The Best Buy salesperson told me this isn't an HD TV. Is it true? I am upgrading my cable to HD for this TV - should I not bother?
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It's an HDTV but mine is currently blank in the bottom quarter of the screen for no apparent reason. I've had the tv for a month and maybe a week. I'm pissed off about this TV right now, but when it was working it was pretty cool
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What the salesperson probably should have said is that it's not a 1080p HDTV. It is 720p which is still HD.
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It's an HD TV, but not the best resolution. My guess is the the salesperson was probably refering to the display resolution of this model - 1024 x 768. They are probably trying to sell you a more expensive set with better specs.
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Retailers will always try to tell you that Monster is best because they make such an enormous amount of profit if you buy that $99 cable. Think about it, if you owned a retail store, would you rather sell a $10 cable, or a $99 cable. You can't blame them for trying but "buyer beware" is in order. Lifetime Warranty? Seriously, for $99? Considering they are 10x the price of what a quality cable should cost, the lifetime warranty is irrelevant. If you would be willing to pay 10x the price of a blu-ray player or any other product, I'm sure they would offer a offer you a lifetime warranty on those too. Monster has the retailers sucked in because of how much potential profit there is to be made. "buyer beware"! It's all Monster marketing. And they are super good at it. As to your second question, there is no such thing as a 1080 cable. The only differences in cables are Standard Speed (Category 1) and High Speed (Category 2). The difference between Standard Speed and High Speed is that High Speed is guaranteed to throughput 1080p. Standard Speed may also throughput 1080p but it is not guaranteed to do so. As to "Hertz" or more accurately "refresh rates", the refresh rate is done inside the TV. The cable has nothing to do with it so long as it is capable of throughputting enough information so that the TV can receive enough information to refresh at the specified refresh rate. That said, any High Speed HDMI cable is capable of the refresh rates of any TV currently being produced. While that may change in the future, to my knowledge it is simply an irrelevant consideration. @Russell, you should not accept a distorted picture. It unacceptable and, assuming you have confirmed its the cable and not the dvd player or the settings, clearly you should call the people that sold you the cable and get it replaced free of charge.
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I agree that this TV is excessively priced, especially since this is an old model as pointed out by Shaq. I don't understand Amazon's strategy. If they are sitting on a bunch of old TVs in their inventory, why don't they price them with a true sales price ?? Like in the week before the Super Bowl for example ?? Just a suggestion... I know I would consider buying it then !!
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You know i just realized this is a forum for the 720p model - I already have a 720p hdtv and I'm actually looking at the 1080p model. Looking for that one to drop another $100 (hint hint Amazon) before I jump in to get one.
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I bought this tv last week and picked up an HDMI cable as well. For some reason I can't get the TV to show videos at 120hz. Does anyone know if the HDMI cable influences that or how to switch it on the TV?
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The screen is smaller than a "normal HD TV" which, my engineer consultant tells me affects the number of pixels. This effects the image -- it's not quite as sharp as a larger television. Essentially, yes it's a HDTV (and has HDMI capability). To see a brief description of the differences in pixels in HD: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-definition_television As others have stated, though, it's a great TV for the price and size (just get a sound bar or other external speakers).
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I don't have it connected to Cable or Network tv...I mainly only watch Bluray movies or use Netflix/Hulu/Youtube and also my gaming console. I will say some movies/tv shows only shown in standard definition via Netflix look great, the 240hz on the M Series extremely helps standard definition....Very little to no grain and no judder from what I've seen.
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I purchased a Sony 40" 1080p 60hz & after a month returned it. Horrible picture.I purchased the 40A550 Samsung 1080p 60hz & was better but, the picture looked faded.I returned it & ordered the 40A650 through Amazon & what an incredible unit. The best picture of any TV that I have found. This is an amazing television. Absolutely has an amazing picture regardless of what you are watching. Amazon's "white glove" delivery is great, too. They make an appointment to deliver, un-box the unit & make sure there is no damage & the unit works before they leave.We are totally happy with the 40A650 Samsung. A huge difference between the 550 & 650 units due to going from 60hz to 120hz.Hope my experience helps. I purchased a Sony 40" 1080p 60hz & after a month returned it. Horrible picture.I purchased the 40A550 Samsung 1080p 60hz & was better but, the picture looked faded.I returned it & ordered the 40A650 through Amazon & what an incredible unit. The best picture of any TV that I have found. This is an amazing television. Absolutely has an amazing picture regardless of what you are watching. Amazon's "white glove" delivery is great, too. They make an appointment to deliver, un-box the unit & make sure there is no damage & the unit works before they leave.We are... » Read More I purchased a Sony 40" 1080p 60hz & after a month returned it. Horrible picture.I purchased the 40A550 Samsung 1080p 60hz & was better but, the picture looked faded.I returned it & ordered the 40A650 through Amazon & what an incredible unit. The best picture of any TV that I have found. This is an amazing television. Absolutely has an amazing picture regardless of what you are watching. Amazon's "white glove" delivery is great, too. They make an appointment to deliver, un-box the unit & make sure there is no damage & the unit works before they leave.We are totally happy with the 40A650 Samsung. A huge difference between the 550 & 650 units due to going from 60hz to 120hz.Hope my experience helps. « Show Less
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I've had it a week and a few days ago the cable company upped my service to high-def. Wow! Incredible picture...as good as in the stores with their direct high-def signals. It has RCA inputs, but no outputs...like several others. It has an HDMI out, and an optical audio out. So today I just ordered a converter that will change the optical audio out signal over to digital with RCA plugs for my older model receiver - so I can get that great sound with the speakers that are already in the equipment cabinet. Again, the TV works great. Update on Sunday, Aug. 3. If you want to really get and idea of what inputs and outputs are available, I just had an idea. Go to: http://jvc-tv.com Then click on "support" then on "user manuals". Then look for the "emerald series 37" and you should be able to locate the page that shows all these in detail.
