PS64E800 - Tips and issues

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PS64E8000 - Tips and issues

So I thought id start a thread on this tv that I have bought.
Its an expensive TV with many features so its good to get advice from others.
I know there is a thread on buzzing so I thought this will put everything in one place.

I am loving this tv. Great clarity and stunning 3D. (I was a sceptic before)
Apps like skype, angry birds etc work great.

Only problem I'm having is getting the allshare to work. The tv finds my synology nas but it doesn't seem to like its small cousin my galaxy note. So no streaming between devices.
Anyone else with this issue?
 
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awesome!!! im really interested in getting this tv.just a quickie... where did you get it from? did shopping around help or should i take the plunge and pay the 40k at hirsch's?
 
drmasmal said:
awesome!!! im really interested in getting this tv.just a quickie... where did you get it from? did shopping around help or should i take the plunge and pay the 40k at hirsch's?
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Definitely shop around. Plus I got the bundle with the galaxy tab and sold it on gumtree for R3300 which brought the price down.
 
PostmanPot said:
Hope those lights are off when it's in use. ;)
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Yep.
But I must say the screen is quite bright despite thos lights being on.

Still having that allshare issue though.
May have to try a wired connection to troubleshoot
 
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tRoN said:
Yep.
But I must say the screen is quite bright despite thos lights being on.

Still having that allshare issue though.
May have to try a wired connection to troubleshoot
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Agreed, brightness is 99% of the time a non issue unless we're talking tons of natural [sun]light streaming in.
 
PostmanPot said:
Agreed, brightness is 99% of the time a non issue unless we're talking tons of natural [sun]light streaming in.
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You misunderstand, its not the brightness of the screen (luminosity), but rather the brightness of the colours (tones). Plasmas are not good at displaying pure whites and other bright colours.

For instance the shirt of a football player with clean white kit should look OMO white (LED) under stadium floodlights, not a dull white (plasma) like the shirt is unwashed.
 
Roman4604 said:
You misunderstand, its not the brightness of the screen (luminosity), but rather the brightness of the colours (tones). Plasmas are not good at displaying pure whites and other bright colours.

For instance the shirt of a football player with clean white kit should look OMO white (LED) under stadium floodlights, not a dull white (plasma) like the shirt is unwashed.
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I prefer natural looking whites than unrealistic looking blue-tinge whites from LCD/LED-LCD.

Nonsense about other bright colours.

Never irked me, let's see if it irks tRoN or other plasma owners.
 
PostmanPot said:
I prefer natural looking whites
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But they're not, they can be duller than if you were viewing the scene with your natural eyesight. This is exaggerated by the brightness of ambient conditions, that's why plasmas are recommended for dimly light conditions, while LEDs for brighter ones.

PostmanPot said:
than unrealistic looking blue-tinge whites from LCD/LED-LCD.
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Its configurable, a decent/recent LED showing blue-tings whites is most likely just misconfigured.
 
Roman4604 said:
But they're not, they can be duller than if you were viewing the scene with your natural eyesight. This is exaggerated by the brightness of ambient conditions, that's why plasmas are recommended for dimly light conditions, while LEDs for brighter ones.

Its configurable, a decent/recent LED showing blue-tings whites is most likely just misconfigured.
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I find not having bright whites is mostly insignificant. They are still white and not off colour to me. Plasma still leads with higher contrast ratios and overall picture quality. You must really be watching in direct sunlight or under lots of ambient lighting to need bright whites and [further washed out] colours so much.

Looking forward to iceman's review of his 3 year old 6 Series plasma which burns his brand new ES6200. That ought to make people think twice and ruffle some feathers. :p Of course I'm open to your idea that it's possibly "not configured properly"... :D
 
PostmanPot said:
Plasma still leads with higher contrast ratios and overall picture quality.
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You keep stating that as fact when it is merely your opinion. Sure the contrast values for various models of both technologies do vary, but it would be inaccurate to make a blanket statement that plasmas have higher contrast ratios e.g.

E8000 Plasma

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ES8000 LED

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Roman4604 said:
You keep stating that as fact when it is merely your opinion. Sure the contrast values for various models of both technologies do vary, but it would be inaccurate to make a blanket statement that plasmas have higher contrast ratios
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It's a general blanket fact. Of course not every plasma beats every LCD.

Those stats from that website also tend to be disingenuous because they take readings at the center of the screen. This means that LCDs/LED-LCDs can get away with having backlight uniformity issues which is consistent in backlit LCD tech.

There is a reason why many enthusiasts still buy plasma, why many people buy plasma after comparing vs LCD under the correct non-bright showroom conditions, and why people more often than not admit that plasma generally provides better picture quality than equivalent and even "marketed/sold as superior" LCD/LED-LCDs.
 
PostmanPot said:
Those stats from that website also tend to be disingenuous because they take readings at the center of the screen. This means that LCDs/LED-LCDs can get away with having backlight uniformity issues which is consistent in backlit LCD tech.
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Not for this particular review ...

Screen Uniformity (10.00)
The ES8000 has a very uniform, almost perfect screen on either a full black or full white scale. LCD TVs often suffer from problems with flashlighting at their corners or sudden jumps in gamma across the center areas of the screen, but the ES8000, impressively, suffered from none of these problems. It’s deep and black across the entire screen, and uniformly white and smooth, when displaying black or white, respectively. To put it more simply, we were very impressed.
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And once again I was not referring to a specific screen. A fraction of people buy the highest end TVs. Everyone knows plasma wins at the entry/mid range.

Blacks weren't inky black on the 55ES8000 I saw on display. Will be back to judge further soon.

While displaying pure black can be useful, it's not exactly a complete test. Dark scenes with areas of brightness and darkness and different colours are the ultimate test, like Game of Thrones etc.

Can you also confirm that the screen didn't apply "global dimming" where the backlight shuts off or very close to off? Please link review.
 
Roman4604 said:
You keep stating that as fact when it is merely your opinion. Sure the contrast values for various models of both technologies do vary, but it would be inaccurate to make a blanket statement that plasmas have higher contrast ratios e.g.

E8000 Plasma

ContrastRatio.jpg


ES8000 LED

ContrastRatio.jpg
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By the way this is not the same model es8000 that is in discussion.
 
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