Compare Samsung UN46B8000 vs UN46B8500 LED

The flagship UN46B85000 LED television takes all of the high end features of the UN46B8000 and packages them in a new, local-dimming powered LED backlit package to make for one of the most brilliant and high-end televisions ever. Local dimming allows the UN46B8500 to have one of the best picture qualities ever observed in a television, with black levels, colors and overall image quality and performance that is in a league with only a special few others. Below are the major additions and differences between the UN46B800 and UN46B8500 LED LCD television models:

  • Picture Quality & Local Diming - The advantage over the B8000’s edge-lit tech is very obvious and potent… allowing the flagship B8500 to have an insane 7 million to 1 contrast ratio (compared to 3 million to 1 on the other 2009 LED televisions) and one of the top 3 picture qualities ever observed on a television to date
  • Facebook, Twitter, Instant messages, fantasy sports - New widgets and internet features introduce access and interactivity on new levels with access to twitter, facebook, instant messaging and so much more via new and upgraded internet widgets
  • Design changes - The Samsung UN46B85000 has had its bezel and design changed a bit, and is about .4 of an inch thicker to allow for the new tech and local-dimming led technology

Compare Samsung UN46B8000 versus UN46B7000 LED

Quite a bit cheaper than the UN46B8000, Samsung’s UN46B7000 sacrifices some image quality and performance with some big changes to allow for a more money friendly television that still maintains most of the features of its expensive counterparts. Comparing the UN46B8000 versus the UN46B7000 models, the major differences include:

  • Refresh rate dropped to 120Hz from 240Hz - This is the most expensive upgrade on the UNB8000 over the UNb7000, and means essentially that the B7000 won’t be able to handle as smoothly fast moving action and rapid display changes as the B8000 can more capably handle. A big factor for sports fanatics, gamers and power users.
  • 4ms response instead of 2ms - Along side with the AutoMotionPlus 240Hz upgrade, the 46B8000 has superior video quality due to a quick response time than the 46B7000
  • Design changes - The Luxia UN46B7000 has a red touch of color infused into the bezel, where the two more expensive series have blue infusion.
  • Remote control downgrade - The Samsung UN-46B7000 has an inferior remote control than the UN-46B8000, and requires a clear line of sight to communicate with the unit where the B8000’s remote doesn’t need line of sight

Compare UN46B8000 vs UN46B6000 LED

On the low end of the scale is the Luxia B6000 series units, the UN46B6000 is much cheaper than the UN46B8000 but accomplishes this by sacrificing a lot of the extra features, widgets, content and multimedia capabilities and more… aiming for a cheaper price tag with nearly equivalent video quality, without all the add-ons some may not require. The major differences when you compare the UN46B8000 vs UN46B6000 models include the follow differences:

  • The refresh rate, response time, and remote control downgrades mention in the above B7000 comparison
  • Red TOC design instead of Blue The bezel of the cheaper UNB6000 is red in color as opposed to the Blue integration on the UNB8000
  • No internet TV features - This is probably the major difference from the B7000 that makes it cheaper, with no yahoo widgets or Internet TV content and media features from the web available
  • Lacking lots of multimedia and content features - Many of the multimedia and content streaming and playback capabilities are removed as the B6000 doesn’t have the Medi@2.0 feature of all the more expensive series
  • Infolink RSS - Access to data from the web in the form of RSS content… access to such things as weather, stock, news from RSS feeds


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