Thứ Năm, 17 tháng 10, 2013

Electronics 84LM9600 84-Inch Cinema 3D 4K Ultra HD 240Hz Deal

Marvin L. Ostermiller (AURORA, CO USA): Set up- the magic remote works great. Think of it as a mouse that you can use to get through the initial set up and on-going use. The only issue I had with set up was getting my WiFi to work. It took me 5-6 tries before it recognized my network. Adding components is a simple process. I upgraded my components (Samsung BD-F7500 DVD player, Denon AVR-X2000 receiver, and Mediabridge cables. The DVD player and receiver are capable of 4K and 3D throughput and upscaling. The only other issue, my Comcast cable box didn't like the 4k cable- video quality was great but sound quality was downgraded.

Jedi Knight "Jedi Knight 1975" (USA): Blu-ray (regular, 4-k mastered, and 3D) viewing is exceptional. People have used terms such as lush, brilliant, astonishing, and 3D qualities (when not it 3D). I would agree. I have never seen a tv or a movie theater this good. My family agrees. There is no doubt the upscaling makes a big difference. I was watching on a Samsung 61 Inch LED which I thought was excellent before. No comparison. Compare the 4k with any non4k on upscaled media- the 4k tv will blow it away. I played around with the color adjustment and found the Vivid to my way of liking. Other than the crystal clear picture, the color range has more shades and is more brilliant than any tv I have seen. One reviewer, made the comment that off angle viewing led to considerable drop off. I haven't notice much.

PAULO JORGE C PEREIRA JR: 3D viewing is a huge bonus. I have never been a fan and would never have bought a 3D tv. This tv will blow you away. It comes with six pair of passive glasses. You can buy more them for $3 each or less. The picture quality is cleary 1080P quality at a minimum. The 3D effects are amazing. I viewed 6-8 top 3D movies (Avatar, Jurassic Park, Titanic, MegaMind, and others). The viewing is exceptional. I have seen a number of 3D movies at the theater and almost always go away dissapointed. Not so with the LG. The 3D effects are smooth, precise and "in your face." The passive glasses are a big plus compared to the active glasses. Cheap, lightweight, and easier on the eyes. The active glasses shutter on and off real fast. Your eyes can't see them but I think your brain senses something is not right. I know active glasses fatigue my eyes.

LG 55LS4500 55" 1080p 120Hz Edge Deal

Robert A. Wilber (Elyria, Ohio): Just purchased and wall mounted the TV. Chose it over a Samsung, simply because of the price vs options. Samsung's was more expensive, and had the same specs.
Setup is a breeze, and the picture is sharp. The built in speakers aren't fantastic, but I'm running it through my surround sound anyways.
No complaints at all about my purchase, and I would highly recommend this to anyone not wanting to shell out $1400 on a TV -> Just get this and a Roku for the same effects as a Smart TV.

 Venkateswara Jujjuri: This is a great value purchase, but, as others stated, there is no such thing as "True Motion" 120HZ rate (for sports fans only, of course). No matter what the LG reps and the cardboard box state. I have a Samsung 46 LCD, 3 years old, and the 120HZ refresh rate is absolutely obvious and is a part of the options for the user to select. Otherwise the LG TV value is more than fine for any general viewing. Just not so much for a true fan of sports - luckily not me. :)

WarmWeatherGuy: The manual doesn't tell you much. For example, it doesn't tell you how to add channels to your "favorite" list. I just now noticed that it turns itself on when I turn on the blu-ray. The manual didn't warn me about that. I kept turning on the blu-ray and then turning on the TV but I was actually turning the TV off right after it had been turned on by the blu-ray. I don't know if the TV turns on when a video signal appears or if the IR signal to turn on the blu-ray is turning on the TV. I am still learning. It would be nice if the manual would tell me. The manual only tells you how to screw on the base or how to fasten the TV to the wall.

LG Electronics 50LN5700 50-Inch 1080p Deal

James K (Rockville, MD) : I connected a basic 4-dipole un-amplified antenna (AntennasDirect DB4, no longer available for sale) that I had lying around just to make sure the tuner works. It's simply stuck in a window, pointed at a 90 degree angle away from all of the area broadcast towers and looking directly at a tree with full foliage outside the window. Even under such adverse conditions the HDTV gets quite a few stations, so if given a better antenna location I think the tuner would perform quite well.

