Best 55 inch LED TV: Top 5 best deals

Now is a great time to buy a television, especially one of the new LED ones - the surge in technological advancements has been accompanied by a relative fall in prices, meaning that you can now experience a premium quality television experience without having to re-mortgage your house. In short, there are some great deals out there on LED TVs, especially if you are prepared to shop online.

The light emitting diodes found in an LED TV are what gives it the greater contrast ratios, meaning darker blacks, brighter whites, and livelier colors. The LED lights are also more efficient with their use of energy and have superior heat dissipation to a regular flat screen TV. The thinness of an LED TV can be impressive too, as the LED technology allows them to be built with very little physical bulk and depth.

I hope that you enjoy my picks for the best 55 inch LED TV and that my top 5 list of the best deals is of use to you.

Samsung UN55D6000 is an internet ready LED TV. As well as giving the viewer crystal clear picture quality, there are some nice extra features, such as the QWERTY keyboard remote, which makes finding the movie that you want to watch with Samsung Smart TV or streaming video from the internet that much easier to do. There’s also an eco sensor, designed to save you power and reduce your carbon footprint.

The Infinia 55LV5500 from LG gives you a large, crisp picture on its 55 inch screen and you still get a great view when you’re watching from wide viewing angles. This slim and stylish LED TV gives you low power consumption too.

One of the great things about the BRAVIA KDL55EX640 from Sony is that as well as it having excellent picture quality generally, it also has Motionflow XR 240 technology - this means that as a viewer you get to experience smooth motion detail and clarity during fast action movie scenes and sports games.

The Toshiba 55SL417U has outstanding picture quality and like pretty much all LED TVs is very slim. As well as having integrated wifi, this LED TV also comes with Toshiba’s Net TV package and Yahoo Widgets, giving you apps like YouTube, Twitter, Netflix, Facebook, Pandora, and Picasa.

Maybe more than any other of my selections, the VIZIO M550NV deserves to be in my best LED TV top 5. With a Dynamic Contrast Ratio of 1,000,000:1, the VIZIO M550NV delivers pictures of exceptional vibrancy, the blacks are deeper and the whites are brighter. It has many other features too, including built-in wifi networking, a full control QWERTY remote for internet surfing, and a slim, energy efficient screen.