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Mart
Jun 13, 2001

by T. Couchfucker
Does anyone in this thread have experience with the Samsung UE40D5000? It has a glowing review here but I'm seeing some reports of severe motion blur on the AVS and AV Forums. It'll be hooked up to my PC 24/7 and used for HD Movies/Gaming. If anyone has a better recommendation I'm all ears too.

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Mart
Jun 13, 2001

by T. Couchfucker
So I got the Samsung UE40D5000 yesterday, and overall I'm pretty pleased with it. PC Connectivity is perfect, no overscan, perfect 1:1 and motion blur is practically non-existent. Only qualms are light patches on the screen from the lighting, most noticeable in the corners and towards the middle when playing dark games (Dead Space 2) or watching movies with a non-16:9 aspect ratio. It also took me forever to configure the brightness and contrast and when it's in PC mode you can't change the colour saturation, I ended up abandoning the TV menu after setting the Backlight and using the nVidia control panel to set brightness/contrast/gamma/digital vibrance. Viewing angle is also fantastic with no loss of image no matter what angle you're viewing the screen from (although it does get more washed out, you can still see everything).
Overall I'm happy, but I'm open for tips on getting rid of the cloudy white patches if there are any.

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