UN55B8000 55” LED TV
As HDTVs become more common--some would say
commoditized--TV makers go to greater lengths to justify higher price tags.
Nobody is going as far as Samsung this year. The company is the only one thus
far to announce a full lineup of edge-lit LED-based LCDs, which cost a mint yet
offer the most advanced technology and design you can get--at least until OLED
comes along.
Each model among the three series of Samsung's edge-lit LED-based LCD lineup
measures just 1.2 inches thick, thanks to that LED lighting system, which is
also responsible for the TVs' excellent energy efficiency. The UNB7000 series
is the middle child in terms of price and features of the three; yet, it
includes buckets of add-ons, many of them interactive, along with extensive
picture adjustments including a cool new tweakable dejudder mode. In our performance
testing, we encountered some picture quality trade-offs caused by the LED
system, namely less-than-perfect uniformity and off-angle viewing, along with
the backlights' somewhat distracting fluctuations. These issues keep the
UNB7000 series from earning our highest accolades for performance, but in terms
of design and features, the expensive televisions set a standard that will be
tough to beat.
As HDTVs become more common--some would say commoditized--TV makers go to
greater lengths to justify higher price tags. Nobody is going as far as Samsung
this year. The company is the only one thus far to announce a full lineup of
edge-lit LED-based LCDs, which cost a mint yet offer the most advanced
technology and design you can get--at least until OLED comes along.
Each model among the three series of Samsung's edge-lit LED-based LCD lineup
measures just 1.2 inches thick, thanks to that LED lighting system, which is
also responsible for the TVs' excellent energy efficiency. The UNB7000 series
is the middle child in terms of price and features of the three; yet, it
includes buckets of add-ons, many of them interactive, along with extensive
picture adjustments including a cool new tweakable dejudder As HDTVs become more common--some would say
commoditized--TV makers go to greater lengths to justify higher price tags.
Nobody is going as far as Samsung this year. The company is the only one thus
far to announce a full lineup of edge-lit LED-based LCDs, which cost a mint yet
offer the most advanced technology and design you can get--at least until OLED
comes along.
As HDTVs become more common--some would say commoditized--TV makers go to
greater lengths to justify higher price tags. Nobody is going as far as Samsung
this year. The company is the only one thus far to announce a full lineup of
edge-lit LED-based LCDs, which cost a mint yet offer the most advanced
technology and design you can get--at least until OLED comes along.
Each model among the three series of Samsung's edge-lit LED-based LCD lineup
measures just 1.2 inches thick, thanks to that LED lighting system, which is
also responsible for the TVs' excellent energy efficiency. The UNB7000 series
is the middle child in terms of price and features of the three; yet, it
includes buckets of add-ons, many of them interactive, along with extensive
picture adjustments including a cool new tweakable dejudder mode. In our performance
testing, we encountered some picture quality trade-offs caused by the LED
system, namely less-than-perfect uniformity and off-angle viewing, along with
the backlights' somewhat distracting fluctuations. These issues keep the
UNB7000 series from earning our highest accolades for performance, but in terms
of design and features, the expensive televisions set a standard that will be
tough to beat.