Hello, here's what I'm doing. I want a 46 inch size. I don't want or care about 3D, and can take or leave "smart tv". Please help me decide, or make suggestions. I don't really want a plasma tv, but I know they can achieve better blacks. I mostly watch satellite 1080i tv, but I do have a growing collection of blu rays and a slightly old Sony player. I don't play any video games.
I consider myself quite critical of video quality, but not willing to spend thousands right now. I had a Panasonic front projector onto a Da-Lite 130 inch screen for years, but sold the projector...and am not willing to spend what it would take to have a nice front projector again just yet.
Right now I am on a budget.
I recently bought a Samsung LED tv, but plan to send it back. It's a UN40EH5000. It has a problem with purple/pink halos around dark objects in motion. Other than this it looks fine. I tweaked the white balance to my liking, and I do like the color palette a lot. There don't seem to be any other obvious motion artifacts other than the above. As long as things are bright, the motion looks decent and at least detailed enough. But I just can't live with the pink halos. The black level can go dark as long as the backlight is below 50% in a dark room, but certainly I know it lacks the shadow detail of the best TV's. I do notice that everything turns blue-ish as it gets dark, which I had read in a pro review before buying the tv. Kind of annoying, but nothing like as bad as the pink halo.
I found a thread, I think at avs forum, which described the halo problem. No reasons were given other than "the panel is defective". In my opinion, it's possibly just meant to be this way, because it's not noticeable other than when dark objects are in motion (such as with most any tv drama or action show, or movie, where the obligatory technique used is of everything being shot in shadow and backlit...with lots of people who have black hair and dark clothes, etc). The discussion mentioned that this is probably a Sharp panel, but in a Samsung tv...and that the Samsung panel is better.
I've decided I don't care, and want to try something else. I want a 46 inch size, and will not be trying my luck with the 5000 series of any size anymore. So far the only tv I've seen in a store that I really liked, was way above what I'm wanting to pay. At around $1200, the Samsung UN46ES7100 looked fantastic. Of course it is a 3D with all the bells and whistles, and a waste of money in my opinion.
So I think I am beginning to narrow it down to maybe only two choices. LG 47LN5400, or Samsung UN46F6300. It's possible that this Samsung's LED lighting technique is inferior to the LG...I'm not sure just yet. I have not seen them side by side.
Do any of you have an opinion on these two, or could you suggest something that might be better for similar money? The Samsung is currently $749, the LG is $599. The Samsung is a "smart tv", the LG is not. I don't currently use Netflix or anything else on the net, and my dvr can browse youtube...so I don't see a smart tv as a necessity, but in the future it might be nice. And certainly it might help the resale value, or at least the ability to resell the tv a few years down the line.
Thanks for any help you all could provide! Carl
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Topic - Help me choose a tv? - CarlEber 15:08:32 07/08/13 (53)
- the best advice - Joe Murphy Jr 17:34:35 07/16/13 (5)
- RE: the best advice - CarlEber 18:12:33 07/22/13 (4)
- best advice vs best choice - Joe Murphy Jr 22:27:29 07/22/13 (3)
- RE: best advice vs best choice - CarlEber 11:00:25 07/23/13 (2)
- Sorry Carl.... - kootenay 01:51:40 07/31/13 (0)
- have a nice day [nt] - Joe Murphy Jr 13:28:48 07/23/13 (0)
