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post #31 of 1218
3/18/13 at 6:23pm
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Well correct me If I'm wrong? but looking at the pictures it appears that the stand is almost as wide as the TV. So to place this TV on a stand, It would have to be a wider stand. Even wider for the 60 or 65 inch set down the road. What do you guys think????

The fact that the stand is so wide is definitely a downside, but I think this is negated by the fact that the TV, when sitting on the stand, may very well be the most gorgeous set ever built. The thing is simply a work of art. I'm in the market for the 75" version. In preparation for the new set, I have purchased a Standout Designs 82" stand. In fact, the stand is on its way to me as I type this. It's an extremely wide stand, but I figure it will not only accommodate the 75 incher, but it will also leave me ready for any future sets up to 90" or so.
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post #32 of 1218
3/18/13 at 6:37pm
just got home from work turned on my Sammy , it greats me with this message..



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post #33 of 1218
3/18/13 at 7:00pm
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What FW version did your tv come with? Mine came with 1015
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post #34 of 1218
3/18/13 at 7:01pm
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What FW version did your tv come with? Mine came with 1015

came with 1012
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post #35 of 1218
3/18/13 at 7:11pm
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I wonder what changed. Did you have any problems?
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post #36 of 1218
3/18/13 at 7:17pm
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I wonder what changed. Did you have any problems?

no problems what so ever.
are you going to get your sammy professional calibrated??
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post #37 of 1218
3/18/13 at 7:20pm
here is the opening credits of pans labyrinth

i dont see any clouds ..




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post #38 of 1218
3/18/13 at 7:35pm
Not only that, I see absolutely no haloing. Very nice. smile.gif
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post #39 of 1218
3/18/13 at 7:36pm
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Probably not professionally calibrated. I've been trying to do it with the WOW disk as I have time, but have only gotten a few steps in. BTW, my production date is Feb 2013, and version is TS01.
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post #40 of 1218
3/18/13 at 8:27pm
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When I went to turn off the tv just now I got a message saying it was updating the camera firmware before powering off.
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post #41 of 1218
3/18/13 at 8:33pm
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just got home from work turned on my Sammy , it greats me with this message..





Lol.... and so the firmware updates begin. FYI.... You may want to turn updates off until you truly know what they will do. Just ask early ES8000 owners about their missing edge enhancement and shadow detail features that mysteriously disappeared after one of the first firmware upgrades.
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post #42 of 1218
3/18/13 at 10:20pm
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When I went to turn off the tv just now I got a message saying it was updating the camera firmware before powering off.

yes me too
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post #43 of 1218
3/19/13 at 3:04am
Now that more of us have the set, I'm eager to hear about calibration settings! So far in 2D, I haven't made too many adjustments. I've been watching content in the Movie preset and just lowered the backlight, brightness and contrast values slightly. By default it was crushing the blacks a bit. I still use Movie when playing games, too, but change it from Warm 2 to Warm 1.
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post #44 of 1218
3/19/13 at 8:01am
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Now that more of us have the set, I'm eager to hear about calibration settings! So far in 2D, I haven't made too many adjustments. I've been watching content in the Movie preset and just lowered the backlight, brightness and contrast values slightly. By default it was crushing the blacks a bit. I still use Movie when playing games, too, but change it from Warm 2 to Warm 1.

Hi, I've just seen on the other thread you set the black tone in darkest. My only question is : Did you notice some clouding when setting that feature in off ? , cause I'm sure all Expert from CNET, Flatpanelshd,etc, will recommend us to set or leave it off ( sorry, I'm obssesed to know if the F8000 could get rid of that terrible issue ). Thank u

Pdta : I could find some presets of the F8000 by taking a look at the Avforums review ( make double click on the menu pics ) :

Picture mode : Movie
Backlight : 10
Contrast ; 80
Brightness : 45
Sharpness : 0
Colour : 50


