it! They are an approved Panasonci dealer and fixer but i get the impression they hear this all the time so arnt really interested. All they saying is there is not point getting another of the same TV as i will have the same issues i have to contact the store and look at other options.
I have emailed Panasonic directly but no response yet. Can anyone offer advice or have they had simular problems with this TV as no one mentions these sets????????!!!!!!???????
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