I researched this model and other Samsung models for the past year. When the B series was released I knew that this was the one for me. I compared the LN46B750 (79) to the UN46B8000 (50-99 range) and really couldn’t see much difference in them except for thickness and price. I asked several sales reps at the big box stores to explain the advantage of the LED Vs the LCD model and all they said was thickness, weight, power consumption and price. Hmmm, oh they did say that I would have bragging rights to say that I had an LED TV if I purchased the 8000. When I questioned about the 150,000:1 Vs 5,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio they all said that there is really no “industry standard” so the manufacturers can claim any amount they want. Nuf said, after a little more research (and taking the wife to look at them in the stores – IMPORTANT STEP DON’T SKIP IT!) we decided to buy the LN46B750 and I’m glad I did. I purchased our TV at Amazon with 0 off promotion and free shipping via CEVA – GREAT VALUE! The TV arrived early and the delivery service was a nice benefit too. By the way, we like to support our local community so I tried to get Best Buy to match or come close to Amazon’s price at two stores. One tried by taking off their sales price and the other flat said NO! Even with the off we would have paid 0 more at Best Buy than at Amazon. I was very hesitant to buy something this large and price online but glad I did!

The picture quality is near perfect after some calibration – factory default settings are not the best. Without calibration you will have milky bleed-over from white to black scenes. The factory settings are just too “hot” for the most part. Some of the “tweaking” took some time though. The manual could have been written better and larger print. I did some research online to determine how to calibrate the unit to obtain what I think is the best picture. [...] . Don’t worry about buying those blue glasses from THX to calibrate your set’s color and tint. The LN46B750 has a Blue Screen feature built in to do that – THAT’S AWESOME! Remember you really need HD input to get the sharpest picture but that’s true with any flatscreen. Take the time to calibrate your set…you’ll be glad you did. By the way, Best Buy will try to upsell you to have their Geek Squad calibrate your TV for you for around 0+.

Best Settings for us:
Mode ~ Natural (The ‘Standard’ setting will give you more options-check it out too)
Backlight ~ 9
Contrast ~ 83
Brightness ~ 47
Sharpness ~ 25
Color ~ 48
Tint ~ G50/R50

The 240hz options are a little confusing. The manual simply says what the on-screen info says and doesn’t explain why you would want to adjust it. I use the “Standard” setting and with fast action shows, football games, etc. it’s awesome.

My set is in a fairly bright room with large windows and the picture quality is great. The shiny screen does reflect light so if you happen to sit where you can see reflections simply adjust the window blinds a little, dim the lights, etc…no problem.

Another reviewer mentioned “a thin flickering white/silver line that would flicker on top of the screen right under the bezel during many dark scenes. It was not too noticeable, but enough to become a slight nuisance. This was really obvious on dark knight, and also the Planet Earth bluray during the immersive underwater scenes.’ This can be remedied by simply using the “Screen Fit” feature and adjust the pictue up slightly. To me this an awesome way to “Tweak” your set to accomodate various inputs of picture quality.

Some have complained about the qualify of the audio. I calibrated the equalizer and the sound is very good…as good or better than my old RCA 32″ CRT set. And when using my surround sound the movies sound great anyway. I did notice though that the units in the store were set to the factory default with is “flat-line ~ mid range” on all setting for the equalizer. So don’t be discouraged when you check that out at the stores. We tested the Samsung and Sony side by side on audio quality while at Best Buy and got discouraged until we realized that the Samsung’s equalizer had not been calibrated but the Sony’s had. Perhaps Samsung should consider a demo setting to give more range for the audio for the stores.

The remote is 100% backlit and has a nice glossy finish that fits well in an adult hand. It is very user friendly and the adjustment/tools menu’s are also user friendly. The only negative that I’ve found with it is the buttons are somewhat difficult to press. The remote would not be good for someone with small or weak hands/fingers. Senior adults and small children may struggle with the remote.

TV demensions shown are spot on. Fortunately for us since our cabinet required the exact demensions of the LN46B750 model. Viewing angle is not a problem at all. We sit about 8-10 feet from the screen and range from straight on (90 degrees) to about 70 degrees off center or 140 degrees viewing angle. At 70 degrees you notice a little washout but very tolerable and should be expected on LCD’s.

We use HDMI inputs and Optical Audio out. All worked great. We’ve not tried the Widget’s feature yet – working on a wireless LAN to connect to the Internet. Always more to buy! But that part of the fun. Nor have we tried the Game mode – not much need for that in our home.

All in all, I highly recommend this product!

Don’t let someone tell you that you will get as good a picture from a comparable 0 big-box special because you won’t! Much of what needs to be said has already been said so I will only reinforce the stunning picture quality of this tv. Most people will never see HD at its full potential, be it blu-ray, the airwaves, cable or the dish. You will never look at a picture and think the tv is a window unless you’re connected directly to the source, digital compression is the culprit. Anyone that thinks otherwise either needs an eye exam or seriously has not seen true hd, sorry, the FCC, rules of the airwaves and greed will always hold the quality back. With that being said, out of the box this tv looks about as close as you’re going to get. Over the air signal is probably the least compressed followed by either blu-ray or cable (How do you think the dish people get so many channels on their birds anyway? Heavy compression – No, I am not slamming the dish, just stating a fact)
To show how good the picture is out of the box, very little needs to be changed to achieve full professional calibration. Even watching dvds this tv has a way of making them look clear as glass. I recommend NOT using an upconverting dvd player/HDMI as it passes on digital compression, if you use Component instead, the tv is expecting a certain amount of analog noise, the input filters do their job and it looks fantastic. Want proof? Watch the intro to Stargate SG-1, say the last season, the Antarctic scene is very full of digital noise if you use the HDMI input, try it again with Component, it’s almost speckle free. Same series, any episode, when they’re in the Colonel’s office sitting, the door is usually open at a 45 degree angle. HDMI, very speckled, Component is almost perfect. The input filter doesn’t appear to cut down the resolution of the image, it just handles digital noise differently.

Cons – I bought this tv because of the bad reviews on the LED series sets. The complaints that the menus were slow as if they had to ‘load’ each option and that certain functions were greyed out/inaccessible. Well, much to my disappointment I downloaded a setup guide from tweaktv and started plugging away on this tv. Calibrating this set according to the guide is no substitute for a professional but based on modern manufacturing techniques, you can come pretty damn close as every unit is close to identical! The same problems that plague the LED series exist here as well. The menus are so slow to pop up sometimes you wonder how well the remote reception is working as it is quite nonresponsive. Certain items were greyed out/inaccessible much like the review of the LED series. I have asked around how to overcome this issue and no-one knows, even Samsung is unable to provide a useful answer. To change video sources, much like the LED series you have to hit several buttons. I don’t remember my 71 series being this difficult because it wasn’t.

Don’t let my Cons be a deterrent to purchasing this tv or even the LED series, how often do you go into the menus or switch video sources? It’s only a minor annoyance on an otherwise great tv.

It should be noted they released a firmware update on Nov 9th, I am in the process of downloading it now on my slow connection, what it addresses is to be seen, I didn’t see any readme notes prior to downloading.