Advance settings :
Dynamic contrast :off
Black tone : off

White Balance :

R-Offset : 25
G-Offset : 25
B-Offset : 25
R-Gain : 33
G-Gain : 23
B-Gain : 25


I'd change the title of this thread for : F8000 samsung - The final clouding battle has just began ( or so ) biggrin.gif , it'd make it differente from the rest, because we don't want to see a lot of users complain about the clouding issue anymore as always happened on the other ones ( D8000-ES8000).
Edited by AGUSTINFOREVER - 3/19/13 at 11:07am
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post #45 of 1218
3/19/13 at 8:10am
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Originally Posted by AGUSTINFOREVER View Post

Hi, I've just seen on the other thread you set the black tone in darkest. My only question is : Did you notice some clouding when setting that feature in off ? , cause I'm sure all Expert from CNET, Flatpanelshd,etc, will recommend us to set or leave it off ( sorry, I'm obssesed to know if the F8000 could get rid of that terrible issue ). Thank u

I didn't notice any clouding, even when disabling everything. I just liked the look of Black Tone enabled, despite it crushing shadow detail a bit.
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post #46 of 1218
3/19/13 at 9:58am
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Now that more of us have the set, I'm eager to hear about calibration settings! So far in 2D, I haven't made too many adjustments. I've been watching content in the Movie preset and just lowered the backlight, brightness and contrast values slightly. By default it was crushing the blacks a bit. I still use Movie when playing games, too, but change it from Warm 2 to Warm 1.

do you turn on game mode?? when playing games.
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post #47 of 1218
3/20/13 at 5:48am
Hello

New to the forum, also a new UN55F8000. Wondering which samsung push button remote could be used in place

of the touch remote that came with the tv?

Thanks
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post #48 of 1218
3/20/13 at 6:15am
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Originally Posted by Pickstv View Post

Hello

New to the forum, also a new UN55F8000. Wondering which samsung push button remote could be used in place

of the touch remote that came with the tv?

Thanks

I could be wrong, but I think it's the same exact one that comes with the ES8000.
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post #49 of 1218
3/20/13 at 11:32am
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Originally Posted by gweempose View Post

I could be wrong, but I think it's the same exact one that comes with the ES8000.


Thanks for the help. May give it a try, just don't like the touch remote.
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post #50 of 1218
3/20/13 at 11:55am
Can one of the owners please tell me where the IR receiver is on the F8000? I was at Best Buy yesterday looking at the set, and I couldn't find it. I plan on controlling the set with a universal remote, so I will need to stick an IR baster over the receiver.
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post #51 of 1218
3/20/13 at 12:07pm
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Can one of the owners please tell me where the IR receiver is on the F8000? I was at Best Buy yesterday looking at the set, and I couldn't find it. I plan on controlling the set with a universal remote, so I will need to stick an IR baster over the receiver.

My best guess is that it's built into the Samsung light at the bottom of the screen. When I get home I can try to cover that up with something and see if my Dish remote can still turn it on.
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post #52 of 1218
3/20/13 at 12:26pm
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Originally Posted by gweempose View Post

I could be wrong, but I think it's the same exact one that comes with the ES8000.

Correct. The same standard remote from last year works with the F8000.
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post #53 of 1218
3/20/13 at 12:28pm
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My best guess is that it's built into the Samsung light at the bottom of the screen ...

That's what I was afraid of. It's gonna look pretty odd if I stick a blaster right over the Samsung logo. frown.gif
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When I get home I can try to cover that up with something and see if my Dish remote can still turn it on.

Thanks! I really appreciate it.
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post #54 of 1218
3/20/13 at 3:55pm
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I tried covering up the light on the bottom with my hand, and the tv still powered on with my Dish remote. If I cover the end of remote with my hand, the signal doesn't go through to the tv. That being said, the signal being used is an IR signal, and the receiver isn't at the light. Other than covering the whole tv with electrical tape and remove little by little until you find the magic spot.
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post #55 of 1218
3/20/13 at 4:29pm
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Originally Posted by gweempose View Post

Can one of the owners please tell me where the IR receiver is on the F8000? I was at Best Buy yesterday looking at the set, and I couldn't find it. I plan on controlling the set with a universal remote, so I will need to stick an IR baster over the receiver.


