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Originally Posted by lowside67

The LED TV was very bright and was fantastic for a hockey game but any time you had people on the screen such as in a movie, I found it to have a very "computer game" type characteristic that I didn't care for.

This sounds more like a function of the 120Hz/240Hz processing rather than it being LED.

Personally I hate the 120Hz/240Hz processing on anything other than sports or video games; making any TV show or movie look like a cheap soap opera. So personally, that isn't a big selling point for the price difference.

LED/LCD is a pretty big difference for form factor and brightness though. If it is in a serious home theater type situation with BluRay then I would splurge on LED or look at plasma. But if it is a living room type deal for TV and casual movie viewing on Netflix I would save my money and go with a bigger LCD than a smaller LED.

I wouldn't bother with extended warranty either. Check your credit card policies, many of them will often double the manufacturer's warranty.