2 pairs of 3100 glasses at house of fraiser for £49.99
Online or instore?
Online they appear to be £45 each (down from 50 in the sale):
Samsung SSG-3100 BT 3D Glasses - Electricals Sale - House of Fraser
2 pairs of 3100 glasses at house of fraiser for £49.99
That's really interesting... Is it possible we paid £200 more for a TV with a different stand?I have the 40D6530 and think that 3D is fantastic! watched the NBA final and Wow is best way to describe it, and I haven't eve fiddled around with the settings, all standard out of the box.
That's really interesting... Is it possible we paid £200 more for a TV with a different stand?
I made a few recordings with this tv to a external hdd its worked fine in the past but when i went to play them back one day the tv does not recognise that i have a hdd connected to it, i switched the tv off at the mains but still no luck so i tried making another recording and the tv said i would need to format the hdd first but i know if i do this i will loose all my recordings on the hdd, anyone else had the same trouble with the hdd i guess i will never see what i have recorded because the hdd must be corrupted for some reason makes me think its not very reliable but why? If I need to buy another one which hdd would be reliable.
Are you sure the D6570 has Micro Dimming? I did a compare and this is what came out:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29871/TV/SamsungComparison.png
According to this list, the D7000 is the only one with Micro Dimming. (What is micro dimming anyway?)
And of course, the D6750 is a foot smaller than the D6530. I get the feeling these stats are rather inaccurate...
Cool! I'd like to think that the extra cost was based on more than just a crows footYes, the D6750 does have Micro Dimming. It says so when you look at the tech specs on the Samsung UK website. I also saw to 40D6750 in the flesh yesterday in House of Fraser (Oxford Street) and it had Micro Dimming icon on it.
This could be a very good reason for getting the D6750 over the D6530.
Are you sure the D6570 has Micro Dimming? I did a compare and this is what came out:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/29871/TV/SamsungComparison.png
According to this list, the D7000 is the only one with Micro Dimming. (What is micro dimming anyway?)
And of course, the D6750 is a foot smaller than the D6530. I get the feeling these stats are rather inaccurate...
That's awesome... Thanks!Some useful dude has made this excel comparison for D range 5-8 series TVs.
It seems pretty accurate tbh:
http://content.hwigroup.net/images/articles/samsung-led-lineup-d-series.jpg
it shows the 6750 as having micro dimming...
AFAIK micro dimming is side lit LED screen where the LEDs are dimmed to give zones of backlight brightness control. Not the same a local dimming which is backlit LED and gives finer granularity 'dimming zones'
As far as I can see from their UK website, the 6-series are Freeview HD only. The 7-series and above have Freesat too. But some places on their website say one thing, and then are contradicted elsewhere. They make great TVs, but Samsung's website and general attention to literature is terrible. It's like the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.connectivity : Amazon and Samsung sites both claim this has an S2/satellite input. It doesn't. Called samsung, they confirmed it should. Called amazon, they said it should. they're investigating if the other units are DVB-T only too. Further digging showed an obscure footnote that UK-only models don't have satellite, everyone else does. Pants, and close to a deal breaker for me. Do any other models or screen sizes have satellite?
You got that right! some incredible things you can do with Smart Hub, but the graphics power in general is pathetic. Surely a decent graphics card doesn't cost that much Samsung? It's a good job the features are so good you just forget about it after a while.Interactivity: - the samsung EPG, while pretty, is S L O W. Pretty unforgivable in 2011, how hard is it to update a row of text in less than 1-2 seconds.
Just got a ue32d6510, from Amazon. Mini review follows:
The good:
- style : chrome and white with thin bezel looks good. Viewing area is much larger than my old CRT and only takes a fraction of the space.
- picture : previous tv was a 28" SONY CRT. SD material is comparable, and HD material (when encoded right) is really good. Today;s Wimbledon was a joy to watch. Took a bit of tweaking to get rid of harsh edge artifacts though, and some modes seem to make picture, well, just dim. Arrived at a setting which suits just fine in the end.