 L. Knights (Silicon Valley) : This tv is replacing my Westinghouse 40" LCD HDTV, and it is definitely much nicer. The picture quality is nicer (although it required some adjustment) the sound is better (although an external surround sound would be even better) and the quality of the unit, especially the sturdy base is much better. The remote is even better, you need to have good aim but I have used it from 30 feet away, where the Westinghouse was iffy even at ten feet.

Cathy Stucker "IdeaLady.com" (Sugar Land, TX USA) : The picture is sharp and clear, and the Picture Wizard is a user-friendly way to adjust the picture for your viewing environment. If you are not happy with the picture quality, step through the Picture Wizard and it will show you how to improve it. I connected this television to both HD and SD sources. Although the SD picture is, of course, no where near the HD in quality, the TV gives a very good image even in SD. (Note: Be sure to set your input resolution for the best viewing. I do not like a stretched or cropped picture, so I set the screen resolution based on whether the image was SD or HD.)

LG Electronics 60LA8600 60-Inch Cinema Screen 3D 1080p 240Hz Deal

MGB04 (Central Illinois): Through reviews from Cnet and Amazon, we had a fairly short list. On this: Samsung 2012 ES8000, Samsung 2013 F8000, LG 2012 LM8600, LG 2013 LA8600, and the Sony 2012 HX850. LCD was a requirement, rather than plasma, as this television sits in a room with a high amount of light. The 4K televisions looked great in-store, but the price is too high for us to justify at this time. If you've got the budget, I'd certainly recommend looking at them as well. 240hz refresh was also required as we watch a great deal of F1, Indy, and Nascar racing and wanted to ensure that there was limited blur.

Don T. Gaspar (Redwood City, CA): We have this set mounted on a cabinet (with future intent to mount on the wall), hooked to a 2012 Yamaha Aventage 720 receiver. Speakers are Polk Floor RTi-A5 and an older Csi A6 center channel with Polk powered sub. We are on Comcast Cable and Internet. I have HDMI run through the receiver and hard-wired ethernet running directly from the router. The set is also on a CyberPower battery backup. I also have the Tivo, Roku, and Apple Tv set up through the receiver. TV is on a cabinet just above eye level, and primary viewing area is about 11' back.

Ohio Transplant "Proud Buckeye" (Atlanta, GA USA): In-store, we compared this television side-by-side with the Samsung F8000. Both sets were beautiful. When placed at the factory default "standard" video setting, the Samsung was visibly brighter than the LG. However, the LG seemed to be "warmer" and had a better picture / color quality. This was especially evident to us when looking at grass in a golf show. The LG of course can be brightened to mimic the Samsung, but at first glance, the Samsung was brighter. Both sets have crisp, clear images and I have not doubt that either is an excellent choice.

LG Electronics 39LN5700 39-Inch 1080p 60Hz Deal

L. Watson "mom" (Georgia): Ok so buying a T.V. can be maddening. There are a lot of choices out there. I have looked at massive reviews both professional and customer. I went into the store to buy the new Panasonic 55 St60. Cnet gave this Panasonic it's highest recommend. So with me excited about purchasing this T.V., watching Blu-ray's, playing video games (which is very important to me) and seeing some awesome technology my wife turned my day upside down. She started pointed to this television which was next to the Panny. Then I played with the remote and used the Picture Wizard II which is a self help calibration tool that should be the standard for all televisions. I kid you not I had this set looking better than any T.V. in the store. Other customers noticed and even the employees were a little taken aback. So we purchased it.

James K (Rockville, MD): The LED back lighting is pretty even, it's not edge-lit, so it doesn't suffer from the bright-edge effect that many edge-lit HDTVs have, and not buying an edge-lit model was a main deciding factor. The off-axis viewing angle- left to right and below to above is pretty good, not as good as my CFL back-lit Samsung, but the LG cost a small fraction of the Samsung and there will never be a room full of people seated around watching it in my office like the Samsung in the living room. If you get off-axis far enough you will see some variation in the backlighting on scenes that have a uniformly dark background, like movie titles over a black background, but I doubt that most people would ever sit that far off-angle or notice it.

