[FUltra]

Originally Posted by glypto

Hi,
does anybody use built-in DVB-C tuner + CI module plugged into TV ? How does it work for you ?
Since beginning my picture periodically (about once a minute) breaks up (part of the screen is 'blocky') - mostly visible on HD channels.
Technician (from my cable TV provider) came yesterday, he measured signal, but didn't find anything wrong. I wonder if this can be an issue with TV itself ?

I use the built in DVB-C with a CI+ module and it's working beautifully, the only bad thing is that the build in guide is not as good as the one in my old cable box but it was nice to retire one of the external boxes.

The problem that you describe sounds like bad reception or interference since errors in the mpeg stream looks like blocks. Haven't those issues on my 64D8005 though.

[Insanity202]

Got my first bit of IR from last night gaming session...I say gaming more I fell asleep and must have touched buttons on my controller and this morning I could clearly see the stat numbers from FF13.
So Ive ran the PS3 music player (the one with the colours that shift around the screen) had that running for around 20mins and the IR has nearly shifted

[Korum]

Originally Posted by Insanity202

Got my first bit of IR from last night gaming session...I say gaming more I fell asleep and must have touched buttons on my controller and this morning I could clearly see the stat numbers from FF13.
So Ive ran the PS3 music player (the one with the colours that shift around the screen) had that running for around 20mins and the IR has nearly shifted

I had that problem with FF13, fell asleep every time I played it

[cooknl]

Sounds like a great game......

Rob

[Insanity202]

Ha ha its a good game but not great.... I lie at best its ok lol
Its something i tend to do no matter what game it is. Maybe i should buy some energy drinks and pro plus lol.

Best one was when i fell asleep while playing mw3. My mates were shouting down the headset for me to wake up as my snoring was doing there heads in lol.

[l34052]

Originally Posted by Insanity202

Best one was when i fell asleep while playing mw3. My mates were shouting down the headset for me to wake up as my snoring was doing there heads in lol.

Lol lol i can really see the funny side of that

[Scooby2000]

Originally Posted by Insanity202

Ha ha its a good game but not great.... I lie at best its ok lol
Its something i tend to do no matter what game it is. Maybe i should buy some energy drinks and pro plus lol.

Best one was when i fell asleep while playing mw3. My mates were shouting down the headset for me to wake up as my snoring was doing there heads in lol.

LMAO mate! What are you like, Im in my late 30s and dont fall asleep gaming lol. Maybe yiu need a break....or have you spent all the holiday savings on that beast of yours.

[Insanity202]

Originally Posted by Scooby2000

LMAO mate! What are you like, Im in my late 30s and dont fall asleep gaming lol. Maybe yiu need a break....or have you spent all the holiday savings on that beast of yours.

Got a holiday in a few weeks time....2 weeks....the boss has me doing me doing more of my house up.

So much for 2 weeks to chill out infront of the beast.

On the flip side I managed to game till 4am without sleeping YAY. Thats good for me.

You still waiting for the 2012 Sammys mate or going to get a 2011 beast?

[cooknl]

hey Guys,
Trying to get the editing of channels to work but have no luck.
I downloaded Samygo proggy to edit the channels but cant get the .scm file onto my usb stick.
U R supposed to with TV ON press the volume MINUS one time and then press ENTER for 10 consequtive seconds....... but that does not work for me. I checked the speaker settings and any-net settings and all are set as discribed
here SamyGO ChanEdit - Chanel Editor - SamyGO

But to no avail. anybody have any more info or can tell me what i am doing wrong???

Thx
Rob

[Scooby2000]

Originally Posted by Insanity202

Got a holiday in a few weeks time....2 weeks....the boss has me doing me doing more of my house up.

So much for 2 weeks to chill out infront of the beast.

On the flip side I managed to game till 4am without sleeping YAY. Thats good for me.

You still waiting for the 2012 Sammys mate or going to get a 2011 beast?

