The widget thing seems country and internet dependant.
In the UK the widgets available are:
Sidoku
Yahoo Weather
Yahoo News
Texas Hold em (game)
Flickr
Quizzmaster (game)
Yahoo Finance
USA Today Sports
Hope this helps for comparisons
After studying reviews and postings, I have taken the plunge and purchased an LE46B650, and am really pleased with the picture quality on all sources!! HD via Freesat is superb, but then so too is normal SD...........couldn't be more pleased by the picture.
However, I do have an issue regarding audio delay/lip sync. Even using the inbuilt sound, there are some sync problems (I upgraded from a 32" CRT, which had no such problems at all), but these are made even worse by using my home cinema system for the sound from any source (TV, DVD, or the Mac Mini which I use as a media centre). The Freesat box has a lip sync adjustment, which helps, but is useless for non-freesat sources. I have come to realise that digital processing of the picture can lead to some sync issues, but I wondered whether there is anything else I can do to help things on the Samsung? It's such a shame, because the picture is absolutely fantastic.......but even slightly out-of-sync audio really grates with me.
Please tell me I don't need to go back to a CRT??!!
what do you wanna say? because 5 people here have this issue it is a common b650 problem?
i believe you that you and the others have this issue but don't talk as if most of the b650 have this issue. beside in this thread i never heard of this, and even here are only 5 (correct?) people having this issue.
it's still a problem. nothing to ignore and i feel bad for you. but contact support. it's a fault. **** happens. such bad luck can happen with any other lcd of any other manufactor. maybe not the same, but other faults.
as long as there are not many people complaining of such an issue it is a rare case.
i repeat, i believe you, and i feel sorry for you. contact support. don't get me wrong, maybe i missunderstood you.
edit: my 40" is AA03, the two 46" of a friend are both CN02. just for your information. cannot see any diference, but never had them next to each other.
edit2: damn i would really really like to see this blur effect in action. could anybody try to film this in good quality? don't know if it would work, but for a try i would be very thankfull.
More questions:
You didn't mention your security settings - did you enter a key on the TV? I don't understand how you managed to connect to your network wirelessly without entering a key into the TV settings - unless you have an unsecured network (which isn't wise).
So your router is 192.168.0.1 - have you set that as the gateway address on the TV?
>Yes
What IP address is given to the TV by the router using DHCP?
>192.168.0.8
Have you tried it with a manually set IP address?
No - it won't take that
Is there a setting on the router to block a ping request? There is on my Belkin but only if it comes from the Internet side of the router - all LAN pings should be replied to.
> There is a setting, but it is switched on, ie allows ping requests
Can you ping to the TV from a PC on your network? Can you ping the router from a PC on your network?
I can ping the router from the PC, but not the TV.
PB
After studying reviews and postings, I have taken the plunge and purchased an LE46B650, and am really pleased with the picture quality on all sources!! HD via Freesat is superb, but then so too is normal SD...........couldn't be more pleased by the picture.
However, I do have an issue regarding audio delay/lip sync. Even using the inbuilt sound, there are some sync problems (I upgraded from a 32" CRT, which had no such problems at all), but these are made even worse by using my home cinema system for the sound from any source (TV, DVD, or the Mac Mini which I use as a media centre). The Freesat box has a lip sync adjustment, which helps, but is useless for non-freesat sources. I have come to realise that digital processing of the picture can lead to some sync issues, but I wondered whether there is anything else I can do to help things on the Samsung? It's such a shame, because the picture is absolutely fantastic.......but even slightly out-of-sync audio really grates with me.
Please tell me I don't need to go back to a CRT??!!
I also have the lip sync issue (echo effect from TV speaker) but I am using the optical (digital) output. Are you saying that there is a setting in the Service Menu to tweak the delay for the optical interface? Or does Auxout Delay Normal also alter the delay for the optical output?i discovered a possibility to set an audio latency for each of the tvs output possibilities (analog out, headset out, digital out and speakers out). there are settings for this in the service menu.
if i remember right there was a setting to adjust the optical out seperately from the other sound outputs.I also have the lip sync issue (echo effect from TV speaker) but I am using the optical (digital) output. Are you saying that there is a setting in the Service Menu to tweak the delay for the optical interface? Or does Auxout Delay Normal also alter the delay for the optical output?
Many thanks
I am expecting this TV to be delivered to me tomorrow as a replacement to an LG that couldnt be repaired so i was credited. got the Le37B651T for £655 with the 10% off i was given which i do believe will be a bargain!
