Official Samsung UNxxES8000 Owner's Thread - Page 365

LoD80k, or any other previous Plasma owners, I just brought home my GT50 and I want to know what I need to look out for early on to see if this is the panel for me. In this thread it seems flash lighting, clouding, uniformity is the LED worry. As best I have been able to figure buzzing and IR are the worries for the GT or even VT.

How about more personal stuff? I won't hear about it over in the GT50 thread because those folks are happy with their sets, which I hope to be too, but you folks went another direction? why?

Thanks. My 50" 9 yr. old plasma kicked the bucket. I'm kind of a Sony person now after owning a VW90ES PJ that threw a excellent picture on my 110" screen. But I've been watching this thread and the other 2 threads. Thanks for giving me a heads up on the Amazon price. I don't want to go any larger than 55"-60" TV. That's all the room I have with my setup. I have a ceiling mount so I could slide 3 Klipsch RF7IIs and then my 110" screen just drops in front of everything. Lots of decisions. Thanks again.

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Check out my review on the GT thread. The picture below shows an LED on the left and plasma on the right. Not sure if you can zoom in? The Samsung is an LED in 60". Thus my interest in the Samsung. Probably best to pm me so we don't hijack this thread. I will answer any questions.


Edited by LoD80k - 1/28/13 at 7:50pm

I ultimately decided that the GT50 wasn't for me after spending a couple of weeks watching broadcast channels. The crisp, clean Direct TV HD picture I was used to on my old 46" LED looked consistently horrible on the GT50. In fact, some channels didn't look like HD at all. No amount of tweaking seemed to make a difference. I just couldn't dial in a satisfying picture. It got so bad, I honestly thought something was wrong with the receiver. I reconnected my 46" TV back to the Direct TV box and all was once again well. That was the deal-breaker for me. If all I was going to use the Panny for was watching Blu-ray discs in an always darkened room, I would have kept it. I found Its performance in that environment using that particular source to be almost second to none. For all other viewing, though, not so much (3D playback, in particular, was especially awful, with a dull, dark 3D image full of crosstalk and headache-inducing flicker). Unfortunately, Blu-rays at night comprises only a portion of what I need a TV like this to do. The only other thing about the GT50 that really surprised me was how much heat it generated compared to my LED. This was my first foray into the world of plasma, but if you are a previous plasma owner, then you may be used to this and it is not going to be a deterrent to you. In the end, I have to say that under certain conditions, the GT50 is a truly stellar performer. How you feel about it when it gets outside its comfort zone, that is the big question, and only you can decide that. Best of luck with whatever you decide to do!

Those who are interested:

With the new Apple TV OS update now you can pair your Samsung Bluetooth keyboard. I used model KBD1500. Press pairing button on the back of the keyboard and go to general menu of the Apple TV, then select the Samsung keyboard. It'll automatically pair the keyboard without entering any password.

Happy YouTube and Netflix surfing.

Don't know why Samsung is taking ages to include keyboard support for these key apps !

Yes they already replaced the mainboard the first time they came out. The TV operated fine for about a month or so and then it started up again. I did not purchase an extended warranty, but I have extended warranty protection through the American Express that I purchased it with. I have another service appointment for Friday and we'll see what happens.

After two weeks use. The banding for my replacement. Im going to keep this set.

It's hard to tell from any picture on the web but that looks pretty good. What size screen is it?

Also - with banding, many times the source material can show more or less so to speak. Example: hockey and golf are probably the two sports were banding shows the most on my 65" Sammy set. But!!! I watched parts of two hockey games this past week (the Colorado Avalanche - if you can call them a hockey team) and the first one had noticeable banding but last night in Edmonton - - virtually zero banding! Not there. Maybe it was the darker color of the ice or, in my opinion, the source signal as well.

A good check is to see how much banding you get with your Bluray player. My guess is minimal compared to broadcast TV - either cable or satellite- - unless you happen to get a clunker like I did (2nd set) that showed banding when it first powered on - - you know, the Samsung logo. (Slight exaggeration...)

...I watch a boatload of hockey; zero banding BUT pleasantly surprised at the amount of deatil and texture on the ice conditions....love

...You know me well my man. I'm glad the new FW is correcting and/or improving picture quality for my good buds here on the thread. I myself will definately sit on the sidelines for a while.

...ditto. Not a second on buyers remorse. I LOVE this tv. The great news is that shopping tv's is also splitting hairs among fantastic picture quality spread around a few brands. I love this.

...KILLER stuff and a BullsEye Rico!!!

...yup, love it. I only have to pounce when someones "agenda" goes overboard and overkill on a negative...then it's time to put the kabosh on said poster. I really like reports on how other sources play with the 8000.

...Money aside, i'd grab the Elite RTFN but....it was not in the mix when I was shopping. It's better than my 60" es8000 that i paid 2900 for including a soundbar and a vacumn cleaner (dont ask LOL) ...even at 4500 its not what I would consider NEARLY 1500 better in pic quality... Money no object, grab the Elite. When these are off and floating in your room. The es8000 is hands down the sexiest piece of gear out there.

OK, this may have already been mentioned regarding the latest FW update, but has anyone else noticed an improvement on the faint "v" that we have come to know and love. I can tell you that it was not very noticeable before but it was there. Since my firmware update, it is completely gone - I have been looking for it, and cannot see it, even in the most favorable conditions to showcase that effect.

On letterbox content, under the right lighting conditions, I would notice the V consistently enough prior to this update. It was never an issue as it was so faint but for the life of me I cannot see it anymore.

I don't miss the little guy, but I am dubious about a FW update fixing something like this.

Yeah, I have, especially in Movie mode. Movie mode now looks as deep as Standard too me with the correct and comparable backlight for the lighting conditions. Others have mentioned it too. I'm not sure what they did though. I've liked all the updates except the previous one, so this was a good one for me.

You did end up with a UN60ES8000, right? What made you go that direction....The GT is not that exciting during the day and I am really worried i made a bad choice.

If you weren't the least concerned about sleek, which really doesn't matter to me, would you still say the same thing?

Affirmative - - the little fellow is gone on my set as well. The "V" that I had on my TV was most noticeable when changing scenes - - going from a bright scene and then fading to black and back again. At any rate - - I'm happy that it's no longer there!

So - - does that mean that Samsung can address PQ issues we didn't think they could with firmware updates?

nothing really new in the article... h.265 is nothing new..its been in the talks...but i can guarantee it wont be in this evo kit just yet.....and if it is...no biggie...its just a compression technology...its not gonna "WOW' any of us.... i take everything with a grain of salt....

IF MD still isn't in Movie mode, that might explain why I see a difference in Movie mode but not much if any difference in Standard mode (which isn't a bad thing since it was already awesome). In other words, yes the 8000's Ultimate may be making a larger difference than the 7500's Pro in Standard mode. Granted on a pure black screen I still see a little clouding if looked at off axis (in either mode), but it's slight and not something that bothers me in the least - I understood the technology before I bought.

I really don't care if it's included either, but after what I know I had read and seen somewhere, if the F series does have it, then I would actually bet that the Evo Kit will have it too because something like that would be dependent on the chips - which is included in the kit. Either way, it won't be a deciding factor for me.

I have the 8000, and I primarily use Standard now, whereas I used to go back and forth between Movie and Standard. Since the last update, I doubt I will be using Movie mode any longer. Standard just looks better to me overall, and I am not constantly tweaking my settings to get that nice picture.

I am really surprised at how much of a difference I have noticed since this last update. Previous updates have been ok, but I always wondered if my perception of changes was based on the fact that I wanted to see a difference. With this update, I DEFINITELY see a difference, and I am loving it!