10,000;1 or 30:000 contrast ratio?

I'm looking at 2 tvs :

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?sku_id=0926HDS0010099644&catid=24558&PCName=tv_samsung&logon=&langid=EN#

this has a contrast ratio of 30,000:1 which is awesome, but its only 40inches

However this one is 42inches:

http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.asp?langid=EN&logon=&sku_id=0926HDS0010099920&CMP=ILC-BBY_hmpage_slide2

but only 10,000:1 contrast ratio.

Those 2 are the best I could find for that price range (

Yea bestbuy is advertising with the wrong information, again.

http://www.samsung.com/ca/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=tv&type=tv&subtype=lcd&model_cd=LN40A530P1FXZC&fullspec=F

20,000:1 and there not the new samsung the new ones have the T before the model name. So which do you guys recomend?

contrast ratio measures the difference between pure white and pure black which is very important.

unfortunetly every vendor uses a different measurement system to measure, there is not one unified measurement

theoretically a vendor could have a contrast ratio of 10 to 1, that is better than one with a 100,000 to 1 ratio.

The only way that you can really compare contrast ratios is by looking at different screens from the same manufacturer. If you see that a manufacturer has 2 different models, a 30,000:1 model and a 40,000:1 model; then the 30,000:1 model is clearly the lower end model. But, if a manufacturer has 10,000:1 and 20,000:1 model, then clearly the 20,000:1 is the high end model. But you still don't know if the 20,000:1 model is better or worse then the 30,000:1 model, since they're from different manufacturers. So, as the above poster said it pretty hard to compare between different manufacturers. I'd just look at other options, like number of inputs, screen size, border size, but most of all screen resolution and the included tuners.

I noticed that the Samsung doesn't have Coaxial Cable Inputs, so you won't be able to plug in a cable line directly (which means that you'll miss out on the free unscrambled digital channels and the "On Demand" channels that you neighbours are watching).

I was trying to find the "True" Contrast Ratio of the Samsung TV but was unable to find. You'll notice on the Toshiba listing it has the "Dynamic" CR at 10,000:1 and "True" at 2000:1, but Samsung is not mentioned, even on the official site. I would try and find out which one has the highest true ratio and then go from there, and I am guessing the Samsung is higher.

The Dynamic CR are just there to appear higher to consumers, but I have read a fair amount of reviews on TVs and most have sided with turning that function of (that is what the DNIe is on the Samsung) as it is a digital "filter" to create something that is not there.

contrast ratio measures the difference between pure white and pure black which is very important.

unfortunetly every vendor uses a different measurement system to measure, there is not one unified measurement

theoretically a vendor could have a contrast ratio of 10 to 1, that is better than one with a 100,000 to 1 ratio.

IcemanLBC

which pretty much they just pull numbers out otheir asses ot impress you. most of the time, i say most because I have seen websites which post the actual and dynamic (fake) contrast ratios, you'll see a tv with something like 7,000:1 when it's only really 700:1. If you're that worried about contrast ratio then get a plasma, they have much better color reproduction than lcds, last just as long, aren't prone to burn-in and lots of other fun things. Only bad thing really, is that you usually don't see them in sizes smaller than 50"

The only way that you can really compare contrast ratios is by looking at different screens from the same manufacturer. If you see that a manufacturer has 2 different models, a 30,000:1 model and a 40,000:1 model; then the 30,000:1 model is clearly the lower end model. But, if a manufacturer has 10,000:1 and 20,000:1 model, then clearly the 20,000:1 is the high end model. But you still don't know if the 20,000:1 model is better or worse then the 30,000:1 model, since they're from different manufacturers. So, as the above poster said it pretty hard to compare between different manufacturers. I'd just look at other options, like number of inputs, screen size, border size, but most of all screen resolution and the included tuners.

I noticed that the Samsung doesn't have Coaxial Cable Inputs, so you won't be able to plug in a cable line directly (which means that you'll miss out on the free unscrambled digital channels and the "On Demand" channels that you neighbours are watching).

Profex13

my samsung lcd has coxial cable input, maybe it;s just that model.............

plasma is better 2,000,000 to 1 is better then any lcd

Yea bestbuy is advertising with the wrong information, again.

http://www.samsung.com/ca/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=tv&type=tv&subtype=lcd&model_cd=LN40A530P1FXZC&fullspec=F

20,000:1 and there not the new samsung the new ones have the T before the model name. So which do you guys recomend?

shamimsaad03

The new samsung models are actually the "U" series, its got a "U" before them, take a look at the brand new LED's samsung are making, they are all "Uxxxxxxxx"