Samsung PNXXc450 Owners Thread *NO PRICE TALK* - Page 56

Originally Posted by PENDRAG0ON

This will be the final picture I post of my 50c450. PM me if I need to update the first post.

Originally Posted by PENDRAG0ON


The green bluring is phosphor lag, step up to a 3d enabled panel, they have faster phosphors that greatly reduce it. The Larger (58 inch or larger) panels in the 5 series and up are your best bet here.

As for the double images, that is 30fps game judder. Try a 60fps game like one of the Modern Warfare titles, they don't have this problem. LCDs blur the image so much that it hides this judder (or if you enable motion enhancement, it makes new frames to fill in the gaps) Your only hope here is to get a PC that can run the games at 60fps.

Originally Posted by PENDRAG0ON


95% of people can't see it at all. 99% can't see it on anything that came out in 2010 or later, and the remaining 1% can barely see any trace of it on the 3D models. It is a complete non issue at this point in my book. (I fell into the final 1%, but I had to really strain to see it on the c450)

Originally Posted by Mccglastron1972

The one that kills th TV...

Originally Posted by brengibble

Perhaps you or someone else can advise me...

I have blue pixel clouds on the upper part of the screen just off to the right center, pretty much mostly visible on white backgrounds (but oddly enough not on every white background). On light backgrounds the rest of the screen develops light clouds of what look like blue-ish, greenish pixels spanning the top two-thirds of the screen, but again only on some light backgrounds and not others. I don't seem to have the problem of red pixels on black backgrounds at all. (And I'm grateful to note that my set also isn't a buzzer.)

I was able to find out that my set has firmware 1004. Might there be any advantage to installing something more recent, even if only up to 1006? Or anything other than 1008.2?

Originally Posted by Mastperf

Ok, the repair man came this morning to fix my set. He brought the newest firmware with him on a thumbdrive. I told him that the update had ruined some peoples sets (like my first one) , but he said it was designed to fix the red pixels and went ahead with the update....to make a long story short, I now have another ruined set and have to wait over a week for a new panel. He told me that the panels that come from Mexico are the ones that cause the red pixels but that they replace them with non-defective Chinese panels.
I hope this is the last of these problems since I've had nothing but trouble since I got my first one in late Jan.

Originally Posted by Knight026

Hello all,
It seems that there are some hardcore people here who take their picture quality very seriously. Could you please share some of your picture settings? And\\or direct me to a page number on this thread if you know it off the top of your head. Thanks!

Originally Posted by skinsfan28

Well the repairman couldn't fix my tv so he took it with him hopefully I won't be without it much longer. Thank god the warranty is still good till August.

Originally Posted by speeddmon

My warranty is up in June and I got a letter from Samsung giving me the option of extending my plan. It's $200+ for one year or $300+ for 3 more years. I was wondering if I should do it now.

Originally Posted by futurecode

Had this set since June of last year so I assume that I'll be getting the same letter soon. Kicked myself in hte butt from not getting a Mack warranty at the time and will definitely give their option of the three year extended warranty a looksie.

With the recent "red dots" and issue people are having with this set I do have a question for all you guys out there though. I know almost everyone here swears that the 1008.2 firmware kills this TV (I believe I'm still on 1006.X.) So here is my question, if 1008.2 kills a decent amount of panels, isn't it more likely than not that those that do get killed by the update are either defective or made improperly while those that are not are manufactured correctly? So, even though my set is running fine for me now (and for the past 10 months), wouldn't if behoove me to update to this firmware coming close to my end of warranty? Either its going to work fine and give me a little peace of mind going past warranty that my panel is ok and will last for a while, or, it's going to kill my panel and since it's still under warranty I would get a replacement that would be fine and good working order which, in turn, would give me peace of mind going past warranty?

Originally Posted by speeddmon

What does the update do to the tv that kills it? I updated my firmware about 2 weeks ago with 1008 firmware that's on the samsung website and haven't noticed any problems. I was/am reconsidering the warranty now though since people I work with at Walmart say plasmas have a lifespan of 2-3 years. Good question on the warranty, I don't know if spending about $400 on a extended 3 year warranty is worth it or not down the road.

Originally Posted by futurecode

Had this set since June of last year so I assume that I'll be getting the same letter soon. Kicked myself in hte butt from not getting a Mack warranty at the time and will definitely give their option of the three year extended warranty a looksie.

With the recent "red dots" and issue people are having with this set I do have a question for all you guys out there though. I know almost everyone here swears that the 1008.2 firmware kills this TV (I believe I'm still on 1006.X.) So here is my question, if 1008.2 kills a decent amount of panels, isn't it more likely than not that those that do get killed by the update are either defective or made improperly while those that are not are manufactured correctly? So, even though my set is running fine for me now (and for the past 10 months), wouldn't if behoove me to update to this firmware coming close to my end of warranty? Either its going to work fine and give me a little peace of mind going past warranty that my panel is ok and will last for a while, or, it's going to kill my panel and since it's still under warranty I would get a replacement that would be fine and good working order which, in turn, would give me peace of mind going past warranty?

Originally Posted by nathan

I got a letter the other day from Sears saying there was a firmware update for my PN50C450B1D. I was supposedly one of the later serial numbers that would benefit. I was hoping it would help some with the motion blur, so I figured I would update. I forgot the 'if it ain't broke...' principle, plus I didn't check in here first to double check.

Long story short firmware 1008.2 screwed me over. I've got blotchy pixels all over and it gets worse the longer it's on. It seems to have snap-shotted the signal that was currently being displayed when I was doing the update and is now applying some adjustment to the picture that is based on that original signal.

After 3 rounds with Samsung customer support, which was relatively helpful, I've got a 1008.3 coming in the mail on a thumbdrive. It is new enough they couldn't get it to me on their special password only download site.

Anyone have any experience with firmware 1008.3 after having been screwed over by 1008.2. For now I've just got the thing unplugged as I don't want to burn in the blotchy 'adjustment' that is being added to the picture now.

Originally Posted by widgetlocsta

did the new firmware help you at all? i too have just falling victim of 1008.2 update, i found this site after it was to late

Originally Posted by nathan

Nope. My screen is toast. They are going to have to replace the panel. In fact, they even were supposedly able to revert back to 1006 and that didn't help. He said 1008.2 made permanent changes to the main board (?) and even the revert didn't help.