*The Official Samsung PNxxC8000 Owner's Discussion Thread!! - Page 114

Originally Posted by UMD_Terp

wow... that sucks.

Mine is scheduled to arrive tomorrow morning. Hoping for the best... but Amazon is now out of stock so a 3rd replacement for me may take who knows how long.

Originally Posted by rilenixx

i had the 58vt25 and games look so much better on the sammy.

Originally Posted by rilenixx

i can not access dolby digital over the pcm option in the settings because dolby digital is always greyed out. any suggestions.

Originally Posted by lovingdvd

Search AVS for posts made by me in the Samsung threads. I had similar problems and eventually gave up with wireless and ran a wired connection.

Originally Posted by oozura

Good luck. I am wishing the best for you and anyone who is to receive delivery of this TV. The heartbreak is too much when you look at a TV this size and its cracked.

I might even try to watch the damaged 2nd replacement over the weekend. Think that would pose a problem if returning? Would they know if it had been turned on?

Originally Posted by UMD_Terp

well, Amazon's second try at it was cracked as well... not as bad as the first, but still cracked. Amazon basically has stopped selling their inventory until they figure out if their whole shipment is damaged. At least they will give me my money + $100 credit for the trouble, so not all is lost.

Originally Posted by bpjauburn

Make that 4. I just replaced the 57s with the 58" C8000. Very, very pleased so far.

Originally Posted by UMD_Terp

well, Amazon's second try at it was cracked as well... not as bad as the first, but still cracked. Amazon basically has stopped selling their inventory until they figure out if their whole shipment is damaged. At least they will give me my money + $100 credit for the trouble, so not all is lost.

Originally Posted by oozura

wow... sorry to hear that. strange they told me they had another one and would ship. while i have not seen the shipped notice yet it does have an estimated delivery date of next week. you orderd the 58" or 63"?

Also, did you get it with the 3d bundle and do you have to return that stuff?

Originally Posted by lovingdvd

I'm not sure why. So you are pressing the Tools button to access the Sound option? Normally if there is no DD or DTS track then the only option shown at all is PCM (as opposed to the DD or DTS option being grayed out). You are sure your source is DD or DTS? Not sure if this will matter but try setting your speaker type to External only and see if that makes a difference. Just guessing though.

Originally Posted by uscpsycho

I am using the wired connection to a bridge. There is no way for the TV to know that there's anything wireless with that hookup.

Originally Posted by oozura

Oh that's nice. I was trying to get the 58" so maybe thats why they are still shipping it. I wonder if Amazon is having the same shipment problem with 58s. oh well, I'll keep being the guinea pig. Just think its like getting a big screen delivered every week. Oh the rush!

You could always downgrade to the c7000 since they are still shipping that. You can then just do the service menu trick to get the c8000 menus. you only really lose the real black filter.

Originally Posted by lovingdvd

I tried something similar. I used a wired connection from the TV to a wireless dongle (has an Ethernet port for input, than transmits wirelessly to the router). It got as far as the Ping Gateway test but always failed at that point. The frustrating thing was that if I plugged my laptop in to the wireless dongle it would work, but the TV would not (even though it could see the other computers on my network).

Eventually I gave up and ran a wire to the TV. It was a real pain but with hindsight I am glad because I prefer the stability of the wired connection for such an application.

Originally Posted by jink

I think Samsung needs work with their packaging.

The 63" ordered to upgrade from my 58" arrived today... cracked... just like my first 58". The box looked fine, just like before, but suffered enough force to crack the interior glass. Samsung needs to provide more padding on these heavy, expensive panels!


Amazon has now marked the C8000 'under review' and will not be selling them until their shipping investigation is finished. Lady on the phone said they have had a very high number of damaged Samsungs. This means I had to return my TV for a refund; it doesn't sound like another shipment will be for a while.

Originally Posted by rilenixx

can anyone please tell me what the cause of this issue is. when i used to watch a movie, show, etc. when it went to an all black scene(tv all black in between scenes) my tv would get so dark it would look like it was off. i loved this feature but i dont notice this anymore. you could actually see it get darker for that split second and i loved it. but no more. is it because i have my source running through a pioneer reciever.

Originally Posted by buggdog

i'll be receiving my second shipment from US-appliance this morning. The first one, the shipping company called me and said the box was so banged up that I would probably refuse shipment if I saw it. US appliance used a different freight company and I should be getting the replacement today. I hope I dont have any cracked screen issues. We'll see in a few hours!

By the way, US-appliance's customer service was wonderful. they shipped out a second tv quickly after the shipping company reported damage (Last Friday). SO it took only a week for the replacement to come.

Originally Posted by rdellar17

It bet it is this... SOLVED! Samsung PNxxC8000: Dark Movie/TV Scenes Turn Panel Off

The panel really is turning off on all black scenes.

I actually didn't like it because to me it is obvious when the panel shuts off... You should be able to change the settings to make it happen though. (Any setting other than Movie mode in the defaults should do it. The source input has to be all black, even a handful of pixels will keep the screen from turning off.)

Originally Posted by UMD_Terp

well, Amazon's second try at it was cracked as well... not as bad as the first, but still cracked. Amazon basically has stopped selling their inventory until they figure out if their whole shipment is damaged. At least they will give me my money + $100 credit for the trouble, so not all is lost.

Originally Posted by uscpsycho

Did you know what the dongle's IP address was and manually enter it into the gateway field? On my TV I can't list the router's IP address as the gateway, as you would normally do for a device behind the router. That fails the TV's gateway test but if I set the gateway IP to the bridge then the TV passes the gateway test.

It's just that darn Internet Service Test. Doesn't ANYONE know what the heck "Connecting to external device failed" means??? What on earth is my TV trying to connect to???

Originally Posted by obxterra

Received my 50" 8000 yesterday afternoon, purchased from Crutchfield, shipped through CEVA Logistics, no damage and the delivery guy unboxed and plugged it in to check the screen.

1. No buzzing, no dead pixels I can find.

2. Went through the entire CNET setup, but really not impressed with the results. LOTR looks to have a greenish tint, and is generally too dark (Movie mode). Think I'll reset to default and mull this over. Although, there is more depth, the as delivered settings made it look flat and only marginally better than the Sammy HLN DLP it replaces.

3. Is there a means for me to reset to the beginning setup menu? I never saw the opportunity to select Home use, or should that matter.

4. Haven't tried the 3D yet, and I have chosen not to use a burn-in process. I will just be careful not to do anything risky.

Originally Posted by dankfoot

I feel the same way. I'm actually thinking I might return mine and wait till next years.

Originally Posted by henryld

Got my 63" this week from Best Buy. I have until the end of January 2011 to return it if something happens to change my mind.