Samsung HLS-5679W LED DLP Owners Thread (*NO PRICE TALK) - Page 2

Originally Posted by RiderOnTheStorm

I see this thread is acceptable. It made a HUGE difference that the originator of this thread owns the set. We couldn't have possibly gained anything from a thread started by a non owner.

Originally Posted by tg2k

I just have to find a store with one now...!

Originally Posted by klac

Dang, that's high! Well I did some quick measurements and a test and I think you'll be fine. At 37" your stand is 19" taller than mine and my couch is 19" high. So I sat on the floor at 10' and didn't notice a difference in brightness. If you notice a difference you could always add a slight tilt to the TV. In the 7178 thread there's a pic of one.

Originally Posted by tg2k

Admit it...the real source of your sour grapes is TV envy. klac's got it, you want it.

Hey, me too. Especially since it sounds like the viewing angle will be workable for me! I just have to find a store with one now...!

Originally Posted by dfwald

These pics look great and the 5679 is very tempting but alas, I will be sitting 12-13 feet away and afraid 56" doesn't look big enough from that distance. In stores, 61" TV's from that distance look great and I think 56" at 10 feet looks great. Of the new owners here, how far away are you from the TV when watching?

Originally Posted by jrdnyquist

One question I have right off the bat is about the TV Guide Feature. I set it up last night for my cable box and OTA. The Docs say that the menu "downloads" data for the guide daily but how? My cable box uses an HDMI connection. Do I have to plug in the cable box with coax to get the guide data or something? How does the data come down for the OTA channels?

Originally Posted by jrdnyquist

Just got mine in yesterday. I don't see any issues with it being dim at all. In fact I turned the contrast and brightness down to 50, sharpness to 0, and DNIe / DNR to off. Everything else is default at the moment. PQ is excellent as far as I can tell but I'm no trained eye. I've love some suggestions on any settings I should try.

I hooked up the UHF antenna last night (first time I've ever done this). I was amazed to see I got every channel in my area w/o an outdoor model antenna. I then compared the Colts/Rams football game between TWC HD channel and my local OTA HD station. The difference is AMAZING... OTA was far better. DVD's looked pretty good too. I was a little under whelmed with NTSC signals but it's better than anything else I've seen on digital sets. I'm still spoiled on my old tried and true Pioneer Elite NTSC set for NTSC quality.

Here are some crappy pics; my only camera right now is a sub function of my camcorder so any noise you see is the camera... it's terrible sorry.

Here's the link to start with...

http://www.cltonline.com/images/HL-S5679W/DSC00015.JPG

change the number on the end to see all the pics I'm too lazy to name them...

15-17 is Baseball on ESPN HD

18 is Sci-Fi in SD

19-20 is Tennis on a blue court on INHD

21 is another Baseball on ESPN HD still shot

22 is another Tennis on a blue court on INHD

23-26 is some SD Comedy Central shots

27-34 various HD channels (the pics really do not do this any justice what-so-ever sorry)

35-47 is various dvd shots, really bad shots though lol

Sorry my pics are basically useless but I fogured I'd share them anyways.

-jrdnyquist

Originally Posted by jrdnyquist

Just got mine in yesterday. I don't see any issues with it being dim at all. In fact I turned the contrast and brightness down to 50, sharpness to 0, and DNIe / DNR to off. Everything else is default at the moment. PQ is excellent as far as I can tell but I'm no trained eye. I've love some suggestions on any settings I should try.

I hooked up the UHF antenna last night (first time I've ever done this). I was amazed to see I got every channel in my area w/o an outdoor model antenna. I then compared the Colts/Rams football game between TWC HD channel and my local OTA HD station. The difference is AMAZING... OTA was far better. DVD's looked pretty good too. I was a little under whelmed with NTSC signals but it's better than anything else I've seen on digital sets. I'm still spoiled on my old tried and true Pioneer Elite NTSC set for NTSC quality.

Here are some crappy pics; my only camera right now is a sub function of my camcorder so any noise you see is the camera... it's terrible sorry.

Here's the link to start with...

http://www.cltonline.com/images/HL-S5679W/DSC00015.JPG

change the number on the end to see all the pics I'm too lazy to name them...

15-17 is Baseball on ESPN HD

-jrdnyquist

Originally Posted by jbug

Hi, a big thing with Samsung sets is the video noise that is there right out of the box. I had a 6188 and the noise was so bad that it turned me off completely. Is it any difference with the 5679?

Originally Posted by dfwald

What indoor UHF antenna model did you use and where did you get it? Are those 640 x 480 resolution shots? I certainly hope the real screen looks far better than those. Thanks for the effort though. Any chance of borrowing someone's real digital camera???

Originally Posted by htwaits

We have to make sure that "UMR/Eliab/David Abrams" post their impressions as soon as they have a chance to calibrate one.

Originally Posted by fpajerski

It's getting easier. Pricegrabber now shows four stores for a 5679W, two days ago only one store appeared.

Originally Posted by jbug

Hi, a big thing with Samsung sets is the video noise that is there right out of the box. I had a 6188 and the noise was so bad that it turned me off completely. Is it any difference with the 5679?

Originally Posted by Wesley Hester

I am an owner of sorts. I've been billed and paid for the set but Crutchfields' "free" shipping is taking forever.

Originally Posted by reincarnate

One of the advantages of LED technology is the increased power efficiency. That is, LEDs are supposed to use less electricity than regular light bulb based displays.

Originally Posted by klac

I watched Matrix Revolutions last night starting where Neo gets to the machine city. The black bars looked pretty dark but next to the black cabinet I could tell that they were grey. Using Word on my notebook I made a table with rows ranging from black to white then held it next to the screen. The black bars matched the row with 85% grey. Then I did the same thing on my CRT. The first thing I noticed was that the black bars change color depending on how bright the picture is - with the 5679 the bar color was consistent. During the dark scenes the bar color varied between 90-95% grey.

Shadow detail was superior on the 5679. I noted scenes on the CRT where Neo or Smith appeared all black with no detail, then went back and watched those scenes on the 5679. In several cases I could see details that were'nt there on the CRT. Also I could make out much more detail in the machine city on the 5679.

I'll never be able to enjoy a movie on my CRT again!

Originally Posted by reincarnate

One of the advantages of LED technology is the increased power efficiency. That is, LEDs are supposed to use less electricity than regular light bulb based displays.
So what is the power rating on the Sammy? Does the display get very hot?
Is the fan noticeable?

Originally Posted by klac

... During the dark scenes the bar color varied between 90-95% grey.

Shadow detail was superior on the 5679. I noted scenes on the CRT where Neo or Smith appeared all black with no detail, then went back and watched those scenes on the 5679. In several cases I could see details that were'nt there on the CRT. Also I could make out much more detail in the machine city on the 5679.

I'll never be able to enjoy a movie on my CRT again!

Anyway, here is a picture of the DLP Light Engine with LED Illumination: