I was surprised to find that Samsung decided not to make any direct array LED backlit LED LCD panels for 2010. Coming on the heals of the excellent UN55B8500 and UN46B8500, which were widely regarded as perhaps the best direct type LED panels ever made, abandoning this path was a strange decision. Instead, the company has opted to go solely with Edge lit models for 2010.
Mitsubishi has made significant improvements
in the overall picture quality of its 3D DLP Home Cinema TVs starting with last year’s product line.
The newest line of Home Theater 1-chip DLP based rear projection HDTVs
in its 2010 lineup shows more improvements with an unmatched bang for
the buck in the industry.
Brands create solid products and usually reap the financial benefits. As brands look to grow their business further, they broaden their market appeal by creating entry level products. Sometimes this works, some times it does not. In the automobile business Mercedes and BMW have succeeded. While these brands are associated with luxury and expense, most of their sales are generated from their "entry" models (i.e 3 Series BMW), instead of their highest end product offerings. They established the brand with luxury and went down market to generate more sales.
I am concerned for all picture quality enthusiasts. Over the last couple of years a pattern has established that is a movement AWAY from accurate picture quality. First, Pioneer ended its magical run as the producer of the finest panels on earth. (I will hug my perfectly calibrated KRP-500M for as long as it blasts its brilliant images). Then, 3DTV crept into our worlds this year and the story is not too good for all visual purists. The Samsung C Series LED lines might be the "first LED 3DTV", but the overall picture quality is not better than its predecessors. You sacrifice overall picture quality for the ability to see 3D images. I do not expect the trend to stop here.
I was surprised to find that Samsung decided not to make any direct array LED backlit LED LCD panels for 2010. Coming on the heals of the excellent UN55B8500 and UN46B8500, which were widely regarded as perhaps the best direct type LED panels ever made, abandoning this path was a strange decision. Instead, the company has opted to go solely with Edge lit models for 2010.
