£399 and this week its triple clubcard points (£10 in points).. not sure how much for delivery tho. But is this the HD version of SlimFit?? Samsungs specs dont seem to make it clear whether it can display HD resolutions or just accept them.
£399 and this week its triple clubcard points (£10 in points).. not sure how much for delivery tho. But is this the HD version of SlimFit?? Samsungs specs dont seem to make it clear whether it can display HD resolutions or just accept them.
Wow under 400 notes, not bad, assuming its the HD version. I've just e-mailed samsung to ask.. the link to their HDTV PDF brochure on their website is dead, and there is no product page for that model number. I'll post here if they get back to me with any useful info.
Am I correct in thinking this (and all HD CRT sets) scale all inputs to 1080i? I thought one of the main benefits of CRT over flat panels was that there was no fixed resolution. I read elsewhere that the upscaling of SDTV is done badly by most sets, causing loss of picture quality.. so thats probably another drawback with this set. Anyone got some pearls of wisdom for me? £398 not bad for a toy I guess.
"Yes this model will displaya multitude of resoloutions including 1080i
and 720p but will use the necessary resoloution for each input/broadcast
much like "normal" CRT televisions"
so I guess thats good news, assuming they are telling the truth.
Am I correct in thinking this (and all HD CRT sets) scale all inputs to 1080i? I thought one of the main benefits of CRT over flat panels was that there was no fixed resolution. I read elsewhere that the upscaling of SDTV is done badly by most sets, causing loss of picture quality.. so thats probably another drawback with this set. Anyone got some pearls of wisdom for me? £398 not bad for a toy I guess.
I think you might be confused with LCD tv's - these usually upscale a SD image to fit the screen resulting in a poor picture quality. Being CRT, i think that the SD image on this screen would be pretty good, like many other CRT's.
I'm just looking / waiting for a review before i decide between this or the new R7 Samsung LCD range.
"Yes this model will displaya multitude of resoloutions including 1080i
and 720p but will use the necessary resoloution for each input/broadcast
much like "normal" CRT televisions"
so I guess thats good news, assuming they are telling the truth.
What a strangely worded response, did you email Samsung UK? What do they mean by "necessary resolution" and why is there a "but" in that sentence? I think the feeling most of us had was that this TV would scale everything to 1080i ...
The entire manual only seems to mention 1080 once, and this is in a table of supported modes of HDMI. I don't know whether "O" or "X" in the table means supported. IDIOTS. I've e-mailed them to ask. Even if supported it still doesn't answer the question of whether or not it auto scales everything to 1080i.
The entire manual only seems to mention 1080 once, and this is in a table of supported modes of HDMI. I don't know whether "O" or "X" in the table means supported. IDIOTS. I've e-mailed them to ask. Even if supported it still doesn't answer the question of whether or not it auto scales everything to 1080i.
If their manual is consistent then on page 19 you have the following key(shown below).
so you could possibly assume X = not supported and 0 = supported
Page 19 of Manual:
Table of PIP Settings
X : This PIP combination is not available.
O : This PIP combination is available.
Since Samsung won't tell us (just like with their previous Slimfit CRT: Hush, hush ...), not on their website, not via email and not on the phone, it can only confirm what many of us believed all along, this BL***Y CRT DOES SCALE EVERYTHING TO 1080i! :mad:
The entire manual only seems to mention 1080 once, and this is in a table of supported modes of HDMI. I don't know whether "O" or "X" in the table means supported. IDIOTS. I've e-mailed them to ask. Even if supported it still doesn't answer the question of whether or not it auto scales everything to 1080i.
And on almost every page it states 'Depending on the model'
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So it is really quite irrelevant whether or not it has freeview!
http://www.tesco.com/electrical/Product.aspx?R=8269432
£399 and this week its triple clubcard points (£10 in points).. not sure how much for delivery tho. But is this the HD version of SlimFit?? Samsungs specs dont seem to make it clear whether it can display HD resolutions or just accept them.
www.samsung.com/uk/products/television/crt/ws32z306vbxxeu.asp?page=Specifications
No, this isn't the HD version. Still a decent deal though especially seeing as delivery is free
Delivery £6.38
Total £339.38
VAT £59.39
Grand Total £398.77
http://www.clubstores.co.uk/newproducts.php?cat=tvs&club=fli
"Yes this model will displaya multitude of resoloutions including 1080i
and 720p but will use the necessary resoloution for each input/broadcast
much like "normal" CRT televisions"
so I guess thats good news, assuming they are telling the truth.
I'm just looking / waiting for a review before i decide between this or the new R7 Samsung LCD range.
What a strangely worded response, did you email Samsung UK? What do they mean by "necessary resolution" and why is there a "but" in that sentence? I think the feeling most of us had was that this TV would scale everything to 1080i ...
Samsung Electronics UK
Customer Communication Center
Tel.: 0870 242 0303 (All calls charged at National Rate)
Homepage: www.samsung.co.uk
I called them yesterday, they don't know anything or won't say anyway !
http://org.downloadcenter.samsung.com/downloadfile/ContentsFile.aspx?CDSite=HQ&CttFileID=940230&CDCttType=UM&ModelType=N&ModelName=WS-32Z409T&VPath=UM/200603/20060331212821625_AA68-03784A-01Eng_0329.pdf [14mb PDF]
The entire manual only seems to mention 1080 once, and this is in a table of supported modes of HDMI. I don't know whether "O" or "X" in the table means supported. IDIOTS. I've e-mailed them to ask. Even if supported it still doesn't answer the question of whether or not it auto scales everything to 1080i.
If their manual is consistent then on page 19 you have the following key(shown below).
so you could possibly assume X = not supported and 0 = supported
Page 19 of Manual:
Table of PIP Settings
X : This PIP combination is not available.
O : This PIP combination is available.
And on almost every page it states 'Depending on the model'