Ok Someone had to start it. I own the 55" B8500.
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Originally Posted by omeletpants /forum/post/17354074
We already have a 8500 thread, don't need a second one.
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Originally Posted by ashfall /forum/post/17354518
I bought a un46b8500, admittedly wont be delivered til Saturday. And you started your thread WHILE I was typing mine, so I dont think you should fault meYours is named better however, so I bow to your superior thread-starting abilities.
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Originally Posted by Lindseybp /forum/post/17354245
For the record this one was started first....and by an owner.
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Originally Posted by omeletpants /forum/post/17355279
Look at the time stamps
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Originally Posted by milk /forum/post/17355540
This one is posted first so I'm posting here hence forth.
I just recieved my 46". I'm using a plasma for movies in the HT room and my new absurdly beautiful 46" B8500 will replace my ancient 30" Sony LCD, which by the way, looks truly comical next to the 46" B8500. This is my first significant LCD set and wondering when/if calibration (as on my plasma) is required or reccomended? Is calibration not a big deal for high end LCDs and instead I should just focus on tweaking my setting per my environment? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by Lindseybp /forum/post/17353530
Ok Someone had to start it. I own the 55" B8500.
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Originally Posted by jomama /forum/post/17357445
literally just ordered my 55er. ETA is 2-4 weeks. the wait begins.
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Originally Posted by Lindseybp /forum/post/17357543
Tonight I pulled up my widgets and there was a download available. It looks like Blockbuster on demand and Amazon video on demand are now available, along with an Ebay widget (not sure if that one was there before). The Amazon and Blockbuster widgets are basically what you would expect. Haven't rented anything from either but might give it a try this weekend.
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Originally Posted by jomama /forum/post/17358891
do you run an ethernet cable to the set, or is the 8500 able to connect wirelessly?
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Originally Posted by milk /forum/post/17355540
This one is posted first so I'm posting here hence forth.
I just recieved my 46". I'm using a plasma for movies in the HT room and my new absurdly beautiful 46" B8500 will replace my ancient 30" Sony LCD, which by the way, looks truly comical next to the 46" B8500. This is my first significant LCD set and wondering when/if calibration (as on my plasma) is required or reccomended? Is calibration not a big deal for high end LCDs and instead I should just focus on tweaking my setting per my environment? Thanks.
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Originally Posted by Chad B /forum/post/17358958
Yes, calibrating the white balance with a meter makes a huge difference over stock movie mode. You can read more about it in my review.
Stock movie mode looks really 3-D: dreary, dingy, and drab.
(sorry, I'm going overboard a little bit)
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Originally Posted by Chad B /forum/post/17358958
Yes, calibrating the white balance with a meter makes a huge difference over stock movie mode. You can read more about it in my review.
Stock movie mode looks really 3-D: dreary, dingy, and drab.
(sorry, I'm going overboard a little bit)
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Originally Posted by jomama /forum/post/17359461
so when will you be over in the noVA/DC area to do calibrations? =)
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Originally Posted by Chad B /forum/post/17359484
End of this month!
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Originally Posted by ashfall /forum/post/17357906
Has anyone tried hooking up their PC to the 8500? How is the picture quality? I want to stream netflix on demand to the TV, wondering what the best way is, and how good it will look. Am I better off playing it through an xbox 360 rather than hooking up the PC directly? Or using one of the DLNA / Anynet features? I think netflix will only play through a proprietary internet-explorer-based program.
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Originally Posted by r2s26 /forum/post/17361690
Will you be able to use a regular LCD/Plasma mount with this TV?
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Originally Posted by Lindseybp /forum/post/17361487
I hooked my laptop up to it via HDMi earlier this week. I thought picture looked good but then again I didn't stream any video. I was just doing an input lag test.