I recently decided I was going to purchase a new TV. I went online and spent a lot of time researching everything. It seemed like the Samsung UNC8000 was a well liked set by most reviewers. It is a edge lit LEd set with the added feature of local backlight control.

So I go to BB to look at this set. I'm in a relatively bright area and I see flashlights in the bottom corners. No guessing where the light source is located. I think to myself, "self, how terrible will this look in lower light?" So I go into the Magnolia room and spot the Samsung UNC9000, the flagship. Really beaytiful looking set. Turn it on and it is flashlighting also. I ask the guy to turn on the other TV in the room. We are watching Beowolf and the scene goes black. The Samsung turns dark gray with corner flashlights and the other TV goes pitch black. I can't tell the bezel apart from the screen. "Oh my God!", I said, asking what TV I was looking at. Turns out it was the Sony HX909. I didn't... Read more

Hello- I am no expert here & I normally don't write reviews for things. But I've noticed this LCD/LED TV only had 1 review for it, so I'll show it some love. I've had it for a day now and after tweaking the "out of box" settings just a bit, this panel just came to life. It displays some very vibrant colors, crisp whites & very, very deep blacks. The sharp/clean image detail is way beyond my softer more subdued looking XBR2. Although my XBR2 had better off axis viewing, the HX909 is pretty darn good when it comes to this. This may have something to do with the HX909's Glass Monolith panel design, which by the way is very cool looking. The panel comes with a swivel base that can be tilted back 6 degrees. The internet hook-up via ethernet cable works great.

I replaced my older 60XBR2 with this 52HX909 and the PQ makes up for the loss of 8" in panel size. IMHO, I feel that the HX909's full array back lit led w/local dimming makes this panel the best option that's... Read more

I have had my tv for 4 weeks now and I must say I still get impressed by it's picture. Today I watched Train spotting on standard dvd via my Sony bdps550 and I was amazed how good it made the 480I look. It looked almost like a blu ray. The picture was perfect it had that film texture perfect brightness. This led is so good because it uses white led light it does not have a blue tinted light like so many lcd /led panels;call edge led. You see if you have a blue led it will tint your white color and it will offset all the other colors. So when you go out and look at a big tv wall compare the white colors on this set to others. You will notice other sets make the skies way too blue and peoples face look off color and on outside footage you lose the golden glow of the sun.
The other great thing about this set is the part that also makes it expensive; it is the back lit led. It allows sections of the panel to have no light which gives you great black levels " it makes a dark movie... Read more