Samsung LED TVs

[dvdx2]

quite fancy the 46" version of this. Has anyone done a bit of testing on BR/360/ps3 to see what the quality is like?

[Oldgamingfart]

I did go down to Comet and Currys to have a look at them in action, and I was mightily impressed with the contrast ratio. It's easily the best I've seen on a flat panel, and just as good as the Pioneer Kuro (maybe slightly better?).

They're so light they don't even need a proper VESA bracket (for wall mounting), just some weird steel wire thing to hang the TV up like a picture. In Comet the HD demo video was running off a USB memory stick in the port on the back of the set. There's also plenty of HDMI ports round there as well.

[neojay]

They are very good TV's provide great image on SD and HD, only real downside to them is the poor sound. Get yourself a decent home cinema and you would be hard pushed to find a better TV.

[Lime-01R]

If you're planning on 46" or above then take your pick between the 7000 or 8000 series, if you're prepared to spend over the £1k in the 1st place then I wouldnt bother with the 6000 models.

Im waiting for the 9000 line to be released as a replacement for my Series9 as it will have rear panel LED backlighting like my Series9 has now. The Series7 and 6/7/8000's all use edge lit LED which makes for good general contrast ratio but no localised dimming, keep in mind still looking great compared nerarly everything else on the market and pretty much inline with the Kuro at a much lower pricepoint.

I picked the Series9 after a side by side comparision with a Kuro, both managed brilliant blacks but the Series9 positively shined for brightness in its whites. Id say the 7000 is your best bet and only consider the 8000 if you're prepared to throw money at a slightly improved response time. But you'd have to be a right arsey elitest COD4 player to care over a few m/s being worth £200 extra :P

Of course if money of time is of little concern then wait for the 9000, it'll be sexy... very very sexy

[Lyris]

Just to clarify something here that I get asked a lot in my job.

These are not LED TVs (like OLEDs, which are currently only available in small sizes like 15" for a premium, but are truly amazing), but rather LCD TVs with LED edge-lighting. Yes there are advantages (and disadvantages) over normal backlit LCD, but it's still pretty deceptive of Samsung to mislead people like this, but the joke is probably going to be on them when they start selling *actual* LED-based displays and have already blown their promotional wad, so to speak.

There are better Plasma displays to be had for this sort of cash.

[dvdx2]

Just to clarify something here that I get asked a lot in my job.

These are not LED TVs (like OLEDs, which are currently only available in small sizes like 15" for a premium, but are truly amazing), but rather LCD TVs with LED edge-lighting. Yes there are advantages (and disadvantages) over normal backlit LCD, but it's still pretty deceptive of Samsung to mislead people like this, but the joke is probably going to be on them when they start selling *actual* LED-based displays and have already blown their promotional wad, so to speak.

There are better Plasma displays to be had for this sort of cash.

interesting - thanks for that m8

[Escape-To-88]

Is it right that these units can stream media from the P.C? If so what formats?