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Hey guys.
I recently (two days ago) bought an LE40R87 in the high street along with a Kenmark stand and a bunch of highly marked up but then highly discounted Monster cables.
After watching the screen for a few hours, using settings loosely taken from the dedicated thread in an av forum, I began to notice that there are constantly diagonal, almost vertical lines going down the screen, that are noticeable both on Scart and HDMI. The bars are most noticeable when the picture has lots of single colours, like Brainiac on Sky. I can lower the contrast on my STB to medium which makes the lines harder to see at a cost of every scene thats remotely dark having no detail at all. No amount of adjusting the TV contrast/brightness/etc will get rid of the bars. Sky+ is connected by Scart using the cable sold for £120! No aerials are connected, simply the STB and HDMI from my AVR, with 360 connected to it with HDMI.
There is also a large light patch towards the bottom right of the screen that can only really be seen when the ambient light is low, but is quite noticeable during dark scenes in films, even more so with the Sky contrast set to medium!
Input lag is another issue i'm being plagued with, makes watching movies unwatchable when using my AVR for sound, which annoyingly has no lipsync settings. (CA 640R)
I took the set back to the store today, who refused to refund me directly without first having an engineer visit my home to declare the set faulty. Though, he offered me a Sony KDL-40T2800 at a price matching my current set, so it'd be a straight swap affair. I declined, not knowing that this set is the same as the KDL-40S3000, but under a name unique to the group, even though they sell the S3000 as well!
I'm going to be called with an engineer visit date tomorrow, should I ask to just come in and exchange for the Sony, or stick with it, get a refund, and get something else from somewhere else?
With all the problems with Samsung looming around, I could do without the hassle of getting another one and having it not work. Any ideas guys?
I recently (two days ago) bought an LE40R87 in the high street along with a Kenmark stand and a bunch of highly marked up but then highly discounted Monster cables.
After watching the screen for a few hours, using settings loosely taken from the dedicated thread in an av forum, I began to notice that there are constantly diagonal, almost vertical lines going down the screen, that are noticeable both on Scart and HDMI. The bars are most noticeable when the picture has lots of single colours, like Brainiac on Sky. I can lower the contrast on my STB to medium which makes the lines harder to see at a cost of every scene thats remotely dark having no detail at all. No amount of adjusting the TV contrast/brightness/etc will get rid of the bars. Sky+ is connected by Scart using the cable sold for £120! No aerials are connected, simply the STB and HDMI from my AVR, with 360 connected to it with HDMI.
There is also a large light patch towards the bottom right of the screen that can only really be seen when the ambient light is low, but is quite noticeable during dark scenes in films, even more so with the Sky contrast set to medium!
Input lag is another issue i'm being plagued with, makes watching movies unwatchable when using my AVR for sound, which annoyingly has no lipsync settings. (CA 640R)
I took the set back to the store today, who refused to refund me directly without first having an engineer visit my home to declare the set faulty. Though, he offered me a Sony KDL-40T2800 at a price matching my current set, so it'd be a straight swap affair. I declined, not knowing that this set is the same as the KDL-40S3000, but under a name unique to the group, even though they sell the S3000 as well!
I'm going to be called with an engineer visit date tomorrow, should I ask to just come in and exchange for the Sony, or stick with it, get a refund, and get something else from somewhere else?
With all the problems with Samsung looming around, I could do without the hassle of getting another one and having it not work. Any ideas guys?