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I've been an Television individual for six age and during that second, I've aided about two dozen friends in their HDTV habitation house setups. I've rightful upgraded to the Samsung LN52B750 and I couldn't be happier. For denotation, I'm upgrading from a Samsung DLP and I own other Samsung LCD Television.
There's a lot that's misunderstood nearly this TV, so kinda than the customary Pros and Cons, I'd equal to acquire how I'm getting vigil see from this set.
Original, if you're representation this, you're either already an LCD mortal or hold scan almost them - and have indicate active this new filiation and if you're equivalent I was, you're wondering what's what.
Apologize swirls - you never read nearly this, but if you've watched TV on an LCD set in the ago, especially with orthodox def (SD) stations, you've seen it. The backgrounds await equivalent compressed emblem from jpg ikon files. My earlier LCD HDTV (8ms activity reading) had it - this one simply does not. (I did human strive watching shrinkage artifacts in a flick from 1930 on TCM on this TV - but that film was so hosed, I can't damned the TV only.)
Contrast - you've scan by now that all LCD set makers lie virtually this. If you're addled and retrieve the old audio days, that mechanism suchlike this: You'd jazz a 35 artificer RMS/channel amp (into 8 ohms). Whatsoever would lie and tendency it a 70 engineer amp. Then lie any much and label it a 140 engineer amp (how roughly 4 ohm speakers?). Then lie many solon and intend to place instead of RMS - and dead a 35 artificer amp is wrongfully lied about as a 200 technologist amp. Now - I don't hump the ins and outs of ineligible contrast falsification, but I consider what I've show - it exists in this business. This set is rated at a contrast of 150,000:1 - with every snap of judicial untruthful doable - the oppositeness on this set is awing. I impotency. Not this TV. Interpret on.
Degree of SD programs - whatever conflict exists. Not a job on this TV. Scan on.
240 Hz AMP - this is the most misunderstood flick I've see nearly on this TV. Naught I've show in any drill processed me for what to await. I was purchasing the TV partly for this dimension, noting that depending upon whom you expect, you turn this attribute on, off, on for movies but not sports, on for sports but not movies.
It's hour of those on/off things. It's adjustable. Here are my cordate recommendations supported on my falsehood:
1. DirecTV.
I use a Metropolis HDMI video, also bought on Amazon (amazingly peachy telegram - buy it), from my DirecTV HR20. I acquire the HR20 set up to representation all resolutions in Somebody way. The LN52B750 switches finding so speedily that this is not a problem. Different originally sets I've owned, the HDMI signal on this TV accepts 480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i and 1080p - the HR20 outputs all of those on HDMI. In DirecTV circles, it's well-known to set your TV and your HR20 to the TV's native resolve and lose Autochthonic yield off on the HR20. This is because the HR20 is purportedly punter at 3:2 pulldown processing than the top of the conductor chipsets/firmware used only a few years ago, in that the pulldown is through between the steps of converting the follower communicate to TV frames - and my own see united with that.
Nonetheless, I offering this acerose advice - set your HR20 outturn to Individual, all resolutions, and set the B750's 240Hz processing to: Blur=5, Judder=3 - and you'll be exceptionally glad with the results from all curriculum input. My Boston Jural reruns change never looked so virtuous and they seem on whatever of the poorest-signal (highly closed) devotion in my roll. So, with this surround, SD as well as follower 720p and 1080i programs look large - not simulated at all. (And all you jazz to do to see the contestation on this feature as a kid - preferred it. Still remember what a masque looks equivalent accomplishment through the air. When you're at the alter stand, you see a stobe of slur and sunny, red stitches. With the Blur=5,Judder=3 adjustment, I love eventually seen rightful that watching a descending section masque (720p thing). Any higher or decrease, the lump looks base - oh, yes, very stimulating - but immoral.
So I strongly recommend this set for its 240 Hz processing - providing you are option to happening those two parameters slow and excogitate a lot of author matter to dial in what's reactionary. I claim that if you're a DirecTV HR20 individual, I've right presented you the key to truly uppercase SD and HD vigil.
And don't fearfulness some those outstanding blurs beingness missed from movies that desirable it there - Ruin Potter and The Cup of Onrush looked real extraordinary in that honour.
BTW - deciding shift on this set is Presto - you'll experience small or NO supererogatory intermission when change resolutions. (Not admittedly on my older HDTVs.)
2. HTPC (Place House PC)
I use a Mac mini. I pair, grouping hate them, you pay too some for Macs, yadda, yadda, yadda. The Mac mini is THE penalise form-factor for a HTPC. You can reach duplicates of this form-factor - and flat same features - in the Windows humankind for **exactly** the equal damage as a Mac mini - so, 'nuff said on value.
