Samsung LCD LED TVs: Are they worth the price?

Scattered throughout the web, you'll find a spattering of LCD and LED TV consumer and expert rankings focused on quality, value, and size. Consistently, among the rankings, is a noticeable trend of Samsung TVs receiving the highest marks.  Sure, LG, Panasonic, Vizio, and Sony have some comparable models, but the consensus is, Sumsung rules LCD LED TVs.

The consensus is not limited to just consumer and expert rankings either. According to DisplaySearch, Samsung controls a demanding 17.2% of the LCD TV market. The next closest is LG with 14.8% and Panasonic falls in a distant third at 6.9%.

The fact is, consumers are buying up Samsung TVs and there is no indication that sales will slow down. Samsung executives, according to the Wall Street Journal, believe they will see a jump in sales of more than 18% from 38 million TVs in 2009 to 45 million TVs in 2010.

So why are consumers chomping at the bit for Samsung TVs?

Samsung offers what consumers demand: perceived quality and value.

Additionally, Samsung has a reputation of being one of the industry's leaders in innovation and technology. Just look at Samsung's willingness to mass produce 3D LCD and LED screens well before the market was even ready for the all new 3D home experience.

Perhaps an area where Samsung has seen some of its greatest success is in LED TV technology. Since LED TVs are really just LCD TVs with different lighting, it is hard to tell what percentage of Samsung's 17.2% market share is in LED TVs. It is not, however, hard to tell the value of the LED TV over the LCD TV.

The advantages of LED TVs are obvious when compared to standard LCD TVs; they are thinner, more energy efficient, and offer better color reproduction and contrast.

The downside of LED TVs is that they are more expensive and from a more technical side, with the new Samsung LED TVs, less vibrant in comparison to the dimming LED TVs that Samsung used in many of its past models.

When it comes down to it though, Samsung has the premier LED TVs on the market. Others certainly compete, like the LG LH90 series, but if you want to have the best TV on the market and don't mind spending between $3,000-$4,000 for it, look no further than the Samusung UNB8500 series. It is ultra slim, energy efficient, and it is one of the last models with the Samsung dimming technology.