which samsung is better?
 

"badgolferman" wrote in message
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The Samsung, Sony, Toshiba looked best to me of all the LCDs I looked
at. I suspect your mother's TV needs the settings adjusted. Plasmas
have a better picture but I have settled on a LCD.

If ratings mean anything to you the Samsung and Sony rate quite high in
many reviews I've seen.

Its not a coincidence that Samsung and Sony are rated at the top of many
ratings. They jointly own an LCD manufacturing plant to supply the panels
used in their TV's. Of course, the electronics can make a difference.

which samsung is better?
 

"G-squared" wrote in message
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On Jul 17, 5:31 pm, "Mark A" wrote:
"badgolferman" wrote in message

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I am trying to decide between these two TVs:

Samsung LN46A540
http://www.samsung.com/us/system/con...12/ln46a550p3f
xza/ln46a550_spec.pdf

Samsung LN46A550
http://www.samsung.com/us/system/con...12/ln46a550p3f
xza/ln46a550_spec.pdf

The 540 is available at Costco for $1700 and with rebate for $1500.
The 550 is at BestBuy for $1618.

I am leaning toward the 540 because of price but really can't find any
significant difference between the two per specs. The 540 is more
expensive retail for some reason.

The 550 claims 30,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, while the 540 claims
35,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio.

Some people have said that the higher contrast ratio of the new Samsungs
comes as the result of a more highly reflective screen, which could be a
problem if you have a window or other brightly lit areas behind you while
viewing the TV set. But I am not sure if the highly reflective screen is
characteristic of both sets, and in this case the 540 just has better
electronics or a better panel to achieve the higher contrast ratio, in
addition to the reflective screen (which always gets better contrast than
an
anti-glare screen with all other things equal). Or maybe the 550 has an
anti-glare screen that slightly lowers contrast ratio (doubtful if it
actually lists for less money).

I believes that Costco automatically extends the warranty an extra year to
two years, and has a liberal return policy. So if you if won't have a
problem with reflections, and you don't watch TV in a brightly lit room,
then the 540 at Costco is probably the way to go, since it is cheaper to
boot.

I would also recommend synthetic oil for your Toyota.

30000 vs 35000 is a nonsense number and is just hype. The video is 10
bits - 1024 levels (and _might_ be 8 bits - 256 levels) so how does
that map to 35000? Or 30000? That is no reason in my book. What would
concern me more is the actual (?) resolution of the panel at 1366x768
as stated here.

http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/d...LN46A540P2FXZA

OR is that a typo on Samsungs part since that is the only reference
I've found for the 540? In general the 540 seems to have more I/O
ports. For me that would be the deciding issue.

G²

I read that they measure the difference between the bightest whites and
black. Black being with the set turned off!