I just wanted to ask as i cant find a clear answer in these threads. Am i right in thinking that MKV's with DTS audio will not pass through the DTS out the SPDIF to my AV receiver to get 5.1?
Instead i have to convert the DTS to AC3?
Just a note on the BLUR EFFECT.... its not the usual kind of motion blur like what used to be on the A656 series. (got fixed swiftly with firmware update) Imagine a persons head being shaked really fast when using your phone camera. A really nasty kinda blur for 2 secs. Recently updated to latest firmware 1010.1 I have also seen PQ difference just by changing my HDMI lead, first lead was a cheap £10 lead from ebay. Second lead i got free with my 360 noticed it said v1.3 on the cable. Now pic seems better the BLUR is nearly gone its no way as bad as before. Im gona try & capture this BLUR effect for peeps if i can ! Mine is also version AA03 testing on V+
Did not notice the blur effect on PS3 with bluray ever. Also 360 owners the lag !!! What lag!! gaming is fine... Play Prototype bad ass game
Last few nights been watchin plenty movies sometimes the PQ on some channels have been excellent like nearly HD. The channel & bitrate matters. Spoke to Virgin rep today who says wait till end of 09, New HD channels coming. We'll have to wait n see !
I hope I didn't miss an answer when I nailed this question into the middle of my last thread - if I have I'm sorry.
Can anyone throw any light please on a wireless alternative to using the rather expensive wireless Internet dongle WIS09 that Samsung offer as the "only" way to connect wirelessly?
Thanks in advance
So do you think a more expensive HMDI cable would help the blur problem?
I rang Samsung yesterday to try and see if they could help me but they couldn't really. The guy kept telling me to try putting Judder reduction up and mess around with Custom udner 100hz mode, but I kept saying to him that i've tried that and it's not making a difference. He then told me to update my firmware and call back if it didn't fix the problem. I updated to 1010 and it's not helped at all. Haven't called back yet though.
Anyone else spoke to Samsung about it yet?
Just to confirm though, my blur/judder USUALLY occurs when 100hz motion plus is ON and on any of the settings. It doesn't really happen when 100hz is off but I have noticed it now and then when watching video with the xbox. Gaming is fine, even with 100hz on, no lag or blur or anything. I love how amazing my games look with this TV, especially Bioshock.
The guy from Samsung said it could be because the TV couldn't process the input from video on the Xbox 360 or from USB quickly enough (only after I suggested it to him though!).
Don't really know what to do. The picture is great with 100hz OFF but the picture is AMAZING with 100hz on, it almost looks 3d sometimes (watched 300 on HDDVD with the xbox) and the upscaling on SD is awesome.
So do you think a more expensive HMDI cable would help the blur problem?
No.
There is virtually no difference between a £10 cable and a £200 cable.
My pal got fleeced when he bought his telly to buy an expensive HDMI cable. He brought it up one night and i tested it in place of my £3.50 gold plated cheapos from ebay and there was not 1 sign of any difference at all.
The cable he got was a Monster cable priced at £130 or something stupid.
A digital signal would not degrade enough over a meter cable to cause the blur you explained.
Originally Posted by Cibarious
I hope I didn't miss an answer when I nailed this question into the middle of my last thread - if I have I'm sorry.
Can anyone throw any light please on a wireless alternative to using the rather expensive wireless Internet dongle WIS09 that Samsung offer as the "only" way to connect wirelessly?
Thanks in advance
Someone posted on this thread that they had used an alternative successfully, finding the post the problem, tried a search?
Thanks for your help so far
Thanks for mentioning that post, it seems only to mention he has used the WIS08BG and that there was interference from a laptop. It didn't seem to actually say if there was full functionality (minus N, of course) for the likes of PC Share.
If you are reading this @licenced maybe you can provide more details on what you can get your Sammy to do with the WIS08? Thanks in advance to you both.
@peebee appreciate that. My reason for looking at the wireless route (whether I get PC Share to work or not) is that I currently have cat5 cable threaded through the house and my wife keeps falling over it and the cats are chewing on it. Will use cable until I can find a consistent way to make PC Share or its equivalent work and then go wireless. Mind you, am playing my media from a 20gig drive at the moment and that works perfectly - I am amazed at the quality picture the Sammy produces.Worth waiting for a definitive answer from licenced but the wireless adaptor you use should have no effect on any application such as PC Share. The application uses the network connection that you have however it is implemented. If the 08 model can connect to your network then PC Share will work over that connection.
PB