I bought this tv and I was watching Breaking Bad 720p and it looked some how fake. Is it because of the refresh rate? How do I change the refresh rate
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If you have 120Hz, you shouldn't have a problem. Were you not able to watch in 1080p ? I don't know anything about changing refresh rates.
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I am experiencing the same problem. Dont know what settings should i put it in. I did change the picture mode to clear. Hopefully it works
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LOL, 'fake' is a great term to describe it. Don't return it, it's fine. What you're seeing is sometimes referred to as SOE, or the "Soap-Opera-Effect" because it looks like you're watching some cheaply produced daytime television. It has to do with the way the source material was recorded, how it maps to the refresh rate of your new TV, interpolation and other large words you don't care about. What you do care about is pressing the green Menu button on your remote, selecting the first option 'Picture' and then 'Picture Options' about 9 items down. In this menu you want to change the feature called "Auto Motion Plus" from 'Standard' to 'Clear.' Walter and friends should look a little less fake now. I never understood why Samsung sets it that way by default, it drives me nuts!
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Return the TV if you can. This is really bad quality TV. Mine cracked internally all by itself after 4 month of light use. Good luck!
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Update: Watched a dvd last night (the same dvd I first tried) and the picture was perfect - even using HDMI 1080p setting! This time I chose "Anynet HDMI DVD" from the source list on my tv settings, which I don't remember being an option before. I previously chose "DVI". I wonder if that made the difference. Hmm. Anyway....glad my dvd's now look just as great as the HD channels. Thank you for responding C.Woodruff. :)LadyR
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I believe its a 60 refresh rate. I have had this tv for over 2 years now and not one problem. I would recomend it. Itd better picture than a new samsung i recently bought.
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Sorry but I can't help you. I returned the TV because the picture quality was not acceptable. I replaced it with the 7000 series and I am very happy.
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its 240hz on my driect tv, but only 60hz with my ps3. the truemotion is crap get another tv. the munus suck aswell. g-luck
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I've also noted the sound out of sync with the video - but I tracked it back to the software used to convert the HDTV source down to the 320x240 image. some software works better than others - try it before you buy it.
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You can't fix it, because TV is broadcasted in 60hz. Also HD TV is also broadcasted in 1080i or 720p. No network broadcasts in 1080p right now. They would require too much bandwidth.
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My understanding is it is 720p. When looking at TV this size, 720p was still the most popular in my search. It will take 1080p in, but then down-scale it to 720.
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it's a lie by LG unfortunately!! http://hdguru.com/lg-55lm6700-hdtv-review-when-120-hz-isnt-120-hz-updated/8281/http://hdguru.com/beware-of-phony-lcd-hdtv-refresh-rates/7726/
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This is not a 120hz TV, it is a 60HZ TV that has a feature called "120Hz Clear Motion" That means it is simulating higher rate (simulated 120Hz, NOT actual 120Hz) by inserting extra frames but the truel rate is 60Hz.
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HD is so good that it is going to magnify low resolution and you are going to see the defects. The best way to minimize this is to not stretch programs that are in the 4:3 ratio. Go to HOME, SETTINGS, SCREEN SIZE and then set 4.3 default to "Normal". If you set it to anything else, it is going to stretch the screen and make things worse. Also make sure your cable box is set correctly because you can change how it outputs from the cable box. The third thing you need to watch is to use the correct mode with the correct program. For example, the vivid mode can cause eye strain. Reserve this mode for the simpsons and other similiar animated programs. Use standard for standard programs. Use cinema or customize the setting for sports. If you picture is too sharp for sports, you are going to see a fuzzy screen. If you reduce the sharpness and the brightness, the picture will look smooth and give you a better sense of motion. Also, even though it has nothing to do with the picture, be sure the crank the voice boost feature and the sound is incredible when you do this. Hope this helps.
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Rich, why do you feel you really need to tweek this TV so much. You stated that my earlier reply back to you, was not useful. Do you own this tv? IF not, no wonder you didn't like my reply. This television only involves minor tweeking of the Contrast and the backlight. This will drastically result in a better picture than those 3 standard settings. Do not mess with the color pallettes or anything elso at that matter. They are set perfectly to accomadate Toshiba's hd dvd players and so forth. hd input source from hd dish network/direct tv also looks great. If you are really into tweeking your set, my guess is that it will only hurt you with this tv. Toshiba really did a great job on this t.v. Not much messing around. It reallylooks wonderful straight out of the box. I would just set the contrast and backlight. thats it!!!
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umm that's because it's a widescreen tv and because you refuse to get HD service you are seeing the crappy cropped old-style imagine. You can't magically make the image fit widescreen when it's formatted to the old image. You can only stretch it and it will look like crap.
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Jimmy, most modern HDTV's do not "like" the old 240P signal which those systems generate video on. My Sony Plasma just gets a black screen on some. By going through your receiver, that device is likely scaling to a different resolution (480i, 480p, 720p, etc.) which the tv then does like! I personally had to get a video upscaler instead of this device, and used that with SCART RGB to go to HDMI. I kept this device to use on my old CRT that accepts component input.
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I'd like to see some pictures from others as well. My 48" TCL's picture is so incredibly grainy, it's distracting. A HD TV shouldnt look like this when displaying 1080 content.
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Jedi Master: I have the same concern about one of my Samsung TVs. The screen reads 1920x1080i, 60Hz. I'm aware that in the US, all electricity is at 60Hz, so I wonder why Samsung would have made this spec so prominent on the display, when instead it could have put the refresh rate instead. Any ideas?
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Unless you received a defective TV it sounds like a setting needs adjusting. Have you looked at the output settings on the BR player? Also, are you connecting it via HDMI? Other cables will give a lousier image. Also, you may need to adjust the color, contrast, etc., settings on the TV to make it look better.