I cant wait to see the new Samsungs if honest though end of the day I just want a set that does what my GT can but without the issue, if that means GT50 then fine, but I wont buy another Panasonic now. My dealer is pulling out all the stops (short of giving a direct refund), I'm hoping they can sort something with Panasonic so I can get a new Samsung ideally. I do feel for retailers over it, many cant afford the hit. Anyway I'm taking things off topic.

Get yourself out in the air for a few days mate, that or get some early nights he hee(says me).

[Insanity202]

Originally Posted by Scooby2000

I cant wait to see the new Samsungs if honest though end of the day I just want a set that does what my GT can but without the issue, if that means GT50 then fine, but I wont buy another Panasonic now. My dealer is pulling out all the stops (short of giving a direct refund), I'm hoping they can sort something with Panasonic so I can get a new Samsung ideally. I do feel for retailers over it, many cant afford the hit. Anyway I'm taking things off topic.

Get yourself out in the air for a few days mate, that or get some early nights he hee(says me).

Sure you dont want a D8000 it has a lovely 70s chrome chicken foot stand from that classic sci fi movie Attack of the Chrome Chicken Foot From SPACE!!

[Scooby2000]

Originally Posted by Insanity202

Sure you dont want a D8000 it has a lovely 70s chrome chicken foot stand from that classic sci fi movie Attack of the Chrome Chicken Foot From SPACE!!

Mate I know its your favorite feature of the entire set and you love to showit off to all that visit but it just doesn't sell it to me. the burnt looking chicken feet on the new set dont look too bad.

[Insanity202]

Originally Posted by Scooby2000

Mate I know its your favorite feature of the entire set and you love to showit off to all that visit but it just doesn't sell it to me. the burnt looking chicken feet on the new set dont look too bad.

I have to attach the foot in a few weeks when my carpets get laid. shame my tv stand/bracket wont wheel side ways Such fun

[Scooby2000]

Originally Posted by Insanity202

I have to attach the foot in a few weeks when my carpets get laid. shame my tv stand/bracket wont wheel side ways Such fun

Id like to sympathise mate, but you have a 60+" screen, my envy simply wont allow it. Hope it goes well tho, cant be fun moving that beast about.

[Insanity202]

Originally Posted by Scooby2000

Id like to sympathise mate, but you have a 60+" screen, my envy simply wont allow it. Hope it goes well tho, cant be fun moving that beast about.

Ive double checked the home insurance to make sure were covered in the event of a accident.

[biggy7]

had the call from RS today, getting them to replace my 50GT30 with 51 D8000 on Thursday

anything i should do first? do i need to update the firmware?

[Insanity202]

Originally Posted by biggy7

had the call from RS today, getting them to replace my 50GT30 with 51 D8000 on Thursday

anything i should do first? do i need to update the firmware?

Check the TV out with full screen slides to check for dead/stuck pixels etc.
Pop into movie mode, colour space to native should give you a decent image. I turn all other processing off.

If your happy with the image no need to update the fw. :-)

If you connect online to smart TV the TV will update the smart TV side of things, there's some free 3d to watch on that too :-)


Sit back and enjoy.

[l34052]

Have you noticed though that when watching some of the free 3d stuff on the samsung portal the tv's 3d depth is set to 5 and cant be adjusted but when watching a 3d BR its open fully at 10 and this too cannot be adjusted.

Im not complaining because it all looks pretty stunning i just wondered if it was a peculiarity of my tv or are they all the same?

If doin 2d>3d conversion you can adjust the depth from 1-10 no problems but for native 3d it seems to be preset.

As i said its not a problem or anything im just curious

[Insanity202]

Originally Posted by l34052

Have you noticed though that when watching some of the free 3d stuff on the samsung portal the tv's 3d depth is set to 5 and cant be adjusted but when watching a 3d BR its open fully at 10 and this too cannot be adjusted.

Im not complaining because it all looks pretty stunning i just wondered if it was a peculiarity of my tv or are they all the same?

If doin 2d>3d conversion you can adjust the depth from 1-10 no problems but for native 3d it seems to be preset.

As i said its not a problem or anything im just curious

I've not looked to be honest mate. I will try and take a look later tonight.

