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Originally Posted by Bond 007 
There is some truth to that.
Of course Samsung don't use their high end processors on the eh series. That should be obvious.
The eh is definitely an effort to cut production costs and still market it as an led. Thus fewer hdmi ports. Ccfl are on their way out altogether with all manufacturers. Its just old school and mixing ccfl and led cost more at this point. It is cheaper to just get rid of the ccfl, put a few leds in the back, come up with a new marketing term (direct lit) and sell it as an led that is superior to edge lit. The 46" eh has 400 leds in it compared to my 47" LG that is full led with local dimming that has 1500. So instead of doing it properly they came up with a cheesy diffuser panel to compensate. But they had to make it thicker to make it work. That's why the d6000 with ccfl and edge lit is thinner than the eh6000 direct lit. The eh series is a very basic budget oriented bottom of the line led. And in all fairness they do kind of market it that way. No Smart tv. No 3d. And if you get one that is not defective it gets a pretty good picture. Its not a bad value but dont make the mistake of thinking that you are buying some top of the line model because it says led on the box. That is what Samsung is banking on.
btw I got 3 bad 60eh6000s before I gave up on Samsung. That is why I know so much about it.
Then I got my Panasonic 60ST50 and it gets a better picture and has been trouble free from day one.
Sorry.
There is some truth to that.
Of course Samsung don't use their high end processors on the eh series. That should be obvious.
The eh is definitely an effort to cut production costs and still market it as an led. Thus fewer hdmi ports. Ccfl are on their way out altogether with all manufacturers. Its just old school and mixing ccfl and led cost more at this point. It is cheaper to just get rid of the ccfl, put a few leds in the back, come up with a new marketing term (direct lit) and sell it as an led that is superior to edge lit. The 46" eh has 400 leds in it compared to my 47" LG that is full led with local dimming that has 1500. So instead of doing it properly they came up with a cheesy diffuser panel to compensate. But they had to make it thicker to make it work. That's why the d6000 with ccfl and edge lit is thinner than the eh6000 direct lit. The eh series is a very basic budget oriented bottom of the line led. And in all fairness they do kind of market it that way. No Smart tv. No 3d. And if you get one that is not defective it gets a pretty good picture. Its not a bad value but dont make the mistake of thinking that you are buying some top of the line model because it says led on the box. That is what Samsung is banking on.
btw I got 3 bad 60eh6000s before I gave up on Samsung. That is why I know so much about it.
Then I got my Panasonic 60ST50 and it gets a better picture and has been trouble free from day one.
Sorry.
The difference between TVs must be in the eye of the beholder to some point. I tried a Panasonic (47") and thought the picture quality was substantially worse than Samsung. Everything just seemed sort of dim and lifeless, even after calibration.
To each his own. I'm glad you're happy. It doesn't mean the EH is a crappy TV. I mean, if you're comparing it to a top of the line, full array with local dimming TV from any brand, then yes the EH is going to be worse. But when you're looking at a "bargain" TV I think LG is the only other brand that offers comparable quality.
Edited by nwener - 2/3/13 at 10:33am
That is what is valuable about AVS. We get to hear real world owner experiences and decide for ourselves if the person just has a problems with technology, or there is a trend with bad product. So called, "professional revues" are are not always representative of a model line of TVs since early release models may have everything from firmware issues to use of a problem prone LCD panel used in that particular test TV. And they rarely run a later review that could recant a previous error in review. As with anything. . . your mileage may vary.
