2008 Samsung HL61A750 LED DLP owners thread and FAQ - Page 7

Originally Posted by Triple-X

damn.. thats making me nervous dude..
When they carried my 61a750 out of best buy yesterday and were putting it on the truck i specifically asked if it needed to stay stood up or was it okay to lay it down. The sales guy said NO you have to stand it up, you CANT lay it down, then the manager interrupted him and said
"Na na na No, don't forget that this is LED, normally it is NOT okay to lay it on its back , but since this is LED and has no color wheel or lamp, you'll be fine"
so they carefully laid it flat on its back. I then drove it about 20 minutes home, and immediately and carefully took it off the flat bed and stood it upright.

Does laying it down on its back aid in the bowing/sagging issue? and if so HOW?

Originally Posted by bsoko2

NO, you can't lay it down. True, it does not have a color wheel or grid, but it is still a DLP with mirrors.

Bill

Originally Posted by bsoko2

NO, you can't lay it down. True, it does not have a color wheel or grid, but it is still a DLP with mirrors.

Bill

Originally Posted by PaulGo

The mirrors should not move if the set is layed down. Even one with a bulb and color wheel can be put on its side without any problems. A plasma TV should not be layed down because the glass can crack.

Originally Posted by mike_pro

Well, assuming you get a new receiver that has HDMI inputs, and will do upconversion of any inputs (component, composite, etc) to HDMI, it could be as simple as this:

PS3: One HDMI cable to the receiver
Direct TV:If this has HDMI, then one HDMI to the receiver. If not, then one component connection and one optical connection to the receiver.
Receiver to TV: One HDMI cable.
(Optional if you use over the air antenna for HD. One optical cable from TV to receiver)

Do that and then get yourself a harmony universal remote and you will be a happy person.

I have 3 devices, PS3, Cable box, upconverting DVD player. All of these are connected with HDMI to the receiver, and I run one HDMI cable from the receiver to the TV. I have the TV sound disabled, I listen to everything through my surround sound speakers.

Originally Posted by vipermansa

Thanks for the help, I basically need a receiver w/ at least 2 HDMI inputs, 1 from ps3 and 1 from directtv receiver. Then an HDMI out to the tv right????
Sounds somewhat easy, lol
Thanks again mike

Originally Posted by EXVp

Here's the question: Can a typical user make any headway in tweaking the set using the DVE CD by itself? Also, can a user make any useful adjustments without DVE and carefully tweaking some of the areas in the service menus to improve anything or check alignments etc.? Thanks in adavance for any input on the subject...Russ B.

Originally Posted by vipermansa

I think I am I just want to make sure I buy one that has the proper connections and I want to make sure the ones I listed above are correct.
PS3 to receiver HDMI
directv to receiver HDMI
then receiver to TV HDMI
I think thats it!!!

Originally Posted by donb1948

With just DVE (or, better yet, Get Gray), you can calibrate contrast, brightness, color decoder (using blue only mode on TV) and certain alignments. All except the alignments can be done via the user menus. With additional equipment (e.g., colorimeter/spetroradiometer) and software, you can also do gamut, gray scale (tracking and color temperature) and gamma tracking. Color gamut must be done via the service menu. Gray scale can be done via the user menu (WB control) but I do not believe you will get the best results that way. For Gamma tracking you always have the option to just select a curve that best fits your viewing habits (games, movies, dvds, etc.) and preference in regard to black crush, etc. That is, try each and select the one you like best. If you are only using a CD for the callibration, I'd suggest you avoid using the service menu for tweaks. With appropriate directions, a typically user can accomplish the contrast, brightness, color decoder (using blue only mode on TV) calibration and certain alignments FWIW.

Originally Posted by Bearhart33

One observation is the awkward way closed captioning is handled. I split the cable and have one connected directly to the TV so PIP will function. Through this connection the TV handles the captioning signal. Apparently HDMI doesn't carry the captioning signal. The captioning must be handled by the cablebox which is functional but awkward to turn off and on. I have not seen any comments regarding this on the threads so I wanted to put it out there. No complaints about the picture quality at all.

