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re: Got a new Samsung tv last week. Direct tv looks like poo
Posted on 9/4/16 at 7:33 pm to VanRIch
Posted on 9/4/16 at 7:33 pm to VanRIch
I have the 8000 model of that TV and found a setting in my reciever that corrected my picture problems. Mine looked choppy on any football game. Didn't realize that I left the reciever on 1080p from my old TV. Changed it to 4k and all is right with the world.
Is your reciever capable of 4k?
Is your reciever capable of 4k?
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Posted on 9/4/16 at 7:47 pm to shawnlsu
Not sure. I'm going to try removing the receiver from the equation. I don't really need it with the smart tv features. Would only need it for blu Ray player but we rarely use it and then I could just swap the HDMI from the back of the direct tv box to the blu ray.
Posted on 9/4/16 at 7:49 pm to VanRIch
Do any of you Samsung owners have issues with Amazon either freezing during viewing or just not opening? Netflix and Hulu always work so it isn't a connection problem.
Posted on 9/4/16 at 9:15 pm to VanRIch
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Not sure. I'm going to try removing the receiver from the equation. I don't really need it with the smart tv features. Would only need it for blu Ray player but we rarely use it and then I could just swap the HDMI from the back of the direct tv box to the blu ray.
Yea, I'd think it's pretty important that the receiver you're going thru is capable of sending/receiving 4K signals
Posted on 9/4/16 at 11:28 pm to VanRIch
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Blu ray, Netflix 4K content...looks fantastic. Direct tv hd content is less than impressive.
What makes you think the problem is the tv?
Posted on 9/5/16 at 10:56 am to Gorilla Fingers
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Do any of you Samsung owners have issues with Amazon either freezing during viewing or just not opening?
My Amazon app usually takes several tries to open up. It has only frozen up once. Pretty annoying.
Posted on 9/5/16 at 12:56 pm to MSWebfoot
Have fun watching ESPN 720p upscaled all the way to 4K. 
Posted on 9/5/16 at 1:01 pm to BulldogXero
quote:I'll go one better:
Have fun watching ESPN 720p upscaled all the way to 4K.
Have fun watching 'highly compressed h.265' ESPN 720p upscaled all the way to 4k.
Even funnier is that Sony and Sharp have WatchESPN apps available on their TVs and Samsung doesn't.
Recommend that OP get an Nvidia Shield that outputs 4K and has Android TV on it including Watch ESPN. The Nvidia has great upscaling technology so should look fantastic on your TV. Even the FireTV outputting 4K with WatchESPN will be better than the DirecTV feed.
This post was edited on 9/5/16 at 1:20 pm
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