I bought the Panny 50FD18 from Costco exactly one month ago.
Thus far quite pleased with it however a couple of issues that I may have.
I noticed on white screens that there is a very light pinkish hue on the left and slightly right sides of the screen and a very little greenish hue in the center. Also on some scenes for example on a start of a movie after the FBI piracy warning, the image that depicts the ratings ( pg13, R, etc ) which is either green or blue that there appears to be some horizontal ghosting from the white fonts. Hard to explain, there is faint horizontal lines emitting from the edges of white writing or menu bar on certain colored back grounds.
I dont get the ghosting when white fonts are on a pure black background however. My sources are PS3 Blu Ray and also Dish network HD.
Anyone else notice this? I really do not want to return the tv if its an inherent character of this unit, worse scenario return it and get another just the same plus with bad pixels - which mine doesnt have.
Side note. The screen has done over 110 hours thus far, and was and still is in cinema mode PIC = 59 Br = 50 color = 45 , all gizmos switched off. Ive tried different settings to no avail.
Regarding the horizontal lines.. Mines similar but not as prenounced as the following.
http://www./avs-vb/showthread.php?p=15062463