General Plasma & LCD discussions

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D3x! said:
he had issues connecting his LC to his TV and was getting carp display, this is now after having tweaked the settings
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Is he running Windows Vista or Windows 7, because in default mode all fonts are blurry because of Microsoft's attemp to make it look better by doing sub-pixel interpolation and using Trebuchet MS as default font. What they have achieved is to make everything blurry, and on a bigger screens it looks, well, even more blurry. Google "Windows 7 blurry fonts" and see that you are not alone.

One guy actually created a "Fixed Aero theme" which you can install and there are some other stuff you can do to fix up IE9 and Office fonts as well. I have actually put together a "recipe" to fix 99% of the blurry font issues with the help of the Fixed Aero theme and a DWite dll somebody else wrote.
 
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PostmanPot said:
Yeah, using it as a PC. UA32D5000. We advised the usual LA32D550. But he did not like the thicker bezel. :p
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Best advice ever, if I knew I wouldnt have wasted my time trying other displays first. The D550 (SQ0x) displays handle PC input better than any other TV set I've seen or tested. Hats off to the Samsung engineers that developed the processing, hardware, software of the D550 (SQ0x) line of displays.

EDIT: I'd give PostManPot a +1 for the discovery but there's no G+ support on the myBB :p
 
superdiy said:
Is he running Windows Vista or Windows 7, because in default mode all fonts are blurry because of Microsoft's attemp to make it look better by doing sub-pixel interpolation and using Trebuchet MS as default font. What they have achieved is to make everything blurry, and on a bigger screens it looks, well, even more blurry. Google "Windows 7 blurry fonts" and see that you are not alone.

One guy actually created a "Fixed Aero theme" which you can install and there are some other stuff you can do to fix up IE9 and Office fonts as well. I have actually put together a "recipe" to fix 99% of the blurry font issues with the help of the Fixed Aero theme and a DWite dll somebody else wrote.
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I am running Windows 7. I found the screen a little bit grainy but I appreciate that this is due to the screen size. I am sitting about 1m away, but I am used to it now.

Games are amazing on this screen, really awesome.

Will check out that fixed areo theme.
 
reactor_sa said:
Best advice ever, if I knew I wouldnt have wasted my time trying other displays first. The D550 (SQ0x) displays handle PC input better than any other TV set I've seen or tested. Hats off to the Samsung engineers that developed the processing, hardware, software of the D550 (SQ0x) line of displays.

EDIT: I'd give PostManPot a +1 for the discovery but there's no G+ support on the myBB :p
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Thanks bud. After using the previous C550 for a while, I knew the D550 would not disappoint.
 
Grimspoon said:
I am running Windows 7. I found the screen a little bit grainy but I appreciate that this is due to the screen size. I am sitting about 1m away, but I am used to it now.

Games are amazing on this screen, really awesome.

Will check out that fixed areo theme.
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What did you pay for your tv? How much more was it than the D550 that everyone recommends?
 
Zyzzyva said:
What did you pay for your tv? How much more was it than the D550 that everyone recommends?
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I paid R4699. Was R1000 more.

For me it was a no brainer. It is paper thin compared to the pretty thick D550, LED vs LCD and the bezel is a lot thinner, no big deal but looks better IMO.
 
Grimspoon said:
I paid R4699. Was R1000 more.

For me it was a no brainer. It is paper thin compared to the pretty thick D550, LED vs LCD and the bezel is a lot thinner, no big deal but looks better IMO.
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I share your sentiment on the thick bezel of the 32D550 ... how's the LED's panel compared to the LCD though?
 
Deezil said:
I share your sentiment on the thick bezel of the 32D550 ... how's the LED's panel compared to the LCD though?
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I haven't seen the 32D550 in action so honestly not sure, but in my opinion it is great. It really looks amazing in games.

It has taken me a week or so to get used to the large size. The screen looked a bit grainy to me, but that is due to the size.

Overall happy with it.

The bezel was the only thing that put me off the D550, its chunky.

The D5000 is a lot more elegant. Also the thickness of the body is MUCH thinner than the D550 so fits nicely on my desk.
 
Grimspoon said:
I paid R4699. Was R1000 more.

For me it was a no brainer. It is paper thin compared to the pretty thick D550, LED vs LCD and the bezel is a lot thinner, no big deal but looks better IMO.
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Thanks for the info

It really is a good looker.
 
Thanx for throwing the cat among the pigeons Grim! :)

Just waiting on buddy to get back to me on pricing for LA32D550 & UA32D5000 but at the moment I'm really torn between the 2 ... guaranteed awesomeness on the one hand vs perceived elegance on the other. :confused:
At the end of the day my wallet will probably bear the brunt of the decision.
 
Ok not sure what I did to my monitor, but it is looking sweet now. Changed a whole lot of settings and it now is looking great.

Only thing I noticed, I have this white "line" probably about 2 or 3 pixels long in the top right corner. Not sure if it is dead pixels?

Ag not that noticeable so just ignoring it.

lol Deezil :D

I think they are both great monitors so you can't go wrong. For me personally the LED's bezel and thinness makes it a winner in my books.
 
lol. Calm down kids.

Yes been using HDMI 1. But I have changed back to my DVI to HDMI cable, although I don't think this had made the difference rather than me playing with the settings.
 
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