Should I hold out for an LED LCD TV?

[Memnoch]

Originally Posted by lojack1976

As always you can't judge these in the store. Read this review of the new 8500 Samsung...

I actually sat down with these TVs over the weekend at a relative's house. My family members and I own the TVs I mentioned, so these are not "in store" opinions. They are "living room" opinions? Sorry for not making that more clear.

I read the review Samsung review linked above (good info there), but I wasn't trying to debate black levels. What I was trying to say was that in all my research (hands on at my home, family members' homes, online, and in store), I have never seen a better, more perfect (i.e., real) picture than what I experienced with the new Samsung LED LCD 8000 series. I was trying to let everyone know so they could take these Samsungs into consideration before purchasing a new TV.

Don't take it from me though. I encourage anyone to go check these out for themselves. I would suggest the bluray IMAX scene that opens the Dark Knight. I haven't ever seen a picture on any TV, plasmas included, that came anywhere close to what these Samsungs can produce. But picking this kind of thing out is based primarily on personal preference, so anyone can check them out for themselves and decide what looks best to them.