Aside from being one half of the award-winning production duo Tha Bizness (along with Henny), Dow Jones is also a full-fledged gadget head. When he’s not working on tracks for Trey Songz (“Alone”), Lil Wayne & Drake (“Every Girl”) or Young Jeezy (“My President”) or shooting photographs Dow is on the lookout for the next big thing in technology.

Check out Dow Jones take on his latest purchase, the 55″  Samsung 3D LED HDTV (UNC55C8000)

A few weeks ago I decided to join the 3D revolution and after a few weeks of researching and checking out different brands I decided to go with Samsung’s new 55″ 3D LED LCD TV in the 8000 series. Out of Samsung’s 3D TVs this is supposed to be their semi pro while the 9000 series is the pro and the 7000 series is the rookie. With the price tag of the 9000 series being just under 5-6k I decided a TV was definitely not worth that price tag. After reviewing the 7000 series I saw that it afforded way less contrast ratio of only 6 million-to-one which ironically is the same as the 9000 unit. This was a big reason why I picked the 8000 unit because its contrast ratio is 8 million-to-one and provides crazy vibrant color. Also only the 9000 and 8000 units come with a brushed titanium finish along the outside of the TV while the 7000 units finish is called “mystic earth” aka not shiny chrome finish.

Another big reason I choose the 8000 series is because Best Buy had a huge deal where the price dropped to $2800 and they also threw in a brand new top of the line Samsung 3D 1080p Blu-ray player and a pair of Samsung 3D powered glasses (overall saved value of around $800) and a free 3D Blu-ray copy of Monsters vs. Aliens (one of the only 3D Blu-ray movies available at current time)

Another dope feature of the Samsung TV is that it has a setting where u can uprez your 2D regular TV image into a 3D image. Essentially you can watch all your current favorite shows in 3D even before they are provided in 3D which is kind of a cool added bonus. Of course this is not true 3D but hey there aren’t that many 3D TV stations available yet you can’t be mad!

Another new feature on all the Samsung 3D TV’s is the Samsung apps feature where you can use some of your favorite services directly on your TV like Skype, blockbuster, Netflix, YouTube, Pandora, Twitter, USA Today and many more.

Ok enough with all the technical talk bottom line this is the greatest TV I have ever owned… as soon as you plug it in you realize that this is real HDTV and that after using this TV it makes you realize all your other so called HDTVs are just TVs and not HD at all. By this I mean that the clarity and depth of field on this TV is absolutely crazy and like no other. It looks like you are the director and you are watching the images on the TV through your cameras view finder and that the people on the screen are real and right in front of your face. I have to admit it took a while to get my eyes used to such clarity. At first it makes your brain trip out like “this is not real this looks so clear it looks fake” but after a few weeks you feel right at home with the crispiest TV in the world. Furthermore don’t get me started on what the Blu-rays look like… It’s like your own personal movie theater right in your living room.

All in all I couldn’t be happier with my new TV and there is nothing on the market right now competing with these new Samsung TVs the clarity and 3D is unmatched. Compared to other 3D TV’s Samsung’s unit is the best one out there and it’s the closest to what we see in movie theatres.

This is also the thinnest TV I have ever owned. At just under an inch thick, a surround system or a sound bar is a must to really get that movie theater feel to go with your great TV images because with the TV being so thin it’s impossible to get a whole lot of room for speakers in the unit, but then again when you spending over 2k for a TV you should be expecting to get a good sound system to go with your TV.

If you want a real 3D HDTV get a Samsung.

Tags: 3D, hdtv, hip-hop, Tha Bizness

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