Is there any way to "turn off" the Power Director commercials that come in the guise of an upgrade? I find it pretty annoying.
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I agree that it is terribly annoying. Adware should NOT be something you pay this much for... I haven't found any way to turn those stupid sales nags off...
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The ads are tiny and don't show when you are moving. I don't recall having seen one lately. Either I am not getting them or I have learned to ignore them.Just push the bracket onto the base in the middle, where it connects.
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We have not had a situation where we needed to adjust the volume lower for commercials and have been using it for a few months now. Hope that helps.
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Go to Audio/sound..Uncheck dolby digital and use normal audio. This WILL solve your problem, but you must do it for every movie you watch. I got a refund for this problem, but got to keep the blue ray. Small price for a good product :))
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There is an "Auto Power Off" option built in. You must be in "Optical" mode to turn it off. Even if off, if nothing is "flowing" through the device for a certain amount of minutes, it shuts off automatically. One other item . . . . if you are using HDMI IN and are trying to play something that uses DTS Surround Sound, it will shut off automatically - as if nothing is "flowing" through the device. This built in auto power off option should be deleted.
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I had a Samsung 55 inch, LED 3D 9000 series delivered and installed last Saturday. Animated movies such as Monsters, Inc look excellent, but when I tried watching the Mummy I thought something was seriously wrong with the unit. The above advice, to turn AutoMotion off makes all the difference! Last night I watched Iron Man, but I turned AutoMotion on and changed the setting to Clear; that works very well too. Exterior shots seem fine, but the interior shots are the ones that definitely suffer with AutoMotion switched on.Thanks for the suggestion; I'm in love with the Samsung again!
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Yes, you can manually edit out commercials. After recording your show, there is a "Scene Delete" function where you can select the start and end points of the section(s) you want to delete. The total size of the file is then reduced by the amount of the deleted scenes. Great for sports events that you may want to set your timer for, but may not start and end exactly as scheduled. You can set the timer for a larger time span to make sure the full event is recorded, then go into it afterwards to edit out any unwanted portions at the beginning and end, and all of the commercials in between to reduce the size of the file. If you want to dub the recording onto a DVD disc, and the file size is still too big to fit onto one disc, you can have it convert to a lower resolution to make the file smaller so that it will fit. This is the kind of flexibility that I really like about having a hard drive in the unit. I used to own a Sony unit prior to this, but I really like this Magnavox much more.
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I have asked, and did not get an answer from the company. If you find out a way to shut it off, PLEASE let me know.
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Hi Andre.That was a number of months ago - did they ever "update" the TV, and did that solve the "lip sync" issue? I seem to be very sensitive to lip sync issues- I notice them all the time - if any channel is off by a fraction of a second, it really annoys me.
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if you actually turn off the power button it restarts the dvd. If you just hit the stop then it will play from where you stopped it but you have to hit play twice.
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I seem to recall you can through the menu. If I get a moment I'll check it out but there was an option,I think, that allows you to turn off the sound. I thought of turning mine off but decided to leave it on so that I know it's working.
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I've had success pulling the power plug, counting to ten, and re-plugging. That it loses functionality seemingly at random and within a few weeks of purchase doesn't say much for the player. Has anyone else noticed how loud it is? That seems impossible to fix, a permanent annoyance.
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The "Auto Motion Plus" on Samsungs (a different name on other LEDs TVs) is what causes the "soap opera effect". Most video experts recommend turning the feature off.
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I have not noticed it. But I use it only for playing DVD with sales info in the Salon. There is a lot of background noise there so I may not be as tuned in to it. Sorry. Ill hope someone else has a better answer for you.
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What you probably don't like is the motion smoothing (some people refer to this as the "soap opera effect") on modern TVs. You can turn this feature (called "Auto Motion Plus" on Samsung LED TVs) off in the Picture Options menu. Also, if you notice that the audio is slightly ahead of the video, it's probably due to the image processing being done on the video before it's displayed. You can turn this off as well. The easiest way is to put your TV in "Game Mode."
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Can you turn off the voice over effect on the microphone or is it always on?
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You can turn off the cable box using the power button on the box itself, then push the menu button (still using box, not remote) . That will bring up a menu that lets you enable captions, for this part it is OK to use the remote or the box curser keys.