J. Brooks (Nampa, Idaho United States): To start with, getting the TV setup was a snap and took no time whatsoever. I have mine wall mounted. I was a bit worried about the weight of the TV, but surprisingly being 10" larger than the Sony, it weighs MUCH less. Once mounted, just within a few minutes of scanning for all the stations, the TV was setup, connected to the internet, and ready to go! Setup ease is a 10 out of 10! A monkey could do it!

LG Electronics 60PN6500 60-Inch 1080p 600Hz Deal

Prithviraj Sharan "Reviews from my girlfriend... (Cambridge, MA): I agonized a lot before buying this TV. And in the end price won me over - over $500 cheaper than anything good that Samsung or Panasonic offered. The way I figured, $500 "saved" here can be used towards XBOX One in a few months. Reading all these reviews helped sway my decision. I also really wanted a Plasma as I don't like the picture quality of LED/LCD.

B. Paddock (Indiana): So far TV is great! This will be my 4th 60 inch tv in about a month, first was LG LED-couldn't handle dark scenes(screen was fading in and out from really dark to really light) 2nd was a Samsung 60 inch plasma, great picture but terrible buzzing that could be heard from far away. 3rd was Vizio, cool smart tv with overall great picture but had really bad uniformity issues when there was a dark scene, you could see these light spots around the edges of the screen that extended towards the middle of the screen, very annoying and distracted from what was on the screen. So here we are 4th tv, I am not interested in a smart tv, all I want is picture quality.

D. DeBar (Pittsburgh): I was not interested in a Smart TV or 3DTV. Why would I want apps on a smart TV that are clunky, slow, take awhile to navigate through when I can just hook up a computer or Apple TV? For the extra money for the Smart option (roughly $300) I'm more inclined to buy Apple TV for $100. That being said, this is the ideal TV for someone who is interested in a reasonably priced set that has an awesome picture, and decent menu/options. The sounds is ok- not perfect, but I hooked it up to a Vizio 5.1 sound bar using the Optical Sound Output. Very happy with that option.

Thứ Tư, 16 tháng 10, 2013

LG Electronics 60LN6150 60-Inch 1080p 120Hz Deal

L. Knights (Silicon Valley): This tv is replacing my Westinghouse 40" LCD HDTV, and it is definitely much nicer. The picture quality is nicer (although it required some adjustment) the sound is better (although an external surround sound would be even better) and the quality of the unit, especially the sturdy base is much better. The remote is even better, you need to have good aim but I have used it from 30 feet away, where the Westinghouse was iffy even at ten feet.

Cathy Stucker "IdeaLady.com" (Sugar Land, TX USA): The thing that disappointed me a bit about this tv is the "smart" part. I was happy to get rid of my Apple TV and only use one remote, and that part has worked okay but the app for Netflix is not as good as the app for Netflix on either the Apple TV or the Roku (or even the Wii, for that matter), it's very basic and with the remote that comes with the tv it can be very pokey to search for something. I have used the app for your iPhone that turns the iPhone into a remote, but it of course only works when the tv is connected to the network, and the tv is slow to connect and then sometimes the remote app is slow or decides not to work. The app is also VERY basic.

 Gorn (San Diego, CA USA): The main Smart TV screen on the tv is full of different things, but many of them don't work with the remote that is included with the tv. I tried playing some of the games, but they are pretty much impossible with the included remote OR the iPhone app remote. I considered getting the Magic remote but 1.) it's annoying that you need to buy a separate remote to use so many features of the tv and 2.) I wasn't even sure which LG remote with "magic" in the name would be the right one to buy.
Overall, I really do like this tv because of the quality of the unit, the picture, the audio and the fact I can use Netflix without another box or remote, and I also like the direct USB hookups. I figure the "smart tv" features can be improved with simple updates and maybe one day it will actually be worth it to purchase the magic remote but, as of this writing, I wouldn't get too excited about the "smart" part because...it's not.