After a few moments I wiped the little tear out of my right I and realized that I was witnessing the Samsung LE37M87BD 52" LCD TV!This amazing creation is the best TV I have ever seen so far, and these words are coming out of the mouth (and into the blog) by someone who is a sworn plasma-lover when it comes to TVs. I currently have a 42" Samsung Plasma (1024x768) since a couple of years back and was aiming for the 50" Pioneer HD Plasma (1920x1080) - but it cost a whopping 50'000 SEK so I haven't got it yet, the cost being the one and only reason. Now, however, I am pleased I didn't buy that plasma because this 52" LCD has something new - namely ClearView! This eliminates the single most problem that I've never liked LCD-TVs before - the backlight! I am not sure if I am using the term backlight properly, but what I am refering to is the gray shiny areas of a traditional LCD screen you get around the edges when the display is show dark images. With ClearView you get a slight increase of reflectiveness of the display - but in return you get pitch black when it's supposed to be black and contrast is great. I might add that I had the opportunity in the shop to see this TV next to a Pioneer 1024x768 plasma, a samsung 1024x768 plasma and a Sharp 46" LCD (without ClearView) - and in my opinion the overall image quality was best in the ClearView LCDs, then the plasmas and finally the Sharp LCD coming in last.
This TV has changed my view in the Plasma vs. LCD battle, and not only does it look huge and amazingly great - it has 3 HDMI inputs (finally!) and it supports 1080p - true HD-resolution.
I won't be getting this TV for my SimRoom - but this fabulous creation had to be mentioned here if anyone is in the hunt for a great display for a simulator room with a higher budget than mine. It costs around 30'000 SEK by the way - a very fair price I might add. You can get it in the sizes 37", 40", 46" and 52". Run out and buy one now :)
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