Official Samsung LN-TXX61F/65F/66F Owner's Thread III - with *updated* first post. - Page 10

Originally Posted by zoman504

Which port savers are most people using, i noticed the monoprices ones.

Originally Posted by utee05

I have seen the same issues while hooking my pc via vga. WilliamG said he saw the same thing but only when he was using vga, and suggested using dvi-hdmi connection instead. What type of video card is on your powerbook? I have an old video card so I thought that was another reason as well. I plan on building a htpc over summer so that should help.

Originally Posted by zoman504

for those who are using port savers, and assuming the main reason i am buying them is to possibly help with handshaking issues, should i get 6, or just 3 for the tv?

Originally Posted by WilliamG

I wouldn't waste your time, honestly, unless you're worried about the actual port on the TV/source device (strain etc). I got port savers (Monoprice) and they don't do diddly to help handshaking issues. And don't forget, I had last year's Samsung (LN-S4695 1080p LCD 46") which had absolutely no issues with exactly the same devices as my current TV (LN-T4661 1080p LCD 46"), so really, port savers are not the saving grace here by my estimations.

Originally Posted by WilliamG

Yes, I'd seen ghosting over VGA, but only on lower-quality low-end video cards (though DVI is always sharper/cleaner than VGA with any video card in my eyes). The Geforce Ti4200 was mentioned I believe earlier and that's a very bad 2D card with tons of ghosting over VGA (my experience). I can't speak for the Radeon 9700, but it might be a hardware limitation of some sort. After all, it is an older 128MB video card trying to push 1920x1080. Testing your PC (as much as a pain in the rear it is) would definitely give you some idea of what's wrong, depending on what video card you have in there of course!

Originally Posted by geofftate


Anybody have any ideas about my first question? No sound over HDMI from my SA 8300HD?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by kamiller42

The tech left an hour and a half ago. He put a new board in my 4665. It had a Feb. 27th date (I think.) for its firmware. Connected to my HDMI/HDCP Gigabyte video card, the TV would rarely flash green or just flash the screen. The worst it would do is lose signal.

After the update, my version info says I have a 1022 firmware dated March 20, 2007 @ 15:13:55. The second, the hardware revision(?), is 1005.

So far, no HDMI drops. Hooray! I'm going to keep it running for most of today and see what happens. It has made it beyond the usual time point when HDMI signal is lost. That's a real good sign.

Originally Posted by kepes56

One thing seems to be for sure -- that these Sammys' have something worth fighting for. Fact of the matter is, there simply would not have been this much patience and effort if it were not for the potential performance and PQ from these sets. Three threads, 249 pages, 7419 posts.

In all reasonable consideration, I think one has to conclude that it would be extremely unlikely for Samsung to be unable or unwilling to provide a solution here, although such a solution must also be timely. IMO, take care of the HDMI issues and you've got one of the best flat panel displays made.

Originally Posted by 4sho

Just did a quick google search. This thread might help you out.

Originally Posted by Norse

Those wit ghosting via vga.....I have and old beefy svga cable that has had the end bent and bent back a few times do to moves, etc so I figured I would goto the store and get a new one. Went to best buy and saw a vga cable and bought it. Well, the short version of story is just this, I am using the bent one as its crystal clear via vga while the brand new one from bestbuy is blurry.

Not all vga cables are created equally. I also get way more resolution options with the older svga cable I have.

Originally Posted by Takioni

Small Question..

Is it normal for the Signal to drop out when switching from the menu screen to a game or Blu-ray movie on the ps3? or is that the handshaking issue.

On my 4061 it happens when go from main menu to a game or movie on my PS3 but once the movie or game loads its fine.

Originally Posted by geofftate

Got my 4661 from Amazon several days ago, but unfortunately haven't yet had the hours and hours to play with it to keep up with everyone here and in the calibration thread.

Anyhow, two questions:

1) I finally got my Monoprice HDMI cable the other day, connected my TWCNYC SA 8300HD cable box and... no sound. I feel like I must be doing something stupid, but for the life of me I can't figure out how to get the sound working. Help? Right now I'm back to component & RCA. Unfortunately, I don't yet have another HDMI device to try.

2) When I connect my Powerbook G4 via Monoprice DVI-HDMI (1:1), there appears to be some video distortion. It's sort of like ghosting, but it's more digitized and pronounced, where text looks like it has a second copy of itself overlaid with a slight offset. Comes and goes, but usually there. Anyone else seen this? Forgive me if I'm not describing it well: Just imagine writing a word on paper and then writing the same word again on top of it, but beginning a few millimeters to the right of where you began the first word. Offset overlay. When I plug in VGA, it looks perfect 1:1, but of course I'd prefer DVI-HDMI. (Note: I was hoping to be able to simply mirror my PBG4 1:1, but unfortunately Apple doesn't seem to support mixing mirrored resolutions, so I'll have to get used to spanning and then rearranging the primary screen. Or rebooting when I hook it up. Or else buy a separate HTPC. Oh well.)

Thanks!

Originally Posted by SteveL4446

For sound: Using your cable remote press settings, then "more settings", go to digital audio out, select HDMI. This is what I had to do, and it worked like a champ. Good luck!