Not sure why you think the picture quality is poor unless you had a bad or poorly set up set.Samsung KS7000 55inch just been delivered...
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Not sure why you think the picture quality is poor unless you had a bad or poorly set up set.
Samsung are usually ok for picture quality and usually for build quality though not always the case and/or they sell a lot of volume which makes instances of problems more common.
Problem with Sony is there always seems to be atleast one annoying little gremlin or other issue with what would otherwise be an excellent device i.e. one of their recent models which was otherwise a very good unit quite a few of them would just show a blank dull white screen after a couple of hours or so of use and stay like that for anything upto half an hour before you could make them work again and just repeat the problem.
Damm just seen his thread. Managed to get the one from JL sub £800 for 55" thanks to knowing people there, seemed too good of a deal to pass up, so fingers crossed. Seems they are spectacular panels when you get lucky, here goes round two of ASUS PG348Q lottery 
It's all relative, if you're a bit of a cinephile and take watching movies at home seriously, then Samsung's are quite poor to be frank. It's a TV that satisfies the masses, that's what it's built for and that's why they sell well. The picture quaility is too harsh, overcooked and completely inaccurate. And it's extremely hard to calibrate properly to anything suitable for home theater. LG OLED's are a completely different league in my opinon. Out of the box you can have a TV that's better for movie watching thanm 95% of the TV's out there even after calibration. And once you calibrate the LG, nearly nothing can beat it short of professional studio equipment.
If you're going to need a TV for Sport, Soaps and chatshows then Samsungs are great (I'd still recommend Sony's over them however)
What about those who bought the Samsung after viewing other TV's and bought them only for movies and consider themselves cinephiles?
Like anything there is massive amount of snobbery in TV's. I looked at the LG OLED's, Sony's, Panasonic etc but ultimately loved the picture of the KS7000 (also checked out the 8/9000 Samsung as well).
The picture and colours are natural and the blacks are very good (although I am comparing them to a Pioneer 6090 which I guess is some years old now). Also had no issues with motion. I would say if anything the OLED's, while looking amazing on initial viewing, didn't seem very natural or film like to me. We all like different things.
There is a reason these TV's have had such good reviews.
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The OLEDs were no doubt in store mode and had all the terrible trumotion rubbish enabled.
Extremely happy with my B6V, but the KS7000/8000 are very good LED TV's. I'm going around a mate's for new year eve and he just got a KS8000 so I'll let you know my thoughts (not that we will be watching TV)
I saw a calibrated one. Don't get me wrong it looked amazing but after a while just felt less film like imo.
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Always had Sony or Panasonic myself and wouldn't buy a Samsung. Just my personal choice at the end of day, every one has there favourites.
A 10 bit Sony will cost a fair bit more and not be as good. Can they not order a KS7000 in ?
Not sure if serious.
Why ?
The nearest Sony of comparative ish spec is well over £1200 has a worse response time and no HDMI Premium certification....
I doubt you will find anything that offers what the KS7000 offers at a similar price.... For under £900 it's a bargain tbh.
You said "A 10 bit Sony will cost a fair bit more and not be as good" I was going off that.
"HDMI Premium certification" is just sales talk. As long as it has 2.0A all is fine.
Ignore his pathetic Sony-bashing nonsense. The XD93, to which I presume he's referring, is superior to the KS7000, although it does cost more. The XD93 is one of the best TVs of 2016, end of. All the reviews bear this out.
That's my point the XD93 in a 55" is £1299 at Richer sounds. The KS7000 was £899 the XD93 is not £400 better than the KS7000. It also has a higher response time especially with HDR enabled so is not ideal for gamers.
I like Sony I just think at the moment if the KS7000 55" can be had for £899 its going to be very hard to beat it for the money and what you get...
You can have 2.0A with an 8 bit panel. HDR Premium certification at least guarantees a 10 bit panel and a minimum of 1000 nits.
The SONY BRAVIA KD55XD9305 would be my recommended alternative although its slightly more expensive but at least the back wont fall off
The sony can hit 1000 nits and uses a 10 bit panel and input lag has recently been reduced with the latest firmware update