Bought a new plasma now what

[cyclistca]

I read that I should take it easy for the first 100 hour but what step in particular should I take?

 

[PurdueRy]

Calibrate the set for color, brightness and contrast

 

[Wuzup101]

In addition to the above, most people recommend that you avoid static images for the first 100 hours. Normal 16:9 HDTV is the way to go (or set it to stretch a normal signal). Avoid sports score boards, stock tickers, or logos, etc... If you can hook it up to a computer, you could just run it straight with a screen saver or the windows media player visualization (also works if you have an xbox 360).

This is the standard break in period (IE: avoiding anything that could cause burn in like the plague for 100 or so hours).

 

[BigJ]

http://www.eaprogramming.com/downloads/files/

Go here and download the zip. Extract it, burn it, and let it run. It's what they use at AVS Forums to break-in their sets.

_Breakin_DVD_R_ISO.zip

 

[cyclistca]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Calibrate the set for color, brightness and contrast

How would I go about that?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: cyclistca

Originally posted by: PurdueRy
Calibrate the set for color, brightness and contrast

How would I go about that?

Get a calibration DVD such as Avia or HQV.

In the meantime you can use any DVD with the THX optimizer to at least do a decent job setting the brightness and contrast correctly.

Oh, and the real easy step, turn the picture mode from "Vivid" to "standard" or "normal. Then edit the setting from there when you get a calibration DVD.

 

[BigJ]

Do yourself a favor and head over to your TV's thread at AVSForum.

 

[zinfamous]

first 100 hours:

dial back settings to below 50% (i had mine at 34-40%)
zoom in the screen to lvl 1 or 2 (eliminates bars and static scores)
set pixel shift, etc.

It will look like crap, but the reward is worth it

THEN you calibrate

 

[FP]

Yeah, you will likely need to calibrate it again after a few hundred hours.

I love calibrating mine but I do it just for fun

No matter how good "Vivid" looks now do not use it. It is way too blown out. You aren't seeing the picture as intended. Once you watch HD content on a properly calibrated set for a while "Vivid" will look horrible.