Official Samsung LAXXD550 Thread

[Tim182]

More and more people seem to be buying this TV so I thought it would be fair if I opened a dedicated thread for tips, questions and advice around this Samsung Series 5 LCD.

This thread is meant for owners and people interested. Please no trashing and other model/make related talk. There is room for that here: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/306685-General-Plasma-amp-LCD-discussions/

The models in the range include
LA32D550 - best price observed so far: R3500
LA40D550 - best price observed so far: R5000
LA46D550 - best price observed so far: R8000

Here are some tips:

• If you have your TV hooked up to a HTPC force the output on the PC to 24Hz. Samsung doesn't mention that the TV supports 24Hz; 24Hz also isn't automatically recognised as a supported mode; nonetheless, the TV does support it. Simply force 24Hz via your PC's control panel. The result: no judder at all when playing 24fps movies

• The TV has CAL-DAY and CAL-NIGHT modes which can be enabled via the service menu. These features are officially only supported on high end models but they can also be enabled on the D550! Go into the service menu and do the following:
  
  Use the down arrow to select "Expert" and then turn "N/D ADJ" from "OFF" to "ON." You can either set "Source" to "Current" or "All" depending on whether you want separate settings per input or to share the same settings across all inputs. Setting "N/D ADJ" to "FIX" will lock the settings if you wish to protect your settings against accidental changes. This option can reset Custom Color Space settings or 10-point white balance settings, but since this set has neither of those it doesn't matter.

• For HD movies from your HTPC set the input as Bluray for best possible picture. For games from your PC set the input as DVIPC and enable game mode

• Settings for Xbox 360
  -HDMI 1 is named PC
  -Home Theatre PC "ON" (and NOT greyed out anymore)
  -Xbox 360 reference levels Expanded
  -some options get greyed out when correctly activated (sharpness, etc.)
  
  
  Picture mode: Standard
  Contrast: 90
  Brightness: 44
  Sharpness: greyed out
  Color: greyed out
  Tint: 50/50 (may be greyed out)
  Backlight: +-6
  HDMI Black Level: greyed out (normal)
  Black Adjust: off
  Dynamic Contrast: low or medium
  Gamma: 0
  Home Theatre PC mode: On (this tells the TV to look for true RGB)
  White levels: default
  color levels: default

• I will post the best settings for PS3 soon

 

[Penquin]

Thanks for the info! Enjoying my 32", had it for 2 days now, and I can concur that 24hz is supported. My TV auto switches to 24hz when I start Crysis 2 up, which is a bit of an irritation as you don't want to be playing games @ 24fps. A little app called direct refresh and couple of alt-enters seems to have sorted it out though.

Is there a way to store custom picture settings which will be accessible by a touch of a button? I want to store 2 customs sets of settings for gaming and general desktop use as when gaming I want it a bit brighter and more contrasty-er and general desktop use I want it dimmer. And I just want to press a button when switching between these environments. The p.mode button on the remote only switches between "standard" and "entertain" while in PC mode.

 

[poffle]

Nice idea dude, got my LA40 so ill definitely be keepin an eye on this thread

 

[PoiZoNouZ]

Just got my 46", busy upgrading firmware. Have the TV on the standard setting so far and looks stunning. Dynamic is too bright.