Samsung UN55B6000 or Samsung LN52B750?

Well, I have the little 40" B6000 hanging in the bedroom, it has an incredible picture, but would not want to watch football on it for extended periods. It is the motion flow or 120hz that drives me batty, and it can't be turned off on my set. But, for viewing before nodding off, it fits the bill. I will tell you it does handle the motion end of things very well, watched some hockey on it and I could follow the puck and no blocking or screen door stuff going on.


Then you need to watch out for flashlighting from the corners on the 55" LEDs. There are quite a few posts here regarding that problem. Some sets it is barely noticable and others it will drive you nuts. So if you go with the LED, I would say buy locally so that you can easily return it if needed.


Your other pick, I am sure is a fine set, and comparable to the LED.


But for football, not to burst your bubble, but I would look at a plasma. I picked up a Samsung 58B560 locally for under 2g's. Now this is a football machine in my book, my "primary" reason for purchasing it, and to watch a movie now and then. We have a 60hz Sony KDL-V3000 LCD in the living room for general viewing that works fine, but is so so for football. It is a 2008 model LCD without all of the motion flow and 120hz stuff. But like I said, all of that makes for an annoying viewing session, at least for me on my B6000.


Hope this helps, and just my own experience as a football fan.


Mike

localnet -- I just purchased a UN32B6000VF model (to replace a failed LG LCD model). So far the PQ looks very good. Per the manual, the "Auto Motion Plus 120Hz" can be set to: Off / Clear / Standard / Smooth / Custom / Demo. So it can be disabled on that B6000 model. It has a manufacture date of April 2009.

NOTE: For the "motion flow" control -- Clear = minimum, Standard = medium, and Smooth = maximum (per the manual). The "Custom" mode lets you differentiate between "Video Blur" reduction and "Film Judder" reduction. The "Demo" mode displays the difference between On and Off. The default setting is = Off.


I haven't calibrated it yet, but it looks like it has a lot of settings to play with (it's not a full CMS, but it is pretty close). The Menu operation is a little hard to get used to (it seems a little awkward compared to what I am used to from my other displays). The black levels are excellent too, 100% better than any of my other LCD TVs or monitors.


I haven't noticed any "flash-lighting" on my smaller model. However, I also don't run my set at the maximum "back-light" level (or contrast setting) either.

charliebeagledog -- I chose to pay the premium (about $500 for the 32" model) for the LED lit version. The reasoning is because the CFL light in my other (LG) model burned out after 2.5 years of use, and the LED lit models consume 40 Watts less power (Samsung claims 40% less power consumption - actually its the other way around, the CFL powered ones consume 40% more power, point of reference semantics).


BTW, you should download the manuals from the Samsung web site before you buy. That way you will know what the adjustments are, and what power consumption for each set is.

PS -- I bought mine from BB, and they knocked off $160 as a price match to the "In-Store" price at my local Fry's Electronics.