Samsung Luxia 6000, 7000, 8000 series -- plans to review or any opinions?

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Hi all,

I was taking a stroll through the Samsung section of a local electronics retailer tonight and one of the their TVs caught my eye. It seemed to have been just added to the stand because there was no clear way to identify it, but after doing some research back home I gather it must have be the Samsung Luxia 6000 television, which is the low-end model in one of the Samsung 2009 'Luxia' range. I was quite impressed by the picture -- the blacks were very dark indeed and the picture had a lot of contrast. One particular feature of these sets is that they are supposed to use a good deal less energy than standard LCDs (presumably because they use some sort of LED technology).

 Does anyone know anything about these sets or have an opinion on them? Any plans for a review (I read the review of the Samsung 786 in the last issue but I think it's not in the same series)?

 thanks,

 kind regards,

 David 

 

[Anonymous]

I did a little research so I'll answer my own post in case someone else is interested.

These sets are basically LCDs but use LEDs to provide the backlighting. This is where the energy savings arises.The manufacturing process is more environmentally friendly as well (no mercury used). Apparently it's the same technology as used in "LED computer monitors" (e.g. in portable computers where the obvious advantage is it saves on battery consumption). Samsung also claim that this leads to deeper blacks etc. and higher contrast. Finally, the sets are incredibly thin (again Samsung claim this is related to the technology).

I could only find one report from an actual owner -- this person had the set (the 6000 series) -- and he described the picture as excellent but returned it because of "blooming" (I had to look up the term -- it occurs when a black pixel is next to a light pixel and some of the light from the white pixel passes into the dark pixel or something along those lines).

The 6000 is the low end model. The 7000 is the same as the 6000 but adds Internet widgets stuff (flickr, youtube yahoo etc.) The 8000 adds 240hz refresh. The model I saw was a 40 inch model (6000) and priced at 1599 euros -- this is in Portugal. The "luxia" brand name might not be used outside of the US.

 

[Anonymous]

here you go mate; it's all ready been reviewed at least the 40" version of the 7000 series anyway -

http://whathifi.com/Review/Samsung-UE40B7020/

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks a lot, titanIQ!

 

[Anonymous]

After reading it, I realised that I had already read it at the time but not didn't make the connection. I think that's decided it for me -- I'll just wait for the Supertest in the next issue then I think I'll take the plunge. Thanks again!