Hotcakes!
Xbox One and Samsung 40in 1080p Smart HDTV for $500 (Best Buy 8/9)
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Hotcakes!
SwiftDeath
Member
So can I go into a Best Buy tomorrow and order the TV, pick up an Xbox One in store while getting the deal or what?
Sorry but been out of the world for a day and wasn't able to follow the thread very well
Sorry but been out of the world for a day and wasn't able to follow the thread very well
Fantastical
Death Prophet
This past week I've picked up the XB1 with Kinect for 250 in Spain, Carrefour was clearing stock and you could get crazy deals on some of its outlets.
CloudyTuba
Member
Just got home with my bundle! So excited about my girlfriend's birthday present 
she just got a new ps4 but her tv is just a 20 inch off brand from a million years ago. Big upgrade for her. Shhh!
The xbox I may sell to my sister/her boyfriend because she told me they were in the market for a new console and couldnt decide which one. They might be interested at the discounted price I can provide. I already have one and dont need one. Selling it to family would be a lot easier than online, too.
she just got a new ps4 but her tv is just a 20 inch off brand from a million years ago. Big upgrade for her. Shhh!The xbox I may sell to my sister/her boyfriend because she told me they were in the market for a new console and couldnt decide which one. They might be interested at the discounted price I can provide. I already have one and dont need one. Selling it to family would be a lot easier than online, too.
Feel the Swift
Member
No Best Buys near columbus carrying it 
Zeyphersan
Banned
Just finished my barebones TV calibration. It seems perfectly serviceable, especially for the price
Switching to Game mode limits some stuff I don't like (for example, it forces a certain sound preset on you, but it also forces off a lot of post-processing I was going to turn off anyway, which is nice). Will try Rocket League now to see if the lag is a big problem
On the whole though, solid bundle and I'm glad I dove in! Time to install MCC, download some Rare Replay, and maybe check out that EA Access I've been hearing so much about
Switching to Game mode limits some stuff I don't like (for example, it forces a certain sound preset on you, but it also forces off a lot of post-processing I was going to turn off anyway, which is nice). Will try Rocket League now to see if the lag is a big problem
On the whole though, solid bundle and I'm glad I dove in! Time to install MCC, download some Rare Replay, and maybe check out that EA Access I've been hearing so much about
Tallshortman
Member
Still torn on this, I could probably justify the TV as a gift to a family member but with tax I'm only saving like $200 over MSRP. I'm really not all that interested in upcoming xbox games but I guess it would be decent to have one.
This deal lasts the whole week right?
This deal lasts the whole week right?
Miss.Selfdestruct
Member
Placed an order online about 30min. before my local BB opened. There were only 2 MCC bundles and the TVs were still being unloaded. I was the first one there for it and scored.
I really don't need this TV now, haha.
This is the sort of insane deal you'd expect for Black Friday.
I really don't need this TV now, haha.
This is the sort of insane deal you'd expect for Black Friday.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Alright, picture quality is definitely decent. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a "true white" out of the contrast options (even maxed out it wasn't white enough. Don't know what I expected with this set). The main thing with the calibration is that setting it to game mode (which you need to do) also turns off a lot of options. Some of them are good (it automatically disables stuff like dynamic contrast and motionflow) but some of them are weird (it locks you into Limited black range, which isn't terrible since you can just set your console to output that but it is baffling). It also locks the sound output to game mode with no way to change it.
Now I'm not saying you should copy my calibration settings, because lord knows I'm not super into this and probably fucked something up, but here's what I came away with (all calibrated in a pitch dark room, btw. That does make a difference):
Contrast: 100
Brightness: 44
Snarpness: 10
Color: 43
Tint: G49/R51
Picture Size: Screen Fit
Color Tone: Warm2
In speaker settings I had to up the audio delay to 80, since I am using the TV speakers for now until I move/get a sound system
The input lag seemed totally fine on my end, no issues whatsoever. However, take that with a grain of salt since I only notice that stuff if it's pretty bad, and on PC I generally play with vsync on all the time, which purist cry adds input lag. Which I'm sure it does, I'm not saying they're wrong, I just don't notice it.
For the price (that is, $250) I am more than satisfied.
No Best Buys near columbus carrying it
You can still go inside the store and place an order there, and they'll ship it to you later in the week.
Ninja Scooter
Member
Put the TV on Craigslist for $250.
You can sell the tv.
Fantastical
Death Prophet
Can't you still do it? I think they just need to ship it to the store, so it will be later in the week.
Only way it will let me check out is if i pick a store and when i pick a store it says not available in my area.
I'm pretty sure if you go into the store and ask them to deliver it they'll do it from their end and it will work. Some of them will let you take the xbox there and then if it's in stock but have the TV shipped to you.
Cool, I'll try that tomorrow.
