Just got a Samsung series 6 46"( LN46B610A4F)

[Infamy79]

Slimebeast said:

Infamy79 said:
I got a 55" Samsung Series 8 LED (UA55B8000) last week, its an awesome unit. Just waiting for my B&W MT-30 speaker system and Harman Kardon AV receiver which was supposed to arrive 2 days ago :(

Samsung's do come with the worst out of the box video settings of all manufacturers. Google the model number to get some suggested settings from the AV formums and make sure you upgrade the firmware to the latest version too.

After some tinkering with mine I had it looking ok, upgraded the firmware and it looks lifelike now. May get a PS3 Slim on the weekend to hook up to it as a local retailer has a decent deal for one. Will get a 360 either with the ODST Elite bundle or see if theres a better bundle for Xmas.

So is your telly the big brother to the series im talking about (7-series)? Only with higher Mhz n stuff.

How much is the 55 inch cost ? And compared to 40+46 inch in 8-series? U recomend?

Yep, only difference between the 7 series and 8 series is the twice as fast resolution (200Mhz PAL/240Mhz NTSC), the media streaming features are the same. The problem in Australia (where I am), is the 7 series is exclusive to Harvey Norman stores until end of August and no other stores even have it in their system for an ETA. Even the 8 series was out of stock most places until I found one online who had the 55" 8 Series with 1 in stock so I got it in 2 business days. I paid AUD$5500 for it, which isn't cheap, but its RRP is AUD$6999 so I did ok. The 7 Series in Harvey Norman is about the same price as what I paid. The other alternative I was looking at was the 60" Pioneer Kuro, I found a store which still had the last of them in the country, but they were over AUD$10k, I couldn't justify that compared to the Samsung. The plasmas are so much heavier and more expensive to run with power requirements that it was just silly. The difference in picure quality isn't enough to justify paying double the cost.

Only downside to the screen is that it doesn't have local dimming, you have to wait for the 8500 line later in the year for that or the Series 9, but they will be even more expensive again. Now I have the settings tuned properly I don't notice any flashlighting at all, the blacks are very very good, not plasma or OLED good, but close enough. If you can justify the cost, I can definitely recommed one, although I haven't tested out the connectivity functions yet, I have to wait for my new NAS to turn up. Video plays great off a USB stick though.