i got the "Claim Validated" email for my first monitor on the same day (17th april) but the 2nd monitor it's been almost 5 days & no email yet. also i have not been paid yet for the 1st one!
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i got the "Claim Validated" email for my first monitor on the same day (17th april) but the 2nd monitor it's been almost 5 days & no email yet. also i have not been paid yet for the 1st one!
Well I submitted the claim form on tuesday, then sent my webnote wednesday. Received the invoice from webnote on thursday. Rang samsung yesterday and spoke to a woman called Krystle (her and someone called Amy are the two women in charge of VAT back promotional support) and she said I can email them with the new invoice. Got an email later yesterday with the validation. So, very fast service for me.
Can people post their monitor settings please? brightness, contrast, red, green, blue, gamma level etc. And also if you are using any of the magic menus and if so what you do have it set at?
Would love to compare other settings.
Currently I have,
Brightness - 22
contrast - 75
sharpness - 60
Colors are all 50
Gamma is at mode 3
I have set the magic angle to group view.
Would love to see other people's settings. Also would like to know do people us their monitor controls or their video card controls to calibrate?
Would love to compare other settings.
Currently I have,
Brightness - 22
contrast - 75
sharpness - 60
Colors are all 50
Gamma is at mode 3
I have set the magic angle to group view.
Would love to see other people's settings. Also would like to know do people us their monitor controls or their video card controls to calibrate?
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Surprise Surprise, installed the 7970 DCII and magically I was able to get the 3D working fine.
I blame Merlin 5 for all of this, seeing his thread, I went for this monitor and then a 7970 DCII
I blame Merlin 5 for all of this, seeing his thread, I went for this monitor and then a 7970 DCII
Surprise Surprise, installed the 7970 DCII and magically I was able to get the 3D working fine.
I blame Merlin 5 for all of this, seeing his thread, I went for this monitor and then a 7970 DCII
Lol, excellent mate
I'm going to drop a few hundred bucks on a new rig including 7850, but just wish the 79xx cards were cheaper, as I suspected, like you've proved, that a 7970 would be ideal for 3D. Glad you got it working.
I've finally got the new monitor on my desk and switched on. Boy, it's bright. Pretty damn glossy too! Not too bad though, I think I'll eventually not notice it. Need to install the monitor disc now, change the brightness settings, then see how this 3D is. Just went to my monitor refresh rate settings and changed it from 60 to 120Hz. Immediate difference in mouse movement, much smoother.
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The monitor is leaps and bounds better than my Dell P2310H
I'm a little annoyed I had to downgrade from a 680 to a 7970 for 3D like.
The DCII is an amazing looking card however.
Expensive week lol.
How's the 5850 on the 3D? I tried one of the 5850's in my room with the 3D, was ok I suppose.
I'm a little annoyed I had to downgrade from a 680 to a 7970 for 3D like.
The DCII is an amazing looking card however.
Expensive week lol.
How's the 5850 on the 3D? I tried one of the 5850's in my room with the 3D, was ok I suppose.
I shall let you know in a while, just installed the monitor and tridef drivers. I'm now downloading tridef 5.2. I'm going to try the 2D to 3D converter first, see what that's like, then i'll try the Tridef. Haven't put the battery in the glasses yet. So what's the procedure? Turn glasses on and let it sync then try a movie/ game?
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On the 5850 after installing the tridef stuff, I changed the display settings in tridef to Direct 3D 120HZ (Or whatever it's called) in the standard display types.
Launched the game through Tridef and then turned on the glasses.
Launched the game through Tridef and then turned on the glasses.
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Just placed my order. Tad worried that it won't get invoiced on Monday as its a bank holiday and I'll miss the VAT back offer.
even if you get your invoice 2 weeks from now still nothing to worry about because you have up to 30 days from the date on your invoice to submit a vat back claim to samsung.
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I realise that, it's just which date will be on my invoice that I'm concerned about. On the Samsung VAT site it specifies that last invoice date accepted is 23:59 on 7/5/12. My past orders have been dispatched on the day of ordering, so I'm not sure if the invoice will be dated today's date (order date) or the date that it's invoiced, probably 8/5/12 due to bank holiday.
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I have yeah. Hopefully all will work out well. I was going to submit the claim with a screen grab of the order confirmation on Monday if I don't have an invoice by then. Then I'll submit the invoice with an explanation if they query it.
