Comments on: Samsung UN46B8000 240Hz LCD “LED TV”-Exclusive First Review

By: Entertainment

Entertainment — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:15:29 +0000

The expensive, stylish Samsung UNB8000 series has its share of picture quality drawbacks, but a firmware update helps, and the thin frames are worth serious bragging rights.

By: Affiliate Builder

Affiliate Builder — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:36:19 +0000

Im hoping to get this in time for xmas. I noticed the picture quality is outstanding and highly recommend it

By: 46 lcd tv

46 lcd tv — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:17:20 +0000

Love it picture of Samsung UN46B8000 240Hz LCD is totally awesome.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:38:57 +0000

I posted back on August 5, hoping at the time that the price of the 8000 would go down. Shortly after, one of the ebay sellers offered free shipping and a rebate offer of about $250. The total price was about $1850. Most of the rebate money (from two sources) has now arrived. I also bought the Samsung BDP3600 Blu Ray player.

I only have a four-year old WalMart bought 29 inch Panasonic CRT to compare it to, but the 8000’s picture is astounding. I’m sure I could adjust it to be much better than the wonderful quality that it already is, but it seems good enough. There is a tremendous selection of controls to change it if I ever want to. The Blu Ray player loads extremely fast and upconverts DVD’s so well that I don’t really need to get Blu Ray discs. Unlike the Cyberhome DVD player, however, the 3600 won’t play most of the crummy pirated DVD’s I bought in China. Also, the sound is not very good. Someday we’ll be flush enough to buy external speakers.

It’s a beautiful set and is not the dust magnet the CRT was. I haven’t seen the need to clean it in the two months I’ve owned it. Maybe any of the new non-LED sets would have amazed me just as much as the 8000. I guess I’ll never know, but my wife and I are certainly very happy with the TV we got.

By: George Harris

George Harris — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:54:48 +0000

I’ve had a terrific Toshiba 36″ CRT set for 17 years. Great picture, and not the first problem with it, ever. I’ve been waiting for LCD TVs to come out that surpassed the 36″ CRT set. I finally found one. I originally wanted a Sony 46″ Bravia. After looking at all of the sets on display at Fry’s electronics, I settled on a Samsung 46″ 8000 Series. The picture is much better than even the latest Sony Bravia, and there is no noticable motion blur. Now that we have it in the house, and have used it to watch HD cable shows, regular DVDs, and Blu-Ray discs, I can say that my wife and I are completely satisfied with our choice. 1.2″ thick, only 39.5 lbs, and the best picture I’ve found yet, and it runs cooler than anything I’ve looked at so far. We are completely satisfied with ours, and I can highly recommend it to anyone in the market for a new flat panel TV. As far as the minor faults stated by “experts”, they may be apparent to someone with a lot of test equipment, but for normal viewing, we find no downsides to the picture at all, regardless of the source or the kind of viewing, i.e. sports, movies, HD TV programs, etc. All play perfectly for us, and we are glad that we chose the set we did, and both occasionally remark on how good the picture is.

My suggestion is to carefully watch all of the TVs on display at a large electronic store to see which one produces the best picture for YOU, and buy from a store that will take it back and/or exchange it for you in 30 days if you’re not satisfied with it once in your home. Fry’s Electronics will do that, but we have no reason to exchange the Samsung 8000 Series we bought. We love ours, and look forward to many years of viewing pleasure.
YMMV

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:26:11 +0000

For the ‘I feel sick to my stomach guy’, if you are meaning the 100 or 200 hz mode just turn it off!! If not then please explain what ur problem is as we are not mind readers! I’m looking to get a new big tv for a dedicated cinema room and wondering what to get either a 55″ samsung led 7020/8000 or the 58″ ps58b850 slimline plasma! I am a really heavy gamer and bluray user, any ideas which one would be best for me! Is the lag on the LEDs really bad??
55″ led is around £2100 and 58″ plasma for £1900.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:29:59 +0000

Do you know if prices are supposed to fall dramatically on LED TVs this holiday season? I would love to pic one up but they are a lot more expensive then their LCD counterparts.

By: Samsung UN55B8000

Samsung UN55B8000 — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:02:52 +0000

Just picked up the Samsung UN55B8000 and it makes me feel a bit sick to my stomach when watching it. Hopefully I get used to it.

By: dsi

dsi — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:50:34 +0000

Can be viewed as close as 2 to 3 feet without much if any grain.Viewing angles is as good as any great plasma I have seen during the last year.
Very light and thin. Can practically be taken from room to room.Can be profiled nearly perfectly.

By: mal shepard

mal shepard — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 07:45:44 +0000

These LED-lit LCDs are pretty nice. However, I have had the chance to have some hands on time with them and several drawbacks became apparent.

First of all, I still saw noticeable amounts of ghosting and motion blur on the 7000 model I used. Not at all clear like on the best plasma and crt sets.

Second, there was significant input lag, even in “game mode”. Moreover, game mode doesn’t allow you to use the normal picture settings so your image quality for games looks very poor. This unfortunately makes these sets not a very good choice for serious gamers.

Off angle image degradation was some of the worst I have ever seen on an LCD. The colors and blacks became washed out and a bluish tint would invade the picture. Be ready to set straight on if you plan to buy this tv.

Absolute black levels were amazingly good for an LCD, but unfortunately there are some downsides. No matter how I set the tv I couldn’t keep it from crushing the blacks to some degree, which of course hurts shadow detail. The other thing is that even though the blacks can get pretty dark the contrast in dark scenes always suffered because the brighter areas of the picture would also lose brightess and punch.

All in all I really liked the Samsung LED, but I ended up choosing the Panasonic G10 plasma because the drawbacks were fewer and the picture it produces is simply amazing. The performance in dark scenes is even better, the colors seem richer, the viewing angles are extremely wide, the motion is smooth and detailed, and there is virtually no input lag.