Watched DVD upscaled from a Sony RDXR770 to 1080p - perfectly fine.
No banding or clouding, as reported in some larger screen sizes.
Detailed colour adjustment options provided, including whitepoint and providing expert patterns.
- connectivity : 3 USB, 4HDMI + composite / SCART inputs. What more do you need ?
- interactivity : haven't had much of a chance to play in detail, but iPlayer looks fine, equalling the Humax sat box I have.
It found my NAS no problems, and allows me to stream movies, photos and music. Interface is fine, nothing stellar.
- sound : for a small flat thin rectangle, it's pretty damn good. Certainly not hard on the ears after a few hours, like some models. The virtual surround mode is pretty effective too, and doesn't sound bad.
- networking : plugged unit into Ethernet, it found the O2 router just fine, auto-configured via DHCP. Internet connected in seconds, downloaded the firmware (0001011) quickly. Updating the SmartHub gadgets took ages though.
and the not so good...
connectivity : Amazon and Samsung sites both claim this has an S2/satellite input. It doesn't. Called samsung, they confirmed it should. Called amazon, they said it should. they're investigating if the other units are DVB-T only too. Further digging showed an obscure footnote that UK-only models don't have satellite, everyone else does. Pants, and close to a deal breaker for me. Do any other models or screen sizes have satellite?
Interactivity: - the samsung EPG, while pretty, is S L O W. Pretty unforgivable in 2011, how hard is it to update a row of text in less than 1-2 seconds.
Channel organisation : pants and slow process to move or generally re-arrange channels. It's also a feature hidden away in SmartHub, and not in the Settings menu.
Channel acquisition time: swapping from one channel to another is not exactly quick, and the HD channels seem to take a couple of seconds or more. Not great for the continual channel changer in me.
Picture features : it's got black tone, dynamic adjustment, motion lighting, LED motion plus, motion plus and a few others. Just what do they do? Even the 300p+ guide doesn't really explain how it all works and what combinations suit different usage scenarios.
motion handling : just can't seem to get smooth motion on faster moving objects (balls at wimbledon). Fiddling with motion plus didnt seem to do much. Is this still an issue with modern LED/LCD or is it just me?
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Amazon supplied the unit next day, with two 'free' pairs of 3100 3D glasses (RRP £95), £655, so pretty good price.
So overall, 7.5/10. Half a point off for no satellite input, a point off for the slow interface and a point off for well just stuff.
Hi, I've also had issues with the PVR on my D8000 - I used a WD Elements 2.5 USB powered drive - TV recognised it and it worked for a bit and then suddenly it wasn't there reconnected and had to reformat (losing all my recordings) and then disappeared again. after a few goes the TV stopped recognising the drive completely so took it back to Comet and got another one - this lasted a few more weeks before the TV stopped "seeing" it and I couldn't even use it as a PC backup drive as the PC couldn't format it either. I've taken it back and got myself a WD My Book powered drive now - hoping the self power will make it more reliable (the TVs have very strict rules on power consumption, speed, etc but the elements drive met them all). Hopefully the issue is with the power.
If you search for samsung PVR there is a cnet discussion and someone has started a spreadsheet with which drives work with which TV (this maybe American however). the My Book is on the list of drives that work so keeping my fingers crossed (I think i'll be pushing my luck with Comet if I return a third drive )
what drive/s are you using ? USB or self powered ?
I'll let you know how I get on (although it may take a few weeks of reliability to ensure it really works).
How does one get the free glasses at amazon? I took a look around on the site but can't see any mention of this deal...
Does anyone have pics of this TV? And are there any major differences between this and the D6530? I know theres no wifi, but a dongle could be had for about £30 on amazon. Any other differences in picture quality and 3d performance.
The 6100 doesn't come with any 3D adjustment nor 2D to 3D conversion. It also has a much larger bezel.
backlight bleed ? that was the deal breaker for me.
Does 3D Adjustment mean you can change the depth on the D6530?
Im not bothered about the 2d to 3d conversion or the bezel, as its still a great looking tv.