Samsung PN**B450 Picture Settings - Page 23

Originally Posted by danny_w

I had a 42" B450 and upgraded to the 50" and I like it much better for what I want. Actually I wanted the 50" all along but Best Buy didn't have it in stock, so I took the 42". Just before my 30 days were up I went back to Best Buy and upgraded, paying the difference ($151 including tax); they even threw in free delivery and hauled away the old 42". The major reason besides size to want the 50" is the pixel ratio; the 42" has a 4:3 pixel ratio (forced into a 16:9 screen) while the 50" has a 16:9 pixel ratio, which matches up much better with widescreen material. With the 42" if I set my cable box to output 720p the tv cut off the sides of the picture trying to match the pixel layout; I have no such problem with the 50" model, so I can set my sources for 720p to exactly match the tv's native resolution for the best picture possible.

Originally Posted by tigerfan33

Your settings must have been wrong on your 42" because the ONLY difference between the 42" and the 50" is the eight inches.

Originally Posted by matryx

One of the reason I don't want to returned it is because I got it delivery for free and I'm not sure how returning is going to work. Are they going to pick it up for me or am I supposed to return it to the store? I don't have transportation for the TV and don't really want to pay the extra for shipping it.

That's great that they gave you free delivery and took your old 42" back. What did you say to them to get that?

Also I believe that bestbuy has a flat panel guarantee that if they don't have the HDTV you want in stock than the deliver it for free and give you a $50 discount. That is how I got my 42" delivered for free.

Originally Posted by danny_w

WRONG. The pixel resolution of the 42" is 1024x768 while that of the 50" is 1366x768. For some reason the specs on the Samsung website are wrong (not unusual); Crutchfield has the correct specs.

Originally Posted by tigerfan33

Not wrong. Aspect ratio is 16:9 on both the 42" and 50". As I said, your settings on your tv or your cable box were set wrong on the 42". Pixel resolution has nothing to do with aspect ratio.

Originally Posted by WaveBoy

Has anybody noticed any Lag when playing the Wii? or how about Green Phospher trails?

It's kind of lame though how when you're playing a game on 4:3 Samsung made the Bars Grey or Dark Grey instead of Black...

Originally Posted by Post Blue

Every single plasma in existence has issues with green phosphor lag, but as the technology admittedly improves, the circumstances under which they're evident are becoming more obscure. You can see them during standard Wii use, but even extremely discerning users (like myself) have to consciously seek them in order to be bothered by them.

The dark gray is annoying, especially since the Wii automatically includes a black border around 4:3 content in its frame buffer, which defeats the purpose of any sort of IR issues Samsung might have been trying to avoid with its gray bars.

Originally Posted by direwolf2009

Hi all,

We recently calibrated our Plasma, but in medium/low light conditions (two lamps at most), which is how we usually watch TV, my wife was complaining that she could see green spots (strange) and that her eyes hurt. She says that under the Standard setting, it seems easier on the eyes, but in Movie/Warm2, she gets eye strain. Again, we recently got this TV, so we're not entirely sure, but I wanted to look into it.

Our settings are as follows:

(using THX and AVHS Disc)

Movie/Warm2
Cell Light = 10
Contrast = 80 (using THX and AVHS Disc)
Brightness = 52
Color = 45
Tint: 51/49
Sharpness = 20
Advanced: Everything Off
Gamma = +1
White Balance = Default but -5 on Red Gain
HDMI Black = Normal (PS3)


Does anyone have any advice? Maybe turning Cell Light to 8 or Contrast even lower? Maybe adjusting White Balance more? Unfortunately, I can't really adjust Tint or White Balance because I don't have the necessary tools.

Any advice would be helpful.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by WaveBoy

So is it true that selectiing 1080p on the PS3 for this display would look better than setting it to 720p for PS3 games and Bluray? since 1080p is being downscaled to 1024x768? really though that may be better for bluray, but PS3 games ARE 720p themselves, with a few 1080p games.

Also i'd be sitting 9 Feet away from the screen....Somebody was saying at that distance you wouldn't even beable to tell the difference between 1080p and 1024x768p. 4 feet away than that would be a different story.

Wii and DVDs/Bluray will be getting the most use anyhow.

