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The damage was not apparent since the outside packaging looked undamaged, and I thought the warping was due to a plastic film on the screen. Nope, it was basically the screen bulging out My call to their 1-800 number was answered within 2 rings. The rep was very apologetic, and within 2 minutes a replacement was set to be shipped out tonight and I was e-mailed a return shipping label. Absolutely stellar customer service, actually better than Amazon. I order maybe 80 times a year from Amazon, so I've had some interaction with their customer service people over the years. Crutchfield felt like I was dealing with a small business that wanted to make people happy. Thumbs up from me! The TV again locked up after I set the input name to PC and then rebooted itself.... lol. Eventually things worked, and I was able to get the 4k @ 60hz with 4:4:4 on my GTX 980.
Preface:
I received my 48" JU6700 from Crutchfield via UPS today. After turning it on, I realized that the left side was cracked
Props to Crutchfield
First off, a big thanks to the person who started this thread. Originally I was looking at a LG 34" Ultrawide, but was disappointed at how puny it seemed once I saw it at Fry's. I then had a the Philips 40" panel on order, but saw that it had quality issues so I canceled that order. Finally I found this thread and thanks to you guys was confident in placing an order.
Impressions
The elephant in the room for me was the size -- do I go with a 40" or 48"? Well, I'm glad to say that the 48" curved version is perfect for me. I sit about 2 to 4ft away from the screen (it depends on what I'm doing). My desk is height adjustable so my eye is a bit above midline. Whoever said that this screen is like having your personal IMAX theater or feels futuristic is absolutely right. The curve makes a big difference in my opinion. So after checking out the different sizes at Fry's I would say this: the 40" feels like just a another monitor, while the 48" feels like it gives you an "experience".
One of the things I hate is getting a high resolution monitor and having to use scaling to enlarge text. I am happy to say that with the 48" version I left Windows at 100% font scaling and it's perfectly readable. I always thought that the text on my 27" 1440p was a bit too small for my tastes at 100% font scaling.
After turning the TV on, the poor thing started rebooting itself randomly, but eventually settled down. It was hard to see what I was doing with the menu at times because, well, a portion of the left side screen was not working
First World Problems
I can safely say that outside of the Oculus Rift, this is #2 in my "wow" PC peripheral moments. I was really sad at having to pack this thing up after using it for a couple of hours. Even in its damaged state (random dead rows of pixels and weird coloration artifacts due to the damage), this thing is amazing. I just have to wait a few more days for a replacement, and then I'll be in PC heaven again...[/IMG]
Preface:
I received my 48" JU6700 from Crutchfield via UPS today. After turning it on, I realized that the left side was cracked
Props to Crutchfield
praxis219 said:
praxis219 said:
praxis219 said:
Strongly disagree there, but it's subjective. I think that's doing a disservice to the 40" which, while not quite IMAX-like, is still very, very impressive from 2' which is a very common distance. And realistically, it's still larger than what 99% of the computing populace thinks is a reasonable size, haha.
Anyone coming from a 27-32" monitor, which is probably most people here, is going to be very impressed with even the 40" IMO.
I'll be able to compare the 40" and 48" directly when my 48" gets here tomorrow. Hopefully it arrives in better shape than yours!
Yep yep, very subjective! I'm sure that the 40" would still look huge on my desk. 48" is my limit though. I was almost about to go crazy and get the 55" but am super glad I didn't
praxis219 said:Fingers crossed for you that your units arrive unscathed
