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ActiveWin.com: Samsung LE40M87BDX - 40" 1080p LCD Television - Review | |
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| Time: 01:35 EST/06:35 GMT | News Source: ActiveWin.com | Posted By: Byron Hinson | ||
I have posted up our first review of a high definition television. This one is a 40" Samsung LE40M87BDX model running at 1080p. Here is a piece from the review: Now let’s talk about high definition as this is where the Samsung M8 series really shines. First let’s talk about the Playstation 3 connected by HDMI, picture quality is excellent the colours look fantastic when playing games, viewing pictures and even on the XMB menus, recently Sony added a HDMI Full RGB option which means you get the perfect setting for this TV, where blacks really are blacks instead of gray. Gaming on the M87 is also excellent; I have played Motorstorm, Virtua Tennis 3 and Resistance as well as many other demos on the PS3 that show off just how good this TV can look when fed excellent signals. Motion was smooth in each title I played, especially when “Game Mode” was turned on in the menu. | ||
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| #1 By 6859 (12.226.86.248) at 6/18/2007 9:12:48 AM |
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8 millisecond response time
I really would have liked to see a 4ms response time, that would have been quite excellent. As it is, 8ms is ok, but really, faster response would be something to have. Otherwise, it's a good unit (and a good review.) |
| #2 By 2960 (24.254.95.224) at 6/18/2007 9:59:53 AM |
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I can't help but think this would be tough to use as a computer monitor.
I have a 24" and already I feel like I'm being fried to a crisp by the end of the day. TL |
| #3 By 55330 (64.9.85.10) at 6/18/2007 11:57:07 AM |
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One thing I am curious about - I have a Samsung 40" HDTV as well. Connecting the display via VGA works wonderful at 1920x1080. I use it as my main monitor. I have only one complaint:
However when I use my graphics card DVI output to the HDMI port on the TV there is an overscan. (At least I think that is what it is called) - The start menu in Vista is almost below the screen, the sidebar is partially visible, and the left side I can see almost half the icon for IE. It is like I need a "shrink to fit" option. :) I am using an NVIDIA 7800 GS. Anyone have any idea what I need to do? I would prefer to use DVI->HDMI as opposed to VGA input on the TV. The colors are richer in HDMI from the computer. |
| #4 By 55330 (64.9.85.10) at 6/18/2007 12:01:30 PM |
| TechLarry - are you using Windows Vista or XP? I found that Windows XP bugs my eyes out by the end of the day - but Vista has been quite pleasing to look at with the larger displays. I think it is because it "proportionally" displays the information for me - i.e. it isn't in itty bitty print - like on XP in high resolution everything is really small -> but in Vista it displays just right. |
| #5 By 23275 (24.179.4.158) at 6/18/2007 1:31:33 PM |
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#3, Do not use overscan of any kind.
Instead, find out what resolutions your display will support on the input being used and set your video card to use that resolution at 60Hz. If the HDTV itself uses overscan, turn it off. OverScan/Underscan options may be adjusted inside Nvidia's control panel - toggle to the advanced view. Also, if you are using Windows Media Center, you can adjust the TV image display and enable some very effective scalers to fill the screen without distorting, or clipping the image in standard definition. In WMC, or MCE 2005, just use the "Info" button on the remote, or applicable keyboard, or right-click the interface and select "Zoom" toggle through the options that work best for your signal and wide format TV. ****This way you can tune for the computer display and native resolutions that work best, and still adjust the TV display format after you have done set up the TV as a computer display first. For guys with 720P only HDTV, use 1280 x 720 to get at least one mega-pixel, which is also what works best for 32" to 42" HDTV's from 8 to 10 feet from the display - if one goes higher than that, count on killing any kind of use as a PC - say for group Internet browsing - you can however, maintain and use higher/different resolutions for gaming and BD/HD DVD viewing. Finally, be careful with some HDTV's that do have VGA support - all but the very high end full HD units only support 1024 768 screen resolutions on the VGA port. |
| #6 By 3 (86.1.34.106) at 6/18/2007 2:18:33 PM |
| #5 - this full HD unit does 1920x1080 over the VGA port! |
| #7 By 3653 (68.52.143.149) at 6/18/2007 9:31:49 PM |
| Waiting for 120Hz and 1million:1 contrast ratio... |
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