Samsung 40 inch C8000

[hifianorak]

Hi,

Is it me or is the SD picture on the Samsung C8000 40 inch really quite naff. It looks really fuzzy and lacks sharpness and vitality. HD by comparison looks fabulous. I tended to buy this TV as I had heard that the SD quality is generally very good, but I am not seeing that at all.

I can't watch it, so I end up watching SD through my sky box instead and that looks far, far, better.

Do I need to manually try tuning in the picture or am I on the wrong wavelength? I live close to Crystal Palace and on my old CRT and 26inch Sony LCD, the SD was very good - so it can't be the aerial?

Thanks

 

[Miker]

I live in NW England, in the Granada area. The SD picture on my C8000 is fine for outdoor and studio programmes. My gripe is that indoor sequences in programmes such as South Riding are too dark, with much of the detail being lost in the gloom. I've tried adjusting the Brightness and Contrast to lighten the picture but all that does is to bleach out the colour and contrast. I've watched South Riding on my desktop via BBC iplayer and the picture was excellent.

Are there any other C800 owners who can comment on this thread?

I also have a Sony BD570 player with supposedly BBC iPlayer facilities but can't watch South Riding on it as I get a not enough memory message despite clicking on "Erase BD data". I have raised this with Sony and am awaiting a reply.

Isn't life frustrating!

 

[3937edwards]

hi i had a c6530 led tv but had alot of picture issues like you are getting also backlight bleed. all i can say is that you will never get a perfect picture on SD programmes due to the nature of lcd so i went to plasma instead still not perfect with sd but in my opinion alot better then lcd