Panasonic VIERA TC-P65GT50 65-Inch 3D HDTV $2,125.99 or 2019.70 with discovercard shipped at Rakuten.com

Quote from IRPILOT : thats awesome you lucky dog. So far Im showing thusday delivery. post when you get it!

Posted above about the new TV!!! Very cool.

Quote from moremoney : Got the TV in late this afternoon. Unboxed and all is good. Everything works perfectly. Have it set up now and am learning some of the features. Took a about 8 minutes to DL the internet updates. Beautiful picture! (Although don't really have it customized as wanted yet.) I was wrong on the stand, it does not move side to side or up and down, turns out that was for the 50" GT television, not this one. Came in a huge box. Will need two people to get it set up and on the stand. My wife and I were able to do the job, though, including lifting it up on the counter by the fireplace. Woohoo! Very excited about this!

Cool, looks good. Just curious if you saw what the build month is? Can you hear any of the phantom buzz when displaying alot of white that people have talked about in the past? Mine still hasn't shipped. They had a problem verifying my telephone number on my credit card even though it matches buy.com's info.

The build month was April of 2012. I get ZERO noise/buzz with lots of white which was worrisome from reading some other reviews. I did find that the settings seemed pretty dim (to me anyhow and that includes the bright THX which had washed out whites) and adjusted them to my preference on the Custom Menu which is now set to 98% contrast 55% white and 75% sharpness. The rest I left alone. Maybe later, I'll look for more detailed adjustments, but for now, this thing looks gorgeous.

Be careful with the stand, lift the set by ONLY by the edges and don't push or stress the stand as you can possible break it. The base is made of plastic under the decorative silver covering. Mine popped like broken plastic, but it is fine. Scared me a bit.

Quote from jojopolo : Cool, looks good. Just curious if you saw what the build month is? Can you hear any of the phantom buzz when displaying alot of white that people have talked about in the past? Mine still hasn't shipped. They had a problem verifying my telephone number on my credit card even though it matches buy.com's info.

That first picture posted was prior to adjustments and was a bit washed out. Don't think the cell camera will do it justice anyhow, so am not going to try to get a better one. But, the picture is excellent. No regrets here.

That thing is a beast. Looks awesome. Congratulations on your new tv! Box looked like it arrived in great shape. Did you open the box with the driver there or wait? I would recommend going to avsforum.com and checking out some of the calibration settings some of the pros have posted. Might give you a decent baseline to start from. 2 more days. I can't wait!

Quote from IRPILOT : That thing is a beast. Looks awesome. Congratulations on your new tv! Box looked like it arrived in great shape. Did you open the box with the driver there or wait? I would recommend going to avsforum.com and checking out some of the calibration settings some of the pros have posted. Might give you a decent baseline to start from. 2 more days. I can't wait!

I'm going to look around for suggestions on calibrating it. You'll have to post what you end up using.

No, the driver didn't stay around. I helped him carry the box from his truck in the street into the front hall, looked it over for exterior damage (there were no rattles while carrying it) and then signed off. The big box has 4 plastic corner tabs that must be popped open and removed (at arrows in pic) and then you lift the top of the box off of the bottom to get to the set inside.

See pics of box with top first removed and of the contents laid out prior to putting on the stand:

cool. Thanks for posting the pics. It looks like its well centered in the cardboard box and well insulated. I bet that stand is bigger than some peoples actual tvs lol. Below is a url to get you started. I'm going to try a black ops and D-nice's settings and see what looks better for me and then adjust accordingly. Most of these guys do their settings in a lowly lit room so I usually adjust brightness to compensate for my bright seating area. Congrats! I'm glad you had ZERO problems with buy/rakuten.com

http://www.avsforum.com/t/1403635...price-talk

Quote from IRPILOT : cool. Thanks for posting the pics. It looks like its well centered in the cardboard box and well insulated. I bet that stand is bigger than some peoples actual tvs lol. Below is a url to get you started. I'm going to try a black ops and D-nice's settings and see what looks better for me and then adjust accordingly. Most of these guys do their settings in a lowly lit room so I usually adjust brightness to compensate for my bright seating area. Congrats! I'm glad you had ZERO problems with buy/rakuten.com http://www.avsforum.com/t/1403635...price-talk

It's looking better. Not a bad pic for a cell phone. Colors are good and contrast and brightness looking good. Daytime pic in a bright room.

That looks awesome! I can't wait. It's going to be the best valentines day gift I ever got me...I mean my wife :-)

Quote from IRPILOT : That looks awesome! I can't wait. It's going to be the best valentines day gift I ever got me...I mean my wife :-)

UPDATE 02/14/2013

Got the tv this morning. It arrived in great shape. Was worried initially because the box had a tear from something pushing in on it. The TV is set in the middle of the box so it was not damaged

Anyways. Doing the break in slides for a 100 hours so its sitting there for 4 days just like you see in the picture flipping from color to color. It's hard to resist but I'm going to busy this weekend so it should be do-able. The only buzz I get is when the slide is on a white screen and its pretty minimal compared to my old Pioneer. Can't wait to put it up. I'll post pictures once I do.

Quote from IRPILOT : UPDATE 02/14/2013 Got the tv this morning. It arrived in great shape. Was worried initially because the box had a tear from something pushing in on it. The TV is set in the middle of the box so it was not damaged Anyways. Doing the break in slides for a 100 hours so its sitting there for 4 days just like you see in the picture flipping from color to color. It's hard to resist but I'm going to busy this weekend so it should be do-able. The only buzz I get is when the slide is on a white screen and its pretty minimal compared to my old Pioneer. Can't wait to put it up. I'll post pictures once I do.

Glad your tv came in OK and looking forward to more pictures!

I'm just running the TV as normal and enjoying it, but being somewhat careful not to leave it on a channel with a bright logo, or a scroll bar at the bottom or sides for any length of time. Have been using it about 4 or 5 hours per day. It will be broken in soon enough. I think the worry about burn-in is over done. Personally, haven't seen a bit of a problem anywhere and am using high contrast and a bright screen.

Quote from IRPILOT : UPDATE 02/14/2013 Got the tv this morning. It arrived in great shape. Was worried initially because the box had a tear from something pushing in on it. The TV is set in the middle of the box so it was not damaged Anyways. Doing the break in slides for a 100 hours so its sitting there for 4 days just like you see in the picture flipping from color to color. It's hard to resist but I'm going to busy this weekend so it should be do-able. The only buzz I get is when the slide is on a white screen and its pretty minimal compared to my old Pioneer. Can't wait to put it up. I'll post pictures once I do.

Looking more closely, guess you are leaving it in the box for the break-in? How can you stand not using it?

Quote from moremoney : Looking more closely, guess you are leaving it in the box for the break-in? How can you stand not using it?

Running in the box could create heat dissipation issues. Most technical forums recommend reducing brightness and contrast to 50% during initial break-in.

Quote from moremoney : Looking more closely, guess you are leaving it in the box for the break-in? How can you stand not using it?

It's tough for sure! But I have tons to do this weekend and another tv I'm using.
On another note, it is a big misconception that break in aleviates burn in. It's actually done so the phosphors can age evenly. I'm just being overly cautious.

Quote from Zetroc : Running in the box could create heat dissipation issues. Most technical forums recommend reducing brightness and contrast to 50% during initial break-in.

Yeah you're right. I was home alone so I started the break in in the box until my wife got home. It was only a couple of hours and it was just warm when we took it out. As for the 50% I actually used custom settings from D-nice on highdejjunkies forum for my initial settings and planning on using his post break in settings after the 100hrs