I hope your luck is better then mine, though if your motivation is 3D, then the 3D on the UN65JS8500 is stellar. I think if I had to choose between the LG IPS and the JS8500 I would have picked the Samsung as well. Just make sure you put the JS8500 through it's paces. As I stated above, I used several blu-rays and found that the edge lighting glowing disengaged me from the enjoyment of what I was watching so much that I just had to give up and get the Sony which, while still an edge lit LED, absolutely controls the edge lit glow so much better for whatever reason. Is it the dimming algorithms Sony uses that's superior? Perhaps the dispersion materials Sony uses is superior? I don't know enough about this technology yet to be able to use always the correct terminology possibly, I just know what my eyes tell me. Work it hard to make sure you're okay with it until your return window runs out.