Official Samsung UNxxES8000 Owner's Thread - Page 460

Originally Posted by arenaman 

Thanks, try posting a 40% grey or light blue slide up, that's more of a test of the uniformity and you should be able to see the panel for what it really is (if you're brave enough)

Originally Posted by howzz1854 

ok. here are the results from 100% white to 40%, and then 75% blue.

other than the 100% white, my naked eye can't see any banding in 75% blue or 40% white. i guess it's normal?

Originally Posted by timmay77 




If I get a hold of Samsung, what are my chances that they will work with me on either fixing the banding issue (I know that's not possible) or getting me a different panel with "less" banding? I have read the thread on dealing with Samsung Customer Service:

Originally Posted by mickjcat 

Arenaman,
I called Samsung and got a repair person coming out next week. The support person was trying to get me to contact my satellite company, direct TV, he said it was their problem. I told him it was happening when I had ATT uverse and that another person on a forum had the same issues and he is from England....:-) I think that is where you are from.....I hope I got that right. Anyway, after being on hold for a good time, he set up a repair person to come.I will keep you updated as I know more. Good luck to you.

Originally Posted by terry1hockeyfan 

arenam and mcat - I have the same problem and am awaiting a refund. They wouldn't send someone out to fix it, but they will send someone to pick it up. Oh well, I will buy another one likely and try to get the squaretrade warranty through costco, but don't think that is an option in Canada if the tv isn't purchased there? My set wasn't very bad initially, but has now become totally unwatchable. I am lucky to get 10 minutes before it goes color crazy and continuous reboot mode.

Originally Posted by parodielin 

Looks like the right and left sides are not as consistent as the middle. Is that b/c of pictures? My HS01 panel is pretty uniform in every color.

Originally Posted by arenaman 

They're pretty good to be fair in comparison to some I've seen, when you post up a low percentage slide you're going to see any slight flaws. I doubt anyone has a perfect panel.

I've posted a few images of mine in the past so won't bother unless anyone really wants to see them again.

Originally Posted by howzz1854 

ok. here are the results from 100% white to 40%, and then 75% blue.

other than the 100% white, my naked eye can't see any banding in 75% blue or 40% white. i guess it's normal?

Originally Posted by terry1hockeyfan 

arenam and mcat - I have the same problem and am awaiting a refund. They wouldn't send someone out to fix it, but they will send someone to pick it up. Oh well, I will buy another one likely and try to get the squaretrade warranty through costco, but don't think that is an option in Canada if the tv isn't purchased there? My set wasn't very bad initially, but has now become totally unwatchable. I am lucky to get 10 minutes before it goes color crazy and continuous reboot mode.

Originally Posted by arenaman 

Yes, you're right I'm from England, it was happening on my Sky TV source, hope it goes well, I'll look out for your updates and will let you know how I get on

Originally Posted by arenaman 

They're pretty good to be fair in comparison to some I've seen, when you post up a low percentage slide you're going to see any slight flaws. I doubt anyone has a perfect panel.

I've posted a few images of mine in the past so won't bother unless anyone really wants to see them again.

Originally Posted by howzz1854 

do you mind putting up yours, just for kicks. please

fyi, i don't know why the blue and 40% gray are showing, maybe it's the camera. but to my eyes i can't spot any banding in blue and gray. it's only white i notice.

as far as in movies, i don' notice it. i don't see it in hockey game or soccer game. only time i see it is if i tell myself it's there and i look for it. it all started when i started reading this forum. sigh....

Originally Posted by cmay91472 

If you can't see it, why are you stressing? Banding is obvious when its an issue. Yours is not an issue and probably the least amount of banding I've ever seen on a 65.

Originally Posted by cmay91472 

If you can't see it, why are you stressing? Banding is obvious when its an issue. Yours is not an issue and probably the least amount of banding I've ever seen on a 65.

Originally Posted by parodielin 

I thought this is a 60. Keep my fingers crossed for my upcoming 65.

Originally Posted by cmay91472 

If that's a 60, then it's a different story. I'd say that is actually more than what is normal for a 60 based off of owner comments for 60ES8000s, but still well within what I would consider a non issue especially if he says he does not notice in panning like Hockey.

