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Samsung 55”UE55HU6900 Ultra HD tv 4K
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My 65" 7500 is due to arrive on Saturday. I'll report back on netflix. From reading the online forums netflix works fine on the 7500 and 8500, but according to reviews of the 6900, it has been removed due to issues.
I'll update the thread when I receive mine.
Cheers mate, also I would like to hear about viewing angle and black levels, after being using plasma in this room for 3 years, I'm very suspicious, thought all the reviews and reports say F9000 has almost reference level for viewing angle and black level, I still think its not the case
, bearing in mind LED will never come close to plasma black/angels - I'm comparing with my other Panasonic 42" LED.
The only think I must agree with all the reviews Motion Clarity, even with Motion - OFF still it is much better then my other 42" Panny, almost as good as plasmas.0 -
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something unique in the electronics industry.
My 20 years old Thomson 14" CRT TV, my first colour one, still works well in my father-in-law's shed Some electronics are last forever , but we change them 10 times quicker then theirs life-span.
I looked at the Pan. 50gt60b (HDTVTest gave it "Reference Level") in store and wasn't really impressed, but I have heard many times about this mysterious Pioneer plasma which isn't possible to buy anymore for like 5 years? I wish I was in the market of top of the range TVs 6 years ago 0 -
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Denisoftus wrote: »My 20 years old Thomson 14" CRT TV, my first colour one, still works well in my father-in-law's shed Some electronics are last forever , but we change them 10 times quicker then theirs life-span.
The point is not that it still works (my parents have a 40 year old TV that still works!) the point is that the picture quality offered by this TV, 7 years later, is still superior to any TV made today.
Usually technology advances and gets better. That hasn't happened in the TV industry. TV's did get cheaper, but the quality of the picture they deliver hasn't improved in 7 years!
They have improved in other ways, getting cheaper and more energy efficient, but picture quality hasn't improved and that is the most important thing a TV is supposed to do.The only pain is 12 months warranty on some TVs - joke like for a 1.5K purchase...
My Pioneer came with a 5 year guarantee, you are right, you pay for high quality and service, it was an expensive TV.
However FYI, under Irish consumer law, a product is supposed to last as long as is typical for that product category.
I know someone whose Sony TV broke after 5 years, Sony wouldn't repair it, he brought it to the small claims court and won, Sony replaced it.0 -
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For those interested, I just came across a shoutout (they were all in the same room) of all the top TV's (Plasma, OLED, 4K LEDs) currently available:
http://www.whathifi.com/forum/tvs-and-projectors/the-ultimate-shoot-out?page=3#comment-2966526
Unsurprisingly, the Panasonic 1080P Plasma came out on top, easily beating the 4K TV sets and even beating the OLED (which in fairness has better picture quality, but overall is still a bit buggy).
Well my Sammy (HU7500) came third behind a plasma and an OLED, so that's a respectable result. I'm glad I didn't spring for the curved one as it is 1K more expensive and doesn't seem to perform as well as the flat one.
Regarding the comment of netlfix not "popping", I wouldn't really expect it to pop like a true 4K source due to compression. My current experience of Netflix 1080p is the same in comparison to blu-ray. I would still bet netflix 4k beats netflix 1080p. I will test this when I get the set.
Also I would bet with true 4K source (not just pretty demos) it would score far higher and since I bought the TV to last me a good number of years I will bet that the availability of 4K material will increase over time.0 -
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Hey,
I thought I'd just share my experience of the UE65HU7500 here.
I received the set a couple of weeks ago and set it up in no time. The TV did have the WOW factor and the picture was fabulous on HD and blu-ray, and even coped admirably with SD, considering the amount of pixels it had to make up. 1080p movies were up-scaled excellently also. Black levels were fantastic.
I was truly chuffed with it and when if was fed with 4K content like House of Cards on Netflix, it really stood out. I will state for the record now that 4K does improve over 1080p and it is a visible difference.
Unfortunately the fairytale ended when watching sport (the world cup), where I noticed some of the dreaded vertical banding. Once I noticed it it got "worse" (i.e. I knew it was there and it was distracting). I immediatley contacted Samsung, who after two calls told me to request a replacement form my retailer, which I did.
A couple of days later, my replacement arrived an the "old" one was removed. Once again I set it up and put on the world cup again to test and low and behold this replacement set was significantly worse than the first one. I'm talking at least 7 - 8 visible line in motion shots across the entire screen! I was crest fallen as, apart from the banding issue, this set is amazing!
I did all the usual grey scale tests and that really showed the issue to the fullest extent. I have now returned the second one and am contemplating what to do. I'm amazed that so many years down the line, that manufacturers still release TV's with such bad vertical banding. I know it's a lottery at times, but I don't want that when spending the guts of €4,000 on a TV!
What to do, what to do??
