Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

So last year, the JU7100 was one of their best LEDs besides their SUHD line up. The JU7100 has full array local dimming, was a true 120hz panel, had 3D with a motion remote and better HDR support. So one would naturally assume that the KU7000 would follow in its predecessor, at least being almost identical as last years model or at most improve either in picture quality, maybe even better HDR support. This is not the case, in fact the KU7000 in my opinion feels more expensive given the fact you lost more features from last years model, and other models in the same price range give you more features, and a better picture with more HDR support. I'll start with the a plus that the KU7000 does have a better picture than the KU6300 but that's only a slight increase in quality, because they both are the same panel, have the same internal specs, and pixel response time. While the KU7000 and KU6300 (KU6500 and KU7500 are models that also are included in this review) support HDR, since the display is only LED and not the Quantum Dot display that supports Wide Color Gamut, you don't exactly get the full HDR benefit and you can't tell a difference between standard and HDR content. The contrast levels look good on the KU7000 compared to the KU6300, with the black levels being a little better as well but this would preform better had the TV had local dimming. When I say it looks better, I only mean slightly. The motion and response time of the KU700 is similar to that of the KU6300 because, like I said before, they have a similar 60Hz panel. Fast objects have a faint trail behind them when moving. So if you are watching sports, a football being thrown will sometimes display the trail behind them and some screen uniformity issues may be visible during panning shots over a game field, but this should not be an issue for most people. The backlight does flicker at twice the frequency of the KU6300. If you are a big movie watcher, whether it be from Blu Ray, DVD, Cable TV, or streaming then I suggest that you avoid the KU line up as NONE of the KU models support Judder-free 24p. Which means to those who want a natural looking movie without the Auto Motion Plus on can't because the TV will display judder regardless of the source. So to help with judder, you can turn on the Auto Motion Plus, which means you get that Soap Opera effect, and while some people (myself included) don't notice the effect and actually like it on, there are those who loath this feature. It should also be noted that not only does Samsung not support any 24p on the KU line, the same can be said about the JU6400, JU6500 and JU6700 last year and even with the Auto Motion Plus on, the motion still wasn't that great. The reason being is because this is a 60hz panel, so it will max out at 30fps and doesn't support 60fps because the panel speed. It seems like Samsung this year did improve on their SUHD TVs because unlike last year, the KS line up supports 24p on all sources. It's fairly common that TVs don't support 24p on 60i which is from cable TV, so the fact that Samsung from KS8000 all the way to KS9500 all support 24p on all sources was a great thing, however some don't want to spend that much on a TV or have a budget. So my recommendation, the better bang for your buck and to get the most out of your $1,000 would to be to invest in the LG UH8500. While I like the Samsung panel because of the better black levels, the LG UH8500 far exceeds the KU7000 in many MANY ways. One being the fact it's a true 120hz panel, so sports fans can appreciate watching football without judder and a constant faint trail behind the footballs. The UH8500 is also a Quantum Dot display, and unlike Samsung it supports both HDR formats (HDR10 and Dolby Vision HDR) and I'll go into more on HDR at the bottom. The UH8500 also has 3D, the motion remote and a much wider viewing area than the Samsung panels. The only downfall is because LG uses an IPS panel, watching movies in a dark room will bring out the occasional light bleeding effect which is common on TVs but it's a little more noticeable on LG's because the IPS panel requires more light. I can't justify spending a $1,000 on the KU7000 when the UH8500 is $100 or $200 more and gives me the most I can get. So right now, there's a format war going on with what HDR format will be the standard format. HDR10 (full name HDR1000) is the cheapest for companies to use, it's an open format, can be installed on the TV via firmware update. Since this doesn't require much specifications, there's not quality standard it has to meet. The KU7000 doesn't meet the 1000nits brightness that HDR10 requires, but the KU7000 still supports and plays HDR10 just at the KU7000 maxs brightness power. HDR10 is a format uses a single HDR frame thought the entire movie, from start to finish will play in the same HDR color format. Dolby Vision HDR, which is actually my favorite of the two needs to meet Dolby's standard, requires there specific parts, chips and has to be physically installed on the TV. Dolby Vision HDR, unlike HDR10 goes frame by frame and adjusts accordingly which gives you a better color representation and overal a better picture. The reason this should matter to you, is because whatever becomes the standard means that eventually that will determine if your TV will remain current. If you picked a 4K TV, that doesn't have Dolby Vision then you will be missing out on HDR. I don't know if Dolby Vision can be installed by Samsung's Evolution Kits, but is it really a risk you want to take? So if you have to have a Samsung, I would either look at the KU8000 or JS8500. If not, the UH8500 is also a really good buy for your money, which has more features than the KU7000.