Samsung HD LCD TV, the Quest For the Perfect TV
The marketplace is often seeing the following scenario: to Samsung or not to Samsung-that is the question. Samsung HD LCD TV has all but removed themselves from the LCD/LED debate and achieved a hybrid with the best of both-better quality at a lower price.
Here's what Samsung LCD flat panels have done to achieve this:
* Incorporated LED lighting in their LCD TVs to achieve what HDTV LED owned before: contrast
* Further refined this by developing a proprietary "polarizer"
* Samsung HD flat panel upgraded their software/firmware package to all but eliminate motion blur from the equation
* Incorporated internet feeds, both wireless and hardwired into one streamlined package
* Offers services for their internet features
* Easy to use onscreen browser for internet "surfing", news, weather, sports etc.
* A new stream line look in its Touch of Color series
By way of comparison, here is what the competition has done in response: --crickets chirping noisily--.
The new series of Samsung HD LCD TV has made the most all-encompassing stride forward of all the flat panel TV brands on the market today and in a relatively short time.
Let's have a look at the competition directly though:
Toshiba has come out with their "next generation of LCD TV." It does have great clarity, but motion blur is still a problem for some. Samsung HD flat panels have a 4 times greater pixel speed. More speed is better. Toshiba does incorporate LED backlighting into their LCD screens as well now, but they are still behind on the software needed to run it. In other words, they are still running to catch up.
Sony's new BRAVIA Series LCD HDTV comes very close to the quality of the Samsung LCD flat panel. In fact, for picture quality, some argue that it exceeds it. But to the naked eye, the difference is marginal. Sony does offer an integrated internet package with some of the same providers and Samsung, but not to the degree that Samsung owners enjoy. The biggest difference is price. The mid to high end Sony models cost about 20 - 30% more on average. It's true, they do boast a 7-port HDMI system, but the extra $200 - $500 doesn't justify convenience of not having to install a $30 HDMI hub.
Those are the two main competitors on the market right now. The comparison is generalized, and while Toshiba and Sony might have a feature or two that are "better" than Samsung, in this writer's opinion that Samsung has come up with a very well-rounded product without compromising quality-in fact, they raised quality and established the bar all other manufactures' are duty-bound to try to meet.
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