Cheap LG 55LH40 55-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV, Gloss Black Discount Review Shop

I went from a 50inch plasma by lg, to a 47″ led LCD tv by LG, to this 55″ regular lcd. Here are some notes. I would have kept the 47″ led LCD if it weren’t for two big glaring issues: not just flashlighting around the edges but serious defects in certain places (over-brightness) that were annoying in dark scenes. In addition, while it had seperate controls for anti-judder / anti-blur, the more you turned UP the anti-judder, the more the image would judder! WTF? In addition the 120z created horrible artifacts, even while just looking at wikipedia!

I ended up settling on this one. Why? It’s huge. Sure, it doesn’t have all the little gadgets, and it doesn’t have network support. That’s ok, I’m fine with that. What I DON’T understand, is why they removed the option to play videos from USB. Now it’s just jpg or mp3. Yeah, right, like I need a 55″ mp3 player or a big @ss digital picture frame. No. Ok, so I got over that. Then I started playing around the 120HZ on this set. And I THINK, I finally understand it. Here’s the deal: because this technology is still really in it’s infancy, you HAVE to accommodate IT, it doesn’t accommodate you. Case in point, this technology basically relies on you not watching any one thing on the screen in particular, but to “take it all in” so that the improvements gained by 120hz OVERALL aren’t judged by the minute but frequent errors in this still pretty undeveloped tech. If you use the “high” setting and watch regular tv, you will be amazed at how smooth fast action is and how it almost seems like it’s going at 1.5x speed. You will ALSO be frustrated when you realize the tv doesn’t get it 100% right all the time. LARGE judders not present when 120HZ is OFF will have you scratching your head from time to time. I think this was just the compromise they decided to make… as it is, with the setting on high GAMES look awesome and it definitely helps. I have it hooked up to my PC, and the difference that 120HZ over 60hz makes it a -must- for full-screen fast action games on a set this size. Movies, TV shows, etc, will look superb with it off: with 120hz on you may begin to notice all too frequent “guessed” frames that just don’t sync up with the action. Whether it’s just an underpowered chip, or needing a firmware patch, or someone to get in the service menu and do some tweaks, 120hz is not for everyone and NOT for all the time.

Other than that, what can I say? The picture is clear and great out of the box but of course for tweakers the picture options like all LG sets are phenomenal. That being said, like all the big lg’s I’ve had, it doesn’t sit completely level on it’s stand which might have you using a shim… the control isn’t back-lit which is just… retarded. It’s 2010.

I got this for 00, and really, it’s a pretty good deal. At 00, I would think there are better options, but, if you just want a good barebones 55″ inch lcd, this is it.
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