Official Samsung UNXXD8000 Owners' Thread - Page 220

Originally Posted by MKANET



You also wont get this kind of brightness on any plasma; not even close:


This pic was taken on a Microdimming plus TV set with respective settings to take care of those issues.

Originally Posted by m.shalaby

I wish the room was dark when he took that picture.

After reading through this thread a bit, it seems some complain about it (some showing photo's as well) and some say its a non-issue... I guess the jury is out *sigh*

Originally Posted by MKANET

It's very simple... It's the same thing; except you wont see anything except for the text. I purposefully lit the room a little bit so you could make out the edges of the TV; otherwise, its just all empty black space and just white text; not much to look out. There are other pictures out with the lights completely out. It makes no difference.

Originally Posted by m.shalaby

gotcha - so your basically stating you don't get any edge clouding whatsoever on your set? thats good news

what are your settings if you don't mind me asking? backlight/contrast/brightness/etc....

Originally Posted by SpartanElite_MX

I have the 55UND8000. I have a Samsung blu ray player (D5500). So, I calibrated the TV image using CNETs settings, and for blu rays, it looks good and sharp but the image has some kind of dark, sepia like tone, and I don't like it most of the times. The BD-Wise setting that gets set by default because of the blu ray player is more vibrant color wise and way brighter, but you can see those giant pixels in faces and what not, any advice on this?

should I use MKANET settings from his website or is there any other agreed upon settings for this?

Originally Posted by bigtnaples

Alright so I have had the TV for a while now. UN55D8000 H303..

Great TV and aside from some uniformity issues in certain images the TV constantly wows me.

That said I have a pretty big problem with the audio.

I have a Panasonic SC-PT770 home theater in a box set. Problem is, when it is connected to the TV through Digital audio out, the audio drops out for 1-4 seconds every time there is a sudden loud noise. It has been annoying but tolerable for the last 2 months since it usually only happens 2 or three times per movie.

However I just watched Tron:Legacy on Blu Ray and the movie was completely unwatchable. Audio dropping every other explosion in the movie. I Hooked it back up to the PS3 directly, and it works just fine no audio drops. (Keep in mind this problem is across the board, DVR Box, Bluray's, 360 Games, everything.)

I have tried messing around with the settings on the receiver, no luck. And the TV itself does not really have many options for audio when digital out is selected. (Dolby Digital has always been greyed out, even when the digital audio cable is unplugged. )

Help please? This problem ranges from annoying to detrimental to my experience.

Originally Posted by bigtnaples

No one having this issue? It really is a hindrance to everything I do on the TV. Any and all input would be greatly appreciated.

Originally Posted by m.shalaby

I wish the room was dark when he took that picture.

After reading through this thread a bit, it seems some complain about it (some showing photo's as well) and some say its a non-issue... I guess the jury is out *sigh*

Originally Posted by Jerry98vert

MKANET you have been very jenerous with sharing settings I hope you have time for a question or 2, I have not tried your settings yet.

1. I play PS3 and all the settings for Auto Motion Plus except for clear makes my golf game skip (not smooth) with your new setting you have custom instead of clear should I just change that?

2. All my devices are going to the reciever and just 1 HDMI is going into the TV I believe HDMI 1 should I change this?

Thanks again.

Originally Posted by leftyguitar1963

Too bad, unlike the soon-to-be-released 2012 Models that will feature "Smart Evolution" Future proof TVs, the 2011 UNxxD8000s missed the bus on this gr8 feature.........

Originally Posted by leftyguitar1963

Too bad, unlike the soon-to-be-released 2012 Models that will feature "Smart Evolution" Future proof TVs, the 2011 UNxxD8000s missed the bus on this gr8 feature.........

Originally Posted by MKANET

How is it future-proof if the display technology itself keeps changing quickly every year (LED/LED technologies, OLED, etc)? There's still a lot of room for displays to keep getting better each year. The only real advantage "Smart Evolution" offers seems to be related to processing power and memory capacity for firmware updates. You would have to buy the "smart evolution" module each year you want to keep up with technology; but the display will still stay the same.

Originally Posted by prophetizer

put your TV in Game Mode for playing ps3 games

Originally Posted by avsscientist

...Having said that, the lower left corner of my TV has a fist-size irregular "blob" of white cloud which shows in any dim scenes, which I have no idea why.

Originally Posted by osburnfamily


Also, the xvYCC option on the D8000 TV is only avail when you're source is in YCbCr mode. So, if you see & have the ability to set xvYCC on the tv, then you're not in RGB anyway-- thus Mike's setting won't work.

Originally Posted by MKANET

Edit: My settings however are meant for RGB 0-255 brightness input sources.

Originally Posted by Jerry98vert

First thanks MKanet, as far as the Game Mode I don't really like the look seems kind of dark to me.

So now after hooking up:

Cable Box
PS3
Blu-ray 3d
DVD recorder player
Xbox (orginal)

Into the reciever first and then out with one HDMI into HDMI 1 of the UN55D8000 maybe I should rethink this to get better picture quility on the different components????????

Originally Posted by Jerry98vert

First thanks MKanet, as far as the Game Mode I don't really like the look seems kind of dark to me.

So now after hooking up:

Cable Box
PS3
Blu-ray 3d
DVD recorder player
Xbox (orginal)

Into the reciever first and then out with one HDMI into HDMI 1 of the UN55D8000 maybe I should rethink this to get better picture quility on the different components????????

Originally Posted by rick24

That's what I was wondering. My receiver isn't 3D ready though. So I'm not sure if I need to change the way my 3D BluRay is hooked up. Do I go directly to the TV?? But then what about sound?? I wouldnt get sound out of my 5.1 system??

Originally Posted by rick24

That's what I was wondering. My receiver isn't 3D ready though. So I'm not sure if I need to change the way my 3D BluRay is hooked up. Do I go directly to the TV?? But then what about sound?? I wouldnt get sound out of my 5.1 system??

Originally Posted by prophetizer

the only way for you to do that is to use HDMI to TV, Toslink to Receiver, or get a bluray that has dual HDMI outputs. or buy a new AVR

Originally Posted by by96

I recently faced the same problem. My AVR just missed HDMI 1.4, but is too new to replace. I decided to go for the dual-HDMI Blu-Ray option and chose the Samsung 6700. So far, I am thrilled with it. This method also gives you the option of choosing to use the TV speakers or your AVR. (The former option is great for my kid's movies and simplifies the process for my wife.) If you use a regular Blu-Ray (not dual HDMI) and send the optical cable to your AVR, you will get 5.1, but not the latest HD audio options by Dolby and DTS. (Even if your AVR can't decode the HD audio tracks, the Blu-Ray player can, but can only send the signal - as PCM - to your AVR via HDMI, not optical.) Thus, in order to get 3D and HD audio capabilities, the only options are a dual-HDMI Blu-Ray player or a new AVR with HDMI 1.4 abilities.