Panasonic TH-P50VT30H calibration result

shektau6

I recently bite the bullet and bought a Spyder3 Express to calibrate my brand new plasma, although the set has not been fully run-in, i can't wait to play with it during the quiet holiday period.  Surprisingly, the THX setting is quite good out of the box, I guess it's the premium you pay for getting the ST series.  Most C-hing here has the Spyder3TV but I couldn't find it in HK so i settle for the express, it appears the colorimeter is different from the Spyder3TV (which is supposedly the same with elite/pro one)

I use the free software colorHCFR and follow the steps in GREYSCALE & COLOUR CALIBRATION FOR DUMMIES.

Here's the pre-calibration result:

Gray Scale:



As you can see, delta E are not close to magic under 3 values

Luminance



Gamma



RGB



CIE



Post Calibration Result:

Gray Scale


Most deltaE are under 3!!!  I am happy!

luminance:



Gamma:



For gamma, i have to do fine detail adjustment

RGB



CIE



As for Primary / Secondary color, the set is almost spot on and require no change



delta E all very low

It's late so i will try to post some pictures of the set..bluray HD discs look great

Is it worth the time and investment?  given the set is very good straight out of the box, for casual viewer, probably not..but it was definitely fun!

wkw9811

can share your setting?

Netmans

I recently bite the bullet and bought a Spyder3 Express to calibrate my brand new plasma, although t ...
shektau6 發表於 2012-1-2 01:23

      thank your report

shektau6

can share your setting?
wkw9811 發表於 2012-1-2 02:20

   
Yes, but i doubt the setting will work for all though. Once the unit gets to 150-200 hrs of viewing time, i will try to do a 10 point gray scale rather than using 2 points.  The panasonic also offers 10 pts gamma but I am not sure how to calibrate gamma using colorimeter step by step...

Here's my setting:

Viewing mode: Professional1
Contract: 50
Brightness: 0
Colour 48
Sharpness 50
Eco Mode: off
P-NR = off

White Balance

R-Gain 21
G-Gain 0
B-Gain 8
R-Cutoff 1
G-Cutoff 0
B-Cutoff -4

No change to CMS

Gamma 2.2
70IRE 1
80IRE 2
90IRE 3
100IRE 3
Other IRE settings are 0
Intelligent Frame Creation Off
Film Cadence Detection on
Resolution Enhancer off
side panel high
16:9 overscan off
Pixal Orbiter On

kckwong723

anyway well done!
and thanks for your sharing!!!

manKi

Yes, but i doubt the setting will work for all though. Once the unit gets to 150-200 hrs of v ...
shektau6 發表於 2012-1-2 09:28

不是Pan 記用家...用心好分享

plnl88

Yes, but i doubt the setting will work for all though. Once the unit gets to 150-200 hrs of v ...
shektau6 發表於 2012-1-2 09:28

咦，PAN 仔終於有 Pixal Orbiter 拿。
咁唔怕 IMAGE RETENTION LA。

wkw9811

My ST30H seems no Professional1 mode

shektau6

My ST30H seems no Professional1 mode
wkw9811 發表於 2012-1-2 11:11

  
No ISF mode for ST30 unfortunately, I *think* you can still do the 2 points gray scale adjustment but no gamma adjustment for ST series though..

shektau6

anyway well done!
and thanks for your sharing!!!
kckwong723 發表於 2012-1-2 10:24

   
Thx!  I am surprised how well the the unit calibrates albeit the colorimeter is only an amateur one.   The skin tone looks very natural, and dark shadow detail is very good, especially when viewing men in dark suit, you can even see very detail and how well tailor the suit is..I don't regret buying this to replace my 5 years old Pioneer (436).  However, the only drawback with the Panny is the VGA/Computer output.  If I stream video directly from PC (either using VGA or HDMI), it doesn't look as well as the Pioneer one.  Now that I am using Oppo-93, i seldomly needs to play video directly from my PC anymore..The only problem is that Oppo-93 doesn't support lip-sync delay