Hello guys,
This is my first post since I found this forum looking for reviews on the LG UF8600. I bought this tv on Sunday and after reading all the thread I decided to tell my experience to help make some decisions. Today after 2 days I went back to best buy and returned the tv. Also let me tell that like most of you guys I was between this LG, the Samsung JU7100 and the Sony X850C.
My major issue with it was the terrible backlight edge bleeding. It was too much and annoying. I never thought I would regret buying the tv but I did. As soon as I watched something with black on it the tv went from great to terrible. Blacks are not black at all. Clouding everywhere. Another thing that I didn't like was the input lag for playing games. If you are into gaming this tv is definitely not for you (and yes I used it in game mode) .
On the bright side, the set has great colors, picture quality and really really good passive 3D. The 3D was really that good and the fact that was passive was one of the reasons I decided on this set. Also the IPS panel is supposed to give great viewing angles but not so good black levels.
So at the end I read the reviews from rtings.com and decided to go with the Samsung JU7100. I only used the samsung 1 day but I loved it much more than the LG. It has way better black levels but it also has a little bit of clouding. Nothing compared to the LG. The samsung I can live with it no problem. It has no edge bleeding at all. For gaming I didn't tired it yet but accordingly to the reviews it has little input lag. Overall the samsung I think its 10x better than the LG. It has great colors and picture quality also, actually I liked it better than the LG but that might have personal preference also. Upscale of 1080p content to near "4k" looked better on the samsung.
On behalf of the Sony I looked at it, it was really nice probably the one that has best black levels and no clouding issue. I decided on the samsung because for brighter rooms its supposed to be better.
Here are the links to the reviews I read to make my decision:
Samsung JU7100:
http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/samsung/ju7100
Sony X850C:
http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/x850c
LG UF8500 (There is no review for the 8600 but it looks exactly the same and has the same features and IPS display so there is probably not much difference):
http://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/lg/uf8500
-On those reviews you can se what Im talking about.
Finally some photos of the LG and Samsung to support my claims. You can clearly see what Im talking about on the night shots of the LG.
It's late and I tried to do my best with my first post lol I probably missed something. Pardon me If I made many grammar or spelling mistakes English is my second language. I will be more than happy to answer any other question you guys have!
PD: 4k looked amazing in both tv's.