Panasonic Viera TC-P50G25

Motion Performance

Motion Smoothness (8.00)

With its Blur Reduction feature on, the Panasonic TC-P50G25 didn’t have many issues with motion blur. Some fine details were lost when a still image panned around, but the picture otherwise looked sharp. We had no real complaints here.

Motion Artifacting (5.50)

Here we had complaints. First of all, you should definitely switch on the Blur Reduction feature if you want to avoid artifacting issues. Without it, we saw some significant false coloration issues, primarily that areas of high contrast were highlighted in yellow. These issues are there regardless of the Blur Reduction setting, but flipping it on reduces their severity from ‘obnoxiously obvious’ to ‘mild annoyance.’ Aside from the false coloration, the other issue we saw with a shudder effect. The shuddering isn’t bad, but it can cause fine details to flash as they move across the screen. More on how we test motion performance.

3:2 Pulldown & 24fps (6.50)

The TC-P50G25 had some issues with 3:2 pulldown. Even with the 3:2 pullldown mode enabled, we still saw flashing in fine patterns, and those that didn’t flash either turned into flat patterns or rolling gradients More on how we test 3:2 pulldown and 24fps.

Resolution Scaling (7.60)

Since your TV won’t always be displaying content in its native resolution, we test it in the other big resolutions. Since the TC-P50G25 is a 1080p HDTV, this section covers its performances with 480p (standard definition), 720p (DVD), and 1080i (broadcast HD) content. More on how we test resolution scaling.

480p

The TV didn’t really have a problem with 480p content. There was a 2% overscan we couldn’t get rid of, but we didn’t really see any moire interference, the picture had good clarity, and we didn’t see any increased artifacting issues.

720p

The TV had some significant moire interference when displaying 720p content. When a fine pattern first appeared, it flashed while the TV tried to come to grips with what it was displaying. After a second or two, the flashing died down, either to a significantly more subtle flash, or a still image. Aside from the flashing, we saw a lot of false coloration (mainly yellows), some patterns were replaced by other patterns, some patterns were underlaid with vertical bars: it wasn’t pretty. Fortunately, these were the only issues the TV had. Images were otherwise clear and we didn’t see much resolution lost.

1080i

We saw all the same issues in 1080p as we did in 720p. Be wary if you tend to watch a lot of 1080i or 720p content.

Other Models in the TC-PxxG25 Series
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