Need some help finding your perfect LED HDTV? Here are our buying guides and tips for your search.
LED TVs are a type of LCD HDTV—they are also referred to as LED-backlit HDTV. The Light Emitting Diodes (LED) are used to light the liquid crystal display (LCD), providing stunningly crisp images and colors. Why should you get an LED HDTV? For a couple of reasons—they’re more energy efficient, the LED backlighting enhances LCD performance and improves image clarity and coloring, and they’re super slim, perfect for mounting on a wall. We’ve already listed our top ten favorite LED HDTVs so here are just a few other recommendations for HDTV buying this holiday season.
Here are some basic specs you should be looking for an LED HDTV:
- Screen type: LCD w/ LED-backlit
- HDTV Native Resolution: 1080p
- Refresh Frequency: 120Hz
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Resolution 1920 x 1080
- Remote Control Included
- Tuner QAM, NTSC, ATSC
- Wall Mountable Yes
Here are the top recommended LED HDTVs:
Samsung’s Luxia UNB5000 series are considered their “eco-friendly” televisions, with the LED HDTVs being 40% more energy efficient than other LCDs.
Samsung UN55B5000
- Product Type: LED Flat-Panel
- Diagonal Size: 55”
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Vertical Resolution: 1080p
- Screen Refresh Rate: 120Hz
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Price $3,600+
Sony BRAVIA KDL-46XBR8
- Display Type: LCD w/LED Backlight
- Diagonal Screen Size: 45.5 in
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Contrast Ratio: 1,000,000:1
- Static Contrast Ratio: 3,000:1
- Display Refresh Rate: 120Hz
- Broadcast Format Displayed: 1080p (HDTV)
Price $2,000+
Check out our HDTV buying guide and our LED HDTV Buying Tips.
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