Peeps, got me this 50VT30 from SNS today. I think it has the green blob thingie. I have to do more tests to be sure. Can anybody give me a hand? I see shades of green. How can I be sure its the green blob thing and not just color settings or me eyesights going color berserk?
Don't worry too much about it. Despite the green blob, it's still a very good TV.
But if you're like me, you might want to know just for the sake of knowing.
AFAIK, you are the very first member to see a green blob on the 2011 series Panny plasmas. I don't know if that should make you laugh or cry...
Once you see it, it's going to be hard to "unsee" it, the same as any TV artifact.
If you want to be sure, you will have to check on plain gray slides. If you don't have slides, try downloading the free ones.
One is the plasma break in DVD from Evangelos:
http://www.eaprogramming.com/downloads/download_main.htmThe other is the AVSHD790 calibration disc from avsforum:
http://www.avsforum.com/t/948496/avs-hd-709-blu-ray-mp4-calibrationI recommend the AVSHD790 because it alows you to choose different shades of color. Try a 70% to 80% gray.
Like I said, it's not such a big deal, since screen uniformity on new plasmas is not the same as they used to be. My first plasma, a Japan-made Panny (2006, 42 inch, P160K SRP), had perfect screen uniformity and no IR whatsoever. These days, Panny plasma screen uniformity is bad, and IR is getting worse by the year.
It's a combination of trying to keep plasma prices and power consumption unrealistically low. Consumers want cheap plasmas and low power consumption plasmas? Well that's what they get.