Buy the cheapest you can find. They are all pretty good. 3D is an annoyance. It is the industry trying to manufacture a reason for everybody to buy a new TV
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Seems as though any of the larger sets 55-64 inches are all 3D.
Technology keeps progressing and with Murphy’s Law, by the time it breaks down or wears out, there will something better and cheaper. Don’t wait - buy now and don’t worry about what comes out in the next six months.
3-D is fine. If you have a feature that is 3-D, the Samsung does it nicely, doesn’t hurt my eyes. It uses active technology (the glasses pair with the television, two pairs came with the set, and when I bought through Amazon, I got a kit with two more pairs and two or three 3-D movies for free.
Everyone I have invited over to watch 3-D was surprised at how good and enjoyable it was to watch, with no eyestrain. Two of the glasses use batteries, but the other two charge when you plug them in with USB cables that were included.
I purchased through Amazon, and the truck showed up when it was supposed to, the guys brought it in, but I had to set it up, which is okay because I wanted to anyway...:)
“Seems as though any of the larger sets 55-64 inches are all 3D.”
For a high end TV, adding 3D costs the manufacturer almost nothing. If you aren’t interested in 3D, just ignore the feature, it has zero affect on 2D performance.
If you buy an upper end TV, it will probably have streaming built in, if not, buy a blu-ray player, almost all of them will give you multiple streaming options and renting a blu-ray is 50 cents more than a DVD and looks spectacular.
I have an antenna in the attic and wired it to the house cable wires allowing use of the antenna in any room. If you want to watch the superbowl, an antenna is the only way to get a watchable picture on a big screen.
Before you buy a TV, go look at them. Look at the screen, if you have a lot of windows and want to watch the TV during the day, you may want to avoid the Samsung with their shiny screens and look for a brand with mat screens. Plasma screens tend to be dimmer and don’t look as good in a bright room. If you like watching TV with all the light out, you want to either buy a more expensive LCD with good black level or consider a plasma TV.
Good luck.