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Panasonic TX-P42ST50 settings

*Settings in bold are mine*

2D Settings

  • Viewing Mode : True Cinema
  • Contrast : set to max then reduce by 14
  • Brightness : default
  • Colour : reduce by 2 from default
  • Sharpness : 0 or 1 click from the left
  • Vivid Colour : Off
  • CATS : Off
  • P-NR : Off

Advanced settings

  • White Balance : 3 -2 4 0 -5 -4
  • Colour Mgmt : -9 -2 0 11 -6 3 0 0 5
  • Gamma : 2.4
  • 24p Smooth Film : On Off (for Blu-ray)
  • Intelligent Frame Creation : Max Off, Min if you have trouble with double images on 50hz
  • 16:9 Overscan : Off
  • Pixel Orbiter : Auto

3D Settings

  • Viewing Mode : True Cinema
  • Contrast : set to FULL and then reduce by 8 clicks
  • Brightness : set to ZERO and then increase by 30 clicks
  • Colour : set to ZERO and then increase by 24 clicks
  • Sharpness : 0
  • Vivid Colour : Off
  • CATS : Off
  • P-NR : Off

Advanced settings

  • White Balance : -12 3 4 16 7 -25
  • Colour Management : -11 -5 0 14 1 0 6 0 0
  • Gamma : 2.4
  • Intelligent Frame Creation : Off
  • 3D Refresh Rate : Auto
  • 16:9 Overscan : Off
  • Pixel Orbiter : Auto

Source David Mackenzie from HDTVtest