Cheers for the replies guys.
Hi melmac, interested in this too.. I havent been able to play around with the screen much - since i got it on Friday - as been away.. but its a lovely monitor from what ive seen of it, very pleased.
Well I submitted the claim form on tuesday, then sent my webnote wednesday. Received the invoice from webnote on thursday. Rang samsung yesterday and spoke to a woman called Krystle (her and someone called Amy are the two women in charge of VAT back promotional support) and she said I can email them with the new invoice. Got an email later yesterday with the validation. So, very fast service for me.
Thanks guys.
I got a slightly different e-mail (see below) from you Merlin5 so not sure if mine has actually been approved for payment yet or just sitting in the queue waiting to be processed. Guess it's a case of waiting 30 days and geeing them up if nothing materialises by then.
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Hi Mr ,
Thank you for submitting your claim for the Samsung VAT Back offer.
Claim Reference:
Your online claim is now complete. Please keep this email for future reference.
If you have any queries regarding your claim please check our Terms and Conditions or contact our Promotional Support Department;
[email protected]
Telephone
UK: 0843 308 3776
Republic of Ireland: 0818 903 124
Local call rates apply, lines open Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:00pm.
Kind regards
Samsung VAT Back Promotional Support
This is an automated email, please do not reply.
The settings I ended up liking best were the same as yours, except for Brightness which I had up a notch at 23 & I put Blue down to 42 (all other colours @ 50). I didn't bother with any of the Magic settings.
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It will only do side by side, I can't even view your screenshots as you intend them, I lose half my width.
My DCII 7970 lacks voltage control, it's an okay card, but under 3D my FPS tanks (Playable, but I don't like the frame rate)
Kind of wish I'd stuck with the 680, used my monitor as a 2D Screen and with Sammy's 3D conversion.
No. I'm waiting on this myself before I buy a pair. I don't have spare money to gamble on a set either. On the glasses that come with the monitor the only difference from the 3100GB glasses is "Syncmaster" & "PC 3D" are written on the side of them as well as SSG-M3150GB on one inside and SSG-3100GB on the other inside.
I'll probably buy when we work it out.
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If I had the opportunity of switching my 680 to a 7970 DCII again, I would live with the GTX680.
I've got mine looking pretty much like my LG monitor. This is what I have so far and it's pretty close to what I'm used to. You may find my settings somewhat dull, I don't know. But I find it easy and relaxing on the eye.
My AMD vision center settings of gamma, brightness and contrast are all on default. This is a very nice monitor.
Brightness - 54
Contrast - 60
Sharpness - 60
HDMI black level - Normal. I'm using DVI-D connection, but I find switching between low and normal does change it dramatically. I've absolutely no idea why this even works at all if I'm not connected with HDMI.
Magic Angle -Standing mode
Red - 50
Green - 50,
Blue - 40.
*Magic Angle enabled seems to grey out colour tone, gamma, magic bright and magic colour.
Overall picture quality is great, but to my eyes I'm not sure if it's sharper or better than my LG really, just glossier. But the 120Hz is a huge improvement.
I've got it all working.
Better than I was expecting with my system. Skyrim looks damn impressive in 3D. I get 30fps with Tridef enabled, which is decently smooth and looks great. Load times are very slow though. Crysis warhead, again, very playable and looks good in 3D, though my framerate was anywhere between 18 and 25fps. Need for speed shift 2 worked in 3D, looked ok. Google Earth looks quite good. The 2D to 3D convertor is pretty **** after seeing these games with Tridef. Movies looked quite good, but I'd like to see a proper 3D movie.I'm not keen on wearing these glasses though. For one thing, I keep noticing the black rubber nose protector out of my right eye, distracts me sometimes. I want to pull it off but I think they're glued and might tear. I might end up either ripping it off or look for better glasses. Also, because it's active glasses, it's not very comfortable on the eyes with those shutters going. Can see myself getting headaches. As good as 3D looks, I'm not sure if I would really want to play games in 3D that much, mostly because it's simply not that comfortable with active glasses on and more so when they're glasses over glasses. Plus the screen looks darker with the specs on. Early days though, I might change my mind. The 120Hz on the other hand makes it all worthwhile, everything is smoother.