Samsung LED TV’s
Filed under: Electronics, Televisions | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: April 21, 2009 | 13 Comments
A few years ago, LCDs were dubbed to be the future of televisions, but now LED TVs have that job. Samsung are certainly leading the way when it comes to these energy saving TVs with their sexy slim looks and superb performance.
The first thing that you will notice with Samsung’s Series 6 and 7 LED TVs is its depth, just 1.2-inch thin. These televisions are made from just one single part rather than multiple parts. Unbeatable have described this new range of TVs as Elegant, thanks to its great TV body and unique crystal neck.
The frame is recyclable and contains no VOC’s (Volatile Organic Compounds) in the paint, the TV also uses 40 percent less power that an ultra low power consuming standby mode. The TV has a number of cool features, such as Mega Contrast Ratio, Wide Colour Enhancer Pro and 100Hz Motion Plus technology.
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Very nice, I am sure LED TV must be very popular soon after it comes to the market!
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I think that a clarification is necessary here.
The first sentence of the “review” makes it sound as though this is a new technology which replaces LCD displays with LED.
That is not the case. Primarily thses are still LCD displays, however, the baclight technology has changed from CFL (Cathode Fluorescent Light) tube to a LED array. The LED provides a more uniform, brighter and longer lasting lighting source, but the main thing to understand is that you are still getting a LCD panel.
LED as a light source is becoming much more prevalent, in both consumer level and computer products, however, marketing attempts are muddying and blurring the line, creating confusion on the part of the general public. Samsung’s own published ads stress the LED TV aspect, yet nowhere do they mention the fact that LEDs are only employed in the backlighting technology.
I think that this is a disservice to the general public, and it is the duty of those that review them (wether in print or on line) to shed light on the truth, and not simply reprint the manufacturer’s ads or marketing blurbs.
Sorry to tell you (actually delighted to tell you), Dudemeister, but these are actual LED sets. Samsung, Sony, couple others DO have led backlit sets, but this is different - these are in fact LED tvs, first I have seen on the market and they look gorgeous (the tv and the picture on it!)
What Dudemeister is saying is true - these aren’t “true” LED TVs, but simply an LCD screen with LED backlighting:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LED_TV
However undoubtedly these new “LED” TVs do provide far superior picture quality and energy efficiency. True LED TVs are still a little way off - the technology will probably come to the market as OLEDs (organic LED).
damn, looks like I am mistaken rather than you, Dudemeister…
Still and all, these tvs blow away the normal lcds far as I can see (in the store…)
Hello,
Are the LEDs used in this set all Whate or are the RGB?
How is the dimming function addressed? Is is the same as with traditional LED back light TVs? I ask because in the 1.2 inch display, the LED are on the sides on the panel only, not in the back side anymore.
RAndy
Hi Randy,
I personally do not own a LED TV, I only wrote the reply in response to the original review which, to me, was creating confusion on the LED subject, as you can see from the original response I got from PMBster.
In response to your question, these TVs are edge lit with white LEDs, so they can’t selectively turn the LEDs on and off, therefore there is no “local backlighting” control.
Also, since they use white LEDs, they probably require some sort electronic filtering to be able to change the color temperature, otherwise they would only be able to produce a cool (blueish) temp in the 7000-9000K range.
There is a very comprehensive review of the set done by cNet here:
http://reviews.cnet.com/flat-panel-tvs/samsung-un55b6000/4505-6482_7-33488070.html
Cheers.
One additioanl note I wanted to make.
For those that are still looking for a true LED display, the current technology is currently suited for large signage displays.
Most common use of LED array panels is in very large outdoor billboards, stadium jumbotrons and such. There are somewhat smaller versions which use surface mounted LED clusters instead of discrete LEDs, but they have reduced brightness so they are usally used for indooors signs, the kind you’re likely to see at trade shows, and concerts.
One of the most famous LED displays is in Las Vegas at the Fremont street experience. It’s a 1500 foot long “canopy covering the street and every evening it displays a Sci-fi like movie “ride”.
For consumer use, LED are no employed primarily as light sources.
I personally have a Samsung DLP which uses LEDs instead of a lamp and a color wheel. The advantage is that the artifacts that the spining wheel produced are gone, the backlight is brighter, the life expectancy of the LED exceeds the life of the set (80,000 hours), the set runs cooler, and there is no noise from the wheel mechanism.
Apple uses LED lighting on their latest notebook, as well as their Cinema Display. Sony and Samsung use LED backlit displays and soon more manufacturers are going to make them.
But we have a long way to go before we get true LED displays for our computers or home entertainment sets.
These tv’s are the future! I saw one of these LED televisions in currys, the picture quality is just amazing and superskinny at around 29mm deep!
Firstly i would like to say thanks to Dudemeister as his info has been nothing short of extremely helpful. On the other hand Pmbster might want to offer an apology and remove his foot out of his mouth via his arse and check his facts before dumping on others and taking joy from it. You were wrong but even if you were rightperhaps a simple attempt at presenting your facts may have been a better approach as opposed trying to chop the other person down. I to was under the impression especially with the information being released by samsung that these new tvs were true led tvs however in researching this more have founf exactly what the Dudemeister has said. Yes i do agree that the picture is excellent and as much as i like to get the latest and greatest i will stick to my Sony 200hz lcdtv until the technology has further improved enough for the change to be worthwhile.
Thank you Dudemeister for being so througher.
Just been looking at the 40 inch 6 series and 7 series at a shop. Sooo thin !
This is the first time my girlf has been interested in getting a big TV !
i own one these fabulous SAMSUNG LED TV’s — to start with let me say to anyone considering a purchase: DONT. It has been the worst experience with a consumer electronic ever. i’ve OWNED the TV for 4-5 months I’ve HAD it in my home maybe 6-7 weeks… The TV started making a buzzing within days of installation - Samsung required their repair people to come out to look - they updated the firmware in the TV, no change, so they took it offsite for the next 4 wks then called to say you’re getting a new TV in about a week. TV number 2 arrives, 2 days in starts buzzing… I deal with this for a few weeks until I can get the repair people back out … at this point I’ve had the TV maybe 5 weeks total. Repair comes takes TV away, 2 wks away they call say it’s repaired by replacing a speaker - I tell them it’s unlikely the speaker since it’s the same problem that could not be repaired the 1st time. So they deliver it then plug it in and immediately begins the buzzing sound! The repair shop claims that it’s “within specification and some TV’s buzz” (I guess I got that feature for free)
So I call Samsung again - and they say it’s “not in specification and the repair center shouldn’t say that and they will have to come back” … that happened TODAY! … so now I wait again for another call from the repair center to then come to my home look at it and take it away… Completely ridiculous hassle - if you want to spend more time dealing with repairs than actually watching TV then go ahead an buy the Samsung LED otherwise get a different model.
To start with this seems to be the problem with the market today as a way of off setting loss revenue due to the economy.Not a lot of “Big” t.v.’s being sold these days.But come up with a new name,promise the moon and every(tech)guy goes ape.Unless you do research,as I have a room full of old(state of the art)crap as most older tech geeks have.The technology is there,it’s just too expensive to put on a Wal-mart shelf right now.Just to let you know,I still break out my reel to reel to listen to some great sounding music as at that time was very cutting-edge for home entertainment.Damn I’m old….