HD Guru just scored the first review with the $US3,200 46-inch Samsung UN46B8000. It’s an LED-backlit LCD that measures just over an inch thick and refreshes images at 240Hz. HD Guru loved the display, calling it the best LCD ever.
The full motion resolution and overall excellent performance places the UN46B8000 at the top of all the LCD HDTVs tested….this Samsung is the first HDTV to deliver the dream of a thin, light weight, bright, clear 46″ large screen HDTV that you can easily hang on the wall like a painting.
Interesting factoid: If you’re watching 24fps content (like a movie), each frame plays 10 times on a 240Hz display. Read that tidbit and lots more in HD Guru’s meticulously detailed review of the world’s new bestest LCD.
AU: Obviously, we won’t get this particular model of TV – if we see it, it’ll have a 200Hz mode, which obviously won’t be quite the same.
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matt
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 9:48 AMi believe we can only process images in our head at around 100hz, so 240hz or 480hz is meaningless, id say the real difference you’d be noticing is the newer generation of sub frame generation is getting better, ie, if they had spent the same amount of money improving 120hz, you wouldn’t really notice the difference.
secondly, i don’t think thickness and weight are the most important aspects of what makes the worlds best LCD tv.
the most important aspect of LCDs these days is backlight tech, and while these side mounted leds probably produce one of the most even back lights ever – which is great – i doubt it is superior to local dimming LCD sets, such as the sony ones that have been out for quite a while. these are very expensive and thicker but if you were after the “worlds best HD LCD for picture quality” id say these are where u’d be looking. as always with samsung, if you are looking for the best HD LCD that is also good value and practical, i’d go with this samsung!
Rodney
Friday, July 10, 2009 at 7:56 PMThis an OLED – does not utilise backlight.