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Re: Bought my first plasma!!
jakewash #242641 01/25/09 06:20 PM
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Jay and others, I got the Samsung 1080P DVD player hooked up and the picture quality is a very poor. You are very happy with your player and I was wondering what the size of your TV is. I called Samsung and they said that I shouldn't have a poor picture, so I was wondering if it's a poorly refurbished player; what do you think?

Does anyone else have experience with this upconverting DVD player?

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Re: Bought my first plasma!!
Ya_basta #242646 01/25/09 06:47 PM
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I have mine hooked via HDMI. Maybe a setup issue in the menu?IIRC, you have to set it to upscale to 1080P as well.

I have mine hooked up to 40" LCD but it still looks crisp at 4' away. Do all discs look bad or just a few, could be a source issue as even some BR's look bad by some accounts.


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Re: Bought my first plasma!!
jakewash #242671 01/25/09 08:24 PM
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As far as setting it to upscale to 1080P, it does say 1080P on the display on the DVD player, does that mean that it is upscaling (I didn't change anything in the menu)? I also have it connected via HDMI, and yes I get the same poor video quality with all discs.

If I was to rate my old standard definition DVD player, the Samsung, and the Oppo, video quality would be as follows:

Standard definition DVD player- 0

Samsung-4

Oppo- 10


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Re: Bought my first plasma!!
Ya_basta #242672 01/25/09 09:01 PM
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I have the Samsung 1500 and am very happy with it. I have it hooked up to a Samsung series 6 52'. Have you hooked it up via HDMI? and have you gone through the settings? When I put in a BR or is DVD I get a small menu window pop up on screen that tells me what resolution its playing in.

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Re: Bought my first plasma!!
Graeme L #242676 01/25/09 09:17 PM
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DVD menu is set accordingly:

Connected via HDMI
TV aspect- 16:9 wide
Resolution setting-manual-1080P (1920x1080)

I just took a peek at the online manual and there are two settings under "video output" and they are I-SCAN and P-SCAN, I don't know what the default setting is, but what should it be set to? That's really all I can find in the manual that possibly should be changed.

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Re: Bought my first plasma!!
Ya_basta #242699 01/25/09 11:49 PM
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you want P-scan(progressive scan) it is a smoother picture.


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Re: Bought my first plasma!!
jakewash #243746 01/30/09 03:50 PM
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I didn't get the issue with the poor video quality from the Samsung DVD player fixed, so I just called TigerDirect yesterday and they are sending me a replacement unit.

I called Samsung regarding the issue and they said that the video quality shouldn't be as described despite the size of my TV, and they agreed with me that it's probably a problem with the DVD player because it's a refurbished unit. I guess I will truly find out when I receive the replacement.

I'll keep you guys updated.


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Re: Bought my first plasma!!
Ya_basta #243949 01/31/09 02:08 PM
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As promised, here's a picture of my room with the new addition!! Don't mind the mess, just admire the TV \:\) . I just got everything cleaned up so hopefully I'll be able to post a picture later on today. I'm still looking for either a stand of that height, or mounting it on the wall (I've found a mount) accompanied with a cabinet that's preferably wood, with glass/see-through doors. The conundrum that I'm stuck in is that I do like the fact that I can access my components in the entertainment unit, but I also want to get rid of it as I think it will be a much cleaner look.

Any suggestions with pictures/links would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks pals



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Re: Bought my first plasma!!
Ya_basta #243962 01/31/09 04:30 PM
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Empty room, I don't see a thing....


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Re: Bought my first plasma!!
HAY #243988 01/31/09 07:29 PM
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He did say it was empty didn't he?

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