Originally Posted by Bladerunner1959 

I had a chance to spy the 55" f8000 when buying the Hobbitt and ZeroDarkThirty last night: First impressions...It was mounted at floor level in the isle so judging darks, clouding and flashlight would be impossible.

Design wise its super sexy with continued theme of slim beze. I did like the retracting popup cam and ultrclean back panel but not sure if thats really good (i like easy access to the back plumbing when i walk behind my stand.

I did love the menus and input selector. Lots of interesting "stuff" going on there but the AngryBird demo via usb seemed to override some of my surfing thru the menu. The demo seemed to produce great clear, depth , detail and realism that I expect from the 8000 level.

Demo picture was outstanding. If i wasnt already an extremely happy owner of a un60es8000 i'm quite sure this would be on the short list of my picks. Based on demo alone no plasma in the store touches the F8000. BattleGround are with Sony only as the Elite is stupidly cost prohibitive for people in this budget.

I look forward to running this one through the drills when I can get my hands on a 60 or 65 as 55 or smaller always behave differently.

I wouldnt use the stand that comes with it so that is not a factor ever for me.

Originally Posted by Tarob 

Regarding my video streaming from the Mac.

I bought the licensed version of TVMobili and that solved all of my problems. Everything is working great. I tried Flex and it was no-go with the Mac.

TVMobili isn't the most user friendly program. It doesn't provide a great deal of information regarding what it's doing. Took forever to catalogue all of the media and during the process, didn't provide any detail concering progress. However, with patience, it dit it's job and I'm pretty much please with the results.

Thanks to all who provided assistance and guidance.

Originally Posted by howzz1854 

well.. consider i am already out of my exchange window, it's not like i can make any exchanges anymore. yes, i hardly notice anything during movies. the pictures actually makes it seem worse. i think picture #2 does a better job of what i actually see in reality. and in reality, i don't see any non-uniformity for solid blue or any other color. if anything in some commercials where you have a solid white background with a logo in the middle i start to notice. i guess i am just OCD. you can say that i just need some re-assurance from you guys to tell me it's not that bad.

sometimes i wish i'd never came on this thread and i probably would've never found out about any imperfections.

Originally Posted by howzz1854 

do you mind putting up yours, just for kicks. please

fyi, i don't know why the blue and 40% gray are showing, maybe it's the camera. but to my eyes i can't spot any banding in blue and gray. it's only white i notice.

as far as in movies, i don' notice it. i don't see it in hockey game or soccer game. only time i see it is if i tell myself it's there and i look for it. it all started when i started reading this forum. sigh....

Originally Posted by arenaman 

Originally Posted by howzz1854 

well.. consider i am already out of my exchange window, it's not like i can make any exchanges anymore. yes, i hardly notice anything during movies. the pictures actually makes it seem worse. i think picture #2 does a better job of what i actually see in reality. and in reality, i don't see any non-uniformity for solid blue or any other color. if anything in some commercials where you have a solid white background with a logo in the middle i start to notice. i guess i am just OCD. you can say that i just need some re-assurance from you guys to tell me it's not that bad.

sometimes i wish i'd never came on this thread and i probably would've never found out about any imperfections.

Originally Posted by thebignewt 

Get away while you still can. I even saw some banding recently on an NBC golf telecast. I was supposedly the one with a 65" that didn't have any. Cmay's disease spreads. It's like the Samsung phones you touch together and stuff transfers between them.

Originally Posted by 10k 

Ha, yea. They should rename this site "buyersremorseforum.com" :P

Originally Posted by howzz1854 

your looks like has slight horizontal band at the bottom at 40% and faintly vertical bands across the screen at 35% but very faint.

i guess it's all normal then.

Originally Posted by howzz1854 

well.. consider i am already out of my exchange window, it's not like i can make any exchanges anymore. yes, i hardly notice anything during movies. the pictures actually makes it seem worse. i think picture #2 does a better job of what i actually see in reality. and in reality, i don't see any non-uniformity for solid blue or any other color. if anything in some commercials where you have a solid white background with a logo in the middle i start to notice. i guess i am just OCD. you can say that i just need some re-assurance from you guys to tell me it's not that bad.

sometimes i wish i'd never came on this thread and i probably would've never found out about any imperfections.