Home audio & video forum: ? Best Large ( 60" or bigger) LED TV?

For fast motion, it can't be beat. Your thoughts?

Hi,

We both realize plasma is great for Hockey, but we both know people who bought plasma, one a few years ago, one last year, and the one from 2011, an expensive and highly rated plasma, just out of warranty time, started blowing pixels or something, a huge loss for him!

Soooo, we are sticking with LED. Everything we read and compared said the sony 929 was fantastic, but, as I said, I would really like to know more, about comparisons with other LED big-screen brands.

So let's hear your opinions everyone!

Sorry to hear your friends had issues, but short of anything more concrete on your end in understanding precisely *why* those large plasma panels failed, it doesn't seem logical to throw the baby out with the bathwater.

Truth be told, just as many LED-LCD models fail, if not more since more LED models are currently being sold/marketed, since they are newer technology with their own issues regarding quality control. Also, most large LED HDTVs now are being touted as 'smart tvs', which it sounds like you are trying to steer clear of. For sheer value/performance/price you could do better with a plasma IMO if your goal is very good fast motion performance.

You would benefit first from doing some reading at the HDguru blog, and also at AVS forum. Also, have you yet explored CNETs reviews, especially from Katzmaier?

Links:
http://hdguru.com/

http://www.avsforum.com/

FWIW, I really like the Samsung UNC8000 series LED HDTVs. Sony's still look like cheap video camera images to me by comparison. Samsung gets the colors spot on as well. Best way to evaluate these HDTVs is in your home, side by side, with the same video input. (Yes, pony up and buy two different brands/models, returning the one you are not satisfied with.) Anything other method can sometimes lead to buyer's remorse ;(

Thanks, that's the series that I've heard so much about, the "8000" series.
The colour, "black", and sahrp image is supposed to be amazing!
I agree with you, we will just have to try both, side-by-side.

Anyone else with any other models/brands to suggest?

Wow! I had NO idea about 480 !
Are any other Brands offering this?

You could do a lot better regarding motion with a plasma for one half the price.

Ideally though, the refresh rate would be the actual panel and not on the LED backlighting. The panel refresh rate is still 240Hz, FWIW.

Sony and Samsung also has 480Hz but something about Samsung was kinda off. Its picture isn't quite impressive and the design is ugly too. I can't stand that stand and the ES8000 had some lighting issues.

Maybe for a non-discriminating commercial display for a product line AQUOS are acceptable, but not for home theater application. Sony, Samsung and LG all produce much better LED-LCD panels IME and O.