Samsung's CES 2009 HDTV lineup leaked?

CES 2009 is literally days away, but it seems that those looking for details on any possible new HDTVs from Samsung may not have to wait to get their fill. A few postings over at AVForums has led us to believe that the outfit will be debuting a number of new sets for a litany of markets. The 2009 lineup will reportedly consist of a few new Series 3, 4, 5 and 6 panels, with the main focus being on their LED-backlit-ness. Everything should be available for purchase during the first half of next year, with sizes ranging from around 40-inches and up. Obviously, there are far too many details linked below to cover in this space, but one mention we found particularly interesting was the promised Internet@TV feature, which should effectively replace InfoLive and instead rely on those Yahoo Widgets we've been hearing about for so long. It's about to get really interesting, folks.

[Via Audioholics, thanks Celle]

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 29th 2008 2:12AM]

what about samsungs rptv lineup? will they produce led dlp sets in 2009. rumor on avsforum is they might drop rear projection but its just a rumor so far.

if samsung can get a 72 inch led dlp set out for spring, i'm buying in a heartbeat

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 29th 2008 11:42AM]

They cannot be seriously bringing back that V-frame design? Everybody hated it.

Otherwise the feature set looks fantastic, especially the 1080p media file playback (including MKV !). Nobody knows what the point of 240hz is, still.

[Canucker Posted Dec 29th 2008 1:05PM]

Samsung makes some fantastic LCDs and is giving Sony a good run for the money. I've a 52" 7 Series and its got great blacks and dynamic range. It's also got a reflective screen which means distracting reflections if you have peripheral lighting on the wall facing the TV (just switch 'em off). Not sure that 240 Hz is really worth it though, seems more like a marketing gimmick (faster is better) when all its really doing is interpolating more frequently. It's better to run BRs at 24 fps in any case. LED backlighting seems to be the rallying call for this years LCDs vs the new advances in plasma (which is far from dying...).