- Just for the record.... - kootenay 23:24:41 07/14/13 (0)
- My recent experience - Alex F. 14:03:41 07/14/13 (8)
- RE: My recent experience - CarlEber 13:23:49 07/15/13 (5)
- RE: My recent experience - Hornlover 07:54:55 07/16/13 (1)
- RE: My recent experience - CarlEber 13:12:09 07/16/13 (0)
- RE: My recent experience - Alex F. 21:43:46 07/15/13 (2)
- RE: My recent experience - CarlEber 12:54:25 07/16/13 (1)
- Ahem - Alex F. 21:20:39 07/16/13 (0)
- I was told that screen burn in would only happen if - oldmkvi 07:56:51 07/15/13 (1)
- RE: I was told that screen burn in would only happen if - Alex F. 11:42:18 07/15/13 (0)
- RE: Help me choose a tv? - three_sox 05:21:24 07/10/13 (1)
- +3! And good advice! nt - oldmkvi 07:20:12 07/10/13 (0)
- RE: Help me choose a tv? - Hornlover 09:47:44 07/09/13 (3)
- + 1 (or is it 2?) for Panny Plasma ^ - Road Warrior 11:57:39 07/09/13 (1)
- (or is it 2?) Yep! I'm In! nt - oldmkvi 14:26:17 07/09/13 (0)
- Agreed! I use the Cinema setting. I had it "Calibrated" by someone from Magnolia - oldmkvi 10:59:19 07/09/13 (0)
- "I don't really want a plasma tv" - oldmkvi 19:27:35 07/08/13 (30)
- RE: "I don't really want a plasma tv" - CarlEber 10:42:59 07/10/13 (29)
- agree 100% on plasma - mbnx01 11:56:13 07/21/13 (1)
- RE: agree 100% on plasma - CarlEber 18:06:24 07/22/13 (0)
- How much are you going to spend? - oldmkvi 18:10:49 07/10/13 (0)
- 2.5 yrs and my panny pasma is going strong, strong, strong - Road Warrior 18:07:10 07/10/13 (23)
- Great pic and Streaming, right from the TV, no external stuff needed. What's not to like? - oldmkvi 08:29:16 07/11/13 (22)
- RE: Great pic and Streaming, right from the TV, no external stuff needed. What's not to like? - CarlEber 10:05:07 07/11/13 (21)
- Backhanded insult taken, and, no offense taken - Road Warrior 13:06:36 07/11/13 (20)
- Thank you for the info! - CarlEber 10:20:06 07/12/13 (19)
- Clouding (and btw, NOT an issue on our Sony LED) - Road Warrior 15:10:21 07/12/13 (18)
- RE: Clouding (and btw, NOT an issue on our Sony LED) - CarlEber 08:58:41 07/14/13 (17)
- Just for the record.... - kootenay 23:21:39 07/14/13 (0)
- TV watching buddy has the Samsung 6400 55" - Road Warrior 21:06:45 07/14/13 (15)
- RE: TV watching buddy has the Samsung 6400 55" - CarlEber 13:17:53 07/15/13 (4)
- Motion artifacts are his 6400 are manifested by , uhhh, jerky motion in scenes with movement - Road Warrior 14:30:21 07/15/13 (3)
- RE: Motion artifacts are his 6400 are manifested by , uhhh, jerky motion in scenes with movement - CarlEber 15:03:25 07/15/13 (2)
- Actually I don't post here often - Road Warrior 15:57:00 07/15/13 (1)
- RE: Actually I don't post here often - CarlEber 16:12:57 07/15/13 (0)
- Plasma is too good for him. - oldmkvi 23:50:30 07/14/13 (9)
- Well, we're definitely not telling him what he wants to hear - Road Warrior 08:56:36 07/15/13 (8)
- RE: Well, we're definitely not telling him what he wants to hear - CarlEber 13:19:17 07/15/13 (7)
- Why would I sell the Sony? Then the living room wouldn't have a tv - Road Warrior 14:38:38 07/15/13 (6)
- Now now... - CarlEber 15:07:21 07/15/13 (5)
- I'm passionate about lots of things, not tvs. The curtains wife bought cost more than the tv. - Road Warrior 15:50:34 07/15/13 (4)
- RE: I'm passionate about lots of things, not tvs. The curtains wife bought cost more than the tv. - CarlEber 16:17:27 07/15/13 (3)
- Nahh Carl, I actually work against the IRS and other taxing agencies - Road Warrior 17:01:53 07/15/13 (2)
- whatever you say (rolls eyes) - CarlEber 21:36:42 07/15/13 (1)
- Have a great day Carl^ - Road Warrior 06:37:54 07/16/13 (0)
- RE: "I don't really want a plasma tv" - pictureguy 15:40:14 07/10/13 (0)
- RE: "I don't really want a plasma tv" - Hornlover 14:55:16 07/10/13 (0)