Panasonic TC-P55ST60 Calibration and Picture Settings (TC-P50ST60, TC-P60ST60, TC-P65ST60)

50" 3D Plasma HDTV Infinite Black Pro, Viera Connect Smart TV

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ST60 Calibration Notes: ST60 has a 10 point white balance and a 10 point Gamma setting adjustment to allow for Gain adjustment. Very advanced feature for this level of TV. Leave all the color detail adjustment set to zero.

Panasonic ST60 Calibrations and Picture Settings

A television in the process of being calibrated before we begin our review.

Post Calibration Picture Settings
Picture Mode	Custom
Contrast	90
Brightness	+1
Color	41
Tint	-2
Sharpness	15
Color Temp	Warm2
Vivid Color	Off
CATS	Off
Video NR	Off
MPEG NR	Off
Motion Smoother	Off

Advanced Settings
Panel Brightness	Mid
AGC	0
Black Extension	5
Color Gamut	Native
Game Mode	Off
24p Direct	n/a
3:2 Pulldownn/a
1080 Pixel Direct	Off
HDMI Content Type	Auto
HDMI/DVI RGB Range	Standard (16-235)
Black Level	Light

Screen Settings
Screen Format	Full
Overscan	Off
H Size	Size 1
HDMI Black Level	Low

W/B Adjustment
W/B High Red	-4
W/B High Green	0
W/B High Blue	9
W/B Low Red	6
W/B Low Green	0
W/B Low Blue	-3

More Detail Adjustment
IRE	Red	Green	Blue
10	-50	0	50
20	-2	0	26
30	0	0	3
40	7	0	-8
50	10	0	-9
60	5	0	-8
70	6	0	-3
80	-3	-2	0
90	5	3	-6
100	20	2	-6

Gamma (Target 2.2)	2.4
IRE	Gain
10	-45
20	-22
30	-7
40	-8
50	-3
60	-4
70	-3
80	1
90	-1
100	0

Measured Contrast (with OTC1000)
100 IRE(Y)	49.359
0 IRE (Y)	0.008
Ratio (x:1)	6169.8750

As you can see, these results show that the ST60 really needed a calibration to get the best out of the picture

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