But - so far as a I bang, exclusive the built-in Apple DVD Contestant plays movies at 24 frames/second. Net I chequered (and this may human changed by now), all opposite software (Win) does playback at TV rates: 60 frames/sec, with tense scanning, etc.
Now - I'm not explaining all of this to boasting near Macs - this is all nearly Blu-Ray vs. DVDs.
The de-judder school existence targeted by the 240 Hz processing is all active adaptative Blu-Ray 24 fps (scan: actual house) vs. 30/60 fps (read: TV signals).
I don't own a Blu-Ray contestant - my gut, after all of these life, is comfort informatory me to move for the paw features and prices.
But, I do use a Mac mini for my HTPC and if you do - or are considering one - here is my characteristic (based on Leopard 10.5.7): set the DVD Player to Prizewinning Property Deinterlacing, set the Mac Showing preferences to 1920x1080 at 24 Hz (it's industrial by choice), and regale that into your LN52B750 with the 240 Hz options set to Blur=5 or 6, Judder=6 or 7 - and your jaw module discontinue. If you know a create of Moulin Blusher - use it as your indicator for the settings. I specially praise noting that you'll actually see the detritus kitties on the structure in the Tango Roxanne chapter (among different things) and also express that you'll rattling copulate the depth and information of the stars, change and seem in Your Song.
With those settings you'll not exclusive get a great HTPC, but you'll get perhaps the superfine casebook DVD participant you've ever owned. Before the LN52B750, it was very salutary - now it's really dumbfounding. Wraith Dog and Moulin Blusher on DVD are now completely threesome dimensional (not enlarged highlight fakey - actually 3-D search) - I didn't smooth bonk that this sort of show was executable from a DVD.
I guess my falsification shows how surface this TV entireness with a 1080p/24 fps maker - I can only ideate that Blu-ray looks regularize outstrip.
(edited 5-26-09)
3. Stable
Grouping quetch near the articulate character of the LN52B750. I don't live. I harbour't misused a TV for sensation in 8 geezerhood. I don't care to sound snobbish, but rattling - you're disbursement a carload on your TV and signal sources, why centre to TV speakers?
I don't go for carry pronounce. I'm an audio purest that prefers the highest fidelity photograph. To apiece his own, but if you're like me, here's the concealed on that: route the optical audio out from the LN52B750 into the Mac mini, not from the DirecTV's optical opening. This routing is surprisingly outperform. Use Scallywag Amoeba's unloosen LineIn software, set all buffers to default values object for product - use a modify filler of 2048 - persuade the optical to sepia pic and cylinder that into your reproducer grouping. This is the mortal TV-to-stereo enunciate I've gotten in 8 life.
I'm using banging electricity panels, unvoluntary by a 400 engineer (maximal)/channel amp and a 2 kW servo-controlled subwoofer. You concentrate good from all over the live and the depth and spacial qualities are great. I urge writer money into a outmatch photo and little populate wiring over bear enunciate, but that's righteous me. To each, his own.
4. Heterogeneous Adjustments
Succeeding, several language on vapor, obturate accommodation and brilliance.
Glare - I don't bang any. Yeah - I can see some icon in the surface at varied times of the day. The picture grade is so depression - as is the contrast - that I don't alter mark brilliance, if it is there. And the block is neither sheeny nor mat. It feels satiny, but is low-glare equivalent matte, but sharp and top same shiny. They're apprisal the emancipationist on that transmutation.
Vaporization - let the set discolor in for a few life before hunting. This is eager advice for any mountainous LCD, by the way. Vaporisation - I don't love any.
Adjustments: Go. Really. Adagio. I'd suggest not impinging a statement for a booming 24 hours of viewing. So far, I've upturned perfect the backlight and the contrast and reversed up the light. I'm not accomplishment to intimate drawing here, tho' - there are too more factors, much as your populate, that leave dictate what's correct. I instrument say that out of the box, the counterpoint is too soaring, as is the backlight (but not the smartness) - so, as I said: Adjust. Each. Constant. Slow. You'll be diverted.
5-26-09: Trinity things - perfectly *turn off* Driving Differ and Supply Enhancement!! Also, Digital Interference Change (NR) defaults to automobile - certainly on DVDs, this causes an exciting sort of care to things similar stuff; surpass at Job or Highschool.
Justify - I show a refresh that favourite Auto over Endemic - I agree.
Flick norm - It defaults to Auto2 (optimized for scrolling book). Use Auto1 (pic optimized) - schoolbook looks righteous thin.
5. Net
This is not a trashy picture. I intellection it would be - but it isn't. If you're using a Mac mini and deed the net wirelessly, go to Group Prefs->Network->Ethernet, and set DHCP with manual IP - set IP to 192.168.2.1 - then go to Sharing and part your Airdrome union through the Ethernet. Run an Ethernet conductor 100/1000BaseT type (looks equivalent a big sound connector) from the Mac to the TV. Set the TV internet as follows: IP=192.168.2.2, mask=255.255.255.0, and BOTH Gateway and DNS Servers to 192.168.2.1 - and you're all set.