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What to do, what to do??
Quick, get a Panasonic Plasma before supplies all dry up!
This is what I've been trying to tell people all throughout this thread. LED/LCD, even, 4k TV, are far inferior to a good plasma.
Yes, it is incredibly sad how bad the TV industry is and how there are more interested in selling inferior technology and focusing on immature features like 3D, Smart TV, curved TV and now 4k for purely marketing purposes, over quality.
Spend your money on a quality plasma, plasmas have by far the best picture quality, while also having the best SD upconverting and superb for sports and gaming due to low lag, etc.0 -
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I think the point bk is trying to make is that the 2014 Panasonic plasma TVs are currently the best TVs available. Also, it doesn't say a lot that you've had two of the same TV and they've both had the same issue, albeit the 2nd being worse than the 1st. I wouldn't put much faith in the 3rd being much better.
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the best feature of UE55HU6900 is its SMART Hub along with the multimedia player which can play almost anything and make your streamer redundant
And same time the worse feature of this and others Smart Hub enabled Samsung TVs. It will not let you fast forward, skip to, anything but pause/play doesn't work - which makes it completely useless for me as I never watch a movie without an interruption)))) Some people probably don't care if they have time to watch a movie/home video from the start to the end uninterrupted.
I will stick with my old "dinosaur" popcorn hour, until samsung implements this features0 -
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Denisoftus wrote: »And same time the worse feature of this and others Smart Hub enabled Samsung TVs. It will not let you fast forward, skip to, anything but pause/play doesn't work - which makes it completely useless for me as I never watch a movie without an interruption)))) Some people probably don't care if they have time to watch a movie/home video from the start to the end uninterrupted.
I will stick with my old "dinosaur" popcorn hour, until samsung implements this features
You're completly wrong about this. You can FF to any moment . Single press will give you 10sec jump but you can press and hold or simply catch the time progress indicator and drag it to the point which you're looking for. Also it can work with chapters if the played file has muxed-in meta data. Searching in Netflix or YouTube applications is easier as it allows you to see picture frame on the time scale, like in PS3 playback. If you don't like to control playback with a new gyroscope RC you can use tablet or smartphone. You can find a few apps which will allow you to do this. There is even application DSVideo for Synology's NAS users
Btw I did not mean to praise Samsung player, as using it obviously is not convenient as using any well developed standalone NMT's such as PCH or Dune, but none of these can play HEVC or 4k files. In these field Samsung is winning with the other brands. Superior Panasonic 800series can't do this, not mention it has no Netflix. The other 4k tv's can't play at the moment TV-Sat 4k HEVC streams on their own without using external equipment. This makes Samsung's HU tv's special.
Edit: BTW I'm a plasma lover. Watching movies only on PJ or plasma, and using LCD''s only for watching television, playing games or in the bedroom. But for the last couple of weeks I'm using this one for movies as well and I'm not unhappy about this.0 -
You're completly wrong about this. You can FF to any moment . Single press will give you 10sec jump but you can press and hold or simply catch the time progress indicator and drag it to the point which you're looking for. Also it can work with chapters if the played file has muxed-in meta data. Searching in Netflix or YouTube applications is easier as it allows you to see picture frame on the time scale, like in PS3 playback. If you don't like to control playback with a new gyroscope RC you can use tablet or smartphone. You can find a few apps which will allow you to do this. There is even application DSVideo for Synology's NAS users
Btw I did not mean to praise Samsung player, as using it obviously is not convenient as using any well developed standalone NMT's such as PCH or Dune, but none of these can play HEVC or 4k files. In these field Samsung is winning with the other brands. Superior Panasonic 800series can't do this, not mention it has no Netflix. The other 4k tv's can't play at the moment TV-Sat 4k HEVC streams on their own without using external equipment. This makes Samsung's HU tv's special.
Edit: BTW I'm a plasma lover. Watching movies only on PJ or plasma, and using LCD''s only for watching television, playing games or in the bedroom. But for the last couple of weeks I'm using this one for movies as well and I'm not unhappy about this.
I have the 55inch 2013 VT65 Panny plasma, and its good, but I do have issues with it.0 -
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You're completly wrong about this. You can FF to any moment . Single press will give you 10sec jump but you can press and hold or simply catch the time progress indicator and drag it to the point which you're looking for.
Maybe it improved in 2014 model, I have 2013 F9000 and I cannot do anything with the movie (mp4 downloaded from youtube) but pause or play. Also same with my home videos recorded with Sony Handycam.
When I get 2014 evolution kit, which will upgrade my TV to 2014 models, I will let you know if it changed. I hope it will, very irritating to watch movies like that
And of course you right, none of my media boxes, PCH or Apple TV can play any of UHD content, I will rely on tele for that, thought none still available to play
By the way, does 4K Netflix work on your set?0
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