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40" Samsung Smart LED TV w/wifi €365

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,514 ✭✭✭Shred


    Ah that suck mega balls Zascar, I hope you get sorted.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Colemania


    Absolutely super TV. Great picture quality, class interface and menus and very handy for pairing with your phone/laptop. I paired it with my phone for youtube, played a video on my phone and streamed it on the TV. My internet connection is quite poor where I live and when I stream videos on my phone it tends to buffer quite a bit but it didn't buffer once on the TV. Strange but not complaining!

    Also, if you search Samsung Smart remote on the Android Market (not sure about apple store) you can download a handy unofficial app to control everything on the TV.

    All in all, very very impressed with the TV, especially at that price!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 924 ✭✭✭homewardbound11


    Anyone note the lack of Mheg 5 for text.
    Might go down as an impulse buy. I ordered to replace an old 40" LCD. It still looks tiny even though they are both 40. LCD surround was much larger . Might consider letting this go . Pm me if you are interested. I am still undecided so please bear with me if I don't reply.


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Phew, it just arrived. There was no label on it but thankfully they worked it out. Relieved. Can't wait to set it up!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭ferrigan101


    Zascar wrote: »
    Phew, it just arrived. There was no label on it but thankfully they worked it out. Relieved. Can't wait to set it up!

    Glad you got sorted!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 353 ✭✭Paddy_man


    TV is pretty cool. Connected to my WiFi straight away. Use skifta to broadcast through my XBOne but the tv pics up skifta now and can browse all the videos on my tablet via skifta on the tv. Can't wait to get gaming on this and see how the graphics look :)


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Set it up quickly last night, very impressed with the Smart stuff and apps etc. I was expecting them to be a bit crappy and slow etc but they work really well! I only used youtube and RTE player. Can you get Channel 4 OD or BBC iPlayer does anyone know? Or what other apps are worth getting? Will need to properly play with it tonight and see what else it can do. Anyone else got any tips?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Colemania


    Zascar wrote: »
    Set it up quickly last night, very impressed with the Smart stuff and apps etc. I was expecting them to be a bit crappy and slow etc but they work really well! I only used youtube and RTE player. Can you get Channel 4 OD or BBC iPlayer does anyone know? Or what other apps are worth getting? Will need to properly play with it tonight and see what else it can do. Anyone else got any tips?

    Haven't tried this but I was of the assumption that if you set your region to United Kingdom on setup, you'll get BBC iPlayer and so on. Not of any use to us at home as the TV was for my parents and they only watch RTE and TV3 so the RTEplayer and 3player will be very useful for them.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 50 ✭✭teecee74


    I got mine setup - really happy with it and would never have seen the deal without the OP so thanks. Anyone know why there's no proper OFF button? According to the manual it's left in standby unless it's plugged out.


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Yes big thanks to OP!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,999 ✭✭✭✭Thargor


    teecee74 wrote: »
    I got mine setup - really happy with it and would never have seen the deal without the OP so thanks. Anyone know why there's no proper OFF button? According to the manual it's left in standby unless it's plugged out.
    Thats the way most tvs are these days unfotunately, keep an eye on Lidl/Aldi for remote control plug sockets.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,119 ✭✭✭Colemania


    teecee74 wrote: »
    I got mine setup - really happy with it and would never have seen the deal without the OP so thanks. Anyone know why there's no proper OFF button? According to the manual it's left in standby unless it's plugged out.

    I don't think it wastes much electricity anyway. Its A energy rated. The 32 inch TV we have at home and a crappy 26 inch TV that my brother has which were bought about 4 or 5 years ago are showing up as 120 Watts or so, while being used, on the energy monitor we have and this TV is only 40 Watts while being used.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    Plex is super, what else can it do, I like allshare from my samsung phone, but havent been able to figure out how to do this from my samsung laptop


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland


    A mate bought one of these on my recommendation so I can't play with the menu myself. Is it easy to change the region to UK to use NowTv?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,514 ✭✭✭Shred




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,336 ✭✭✭cullenswood


    Do these ever come back up on iBood at a later stage. Raging I missed out


  • Registered Users Posts: 37 mjmc4004


    Wondering if any knows how to pair a HTC one or the onex with this TV .... and thanks OP savage TV


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    Or My Samsung 9 series Laptop?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland




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  • Registered Users Posts: 204 ✭✭pat1981


    Hi, is it possible to pair my blue tooth headphone with this tv.

    I inserted a usb blue tooth adapter to back of telly but cant seem to find an option to connect both,

    Any suggestions would be great thanks.


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Shred wrote: »

    Does this reset everything like apps? Do I need to change it to Ireland, or do you guys change to Uk to get the uk apps like C4OD etc?

    I'm giving plex a go now but no idea how it works


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    Zascar wrote: »
    Does this reset everything like apps? Do I need to change it to Ireland, or do you guys change to Uk to get the uk apps like C4OD etc?

    I'm giving plex a go now but no idea how it works

    Plex is great, give me a shout if you have any questions


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Thanks I definitely will. Looks ok so far but really I'm not bothered about movie covers and library's netflix style, i just want lists of the files I've downloaded and in the folders i put them in. I actually have a WDTV and this does it very well. Can Plex do this also?

    So what other apps are any good? I like the Screen Dreams on - turn your tv into a fish tank, fire place or art gallery!

    Cintetrailer looks good, nice way to watch all the upcoming movie trailers


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    Zascar wrote: »
    Thanks I definitely will. Looks ok so far but really I'm not bothered about movie covers and library's netflix style, i just want lists of the files I've downloaded and in the folders i put them in. I actually have a WDTV and this does it very well. Can Plex do this also?

