Samsung UN46B7000 46-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV
I won’t go into as much detail as some others, but I do want to say that I’ve had this TV for 3 weeks and I absolutely love it. One thing I noticed on all TV’s my friends have is when the scene goes dark, you can see the entire screen glow and most LCDs will only go so dark. Due to LED technology, which does not disappoint, this TV will go pitch black on dark scenes and very bright on light scenes.
One thing I do want to mention is that Samsung’s Auto Motion Plus (AMP) is something that takes time to get used to, if you choose to use it. The funnies thing I’ve read about this TV is a person who paid over $2k and then sent the TV back because they said TV made everything they watched “look cheap, like a soap opera”, so they rated TV one star, shipped it back to the store and bought a different brand. As soon as I got the TV hooked up, I popped in Matrix II into the DVD player and I did notice what that person was talking about. Entire movie didn’t feel quite like a movie, but more like someone was holding a video camera and was following all the car chases and everything else. It did remind me of those “cheap” TV programs, but is also looked kind of like you are actually there. I read more about it and realized that if I turn off AMP, the TV will show everything “normally” and there is absolutely no reason to send it back if AMP is not your thing.
However, I read more about AMP and from what I can tell, it is the imperfections in normal movies and motion blur that we are all used to. What AMP does is figure out where all moving objects are, “unblurs” them and actually plays back the scene at 120fps instead of 24fps. Extra frames are extrapolated based on object motion in the scene. The result is that everything is extremely sharp and clear and motion blur is almost entirely gone. I’ve seen Matrix II about 8 times and when I watched it with AMP turned on, I noticed extra cool, little details which I’ve never even noticed before when watching it on a regular TV.
Samsung UN40B6000 40-Inch 1080p 120 Hz LED HDTV
Pros:
You should make sure you can afford this TV before you go see side comparison between it and other LCD TV’s in an a store. Because you’ll either be walking away with the Samsung LED, or walking away with a product you are certain looks inferior.
I do not see the image degradation viewing it from an angle like others have.
Cons:
Yes, the sound is poor like the other reviews said. The speaker will even reverberate (if that is a word) while the volume if even turned down low. Mounting the TV on a wall does produce better sound than when it is free standing.
It’s been said before, but I’ll say it again. It is absolutely ANNOYING having to hit the “exit” button after selecting an input source. I have never seen this on a TV before. This prevents me from using replacing the Samsung remote completely. You can use a universal remote to change input source, but then you have to go back to the Samsung remote to hit “Exit” to get the selection display off the screen. If anyone knows a workaround, please let me know.