Do they improve picture and sound on any flat screen tv. I have a vizio 42" tv. the picture goes snow black it does this only with the blu ray player.
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Yes, it does improve the picture on a flat screen tv. I have a 47" Visio TV and it made the blu ray player a whole lot better.
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The only improving i got out of the hdmi cord was the pictures quality i didnt see a difference in the sound i use it with my laptop and xbox
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These ones are horrible. They do not work with my bluray or play station. Yes the improve the quality but this particular cable makes the movies and games cut out its very annoying. I recommend spending a couple extra dollars on a better Hdmi cable.
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Sam I just disconnected my TV from the receiver so I have the cable box and blu ray as the only signals to the receiver. I turn on the cable box and put on a music station. It plays fine with no cut off after 30 secs. or 10 minutes. I put a blu ray disc in the player and played the movie with no TV HDMI hooked up. I get great sound no picture, but the sound is uninterrupted. I believe your problem is either in the options or set up menu, possibly the connections, or options in the input devices...
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My player doesn't upscale very well at all. And, I am hooked up using HDMI. No way does Blu-ray Disc compare to HD DVD. I used to have an HD-XA2 and an HD A35 and those players were amazing at upscaling. Sometimes you couldn't tell the difference between high-def and standard def.
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Mine just went out today. I purchased it in the beginning of November. Trying to decide if I should see if Amazon will refund me and buy a different TV or just get it replaced by Vizio. I'm a little worried about the longevity, since it went out so quickly and others are experiencing the same problem.Loved the TV until it picture went out on me. I still have a 32" Vizio that's about 6 years old running strong.
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I made setting adjustments, updated the firmware and have since watched scenes with dark backgrounds and it seems to have gone away? Don't know why for sure but so far, so good. Thought the same. Perhaps it is a HDMI cable issue but was seeing it both on tv broadcasts as well as DVD so felt it must have been related to some sort of setting? Don't think both of my HDMI cables would have been bad! Thanks.
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I used a Vizio S3820w-CO for a few days until my digital optical converter came in and there were NO issues at all. The sound bar did soundbetter than the TV speakers, which are also not that bad at all. I needed the converter because the Samsung will not accept RCA type plugs for the audio output.
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Blu-ray looks spectacular on this tv. I sit 9' away and do not notice the difference in resolution (had a 1080p before).
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One thing I've noticed is to turn off the 3 modes of noise reduction in picture settings. It depends on the content you are watching, but I work with Sony TVs and own this one, and once I did that, all of them started to look better.
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I played this unit on both of my 1080P TVs. One is way more detailed than the other. There is about 5 year difference between the two. So I think it matters on your TV. Also this unit does not play all files as stated.
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Yes they do. Speakers on flat screens are located on the back of the tv facing the wall. This makes the highs (voices) sound muffled and the lows (Action scenes) echo off the wall making them over riding the voices. A sound bar was designed to correct this. I use to be a audio/video technician in California and I always used LG for their quality and price. I made a mistake to buy a Vizio tv for the family room but on my masterbed LG tv the picture is so much cleaner so I spent a lot of time in the bedroom.*For best sound on sound bar use a digital cable and go into settings on tv and turn tv speakers OFF and digital out ON...... Yes they do. Speakers on flat screens are located on the back of the tv facing the wall. This makes the highs (voices) sound muffled and the lows (Action scenes) echo off the wall making them over riding the voices. A sound bar was designed to correct this. I use to be a audio/video technician in California and I always used LG for their quality and price. I made a mistake to buy a Vizio tv for the family room but on my masterbed LG tv the picture is so much cleaner so I spent a lot of time in the bedroom.*For best sound on sound bar use a digital cable and go into settings on... » Read More Yes they do. Speakers on flat screens are located on the back of the tv facing the wall. This makes the highs (voices) sound muffled and the lows (Action scenes) echo off the wall making them over riding the voices. A sound bar was designed to correct this. I use to be a audio/video technician in California and I always used LG for their quality and price. I made a mistake to buy a Vizio tv for the family room but on my masterbed LG tv the picture is so much cleaner so I spent a lot of time in the bedroom.*For best sound on sound bar use a digital cable and go into settings on tv and turn tv speakers OFF and digital out ON...... « Show Less
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I was also wondering, as I got my tv yesterday and hi def time warner cable today. I also put it on 120hz. So, can anyone tell me when and how to benefit from this feature? Also would appeciate any recs on sound system- not too expensive to add to tv, and what to go with blue-ray or other high def DVD player..thanks.
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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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Isnt that a shame? so you're saying that it will look grainy on any blue ray player? I wouldve thought any encoding problem wouldve been fixed by now, i mean 300 just came out on blue ray.Do stores offer refunds or something? Have you tried a different blue ray? or a different TV? Im going to take mine to my friends house and test it on his LCD TV.thxThank you.
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Good info, totally makes sense. Im excited for the 3D and all that but I am also looking forward to the 240Hz in 24" and at the price as there is currently nothing like that now. Will probabaly have to use a different Blu-Ray player for movies to have that smooth look to them as I don't think the PS3 can play movies past 60Hz. Still curious how it looks. I personally like smaller HD screens and am curious how it will look.
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Hi, always, as a general rule, to view the 3D effect it is required a 3D capable TV, if you use a 3D Blu Ray movie with a non-3D TV you will only see a normal 2D Blu-Ray. So to answer your two questions, yes and yes. As a final comment, I don't recommend this player, look for Sony.
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I have a sharp 42 LCD as my primary living room TV and couldn't be happier. I really appreicate your candid remarks on the Blu-Ray players and sincerely hope they can re-work the product to the standard of the TV's. Thanks for the info.
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I forgot I posted this. We noticed that it is significantly less loud when playing a dvd vs a blu ray. Trying to decide if we should return it and get a different one or not. So if anyone has this please let me know is you BR player loud?