    So what other apps are any good? I like the Screen Dreams on - turn your tv into a fish tank, fire place or art gallery!

    Cintetrailer looks good, nice way to watch all the upcoming movie trailers

    OOh cool, I will give cinetrailer a look.

    I see your point, it doesn't add much more functionality then just hooking your hardrive up now,
    Where it comes into its own is how it hooks up to any cloud storage account you may have and u can simply synch a file to the cloud through it and therefore watch it from any where that has plex, other smart tv, any phone/laptop etc.

    It is also useful for me as my two housemates have synched their movie folders with my accounts so we can watch all our stuff once our laptops are on.

    Note the cloud synch feature requires a subscription, entirely unfunctional but pretty cool.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,514 ✭✭✭Shred


    Zascar wrote: »
    Does this reset everything like apps? Do I need to change it to Ireland, or do you guys change to Uk to get the uk apps like C4OD etc?

    I'm giving plex a go now but no idea how it works

    Yes it does reset apps but I've just left mine set to UK, I'd use 4OD far more than the RTE player.


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  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Ok so I changed to UK and I can get C4OD but ITV and BBC do not work, I guess cause of region IP. Any way around this? I wish you could get them all with RTE and TV3 player as well.

    Has anyone got the moves to work on the menu to the right of the apps? They have some very good new movies there, but when I click in I just get a message saying "Server Params Error"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭Unknown Soldier


    Small favour if anyone has the time. I assume these can do photos? If so and you are into photography, can it display a .CR2 raw format picture?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    Small favour if anyone has the time. I assume these can do photos? If so and you are into photography, can it display a .CR2 raw format picture?

    send me one and I'll see, or send me a link to one


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,124 ✭✭✭Unknown Soldier


    send me one and I'll see, or send me a link to one

    You're a star!

    If you scroll down to the "Sample RAW Images" on the following site there are a few you can use. Many thanks.

    http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/canon_eos_7d_review/sample_images/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,875 ✭✭✭ShoulderChip


    You're a star!

    If you scroll down to the "Sample RAW Images" on the following site there are a few you can use. Many thanks.

    http://www.photographyblog.com/reviews/canon_eos_7d_review/sample_images/


    Yup that works fine


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,514 ✭✭✭Shred


    Zascar wrote: »
    Ok so I changed to UK and I can get C4OD but ITV and BBC do not work, I guess cause of region IP. Any way around this? I wish you could get them all with RTE and TV3 player as well.

    Yeah they're geo-locked and you'll need to use a proxy to get around it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,371 ✭✭✭acquiescefc


    how did you change to uk, to get 4od app?

    i dont have an aerial, not worked that bit out yet, as aerial goes into upc box.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,647 ✭✭✭brian ireland


    Zascar wrote: »
    Ok so I changed to UK and I can get C4OD but ITV and BBC do not work, I guess cause of region IP. Any way around this? I wish you could get them all with RTE and TV3 player as well.

    Has anyone got the moves to work on the menu to the right of the apps? They have some very good new movies there, but when I click in I just get a message saying "Server Params Error"

    I use overplay to get nowtv,bbc,five, netflix US on my LG smart TV. I asked Overplay and they have assured me using their service is 100% legal.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭discombobulate


    Anyone know if it's possible to mirror the laptop screen onto the tv?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,227 ✭✭✭Sam Mac


    Anyone know if it's possible to mirror the laptop screen onto the tv?

    via HDMI, yes.

    Wirelessly - I do not know


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭discombobulate


    Sam Mac wrote: »
    via HDMI, yes.

    Wirelessly - I do not know
    Did a bit of Googling and doesn't look like it. I had presumed this is what the Chromecast did also but it only mirrors your browser rather than screen


  • Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭varuka


    Anyone know if it's possible to mirror the laptop screen onto the tv?

    If your laptop and tv has WIDI then you can mirror.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 874 ✭✭✭Gosub


    WIDI is?:confused:


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Any compatible video/hdmi cable will mirror a laptop to the tv


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭discombobulate


    Zascar wrote: »
    Any compatible video/hdmi cable will mirror a laptop to the tv
    Ah yeah but we've been able to do that since CRT's. Wireless mirroring would be far handier.


  • Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,778 Mod ✭✭✭✭Zascar


    Ah right ok. Yeah I agree there should be an easier way to doing it in this day and age


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭discombobulate


    After reading up on WiDi it looks like it's starting to get rolled out more on the newer tv's and processors so should hopefully be standard soon enough.


  • Registered Users Posts: 82 ✭✭varuka


    Gosub wrote: »
    WIDI is?:confused:

    Intel WiDi technology is wireless software which mirrors your Intel WIDI enabled pc/ laptop screen to any WIDI enabled device.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 924 ✭✭✭homewardbound11


    Decided not to sell mine as the price was too good to let go.

    Found one issue. I am having trouble when the hdmi from my raspberry pi is plugged in. I loose or have very poor digital signal on the analog/digital dtt aerial input. I'm not sure why as the pi seems to work with CEC which is nice.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭Etnies


    Ah yeah but we've been able to do that since CRT's. Wireless mirroring would be far handier.

    What exactly is it you want to mirror?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,846 ✭✭✭discombobulate


    Etnies wrote: »
    What exactly is it you want to mirror?
    I'd like to be able to wirelessly stream my laptop to play avi files etc. without having to plug in the avi or usb


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,941 ✭✭✭ActingDanClark


    "Play to" app ?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,151 ✭✭✭Etnies


    I'd like to be able to wirelessly stream my laptop to play avi files etc. without having to plug in the avi or usb

    Plex app can do that.. It uses your laptop as a media server, you really don't need to mirror


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