[mythtv-users] Smart TV hacks

[Dick Steffens]

On 04/28/2017 12:14 AM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> Hoi Dick,
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> Friday, April 28, 2017, 7:26:28 AM, you wrote:
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>> On 04/27/2017 05:31 PM, Anthony Giggins       wrote:
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>>                     > Speaking of weird Samsung issues, My current   samsung 4k screen
>>                     > looses audio randomly (An older Samsung screen never had this issue
>>                     > connected to the same hardware) from time to
>> time                   and the only fix
>>                     > is to disconnect power to the screen,
>> rebooting                   the PC (hot or
>>                     > cold). One of the guys I work with says it     probably HDCP related...
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>> Sorry ment to say rebooting the PC (hot or cold) does               not fix the issue.
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>>                     Oh No, it's Samsung related. They do not follow standards,               not even
>>                 their own adapted standards.
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>> Yes, I think your right. Its a shame as their picture               quality is really quite good.
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>>       I've been following his thread with some
>> disappointment/concern. I,     too, find the picture quality of my
>> Samsung monitors to be the best     of any other brands I've seen
>> (which, admittedly, isn't a large     set,) and none of it all that recent.
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>>       What display manufacturers are out there that support
>> standards, and     also have very good image quality?
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>>       My references are a Samsung SyncMaster 712n (I have two of
>> them) and     a Samsung 2333HD. Their image quality is superior to
>> my ViewSonic     VG2030wm, and other monitor brands I've used in the past.
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> I have a Philips 32PFK5300, which is by my standards more then good
> enough. At least they follow standards, have good support (especially
> of course here in the Netherlands) and are reliable, which to me is
> more important then the most perfect picture quality.

Thanks. I'll have to have a look at Philips the next time I need a monitor.

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Regards,

Dick Steffens