LCD and Plasma Bargains and Discussions thread

for those of you looking for a quick setup guide, try this, definitely made the picture look much better than OOB: https://www.avforums.com/threads/samsung-ue40h7000-reviewers-recommended-best-settings.1884399/

the only setting I did not chance was the Colour Space, I left it at Auto.

Picture Mode: Movie

Backlight: 18

Contrast: 79

Brightness: 45

Sharpness: 0

Colour: 50

Tint: G50/R50

Picture Size

Picture Size: Screen Fit

Advanced Settings

Dynamic Contrast: Off

Black Tone: Off

Flesh Tone: 0

RGB Only Mode: Off

Colour Space: AUTO

White Balance 2-Point: LEAVE ALONE

Gamma: 0

Motion Lighting: Off

Picture Options

Colour Tone: Warm2

Digital Clean View: Off

MPEG Noise Filter: Off

HDMI Black Level: Low (If applicable)

Film Mode: Auto2 (If applicable)

Motion Plus: Off

Black Optimiser: Off
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Ryan Innes said:
I'll take 2 at that price . I took advantage of the Dion Wired Samsung 50" UHD, very chuffed so far. Now to activate the Vox fat pipe.
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Also bought one and it's awesome! The upscaling makes a huge difference in even my smallest movie files.

Naks said:
Anybody else have issues registering the TV's MAC address on the Vox website?
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Nope. Setting up the million free gigs was actually quick and painless. Not what I expected at all.

To anyone who is thinking of getting a tv grab this one. You won't regret it.
 
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Shaun, that is odd. I contacted Vox help and they asked for screenshot of the MAC, proof of purchase, ID, etc.

If you used those settings I mentioned, please don't use these settings:

Colour Space: Custom (Red - R47, G0, B3; Green - R27, G53, B12; Blue - R4, G11, B50; Yellow - R53, G 50, B10; Cyan - R20, G54, B53; Magenta - R46, G0, B50)
White Balance 2-Point: Red Offset 2, Green Offset 0, Blue Offset -4, Red Gain 0, Green Gain -12, Blue Gain +3
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These settings are unique to the panel the reviewer used, your TV will measure differently - to use them would risk making the picture worse, not better. For Colour Space you should select "Auto"


So far it's going well, but the HDMI ARC is driving me nuts - sometimes it will switch back to the AVR, other times not. And then I have to switch inputs or even the AVR off/on before the sound will go back to the AVR. Also using the Samsung remote to control the Explora works OK, but not very intuitive.

When I first used the TV to listen to music on my DLNA server, it worked fine. But today it just would not work, no matter what I did - switched audio outputs, AVR off/on, etc.

Other than the temperamental ARC, really liking the TV :thumbs:
 
So I ended up going for the Hisense 55" and I must say it is amazing! I must still find a tutorial or something with the best picture settings as I am a complete noob with that. I was going to go for the 50" LG, Hisense UHD or Sinotec UHD but when you compare a 50" to 55" there is quite a big difference. Will look into UHD at a later stage when it comes more widely used! All in all I am completely happy with my choice - you literally feel like you are being swallowed which is great!
 
Naks said:
Shaun, that is odd. I contacted Vox help and they asked for screenshot of the MAC, proof of purchase, ID, etc.
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I did everything online. It did ask for the Wired mac address and my id number. The account was created and I had to email them proof of purchase within 48 hours or it would be suspended.

Pretty painless actually.
 
weelzSA said:
So I ended up going for the Hisense 55" and I must say it is amazing! I must still find a tutorial or something with the best picture settings as I am a complete noob with that. I was going to go for the 50" LG, Hisense UHD or Sinotec UHD but when you compare a 50" to 55" there is quite a big difference. Will look into UHD at a later stage when it comes more widely used! All in all I am completely happy with my choice - you literally feel like you are being swallowed which is great!
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You'll struggle to find documented settings online, because most people buy the brand names.

I'd be interested to know how your TV performs at night in the dark with a black image with white cross/dot in the center - care to post a pic? You can use this - http://i.imgur.com/rDxquZX.jpg.
 
PostmanPot said:
You'll struggle to find documented settings online, because most people buy the brand names.

I'd be interested to know how your TV performs at night in the dark with a black image with white cross/dot in the center - care to post a pic? You can use this - http://i.imgur.com/rDxquZX.jpg.
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Yeah I thought I might struggle but surely there a few million of these units sold around the world.

I will try this tonight - but as mentioned my current settings are still the standard out of box settings - only thing I changed was colour temp while watching something on Netflix last night as it looked great to me.
 
weelzSA said:
Yeah I thought I might struggle but surely there a few million of these units sold around the world.

I will try this tonight - but as mentioned my current settings are still the standard out of box settings - only thing I changed was colour temp while watching something on Netflix last night as it looked great to me.
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Yeah, it's strange.

Start by setting the picture move to Movie/Cinema, and then working from there.

If it doesn't 'pop' enough for you, use Standard mode. No Dynamic/Vivid/Store/Demo AKA Torch modes, please. :)

(This is probably how you originally saw the TV at the shop. :()
 
PostmanPot said:
Yeah, it's strange.

Start by setting the picture move to Movie/Cinema, and then working from there.

If it doesn't 'pop' enough for you, use Standard mode. No Dynamic/Vivid/Store/Demo AKA Torch modes, please. :)

(This is probably how you originally saw the TV at the shop. :()
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Haha not a chance. The dynamic and bright makes things look luminous almost - strangely most of my friends like watching sport in the that mode but to me it just looks fake!

I must say tho for normal netflix and TV watching the standard settings were quite good but I know they can be better with a little tinkering - maybe it is time I read up on what all the different settings do and try that if I don't find a tutorial. Changing the colour temp tho to warm made a big difference tho when watching last night at night - really made the picture look nice and more "real" if that makes sense?
 
A bit OT but I'm hoping someone else here has an old PS3 (2007 version) hooked up to a NAD or similar AVR to help me out.

Having recently bought a new TV, I re-visited the wiring and all the setup on the PS3, NAD, DSTV, etc.

Along the way I realised that this whole time I had the PS3 HDMI audio output set to PCM, which means the PS3 does the decoding and sends through PCM. I then decided to switch it to Bistream so that the AVR can do the decoding.

Now, here is the issue (maybe): the AVR only says DTS or Dolby Digital on the source format, even when on the PS3 I have selected the DTS-MA or DD-HD tracks (Adele & BladeRunner Blu-Ray)

Does this mean:

a. the display on the T757 only displays DTS/DD whether the source format is DTS-MA/DD-HD? or
b. the DTS-MA or DD-HD is not coming through?

If a, then obviously I can leave the config as is, but if b, then I will have to revert the config on the PS3 back to PCM.

Thanks!
 
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