Help in settings

[chris57]

Not sure why you would say I was diving in or the need for the aggression as my sole purpose was to pass on a tip that I was given in terms of not using PAL or NTSC for the Video Output if you have 24p available. I previously had my unit set to 1080p/60 as I watch more USA TV then UK on the player.
The reason was that the UI is 1080p/24 and therefore conversion of the output in the UI/NMJ is required if you do not have 24p. So for the best UI/NMJ output set to 24p in Video Output.

So both playback AND UI browsing benefit if you have 24p.

I did not mention how the unit handles conversion as that was not my aim. My aim was to provide general suggested settings that will work and give the best for those who know little about conversions.
The article does not mention other factors such as if the user has a AVR, where it may simply be best to let the AVR do any conversion if it has better quality scaling abilities.
It's a WIKI and a forum please feel free to add or amend anything you want and provide some assistance if you feel it is required as it is all community time and effort.

It's supposed to be a pretty general guide that gives enough detail for those who realise that they may need a little help in the settings and understanding why they should be set a certain way. I was very surprised at how different the playback is on the 300 series and the required settings. That is also why the forum post suggests downloading the test files and testing individually on your TV to see which provides the least issues with judder.

My other main aim was to highlight that the word Auto in Video Output is very wrong. It suggests a automatic best selection which that is not the setting actually does. The setting cycles through to find a setting at wehich it can display on the TV and it may not always be the best as HDMI/EDID is still not 100% anywhere. It should be renamed Recover or something similar.

I find my Panasonic much better than my previous Sony for giving me the actual output it is displaying at during both booting of the unit, the UI kicking in, NMJ display, and then the actual playback. It was only through that that I found the issue with the 300 requiring all of your TV available options in Frameratesync, whereas on the 200 you only need to set a native setting and then the other options in frameratesync.

Frameratesync is still not working on WMV and MPG files if anyone is judging using those file types please dont as they do not adjust correctly. It is reported in the Bug Section and please post in that thread to raise its priority.

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(02-05-2012 12:30 AM)Willem53 Wrote:  My pany does NTSC, PAL, SECAM and 24p... now what would be the setting if I just want the NMT to pass whatever the content was made for and have the pany sort it out.
it's a 100Hz vertical Freq... so I though 50 would keep it in step with the refreshrate.

should I set sync or not.. that is my question.....



would it look as sweet weren't it called a ...

to sync or not to sync.....that is the question.....

As you have a AVR you should test to see which is better at converting/upscaling. However there is not a Native setting so you would have to manually set for each and every file based on its fps to output it untouched to your AVR.

Like I was saying above best to test and also use some actual bluray clips to see which you prefer your AVR or the NMT.