Ultimadrago
Member
Thanks a lot for this, but my color tone warm1 and warm2 seem to be disabled. Any reason for this?
Edit: Never mind, had to change it to Game mode first
Weird, I don't know why it would lock you to Limited range.
What effect does that last line have on sound output, exactly? What other options for sound output are there?
Pandora012
Member
Apparently, it's back up online.
No go for me, at least.
Pandora012
Member
That sucks I was able to put it in the cart and everything, short of buying it. Too rich for this college student.
You can do that but to finish the deal you have to have a store to choose for pickup of the TV and most regions are out so not a lot of people can finish the transaction.
Stolen from slickdeals, I didn't see anyone else post this.
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You may save an Extra $20 Off an Xbox One Wireless Controller when purchasing it with this bundle. Thanks p2RLit
You may save an Extra $10 Off a 3-Month Xbox Live Gold Membership when purchasing it with this bundle.
Additional bundle options:
An Open Box Version of the 40" Samsung HDTV can also be purchased for shipping only along with the 500GB Xbox One Halo: The Master Chief Collection Console Bundle. The total for both items should be $457.98 with Free Shipping.Thanks MrFrump
An Open Box Version of the 40" Samsung HDTV can also be purchased for shipping only along with the: Xbox One Halo: The Master Chief Collection Console, Xbox One Wireless Controller & 3-Month Xbox Live Gold Membership. The total for all items should be $524.96 with Free Shipping
You may save an Extra $20 Off an Xbox One Wireless Controller when purchasing it with this bundle. Thanks p2RLit
You may save an Extra $10 Off a 3-Month Xbox Live Gold Membership when purchasing it with this bundle.
Khalifa Jayy
Banned
So is the TV any good?
Fantastical
Death Prophet
People have posted about it on this page.
rokkerkory
Member
From my gathering, the TV seems to be decent. It's a step above your budget set, which is perfect since the deal is targeting college students with a budget. I did not see any tests or review from rtings.com and display.com. Don't expect great picture quality and low input lag.
It finally sold out online. I had it in the my cart all day. I pulled the trigger on an older Sony w800b for a bit more instead. The newer w800c has worst input lag and Android OS for that TV is apparently buggy.
Zeyphersan
Banned
The limited thing is truly only mildly annoying. The Wii U only outputs in limited, as does the PSTV. The Xbox One and PS4 can both be manually set to limited, and so can a PC. I'm not too bothered by it. When everything is set correctly it doesn't really matter, limited/limited or full/full
The sound thing I haven't played around with since I don't want to change the setting from game mode in case is fucks everything else up. From the manual though, the other sound options are: Standard, Music, Movie, Clear Voice, Amplify, Game, and Stadium. Game isn't able to be selected by the user unless locked in with Game Mode, Stadium isn't able to be selected by the user unless Soccer Mode is turned on (which is a picture mode similar to Game Mode, where it changes a bunch of settings and locks them in, just with different options/values/goals)
Zeyphersan
Banned
Menu -> System -> General (scroll down a lot) -> Game Mode
rokkerkory
Member
Killer Queen
Banned
Anyone know if this deal is available in Canada? Might have to bite
Eh, portable drives are the size of a deck of cards. Stick it behind the system and you'll never even see it.
On the other hand, if you ever want to bring your games over to a friend's house, just shut the system off, pull the drive and plug it into your friend's Xbox One.
Heavy_D206
Member
I went to best buy to check this deal out but they were out of stock. I ended up walking out with the Splatoon Wii U bundle on sale for $275 plus tax.
Not exactly what I expected to happen today but I'll get the XOne somewhere down the line.
Not exactly what I expected to happen today but I'll get the XOne somewhere down the line.
bone_and_sinew
breaking down barriers in gratuitous nudity
Might get it just for the tv so I can give it to my sister and flip the Xbox.
You could have just asked them to make an order for you. :|
Contrast being at 100 cannot be right. I know there are some calibration methods which do not work that great and you can't really tell a difference when increasing or decreasing the contract setting. The contrast is only at about 76 comparatively on my primary TV.
Anyways, thanks so much for your impressions and calibration settings. I am not too concerned about input lag or having to use gaming mode since I will not be using this for gaming, but its nice to hear its tolerable if I did decide to hook up a PS3 to it or something, It pretty much will only be used for Netflix/Amazon Instant when I am in my bedroom.
Just order it for store pickup...Looks like I was too slow to jump on this, sold out everywhere in my area
So I put mine up on eBay for $280 +$30 ship. Does anyone have experience shipping something like this? Since it comes unopened in a box, should I do anything else?
Looks like I was too slow to jump on this, sold out everywhere in my area
You can still get this deal. Just have them order it for you. They were willing to do this for me, but my parents got it at a different store instead.