Originally Posted by lastxcallforsin

This television is not true 720p so it is going to have to scale either way. Most people recommend setting sources to 1080p even on a 720p set. Even with 1080p output checked in the display settings, the PS3 will automatically display games at 720p unless you also un-check 720p. I tried this but noticed that the PS3 has an issue where some games that don't support internal 1080p upscaling will output at 480p until 720p output is checked. On my PS3 I have everything checked except for 1080i and just let the PS3 decide what resolution to output which is usually 720p for games and 1080p for movies. For other sources like my Xbox 360 I just set the output to 1080p.

Originally Posted by WaveBoy

That's the thing too though, i dont mind if it isn't true 720p as I'll be using it for Wii the most, along with DVD's and Bluray. Hell having ProgressiveScan and Widescreen makes me happy enough ;p....But obviously 720p(not true 720p that is) is fantastic for Bluray along with HDMI. Still will only be keeping this TV for less than 2 years before Nintendo's next system hits along with the PS4 in NOV 2011...if they're not realesed by then, well i guess i'll be keeping this set alittle longer ;p But when the time comes I'll be getting a 50" 3D 1080p HDTV.

But am i right though, that you wouldn't beable to tell the difference sitting 9 feet away from a 42" screen between 1024x768 compared to 1366x768, or even 1080p when playing PS3 games or watching Bluray? Somebody was saying at that distance you cant telll the difference.

What the chart shows is that, for a 50-inch screen, the benefits of 720p vs. 480p start to become apparent at viewing distances closer than 14.6 feet and become fully apparent at 9.8 feet. For the same screen size, the benefits of 1080p vs. 720p start to become apparent when closer than 9.8 feet and become full apparent at 6.5 feet. In my opinion, 6.5 feet is closer than most people will sit to their 50" plasma TV (even through the THX recommended viewing distance for a 50" screen is 5.6 ft). So, most consumers will not be able to see the full benefit of their 1080p TV.

Originally Posted by danny_w

I have the 50" model (used to have the 42" but replaced it) and I don't think I could tell the difference at 9 feet between this 720p set and a 1080p set. That's not to say that nobody could, but I think you would have to look mighty hard to tell any difference at that distance. I think for most people 1080p is simply marketing hype; nobody sits that close to their tv (at least nobody I know of). Here is a quote that I found:



Source:
http://carltonbale.com/2006/11/1080p-does-matter/

Originally Posted by werfish

Hi All,I got this set last week and the brightness and contrast is at mid 40's. i have noticed that the screen goes blank while showing dark scenes( like with a candle flickering). Any idea on how to resolve this?

Originally Posted by stereomandan

I have found that when my brightness was set too low that I would get the flickering issue.

Dan

Originally Posted by joebloggs13

I think it has to do with the backlight switching on and off. I dont know why it does this, but apparently it's normal(maybe a power saving thing?). Is your set in movie mode? I found that it would only happen in movie mode. I have mine in standard and dont have that issue anymore.

Originally Posted by werfish

Yes,The set is in movie mode, i guess it happened in standard mode too.i have brighteness at 45 and contrast at 49 in the break in and power save in medium.Another thing i noticed is that in the dark scenes the whole set looks dark and i couldnt figure out the faces.

Originally Posted by WaveBoy

But am i right though, that you wouldn't beable to tell the difference sitting 9 feet away from a 42" screen between 1024x768 compared to 1366x768, or even 1080p when playing PS3 games or watching Bluray? Somebody was saying at that distance you cant telll the difference.

Originally Posted by achebee4you

I just want to say after hours of reading i've pulled the trigger on this set the 50" and damn this thing is great!! haven't broken it in yet, but i want yo thank everyone for such good feedback both +'ive and -'ive. For 800 bones with a surround sound this thing was a steal! Luckily i still have an old full hd dvd player from toshiba with about 100 hd dvds and i cannot tell the diff between this and my full hd lcd lnt4061, this 720p set actually accepted the 1080p output at 24fps that the hd dvd played at the picture is suberb no motion blur and perfect clarity. i can't wait to tweak it after break in period. my lnt4061 which is 1080p cannot compare to this set wow!!!