Samsung PN51D6500 - Page 3

After you get into the service menu what are the steps to change the 3d cell brightness and the regular 2d cell brightness? Thanks!

Hasn't anyone noticed that this TV runs crazy hot??? If you run your fingers along the top edge of the TV, it is very uncomfortable. It feels like your fingers are burning!

My concern is that this heat build up may shorten the life of the TV.

jgeiger462 - I may be missing something, but why do you need to go into the service menu to change CL? You can change those on the fly while in any source be it 2d or 3d.

reng2005 - I noticed this as well with my 51d6900. It wasn't burning hot, but certainly quite warm. I noticed last night, however, that after watching netflix for 3+ hours that it was actually cool. I'm wondering if it is because of the source since the warmth was running 1080p movies from my computer via hdmi.

A lot of displays do get warm though, and at least the tv is passively cooled with the vents at the top of the unit.

I do have a Q though. Is there any way to change video settings for Netflix? Seems like it auto dims when you first open the app and then gets brighter once you start navigating.

what version is the firmware? I don't see anything on the site?

not resolved yet. The "repair" local service closest to hear contacted Samsung, but they had never heard of this particular problem. Still waiting for service. Tried to return it to vendor (within 30 days) by no go. Also I posted a (very good) product review on Samsung's web site well over 4 weeks ago; I was told (3 weeks ago) it would be posted within a week if accepted. Nothing. You can see some other comments on Samsung Televisions facebook page.

How does it compare with the 2010 PN50C7000?

I am interested in this set. Has anyone compared this to the Panny TC-P50ST30?

I am giddy with excitement, as I just pulled the trigger on ordering this TV. Now the hardest part: waiting for it to arrive!

Pretty pumped too because the whole deal came with a 3d bluray player and the megamind 3d starter kit, so i've already got two pair of glasses and some 3d movies to watch right off the bat!

ya i got this tv yesterday, will be arriving here early next week. cant wait to play some uncharted 3 in 3d on it this fall.

I got this TV yesterday from Amazon (took two days to get here after I ordered and arrived a few hours before the Blu-ray player and 3D starter set that came with it). So far I'm very happy with it after a struggle or two with the stand. The only negative is the lack of pop on pure white screens. It seems like there's a lot of room to play with the picture settings, so I'll do that at some point.

I thought the 3D starter kit had mail-ins for some of the movies, but all of the Shrek movies and Megamind were in there, so I was happy with that. The 3D was excellent and the only blemish I saw was ghosting on one scene of an IMAX flight movie I was watching off the Samsung apps. I watched some of the last Shrek movie and Megamind and was transfixed. Also checked out Life on Blu-ray and it was outstanding, though it's hard to imagine that series looking bad on any HD television.

I played some PS3 games briefly and thought the 3D was good. The 3D trailer for Uncharted 3 was very impressive. I also noticed the response time was significantly better than my Samsung LCD, which is now in the bedroom. Easiest to notice with the Wii menu screen, but it also seemed like Kinect on the 360 was smoother as well. I do notice some flickering on the Xbox 360 dashboard that I didn't notice when I tried two games (Tiger Woods and Hydro Thunder).

I've always wanted a plasma and I love 3D. So far, so good.

Over the weekend I got my tv hung on the wall. Only thing I currently have it hooked up to is my Samsung blu-ray player (and the wall outlet for power obviously). Watched about an hour on the player Saturday evening, everything was fine. Watched about 1/2 hour on the player Sunday afternoon, again everything behaving fine. Then Sunday night when I went to bed out the door of my bedroom it seemed like there was too much light coming from the living room. My wife went out, came back and said "your tv is on". "huh???" So as I'm going out, I see the living room get darker, and I get out there, and the screen appears to be off. So I grab the remote, turn the tv on, turns on fine, then turn it back off, turns back off fine. BUT, I notice the red power/standby light in the lower left corner is flickering. That's the first I've noticed that sort of behavior.

Not sure what to make of this. I unplugged the TV for overnight (didn't want it magically turning on during the night), i'll have to investigate more this evening.

I assume no one else has seen behavior like this? Or if anyone has any helpful insight, I'm all ears...thx...but at the moment it seems like I'll be invoking the warranty service on this thing

I have the 55 inch version of this television and it works very well. The 3D is a little difficult to get working through a laptop connection. Most of this is user error I think. I finally found source video in SBS and that did the trick.

There is a review of the Samsung PN51D6500 here: http://www.televisioninfo.com/conten...and-Whites.htm

They compare it to the Panasonic TC-P50ST30. According to their measurements, the Panasonic has deeper blacks.

Got my PN51D6500 build date July 11,N202,from Amazon,delivered by Home Direct 11/23 along with BD-D6500 BR player.Plugged in,turned on.Dropped cell to 17,con to 80,no other tweaking,stayed out of box,no buzz,FBr on hockey game in 1st period,gone by 3rd period.3D ok,2D to 3D-different.Will hook up smart with ethernet cable.Reflections minimum.Pic overall not as good as my PN51D450.So far-satisfied after 1 week.

just got this as a replacement for a c540

can anyone share recommended settings, other than the obvious get it into movie mode asap

thanks in advance

It's not the TV, it's Time Warner - you need to upgrade to their new 3D box... which just happens to be made by Samsung, too!

what do people think would be a good price to pay for this 2nd hand? Talking to someone on Craigslist that has it up for sale. How has it been holding up? what is the current software version? thanks.

What do you mean hack to be an 8000?