flameboy Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Finally joined the HD club yesterday and got an entry level HD tv! Samsung 19" LE19R86BDX Got myself some component cables and wow the difference is greater than I ever expected! Very happy indeed! Never thought the difference would make the picture so much clearer... Awesome TV for anyone on the look out for one... only bummer is stuck with analogue TV till I move house cos I have no aerial socket in my room! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phube Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Finally joined the HD club yesterday and got an entry level HD tv! Samsung 19" LE19R86BDX Got myself some component cables and wow the difference is greater than I ever expected! Very happy indeed! Never thought the difference would make the picture so much clearer... Awesome TV for anyone on the look out for one... only bummer is stuck with analogue TV till I move house cos I have no aerial socket in my room! But did you go from Composite or SCART? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Ah, a new TV- I automatically thought you had got a skin for your Wii! Looks good, and if it makes you more happy with the look of your games then its a good buy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Columnar Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I got the exact same TV for Christmas but my one is white and it matches perfectly with my Wii. The light on the bottom of mine is Orange though - it would look a damn sight nicer if mine had the blue light I think:heh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gizmo Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I have the 26" version of that TV - worth every penny. Don't have my Wii in HD though, my Xbox doesn't have a HDMI port and I think the 360 benefits more from the Component slot than the Wii does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwarf Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I was looking to buy that one but my current bulk-meister is bigger size and i think a 19"/21" would be too small. Thing is Samsung T.V's look awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Probably better to buy a smaller HDTV when it come to Wii games. Ones on my 32" Samsung look god damn disgraceful (apart from first party titles excluding Endless Ocean) due to the hurrendous jaggies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 I too have a 19" Samsung (although I went for a cheaper one which is great quality, also a proper PC monitor but has a ugly casing - not that I notice the casing when the screen is on). The Wii looked great on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurtle Squad Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Probably better to buy a smaller HDTV when it come to Wii games. Ones on my 32" Samsung look god damn disgraceful (apart from first party titles excluding Endless Ocean) due to the hurrendous jaggies. Even on a proper cable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCK Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Yeah, Wii games do well on some high-res screens. I have mine upscaled to 1680x1050, looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted February 9, 2008 Share Posted February 9, 2008 Ones on my 32" Samsung look god damn disgraceful (apart from first party titles excluding Endless Ocean) due to the hurrendous jaggies. That's down to the TV more than anything though. Its certainly not the case for all HDTV's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jordan Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I don't use the offical cables, i use... crappy Mad Cats things. I'll have to pick up some offical ones eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I don't use the offical cables, i use... crappy Mad Cats things. I'll have to pick up some offical ones eventually. Yeah, I have this Mad Catz one, it has this 3 cables in 1 thing for 360, Wii and PS2/3. I thought it was pretty good actually, there was a huge improvement in picture quality, but obv it isn't gonna be as good as the official cables. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon_BlizZACK Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Ah, finally got it? Samsung FTW. Reds on HDTVs are...well REALLY red, thats the first thing I noticed. But also the whiteness on the Wii screens are...(well) REALLY white. Though i find it hard to see major differences with component cables and composite on games like TP unless I really dig deep. The main difference I see in that game are again the deep reds; like the dots on the map screen and sunset in Hyrule Field. Has anyone got any good comparisons? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The-Ironflame Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 The Samsung's aren't so great with SD signals. But it should hide the jaggies more on a smaller TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon_BlizZACK Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 The Samsung's aren't so great with SD signals. I agree. When you switch from a DVI signal to normal analogue TV... ...Alot of blur and colour bleed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arab_freak Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Why does EVERYONE buy Samsung TVs? Seriously, almost everyone on these forums has one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phube Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Why does EVERYONE buy Samsung TVs? Seriously, almost everyone on these forums has one. And yet they always look really bad (quality wise) in the shops compared with Sony, Panasonic and Philips? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flameboy Posted February 10, 2008 Author Share Posted February 10, 2008 I agree. When you switch from a DVI signal to normal analogue TV... ...Alot of blur and colour bleed. Yeah I have to agree, even though the TV had freeview built in, owing to a lack of aerial socket, I just have normal analogue TV and it looks awful...Moving house in a few weeks and will have digital then thank god! Plus hopefully getting a PS3 next month to! One game that looks incredible on my new TV is Geometry Wars, all the colours are so bright and vivid, I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokong Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 I wanna get a nice new Samsung TV also....problem for me is my current SD TV is pretty big, so i just can go down in size, but all the bigger sizes just seem too expensive One Day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Why does EVERYONE buy Samsung TVs? Seriously, almost everyone on these forums has one. Because they're cheap. Don't really know why anyone touches them myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cube Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 And yet they always look really bad (quality wise) in the shops compared with Sony, Panasonic and Philips? While TVs made by Panasonic and Pioneer (I don't think I've heard a single reccomendation for a Sony or Phillips TV. Sony ones are average and noone cares about Philips) are better quality, Samsung ones are a lot cheaper. Plus 90%+ of the time you don't really notice a difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UziT Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Sorry for invading ur thread Flameboy but I just hooked up my Wii on my 22" Samsung HD and...it looks SHITE!. Legend of Zelda looks friggin awful My Brother has a Bush HDTV going to try on there see if it looks any different! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falcon_BlizZACK Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 Sorry for invading ur thread Flameboy but I just hooked up my Wii on my 22" Samsung HD and...it looks SHITE!. Legend of Zelda looks friggin awful My Brother has a Bush HDTV going to try on there see if it looks any different! If you're using standard cables on an HDTV then it will always look rubbish. I tried OOT using RGB scart and man...The picture is out of control, try going into Death Mountain and your whole room will glow red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UziT Posted February 10, 2008 Share Posted February 10, 2008 If you're using standard cables on an HDTV then it will always look rubbish. I tried OOT using RGB scart and man...The picture is out of control, try going into Death Mountain and your whole room will glow red. Yea I am using the Offical Component Cables...still It looks...bad man lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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