Yes. It's worth it. Many reported panel defect problems with Samsung and SONY HDTV from year 2007-2010. Since ES and EH are this year's model. It is very hard to tell if their HDTV models from this year and last year have similar issue as well as it is still too early. Most reported cases happen only after 2 years into using the HDTV. Mine failed after 3 years and 8 months. I bought my 40" Series 6 LCD TV for RM6,000+ in 2008.

Anyway, Samsung in my opinion, is still the best LCD/LED HDTV manufacturer. Their picture quality is top notch and the colors are superb! The panel defect issue is quite a problem but as i said earlier, we do not know if models from 2011 and 2012 have this issue as well as it is simply too early to tell. Anyway, i'll pay a bit of extra and get 2 years of extended warranty if i were you so to buy a piece of mind