Samsung F8000 -- 2013 Flagship Models - Page 37

Amazon has the 46" up for pre-order with the same March 17 release date.

Thanks for the link! I just searched Best Buy's inventory near me, and there isn't a single store anywhere close to my home that has one in stock. They do, however, list the set as available for pickup at the warehouse in Woodridge, IL.

Thanks , grhopper , I have seen it on Amazon , but I would really like to see it and check it out in a store.
Need a close look at the stand , but given the only place in my area that may have one is BB
it will most likely be mounted on there wall.

However , I was unaware , of the 17th date , so that tells me it should be showing up on Samsung`s web site soon.
Hopefully , I`ll be able to download the manual.

Thanks again , later

G. 

Just checked all 3 local Best Buys, and they all have them in the back but no display model is set up yet. One guy told me in the next week or two they would be setting them up. It looks to me like they're trying hard to push the old sets out first, even though they have them in stock.

Amazon has the 46"

Other than the two reviews I have seen in this forum has anyone come across any other reviews? I am looking to get the 75" in the fall if money allows :-)

Nebraska Furniture Mart is a local store in the KC Area with a lot of high-end furniture and electronics and they've told me that the f8000 will be available on the 14th. Their website also says the 14th... http://www.nfm.com/DetailsPage.aspx?productid=37613924
Does anyone know the offical release date for the f8000?

Offtopic... We are getting a NFM here in dallas soon, i have heard great things.

I've heard that as well. It's a cool place.

http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-UN46F8000-46-Inch-1080p-240Hz/dp/B00BCGRLU8/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1362936014&sr=1-1&keywords=Samsung+UN46F8000

The Omaha store has both the Sony and LG UHD 84 inchers on display. Very nice!!!

I checked the dimming for you Ken. Looks like the setting Motion Lighting is only changeable in standard. It is off in movie mode and on in cal-day and cal-night.

Cool link...apparently here in South Florida the UN55F8000 is in stock/available everywhere...

Looks like a trip Best Buy is the plan...

Went to my local Best Buy (Gurnee, IL) asked the Magnolia guy if I could see their F8000. Was surprised and seemed pleased it was finally out. Of course, they didn't have one in stock. Said one was "on the way" in the system. He also said the 65" was listed at $4300 in their system. He's gonna call me when it's in.

If I get anxious I might take a trip to ABT (prolly the best electronics store on the planet).

$4,300 was also the original price of the 65ES8000 I believe.

Then I hope we see $3700 sooner than later

Same in KC. Sony looked slightly better to me. Had the same loop of outdoor scenes on both.

I was at Abt yesterday, and they didn't have one yet.

It looks to be in stock by me as well. I may make a quick stop tomorrow and take a look.

Are you guys in the US getting the F8500 LED? This must have passed me by but it looks like it's the F8000 LED in a F8500 plasma frame and only £500 extra for the privilege

There's been no mention of it over here, except in this thread, of course. I like the looks better than the 8000, but if I get one it's going on the wall, so the stand won't matter.

At this price point, especially for the 75" which is the only one I'm interested in, I suppose an extra 500 or so whatevers won't make much difference.

Although it's apparently a moot point on this side of the pond.
Edited by moonhawk - 3/10/13 at 2:42pm

could some one clarify for me.
in the AVF review under gaming performance it says to rename game mode to PC to get the input lag down to 41ms.
what i want to know is do i rename game mode to PC or do i make a new mode name PC?? for the 41ms, i am going to game when i buy the 55F8000


http://www.avforums.com/reviews/Samsung-UE-F8000-55F8000-55-47F800-47-75F8000-75-Inch-3D-LED-LCD-Smart-TV-Review_491/Test_Results.html

Thanks, it's just a variation on he F8000 then, seems a crazy price to pay for just a different frame, especially if wall mounted too

If by frame you mean the bezel, I don't think that removes, but if you mean the stand, or base, then I would assume it does.

Interestingly, according to Robert at VE, the 84" 4K Samsung has both a stand and a frame--which incorporates the speakers, BTW--which are removable.

Unfortunately, he doesn't think the set will be available without the stand, speakers, and frame, which I would like to see.

I went to 3 shops in the Naples area today. They all have the F8000 in the back room but none of them have the TV on display.

It said to rename the input to PC. I'm assuming they mean instead of it being labeled as HDMI 2 or whatever, you would change it to PC.

What I mean is the F8000 and F8500 LEDs are identical (from what I understand) apart from the bezel/ stand and both of them look decent, I wonder why one is £500 (750 USD) more than the other

That's what I thought...maybe next week. Best Buy could have a display model by then.

Best Buy in Rochester, MN have the 55" F8000 on display.
I didn't look at it in detail but what I saw seemed good. I'm really waiting for the 65 or 75" version so hoping that it looks as good at that size.

Correct. The way the ES series worked, you could rename any HDMI input - one of the options was PC, so you just rename the input PC. I'm still not sure if that's necessary though to be honest. What's the point in having a game mode if it's still high lag, and you need to use PC mode? And the other review said the set had a lag of around 37ms, but I don't recall them mentioning what mode they used. My guess was game mode because last year game mode was quite effective at reducing lag. So I'm having a hard time believing that game mode is useless this year and PC mode is required. There are different methods of measuring lag. I'm no expert in any of that, but I have read that some methods aren't particularly accurate, and can explain how different people get different measurements. If game mode is really as high as the AVForums review says it is, then there wouldn't even need to be a reason to have game mode in the first place.