Best 46″ LCD TV

Its LED Motion Plus, interactive features like Yahoo! Widgets and exceptional picture quality give the 8500 plenty to love. The 1.6-inch deep panel has outstanding video processing and deeper black levels than all HDTV on the market except Panasonic V10 plasma TVs. While models in Samsung Series B8000, B7000 and B6000, as well as LG LH90 models have LED backlighting, they don’t match the blacks of this panel. If you don’t mind the poor viewing angle, UN46B8500 is the best 46 inch LCD TV out there.

The Samsung LN46B750 has CCFL backlighting and 240Hz refresh rate. It also meets the Energy Star 3.0 requirements with its low power consumption. It has Samsung’s exclusive Wide Color Enhancer 3 technology that maps source colors to the panel’s color space. Series 7 from which LN46B750 is part of, has a built-in wired Ethernet connection and supports 802.11a/b/g/n wireless networking capabilities using a wireless USB dongle. It has some of the deepest black levels of all non-LED LCD TVs and it can hold up very well even when competing with the LED backlit ones. That, combined with the superb colors make the Samsung LN46B750 one of the best LCD HDTV models on the market.

Samsung’s Ultra Clear panel in the UN46B8000 is designed to increase contrast and reduce reflection. Samsung’s B8000 Series has LED edge backlight technology, which explains how LUXIA line is just over an inch thick. It is WIFI ready, but an extra purchase of an adaptor is required. The UN46B8000 is one of the blackest sets on the market, however its blacks are slightly lighter than those seen on UN46B8500 or Panasonic V10 and G10 plasma TVs.

With no interactive features, the 47LH90 differs from most high-end plasma and LCD TV models, which have Ethernet connectivity and benefit from online services. The 46LH90 has almost identical black levels when compared to the Samsung UN46B7000, and LN46B750 LCDs, though it can’t touch Panasonic V10 and Samsung B8500. Its color accuracy is exceptional however, significantly better than any other LG model and at least as good, if not a bit better than Samsung LED backlit models and Panasonic top of the line plasma TV models.

Samsung UN46B7000 has standard 120hz refresh rate, unlike its higher-end siblings, the B9000 and B8000, that retain a 240Hz rate. It has dejudder processing as well as the backlighting technology available in the rest of the edge LED models. The UN46B7000’s black levels are very dark, however not having the exact same technology as the models in B8500 series, it falls short of the top of the line HDTVs. As with most Samsung models, the color accuracy is very good. On the downside, it suffers from two common problems with LCDs: slightly blueish blacks and poor off-angle performance.

With the ability to download widgets such as weather reports, financial news, Yahoo! Video, Flickr images, stock ticker updates, and additional content, Sony Bravia KDL-46Z5100 gives users flexibility. Though Sony’s XBR9 has similar features to the Z series, the XBR9’s have a wider color gamut backlight. Sony KDL-46Z5100 has 240Hz refresh rate and uses fluorescent backligting. Though it doesn’t use LED backlighting technology, it’s blacks, similar to those on XBR9 series, are comparable to many high-end LED based Samsung LCD sets. It is equipped with a matte screen that interacts better with ambient light than Samsung’s glossy screens.

It has a 178 degree view angle, 4ms response time, and four HDMI 1.3 inputs. Samsung LN46B650 also features Samsung’s Auto Motion Plus 120Hz frame-interpolation technology, which is designed to virtually eradicate motion haziness and judder. Its black levels are comparable to those of Sony KDL-46Z5100 and not very far from Samsung’s own LN46B750 or UN46B7000. The color accuracy is also good, a common thing for all Samsung models. While other LCD HDTVs benefit from the new LED backlit technology and have deeper blacks and more features, the LN46B650 has one advantage over them: it offers a better value for money.