I own the Panasonic 50″ S1, and have owned two Panasonic Plasma’s in the past. (42″ 60u series, and 42″ 75u series).

The S1 is pretty awesome, and the slightly inacurate color decoding is near impossible to tell.

There is however one problem thats really been bothering me.

The Color temperatures (cool, normal, and warm) all seem to have quite a green cast to the picture. I looked at a grayscale test pattern to see if it appeared green, and it doesnt. However, when watching TV/blu rays, video games, or any source, there seems to be a green cast to faces and shadows. I went as far as comparing my old set’s grayscale next to the S1, and they pretty much look identical.

Any clue why the new S1 series has this green cast to shadows and faces? Its very easy to notice on the WARM color temp setting. Usually when I think of going from cool, normal, and then warm, I think the white balance becomes slightly more red, not green.

Any idea what I am seeing? I know its not my set. All of the new S1 series seem to be like this. I went as far as adjusting the white balance in the Service menu, but even with the Green’s contrast and brightness lowered, and the white balance re-calibrated, there still seems to be a slight green tinge (not to mention all the contrast lost from lowering green down).

Any idea why the new sets seem to have this look to them?

Thanks,

Robert