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377 of 383 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent LCD...Extremely Happy So Far...Go Pull the Trigger, April 12, 2007
I have only watched it tonight, but so far everything looks great. I could definitely see some of the things that people have questioned on this thread, but the settings change took care of anything I could find with it, but then again I am not a super videophile...I know just enough to be dangerous.
One thing I noticed while messing with the settings is that they definitely make a big difference in getting to an ultimate image on this LCD. Furthermore, this model appears to be very flexible, and as such most of the non catrostophic issues I am hearing about on different forums can be cleared up if you are using the correct settings. The settings that I am using are below in case you care. The most important one of the lot was the HDMI Black=Low.
Samsung LN-T5265F Bad Mamma Jamma
Scientific Atlantic 8300HD over HDMI
Mode=Movie
Contrast=85
Brightness=42
Sharpness=25
Color=60
Tint=G50-R50
Backlight=5
Tone=Warm1
Black Adjust=low
Dynamic Contrast=low
Gamma=-1
Color Space=Auto
White Balance=all 15
Color Control=all 15
Edge Enhancement=off
YvYcc=off
DNR and DNIe: Off
Energy Saving=Medium
HDMI Black=Low
A few other things to note, especially if you are in the market. I bought mine from Amazon, and the seller with the low price that day was OfficeDepot. They have a subsidiary called TechDepot that sells consumer stuff; didn't know that until after the order was handed off from Amazon. I got the low price I wanted, and have someone to go work with in person if something goes wrong.
Delivery came from Pilot Freight, and the delivery guy was totally cool about me getting it out and sending a signal to it before I signed the slip and went beyond the point of no return for refusal of delivery. Offer your delivery guy a drink...they should have no problem sticking it out for five minutes while they are sipping a cold bottled water on a hot day.
I also wanted to mention that I got my HDMI cables from monoprice and they are excellent cables given the insanely low price compared to other places. Don't let the kid at Best Buy try to talk you into Monster unless he is going to let you use his employee discount. I even called monoprice tech support to ask a quick question, and they were really helpful, I got it answered in less than 5 minutes from when I dialed them.
Other than a few other things to figure out, this has been a wicked purchase so far. My wife is really happy with it, and even though it was extravagant, is glad that we got the 52" instead of the 46". I am putting together a desktop pc that will go in my living room that will play Blu-Ray so the ultimate test will be in a few weeks once I dump Casino Royale BD onto the 1080p native resolution.
Bottom line is that I did as much research as I could, took my time in making the purchase, and I am really happy so far with what I got. It is a great LCD, and with the HDMI 1.3 support, you are as future proofed as you can get today. Anyone not sure should definitely buy the Samsung...much better than the Sony, and I think that once all the reviews are in on CNET, this gen of Samsung LCDs will be number one on their Editors Choice list, surpassing the Sony.
Sorry for the rant, but when I was researching my purchase, a lot of what I learned was from posts like these. Hopefully what I am posting here will help others make a good purchasing decision. Good luck. Gotta get back to the Discovery HD Channel now! Not sure how I EVER watched anything in SD before.
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105 of 110 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A first rate TV for the money, April 13, 2007
We've had our 5265 for a few days now, and I've had some time to adjust and tweak the settings to where color, brightness and black details are pretty good. That's kind of an understatement as there is a big WOW factor when it's all set up well. A very important factor with a tv this large is the quality of the signal being fed to it. If your provider uses heavy compression on the signal being fet to you, you're going to see macro-blocking artifacts and other such noise. Our tv is plugged into cable directly out of the wall, and the built-in tuner takes care of the rest. HD from NBC and others is very cool. We watch DVDs on an upscaling Sony with HDMI, and the picture is very enjoyable. HD-DVD or BluRay would be a real treat.
I only have a couple of relatively small issues that keep me from giving it 5 stars. One is that when auto-programming cable channels, the tv would freeze-up and turn itself off whenever it got to channel 108 for some reason. Then, after a moment, it would turn itself back on and repeat as long as it was on 108. There's nothing on 108 for us, so to bypass this, I just unplugged the cable as it reached 108 and plugged it back in after it was past it, and everything works fine. Now, to be honest, I'm not sure it's the fault of the tv or the feed from the cable company, but it didn't happen with our smaller tv.
The second problem (minor) is that sometimes in dark scenes, it seems like the tv can't figure out how to properly display the darkness. I'll say it again: only sometimes. It happens so infrequently that most people would probably not notice, but it shows up as lighter shades of gray eminating from the sides of the tv inward. 9 times out of 10 the tv shows solid black, but sometimes (mostly depending on the disc being watched) it shows these lighter side areas in a scene that's very dark or has darkness with little other detail. I'm a bit paranoid about these big LCDs since I'm a former owner of another brand that had terrible banding problems. On the 5265, though, it is seemingly so small a problem that I hesitate to mention it, but it's there, and some people have a harder time with it than others.
On the plus side, again - the picture is amazing and even standard definition played off of our home video camera looks really nice. Also, the screen is glossy compared to most LCDs. If you don't like reflections (think near tube-tv reflection) or have sunny windows facing where you'll put this tv, it could cause you problems. I happen to really enjoy the glossy screen, however, as it ads a real feel of... oh, I don't know how to explain it - visual "POP", I guess. A very nice tv for the price. I'm looking forward to enjoying ours for a long time.
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91 of 99 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
90% Great 10% Bad, April 6, 2007
Bottomline regarding the Samsung 1080p 52" is that I am quite pleased. The only LCD I saw that may be better is the Sony but it is my personal feeling that you are just paying for the name. I was also told that the screen on the Samsung and the Sony are made by the same manufacturer so the only difference is asthetics and extra features. The Sony however comes with a stiff price increase.
I have a very bright room and I am energy concious so a plasma was not a good option for me since they catch a lot of glare and use more power. The picture quality you get out of a plasma in the right setting still is superior to LCD but only in certain instances. The Samsung LCD picture is awesome 90% of the time, where it falls short is in very dark scenes. There is a problem with what I found from other blog sites and reviews (based on the Sony with the same screen) of "light leaking". In very dark scenes the picture is sometimes not totally black you can see what appear to be shadows or pixel movements. Now most people don't even notice it but if you're a perfectionist geek like me it is an annoyance. However, for me the LCD is still the better choice than plasma and I would not change my decision the picture quality is excellent most of the time so it is not a big deal. Of all the LCD's that I have seen this one along with the Sony have the best picture quality hands down. Although, Sharp's new box is getting close. Don't be fooled by low end manufactured products claiming to be as good. Carefully, look at the specs and the picture quality particuarly during fast moving scenes where you may catch bluring.
I have not had the opportunity to see how the 1080p resolution looks yet (Blu-Ray, HD-DVD) but I'm sure it is as breath-taking as HD.
I bought this TV recently after years of watching, reading and waiting for pricing to get to a point where I thought it would be the right time. Whatever you thing pricing will do it seems the fact of the matter is that technology will always be better and pricing better the next year, you just have to jump in at some point. Pricing has taken a significant drop in the last 2 years on such items.
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