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Hello, folks? This is an important question!Do you really not agree on the answer? As of 8/2/14, Amazon's ad STILL says this 47LB6300 47" TV by LG Electronics has a native "120hz refresh rate." So what is it, please???
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I just bought mine for BB yesterday. It does say in the menu and in on the box that it has 4k "upscaling". Not sure how good it is becuase I only have 1080p lg tv.
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Neither am I. I did the same, researching different TVs and couldn't decide. I didn't want something with all the bells and whistles and finally decided on this one, mostly for the price. I think between the two, you get the same quality, just different brands. Hope this helps.
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My husband did all of the research on this TV. He spoke with the guys at Best Buy, and they referred him directly to Samsung. Samsung explained that with the technology they have in this TV the refresh rate is so crisp and quick that the difference is unnoticeable. We viewed this TV at Best Buy compared to all of the other TV's on the wall and the picture is amazing. The best we had ever seen. We tried to buy it a Best Buy but they stopped selling them because a newer model was on it's way in. That is why we purchased the TV from Amazon. My husband is also a big gamer and the TV has setting for that vs. watching TV and movies. It's the best TV we have seen and we did a lot of shopping before be bought it. My husband did all of the research on this TV. He spoke with the guys at Best Buy, and they referred him directly to Samsung. Samsung explained that with the technology they have in this TV the refresh rate is so crisp and quick that the difference is unnoticeable. We viewed this TV at Best Buy compared to all of the other TV's on the wall and the picture is amazing. The best we had ever seen. We tried to buy it a Best Buy but they stopped selling them because a newer model was on it's way in. That is why we purchased the TV from Amazon. My husband is also a big gamer and the TV... » Read More My husband did all of the research on this TV. He spoke with the guys at Best Buy, and they referred him directly to Samsung. Samsung explained that with the technology they have in this TV the refresh rate is so crisp and quick that the difference is unnoticeable. We viewed this TV at Best Buy compared to all of the other TV's on the wall and the picture is amazing. The best we had ever seen. We tried to buy it a Best Buy but they stopped selling them because a newer model was on it's way in. That is why we purchased the TV from Amazon. My husband is also a big gamer and the TV has setting for that vs. watching TV and movies. It's the best TV we have seen and we did a lot of shopping before be bought it. « Show Less
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are you sure that the cable box is HD? kinda sounds like it is SD? the other thing to remember is that not all stations are being broadcast in HD and even then some local channels might not be broadcasting certain shows in HD. for example, my local stations might broadcast a golf game that is in HD, but the local news is broadcast in SD. As for the tv itself, i'm not sure. I'm waiting to get my 4053 delivered and i'm having a hard time waiting! you might want to check your connections again though.
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Wrong. It looks great at any distance and the improvement over 1080p is obvious at 10'. I have one and I know this. I recommend you go to Best Buy and see for yourself. There has been a lot of nonsense about people can't see the difference at more than (pick your number) feet. Simply not true.
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Have been watching this as well. Look at the ratings. I own one and its the best LCD on the market at the moment IMHO. The lowest price I have seen here at Amazon was $2940.00 USD a while back. Which is what I got it for. Since folks have been buying it, and the ratings continue to be 4.75+ stars, the price has been creeping up towards what the local BB and CC are charging for it ($3800+ in my area). I think once the 71 and 81 series hit the streets, this one will drop for sure. But until that time, this one is top dog, at least in my house. The picture maxed out in 1080P will just blow you away!!
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so we may need to just wait around for the price drop again? Seems like they did this in Nov 09... i want this TV before the Superbowl.. oh well..amazon may have lost my sale at this point.. Come on! $200 bucks!! just drop the price so you guys can sell more! Volume sales! Dont be like Bestbuy and be a sell out