Originally Posted by RichSz

Anyone know if there are different codes on this TV than the standard Samsung remote codes? Just took delivery today and am trying to get the Comcast Custom DVR 3 Device remote in sync with the TV so I can power it on/off with the Comcast remote as well as control the volume. No luck so far.

Originally Posted by PaulGo

The mirrors should not move if the set is layed down. Even one with a bulb and color wheel can be put on its side without any problems. A plasma TV should not be layed down because the glass can crack.

Originally Posted by Charles R

If you place the set face down often you will end up with black flecks attached to the back of the screen (they are loose inside of the cabinet and the screen is somewhat "sticky"). There is a warning about such in the owner's manual...

Originally Posted by STR3T

What Charles said. We left the 61" boxed in the back of a Grand Caravan. Only way it would go was flat...but I had them lay it front-side up. No issues.

Originally Posted by auxiliary

to all the previous posts as well, i've always heard that you can lay it down screen side up but NOT screen side down. so i think that's why we get conflicting information. i don't see why laying the tv down on it's back with the screen facing up would do anything.

Originally Posted by EXVp

It sounds to me that your advising against diving into the service menus for any fine tuning hot rodding affects with the set, but instead offering the use of 'Get Gray' as a means to look for some additional enhancements that a very typical user may be able to handle.

Originally Posted by donb1948

Yes. If all you are doing are contrast, brightness, color & tint and selecting a gamma curve, I'd stay out of the service menu because that's safer and you can accompllish the same thing using the User Menu. I suggested Get Gray as my CD of choice because of the patterns available and its ease of use. (DVE has far more patterns that are more suited to evaluating a display rather than calibration and is a pain to navigate.) On the otherhand, DVE has some nice step-by-steps guides. The documentation with Get Gray is slim but is sufficient for the average user to be able to calibrate the parameters mentioned above.

Originally Posted by wopino

has anyone gotten a concrete answer as to what is causing the upper reflection on this year's LED sets, is it due to cabinet design?

Originally Posted by Sgooter

Over the holiday weekend I used a hacksaw to open up one of the round ports on the back of my 61A750 and looked inside. Man, I couldn't believe there were so many wires and circuit boards and connectors...is all that stuff really necessary? And it looked like some of the wires were not perfectly straight; some were kind of bent in order to make the connections. I think the people that put these TVs together have to be pretty small and have really long arms in order to see and work though those little port holes. And later, when I unplugged the TV, it wouldn't operate. Shouldn't there be some sort of back-up battery in this set to provide for uninterrupted operation during power outages? Or maybe this TV has a back-up battery, but mine has already died...oh my! And when I adjust the color and contrast intensity down to the minimum levels (energy conservation), the picture just seems to lose all its pop...really bummed about this.
So, should I return this problem-plagued set to BB; has anyone been successful in getting a 30-day extension on the 30-day time limit for returns?
Tip: when reinstalling the cover for the access port, apply a liberal amount of plumbers putty around the edge of the cover to hold it securely in place and to provide a tight seal against dust and critters.

I just want a big HDTV that doesn't have all these major problems...is that aksin too much?

Originally Posted by bruce73

wopino, you most likely have already seen this post from the other thread. I don't recall reading anywhere if this was confirmed as the definitive answer.

Originally Posted by DarthAVS

The next time you are inside the TV, ry licking the LED while it is on. The saliva intensifies the LED light and you can lower all of the settings on the TV to conserve energy but you will get more POP than you had before. Good luck.



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Originally Posted by John Tibbs

Hello all:

I just took delivery of the 750 from Big River and I generally think it's great but take a look at the screen shot, see the smudge i have circled.

What is that? Is this something I can fix or do I call Samsung? How does one remove the side access panel once you remove the lone screw?

Thanks for any advice.

Originally Posted by John Tibbs

Actually I used "Dry Erase" markers