[biggy7]

Originally Posted by Insanity202

Check the TV out with full screen slides to check for dead/stuck pixels etc.
Pop into movie mode, colour space to native should give you a decent image. I turn all other processing off.

If your happy with the image no need to update the fw. :-)

If you connect online to smart TV the TV will update the smart TV side of things, there's some free 3d to watch on that too :-)


Sit back and enjoy.

just got the d8000, brand new and sealed.

i didnt realise it was silver lol, but just aswell my stand is half silver

build date is april 2011 with 1009 fw, ive not updated it yet

any idea what colour settings i need to use for breakin? in my gt30 i had it on thx mode and contrast low

on this tv ive set it to movie and put the brightness and contrast down to 40. A little dark but still watchable.

will this be ok for breakin?

any idea how i can get into the service menu to check hours etc etc

no dead pixels,. slides look good, nice not to see any green tinge

i need to read through parts 1 to 4 of the owners thread!

thanks

[Mastiha]

How do you find out the build date?

[l34052]

There is a sticker on the back of the tv with the build date printed on it.

[Mastiha]

Not on my one. The sticker has model code, version number and S/N. Nothing there refers to a build date.

[biggy7]

Mine has a built date on the serial sticker too.

[Dick]

Originally Posted by biggy7

just got the d8000, brand new and sealed.

any idea how i can get into the service menu to check hours etc etc

thanks

I haven't found how to check for running time, I guess this cannot be done with this set.

[Syphon Filter]

Chaps,

I hope someone can help me out with a quick question. I am considering one of these TVs but want to know what the score is with the Lovefilm and the Netflix apps.

According to the Samsung website the Lovefilm app is "coming soon" and the Netflix app appears to be already available?

Is that the case? Can anyone comment on either of these (quality, ease of use etc)? Would I just be better off getting some other device to act as my "streaming" box (XBox 360 or something)?

Any help appreciated.

Regards,

SF

[BrianMW]

Originally Posted by Syphon Filter

Chaps,

I hope someone can help me out with a quick question. I am considering one of these TVs but want to know what the score is with the Lovefilm and the Netflix apps.

According to the Samsung website the Lovefilm app is "coming soon" and the Netflix app appears to be already available?

Is that the case? Can anyone comment on either of these (quality, ease of use etc)? Would I just be better off getting some other device to act as my "streaming" box (XBox 360 or something)?

Any help appreciated.

Regards,

SF

Yes you are correct, Netfilx is already available but you have to upgrade to the latest firmware to run it even though it can be installed on a lower F/W as the Smart Hub updates independently...

I have only used it on trial, it's easy to setup and use, not the fastest thing in the world but tbh the smart hub is no whizz kid anyway

I have used other movie streaming services on PS3 and Apple TV and stuff and they function quicker and a little slicker imho but obviously network speed is not relevant as this is down to your Broadband speed anyway...

The D8000 plasma is a very, very good TV and no bad place to start for a screen but buying it based on a streaming service is maybe not the best but certainly capable...

Not sure when Lovefilm will appear though... - Yeah it's there

[ipabzi]

Originally Posted by BrianMW

Yes you are correct, Netfilx is already available but you have to upgrade to the latest firmware to run it even though it can be installed on a lower F/W as the Smart Hub updates independently...

I have only used it on trial, it's easy to setup and use, not the fastest thing in the world but tbh the smart hub is no whizz kid anyway

I have used other movie streaming services on PS3 and Apple TV and stuff and they function quicker and a little slicker imho but obviously network speed is not relevant as this is down to your Broadband speed anyway...

The D8000 plasma is a very, very good TV and no bad place to start for a screen but buying it based on a streaming service is maybe not the best but certainly capable...

Not sure when Lovefilm will appear though...

Ive got LoveFilm on my D7000 now

[BrianMW]

Originally Posted by ipabzi

Ive got LoveFilm on my D7000 now

Yeah sorry you are correct so do I, just not used it on the D8000

I'll get my coat!

[panman40]

Originally Posted by BrianMW

Yeah sorry you are correct so do I, just not used it on the D8000

I'll get my coat!

'Taxi'