Are Panasonic plasma TVs losing their dark black levels?
 

....The forum thread, titled "G10 black levels have seemingly doubled over
night," describes the level of black on the poster's Panasonic TC-PG10 series
plasma precipitously becoming lighter and impairing picture quality, for no
obvious reason, after a certain period of use ("doubled" in this case isn't a
good thing).

Other responders to the original post have reported similar problems, many
with accompanying photographic evidence. Forum posters have reported problems
with other 2009 ("12G") and even 2008 ("11G") models of Panasonic plasma TVs
as well.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10437896-1.html

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Are Panasonic plasma TVs losing their dark black levels?
 

On Jan 26, 9:37*pm, UCLAN wrote:
...The forum thread, titled "G10 black levels have seemingly
doubled over
night," describes the level of black on the poster's Panasonic TC-
PG10 series
plasma precipitously becoming lighter and impairing picture
quality, for no
obvious reason, after a certain period of use ("doubled" in this
case isn't a
good thing).

Other responders to the original post have reported similar
problems, many
with accompanying photographic evidence. Forum posters have
reported problems
with other 2009 ("12G") and even 2008 ("11G") models of Panasonic
plasma TVs
as well.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10437896-1.html

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This may fall into what I call "the dripping faucet syndrome". I have
observed over the years quirks in electronic devices that others
haven't and when they do notice, they think it's something new when in
fact, they just hadn't noticed. Learning to ignore a dripping faucet
is truly a skill (not worth having as it wastes water) that when
applied to electronic devices can make you happy with your stuff
again. I too have fallen victim to this syndrome. One guy notices,
tells in places like here and suddenly many the same 'problem' .
Measuring absolute light levels accurately is quite difficult -
ESPECIALLY black levels. Wait till you find out it was a software bug
that triggers when a certain number of run hours have elapsed.

G²