Comments on: Panasonic pro plasma provides prodigious PQ

Panasonic's professional TH-50PF11UK lacks speakers, stand, and tuner and costs a bit more than consumer models, but solid picture quality helps make up the difference.

[MCNI]

One of the differentiating features b/w the PZ800 and the PF series is the refresh rate which can be set at 50 or 100 Hz on the PF series. The previous CNET review of the 50PZ800 commented that the 24p setting on the max 48Hxz refresh rate was "unwatchable" which frankly is the only factor keeping me from buying one. How does this TV fare with 24p content at 50 and 100 Hz (or is 24p content dsiplayed at 48 or 96 Hz with no pulldown adjustment necessary in this mode)?

[katzmaier]

Hi MCNI,

I didn't test this issue, beyond confirming that the display will accept 24p sources, mainly because it doesn't refresh at a multiple of 24 (like 48, 72, etc). But I will take a look and update the review and this post next week (I'm out of the office today), since it's an interesting question and I'm curious myself, now that you mention it. FYI, I believe the 50Hz option is mainly for PAL, but I'll check them both out with 20p sources anyway and let you know.

David

[katzmaier]

er, I mean check it out with 24p content.

[elmoizme]

I have a PS3 and a BD-35 playing 24P content via HDMI to this monitor, 3:2 pulldown off. At 50Hz, there is flicker. More noticeable on some material than others. Switching to 100Hz, there is no flicker issue.

[MCNI]

Hi David, just wondering if you had a chance to test the refresh rate settings and measure their impact on PQ and display of 24p content. Are the sets refreshing at 100Hz with 24 or 96 Hz? Many thanks in advance.

[elmoizme]

Would the primary color performance still be considered poor if measured against DCI standards? (www.dcimovies.com)
DCI Stan Red x .680 y.320
DCI Stan Green x .265 y.690
DCI Stand Blue x.150 y.060