Its in the 2009-2010 Plasmas…
Long story sorta Short
Panasonic had an issue with rising black levels, after a few hundred hours sometimes a little more the blacks wold begin to get brighter making a “milky” color…
They fixed this in the late 2009-2010 models, but also arised anothe issues called floating blacks. Panasonic calls this a feature and have stated its here to stay. WHile no real answer from panasonic why it cannot be disabled but most speculate its their “Fix” to the rising black level problem
FOr most its not an issue, for me, it bugs the fuck out of me, if I’m watching a dark shot, and someone comes thru with a light shirt on, or a flashligh the screen starts to “brighten” up a little bit, in the day its not really noticeable but at night when watchign movies its very noticeable and it looks like a “flicker” as the screen constantly adjusts the levels.
Its a problem in all panasonics from the lower end U series, to the S Series to the Higher end G series from this year… I love panasonic plasmas that i’ve worked with, but i also never had a chance to really sit down myself and get some time in not having owned one, and to be honest… Unless I was going to spend the left nut and search high and low to find a new Pioneer Kuro ELite… I think samsungs are amazing.