Nah, again, at least aside from analog signal noise, the dark areas show shimmering pixels because varying the rate of the flickering is how plasmas produce different levels of color, slower flickering making darker shades. Pixel orbiting on the other hand slowly rotates the position the displayed image as a whole around the screen very slightly in order to reduce uneven phosphor wear.
Oh boy... what have I done... Samsung HPT5054
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Again, the dancing colors you refer to aren't particular to any specific plasmas, but is simply inherent to the design of plasma display technology. Pixel orbiting is something completely different, you display likely has a way toggle that on and off to see that it doesn't effect the "circular dance" you described, but rather works as I explained in my previous post.
I've logged about 340 hours so far, but my TV says 319 hours (went into the service mode). Slight discrepancy, but at least it's still over 250 hours. Image retention is fairly rare with games now. The only time it seemed to be an issue was near the end of Bioshock.
I thought the HUD (health, eve, radar) would have been a problem, but it wasn't. 
Funny thing was that I was trying to rush through the end part of the game because of the slight problem I mentioned. 
I use the game mode from time to time, which I really like, but the component video settings are otherwise set to the following:
Brightness 48
Contrast 70
Sharpness 40
Colour 50 (middle)
Dynamic Contrast Off
Black Adjust Off
Gamma +1
Colour Range Wide
When you get the Big Daddy helmet the screen only displays a circular portion in the center with the rest in black. Oddly enough, there are times when using the shotgun where it pokes through the blackness.
Funny thing was that I was trying to rush through the end part of the game because of the slight problem I mentioned. I use the game mode from time to time, which I really like, but the component video settings are otherwise set to the following:
Brightness 48
Contrast 70
Sharpness 40
Colour 50 (middle)
Dynamic Contrast Off
Black Adjust Off
Gamma +1
Colour Range Wide
Mintmaster
Veteran
Too bad you didn't hold off for a month. The Kuro is apparently going to be $2000 tomorrow at BestBuy.
I know better tech is always around the corner, but this is one of those products that really separates itself from the rest of the pack.
I know better tech is always around the corner, but this is one of those products that really separates itself from the rest of the pack.
I'm happy with this set, so not to worry.
Start saving, and get this
Cheers
hm... so I hooked up my 360 via HDMI... looks nice, though I can't tell a huge difference. The particular HDMI port can detect PC resolutions too, so I've selected 1360x768. So five strips of pixels are grey, but it's 1:1 mapping. I'm a bit torn on whether or not to leave it like that (pick 720p instead).
Being a total noob to this HD game... I've switched my Sammy back down to 720p from 1080i - apparently pushing at higher resolutions affects the lifespan of the set.
Mainly just the sort of stuff early on in the thread -> set the contrast and brightness to a relatively low level (sub 60 contrast, sub 50 brightness). I watch SD cable with zoom1, so there's some top and bottom cut off, but it fills the whole screen. It's nice that you can actually shift the image up or down though (to avoid seeing static TV station logos).
I found the following site to be quite helpful: http://samsungplasmatvfaq.com/index.php/Display_settings
Right now I'm well above 400 hours of TV usage, and there's virtually no image retention when I'm going through the 360 dashboard.
I found the following site to be quite helpful: http://samsungplasmatvfaq.com/index.php/Display_settings
Right now I'm well above 400 hours of TV usage, and there's virtually no image retention when I'm going through the 360 dashboard.