I prefer Samsung LCD with LED backlighting.
Hmm. It's sounds like the finest party I can imagine getting paid to go to.
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NoiseDesign - May 04, 2012 8:24:23 pm PDT #19997 of 25501
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omnis_audis - May 05, 2012 2:52:10 am PDT #19998 of 25501
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I'm not video expert, but I really don't feel Plasmas are worth the price. THey burn in easier, and burn out faster. I have a Samsung LCD, no backlighting. It's 4 years old now. Still doing great. Although, the speakers are blah. But I have yet to hear a flat screen with good speakers. I'm also a sound guy, so take that as you will.
amych - May 05, 2012 4:23:59 am PDT #19999 of 25501
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Thank you, suela! That's way more info than I had before to get me started (especially since I didn't do any of my usual research on the thing before getting it). I'm definitely feeling the limits on wacky DRM and the amazon-only app store. But hey - free tablet? Not gonna worry too much about it.
Jon B. - May 05, 2012 4:57:48 am PDT #20000 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I'm looking at two Samsungs: [link] or [link]
Am I correct that the second one uses LCD with LED backlighting? Both get great reviews, so it's hard to choose.
I don't care about sound or number of inputs or smartness, since it will effectively be a monitor hooked directly into an a/v tuner that also has a Mac Mini connected to it.
Jon B. - May 05, 2012 5:04:27 am PDT #20001 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Hmmm... Crutchfield describes my first link above as an "LED-LCD HDTV" with "LED edge backlight for high picture contrast", so maybe THAT's the technology you were referring to, Drew?
Tom Scola - May 05, 2012 5:17:28 am PDT #20002 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Traditionally, LCDs have been backlit with fluorescent tubes. LCDs backlit with LEDs are brighter, have more consistent colors(and blacker blacks), and don't use mercury. It also allows the TVs to be thinner.
Jon B. - May 05, 2012 8:38:30 am PDT #20003 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
So which (or do both?) of those two models do that?
Tom Scola - May 05, 2012 8:39:35 am PDT #20004 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Just the second, it looks like.
Jon B. - May 05, 2012 8:53:14 am PDT #20005 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Maybe I'll ask Crutchfield. They have excellent customer service.
Jon B. - May 05, 2012 12:13:32 pm PDT #20006 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I chatted with someone at Crutchfield, and it's actually the first that's an LCD with LED backlighting. According to them, so-called "LED TVs" are actually just LCD TVs that use an LED backlight instead of the standard fluorescent one. This model, for example, which seems to be the 40" version of my second link above, clearly mentions fluorescent backlighting.