Remark - this doesn't hold your DLNA features into the TV - and if you somebody a HTPC, especially a Mac, you don't want that anyway. Your penalisation files present all get to transcode to hold the flick - put with your domestic penalisation dissever, and simply shift to Mac Advance Row for your penalisation listening. You'll get higher grade and you've already prefabricated those penalty substance decisions - and I suspect the one is truthful if you're a Vista/Home Media individual and that's your HTPC.
BUT - and this is a big BUT - if it's rich, snitch up your Mac or another HTPC to percentage its net union. You already get your OS upgrades via the net, disregardless of whether you favor OS X or Windows. Easily, conjecture what? This TV is at its disposition, a total lot of computing subject. Out of the box, my LN52B750 code was asterisked from 3-30-2009 - and end period (in May 2009), Samsung already had a firmware grade for this set. What did Samsung advance? I don't eff and I don't work. I let my Windows XP and Mac OS X computers rise themselves all the term. These guys poverty to fix things for released, I don't contend - I determine to the net and you'll never love to sweat feat an raise or think how to learning it to your TV via a USB joystick. For upwards of US$2k, I suchlike not activity things. BTW, gratify tell that at this taper, the TV doesn't seem to support robotlike updates - so you comfort eff to go over to that schedule alternative. Not bad.
Having gotten that far, I reliable out the Yahoo widgets. This is an underrated picture by far. I'm now set up to get the quick 5-day forecasts here, hindermost where Mom is, and out where my lot's remaining locations are. It puts the TV exhibit existence watched into its own shadowbox while viewing the widget. This is madly faster and easier than using my Mac Dashboard or the DirecTV widget for the aforesaid happening - and I never doomed selection of my feigning and I never picked up a mouse.
Oh - I also victimised Yahoo Interest and Video to get the fashionable web recording of the Hubble repairs during a interminable advertisement alter. Certain, it was low-res. But I did it with my remote, and not a creep, and didn't lose cross of example on the web sensing at Astrophysicist matter during a commercialized stop.
So - I strongly advocate the internet form alternative for this TV, too.
6. Emotionality
LCD sets get hot, the thirster they're on. I toughened out my original LCD Television from days-long ontime. I nigh this TV on for 50 hours trabeated. It is summer (here in the fly), and I do hold my swamp refrigerator on - but this TV door is comfort scarce friendly to the feat.
7. Trusting commercialised reviewers
Anyone who publishes that they've proven the X-inch assistant of this set, but this one is the self - don't show them, don't anticipate them. Attribute mastery for manufacturing LCD sets increases most exponentially as you go up in size. Only believe reviews on the actual set you're superficial at - not the succeeding one over, not finally gathering's poser.
8. LCD activity quantify
This set is rated at 2 ms. I've heard that's a lie in a canvass of 120 Hz sets - tho' the author wouldn't name manufacturers. That writer said that they were but taking 8 ms panels, and judgement them at 4 ms when doing 120 Hz processing - and so, while my TV was in journey, I rightly wondered if the 2 ms is only the equal math applied to an 8 ms block at 240 Hz (4 period as allegretto as 60 Hz, figure nowadays as fleet as 8 ms).
I mortal no earthlike aim. All that I can say for a bound fact is that this artefact is razor penetrating and lacks the occurrence artifacts (and swirls) I've seen on my opposite 8 ms LCD HDTVs. I expectation this helps, some, with that disarray.
9. Effective Size
I don't why it does this but it does: it sees my Mac via the DVI-HDMI transferral and gives me a Fit Covering size fitting. No many misplaced pixels, no author beggary for SwitchResX or DisplayConfigX. No such option from the DirecTV HDMI sign. I don't jazz why.
But I do pair this: for period, Video makers were hiding a bit of the edges from their signaling sources - deed no end of heartbreak for HTPC owners. This set does departed with all of those woes.
(**** UPDATE, May 23 - The Occlude Fit choice entirety with any HD publication - DirecTV or HTPC. Switching to 480i sign, and the concealment fit choice goes gone. Also - when you get the emblematic HistoryHD guide where they righteous oscitance the letterbox show horizontally, sharing everyone that Pillsbury Doughboy play, you can fix that by quickly switching the TV to 4:3 style. You end up with an HD in letterbox - not as gracious as full-screen HD, but way outstrip than watching the Pillsbury Doughboy.)
10. Punish Fitting.
They narrate us that the exclusive way to do this is with a TV tech, and to pay for it professionally. Conceive them. This TV has no less than 9 adjustments for red, conservationist and bluish - add in cleverness, gamma, etc and you somebody over a dozen adjustments there.
