My HL67A750 is on it's way from Amazon. Just a couple questions about what to do first.

1. The carrier will unbox it. What initial tests should I do before I sign the receipt and let them leave?

2. What immediate adjustments should I make to ensure the long life of the set? (I know for a CRT you would turn down the brightness from the factory default 100. Are there any similar considerations for a DLP to ensure the settings are safe for the set?)

Im picking mine up tomorrow and have the exact same question. A quick what to do not to do would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

All I did was:

1) Make sure it would power up.
2) Make sure a source would display (in this case, D* satellite stb).

It was a bit bright, but picture looked good, so I let them go.

If it's very cold outside, I'd skip all that and if the TV looks ok physically, let it adjust to room temp for several hours before plugging it in and powering it up.

I didn't even think about the temperature. Although it's been getting a bit less brutal here in MA the past few days, I envy the warm temperatures you have in FL!

Read the user's manual cover to cover two times before you ask for help if you have any problems with the simple setup.

Well, I've downloaded it already and will do that, although I think once will suffice.

I was looking more for the advice and cautions you won't find it the manual. For example, the manual for my Toshiba RPTV didn't say, but should have, "For your convenience, we have preset your video settings to Sports mode with the brightness at 100%, so you will be really impressed with the picture. And then, when you've burned it out, we'll be glad to sell you a new one." It also did not suggest turning on gray side bars instead of black when you watch 4:3 material to avoid burning in the center more quickly than the edges and making 16:9 programming look awful.

search or ask in the 67a750/61a750 threads:)

Good point. I just did that.

But I also thought this might not be too much of a model specific topic. For example, someone buying a RP CRT might benefit from a "what do do 1st thread", even if it said nothing more than "go read the Master burn in thread before you plug it in".

My HL67A750 is on it's way from Amazon. Just a couple questions about what to do first.

1. The carrier will unbox it. What initial tests should I do before I sign the receipt and let them leave?

2. What immediate adjustments should I make to ensure the long life of the set? (I know for a CRT you would turn down the brightness from the factory default 100. Are there any similar considerations for a DLP to ensure the settings are safe for the set?)

Got mine from Amazon.com about 3 weeks ago... lovin this set! After hearing about the geometry issues I downloaded the convergence test pattern (available in another thread in this forum) and put it on a USB memory stick and plugged it in (the TV has a USB port on the side panel) then hit the W.LINK button on the remote and pulled the pic up... Look dead center of the screen, convergence should be perfect... as you venture out away from center convergence will be less than perfect, but should still be fairly good.

You may throw up a solid white background as well (just open a paint program and create a solid white and solid black images 1920x1080, save it as PNG and put on the Flash drive along with the convergence test pattern). Read the info in the 61A750 owners thread/FAQ most all information applies to the 67" as well this way you'll know what can easily be corrected and what might be a real problem....

I actually went out and bought a copy of Digital Video Essentials (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8844272&st=digital+video+essentials&lp=2&type=product&cp=1&id=1705530) and had it ready to go when they walked in the door with the TV... I set the TV to Movie mode and put it the color temperature on Warm2 (because everyone says this is as close to 65k/industry standards as this set can do out of the box) ran through the Contrast Tests, Geometry tests and then a handful of color tests... I wasn't about to try and calibrate the set as they waited, but with those basic test I was just looking for signs of major problems. I also popped in a Blu-Ray movie (Disney's animated CARS). The guys did look at me a bit funny and got annoyed I think, but don't worry about that... I was done within 10 minutes that's all it should take to determine if there is a serious issue.

If there is an issue you notice, remember you have a choice. You can certainly reject the delivery and get them to send you a new one, but you can also schedule a service appointment and just have the problem repaired under Samsung's warranty. For minor issues the warranty coverage might work best (curious if others agree or disagree with me on this)

Good luck.

Do what I did! Pace back and forth (well your new baby is being delivered). Run to the window every time you hear the "rumble" of a truck. Damn the trash pick-up. In the end just make sure the box doesn't show any damage and enjoy your new toy.