 The best 2D viewing (in a 3D body) at this time |
| Review Date: August 30, 2010 |
| Reviewer: B. Natarajan, Belmont, MA United States |
The TV does what it is supposed to for the most part. I also bought the 3dTV from samsung to go along with it (6900)
For optimal calibration go to this site. I found it very helpful, and does the TV justice.
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What I liked:
- Lots of inputs, HDMIs, opticals, PC inputs and the like
- Picture clarity and blacks are stunning, post calibration (football games in particular)
- Panel does not get too warm, a huge plus, after extended viewing
- Anynet function very good and detects things quickly
- Netflix, Pandora is seemless
- clean, non pixelated picture
- SRS sound terrific given the small space it occupies
- Watching "watchmen" the ultimate test in blacks holds up well.
What I did not like:
- lack of a QWERTY key board means it renders facebook and other applications useless
- lack of wireless on the TV, and need a $79 samsung specific dongle, or feed the LAN connection directly, or use the 3d blu ray player with wifi.
- does not send dolby digital signal out via the optical cable (disables it, sends 2 channel PCM)
- need Wireless -N signal for seemless service, G wont work seemlessly, Netflix will get stuck
- SD programming with bars on the side does not auto wide and fill the screen (something Philips did: my old TV did)
- there is slight buzz after extended viewing, but supposedly normal
- every input has to be programmed for seperately (TV, Blu Ray)...no auto feature to replicate
- Remote control included should be be universal, and is not.
Neither here nor there:
-3d viewing is OK, can give you a headache...Panasonic viewing was better
-2dto3d pretty impressive given the original was not shot that way, but again warning against extended viewing
For best HD viewing, give direct HDMI ins from Bluray, and Cable set top box. Sending signals through recievers, can pollute video signals (pixels) once in a while.
Still not sure whether to tack on a 4 year warranty or not.
Will update after 30 days or so. |
Great TV
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| Review Date: August 29, 2010 |
| Reviewer: JollyGood, Neenah, WI. |
I had read all the reviews before I ordered this set, but I still wasn't sure it was my best option when I placed the order. After the set arrived, all my apprehensions were resolved. I could not ask for anything more in a picture and while I had read some reviews that said you do not get any realistic 3-D effects with any 3-D TV (i.e. objects do not come out of the screen at you)I want to tell you that objects do come out of the screen at you and make you want to grab them. I will admit that it is not as good as a movie theater, but I am not complaining. At this point there is not much in the way of programming for 3-D, but hopefully that will change this Fall. Direct TV has one channel that runs continuous 3-D programming, but it is not live.
Also, if you do have Direct TV, make sure that you have one of their later DVR's as all of them do not support 3-D I have two DVR's and only one of them supports 3-D.
I have the battery operated 3-D glasses as they were part of the Samsung promotion as well as the Blue Ray player. The battery is suppose to be good for 50 hours of use and turn off automatically when you are done viewing 3-D images. There is a button on the glasses to turn them on and the TV will flash a reminder to turn them on for 3-D viewing. There was no alignment as I had read in some reviews as I just turned them on. I did experience a little eye fatigue after about an hour of 3-D programming, but it was nothing major. The 3-D glasses slip easily over regular eye glasses and for those of us who wear glasses, it is no problem at all.
The components hooked up easily but make sure you have the latest HDMI cables as I had an older one and it did not support the 3-D images from the blue ray player.
Like most flat screens, the sound is only passable and I added surround sound which is the only way to watch 3-D programming anyway, not to mention movies, etc. |
Great TV. Highly Recommended
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| Review Date: August 28, 2010 |
| Reviewer: nameless, |
I had originally wanted to get the Samsung Series 8000 LED LCD TV but decided to get the PN50C8000 instead for two reasons: better performance and a lower price. I spent quite a bit of time at the local BB and Fry's comparing the two. I also looked at the SONY and Panasonic 3D TVs (no caomparison to the Samsungs). The TV is sitting in a fairly bright room but glare is not a problem. The level of detail and depth of the picutre (even in 2D) was astounding. Even regular TV shows look so different.
Having said that, one key factor to get the best picture is to make the necessary adjustment. If you have not done it before, it would be impossible to do becuase there are roughly one hundred video settings. I did not want to pay a few hundred dollars for a pro to do it. Instead, I used one of the recommended settings given in an Amazon review and make some minor tweaking. The result: amazing picture. Also, make sure you update the firmware (pretty simple if it is connected to the internet).
The sound was okay and I do not have any humming problem. The price was good and the delivery and setup was fast. Goodjob, Amazon. I will recommend this to anyone and if you live in California like I do, buy it before the end of the year as plasma TV cannot be sold in the state after that. |
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