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Best & Cheap "non-smart" LED/LCD Television?

• Background: I'm looking for a television that simply has great color and detail at a great price. And having heard that plasma's life expectancy among other issues are quite prominent, I'm more interested in LED/LCD models. Details: I don't need the gimmicks of 3D or internet connection, since none of these are either relevant or attractive to me. All in all, I'm just looking for amazing picture quality. That being said, I hear Samsung is the best there is right now. (Also, sound quality is a plus, but not a huge concern as I will be looking to add an additional sound/home theater system in the future.) So if anybody can shoot a link or a television model number my way that fits the bill, that would be awesome and greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your time! =)

• Answer:

  I agree - I'm not a huge fan of 'smart' televisions or 3D. However - to get 3D the panels and circuitry have to be designed to be able to refresh something like 240 hz. This is when fed from a normal HD video that has 60 hz frames. This means you are buying something over-designed for normal TV watching. Not a bad thing. I have been hearing a lot of quiet buzz about the Samsung D7000 and D8000 series of televisions. They have both a Plasma and LCD/LED version. The guys over at HDNation said the picture out of the box was amazing, and then when they calibrated it, the resulting color balance was nearly perfect. Best Buy also seems to put these on sale every few weeks bundled with a 3D BluRay player and glasses. I am not sure it goes up to 60" inches - but put the Samsung D8000 on your short list to investigate.