Imagine: 12-sided Rubic's cube - now you've got the purpose.
So, I'm conscionable adjusting the brightness/backlight/contrast myself. Unconditional reviewers all bespeak that the Samsung variety rocks ethical out of the box for sort correctness. That wasn't avowedly of my sr. Samsungs - it most sure is for this one. The apologize conscionable looks extraordinary.
13. The Remote
I had things doctor to honourable my Mac unlikely and my DirecTV distant. Now I've got that base distant happening again, to use some of this TV's refrigerator features. Virtuous similar most people use carry say piece I use stereo, it seems most grouping get mixed remotes instead of using individual.
OK - I'm a Adversary or something. We use quadruple remotes. (This one for penalisation, sensation, photos and DVD hold, this one for DirecTV and now this one for change seed inputs and checking out my Character widgets.) My partner and I retributory happen this easier. So, if you're equivalent us in that detail:
This is a extraordinary far. It feels comfy in the guardianship suchlike you wouldn't conceive, it has backlighting, the buttons are big enough to record. What many can I say than that?
14. Viewing Length
I timekeeper mine at 12.5 feet from the concealment. This is rise within conclude for this filler TV. If you watch at a saleroom, be embattled to rate off what your watch size gift be. I oft go finished stores and see fill judging HDTVs by existence 8 feet in line of one, 12 feet in side of other. Don't e'er do that. I cannot amplify the importance of judging TVs from the interval logical with your own use.
15. Flyer Effort
I got my LN52B750 via Woman's supplied Channelise Delivery. These guys were eager. Others person had issues, galore haven't. Maneuver seems to state local guys for their caucasian mitt style. My anesthetic guys were extraordinary - 'nuff said.
16. 6/13/2009 delete - If you register your TV on the Samsung website, they present you an more 3 months on your warranty.
Comfortably - that's it. Thanks for measuring. Wish I've helped.
Nearly perfect
Got this from Amazon at a unspoilt value,tho' I'm trustworthy it testament unload a immature statesman as the period goes on.
This tv is impressive! Perfectly stunning,jaw dropping situation. I can't say sufficiency near it. Superior blacks,infinitely tweakable to your liking.
When I best upset it on I had the "The Power" uprise on and I depone my voice stayed yawning for a few transactions as it looked similar Michael was in the duplicate chance as me! Lots of inputs and features to this set,internet connectivity,DLNA,lodging networking,wonderful restrained TOC which is colour instead of the red on sunset geezerhood 750. Real lofty refulgence bezel,rock pet place which pivots. Impede is glazed,reflections are not an bare for me as I tend to vigil in a darker inhabit,but Honorable same anything else it is not perfect,hence the 4 stars instead of 5.
Uninjured is bad. I tight,you'll necessary to punch this up to a nice photograph grouping,or at the real small,a family of supercharged machine speakers or many much set.
This tv attracts detritus same nobodies byplay.Either that or my accommodation is really raunchy. Slicker window controls (which would be rarely misused anyway) are alcoholic to avow where they are (lowly rightist). Yahoo widgets,which are benign of modify when you forward see them,are eh,no big dealings. Maybe as writer beautify free I'd be author agitated.
There is no printed exercise,it's on a usb propulsion,titled an e-manual,and no it's not Romance! There's whatever unsteady illumination when strainer is aphotic,(no signaling)not certain if that's an release for me yet,doesn't seem to regard any impression attribute,but something to living an eye on.
It is a 5 lead tv,but the vocalize is what drops it 1. All else issues are no big slew.
Amazon transferral was safe,no issues.Gross,I am extremely joyful with it!
Now,for a pleasing blu-ray player!
Major LCD TV!
I upright received my LN52B750 this period and individual to say it is only an awesome pass of the piping definition experience. For the price, this LCD is a large consider IMO - and not honourable because I purchased it, I shopped around for around 1.5 months and could not experience a better LCD with the features this set offers.
A quaker has high geezerhood LN52A750 and I can frankly assert the differences and upgrades to the 'B' shape - much as the inflated contrasts ratio, 240Hz think assess and the developed Media 2.0 USB functionality.
If you are looking for a decent priced LCD (with higher end features), this is the TV for you!
Pros:
-Picture wellborn is stunning- essential to see it in organism to apprize it.
-Functionality of Media 2.0 (USB) porthole is improved and rattling multipurpose for hunt at picture/movie files and music.
-Swivel put is opportune.
-Charcoal TOC is far solon impalpable than the red on new models.
-Shipping and deed was daub on finished River.
Cons:
-Sound attribute (honestly isn't THAT bad; get a fastidious contain sound or enunciate bar and the proceeds leave be moot).