My guess would be somewhere on the lower right corner

around the red stand-by mode light.
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post #56 of 1218
3/20/13 at 5:54pm
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Originally Posted by grhopper View Post

I tried covering up the light on the bottom with my hand, and the tv still powered on with my Dish remote. If I cover the end of remote with my hand, the signal doesn't go through to the tv. That being said, the signal being used is an IR signal, and the receiver isn't at the light. Other than covering the whole tv with electrical tape and remove little by little until you find the magic spot.

Hey. Thanks for checking. So at least we now know one spot it isn't. smile.gif
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Originally Posted by Pickstv View Post

My guess would be somewhere on the lower right corner

around the red stand-by mode light.

This is where it typically is, but the bezel is so small, I just don't see how it could fit there. This is turning out to be quite a mystery.
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post #57 of 1218
3/20/13 at 7:57pm
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Originally Posted by Pickstv View Post

My guess would be somewhere on the lower right corner

around the red stand-by mode light.

Good call. I covered up the area of the red standby light with my hand and it blocked the signal from my Dish remote
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post #58 of 1218
3/21/13 at 9:05am
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Originally Posted by grhopper View Post

Good call. I covered up the area of the red standby light with my hand and it blocked the signal from my Dish remote

Hi, here you go another review of the F8000 ( European version ) . but only pay attention if Samsung, finally, could get rid of clouding : http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/samsung-ue55f8000-201303212755.htm ( I'm waiting for some pics from you , please). See u.
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post #59 of 1218
3/21/13 at 1:45pm
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Just received an email from Samsung about the voice input problems I've been having:
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Thank you for your patience as we investigated the issue with Netflix. We apologize for the inconvenience and will be happy to assist you.

We have released a new firmware for our 2013 TVs on the Over the Network (OTN) server. You can now download and install through your TV, instead of using the USB method. Please upgrade to the latest firmware to enjoy Netflix.

The firmware version your TV needs to enjoy Netflix is 1015.2. In order to download this firmware, we have two (2) options; USB and OTN. We have found excellent detailed guides, which provide step by step instructions on downloading firmware. The two options are listed below:

Please copy and paste the links to download:

1) Over the Network:

http://agent.samsungsupport.com/agent/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?sitecode=us&account_type=&account=SEASNA972.ID&idx=168704&modelname=UN55F8000AF&modelcode=UN55F8000AFXZA&local_drive=GRV&display_type=A

2) USB:

http://agent.samsungsupport.com/agent/popup/iframe/pop_troubleshooting_fr.jsp?sitecode=us&account_type=&account=SEASNA972.ID&idx=168701&modelname=UN55F8000AF&modelcode=UN55F8000AFXZA&local_drive=GRV&display_type=A

In regards to the voice input issue, try different sources. If available, try connecting an external device (DVD player, Game Console, Blu-ray player, etc) to see if the issue continues. If the issue continues, please contact our Customer Support at 1-800-726-7864 (Samsung) to complete an Environment Test.

We hope this information was helpful. Should you have any other concerns, we would be more than happy to hear from you again.
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post #60 of 1218
3/21/13 at 8:23pm
Hi F8000 owners! I'm actually expecting my set tomorrow, and have a quick question about wall mounting options for the UN55F8000, as much as I love the stand that it comes with. Anyhow, my question more directly involves the Samsung Ultra Slim mount (WMN2000B) that I already own. Is the new set compatible with these kind of wire mounts, or am I going to have to look into the big bulky brackets? Better yet, can someone take picture of the back of their TV?

Thanks a bunch!
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