What size TV should you get? |
LG 2010 HDTV Comparison | Series: | LD350 | LD450 | LD520 | LD550 | LD650 | LE5300 | LE5400 | LE8500 | LX6500 | PJ350 | PK550 | PK750 | | Models: | 22-inch
26-inch
32-inch | 32-inch
37-inch
42-inch
47-inch | 32-inch
42-inch
47-inch
55-inch | 32-inch
42-inch
46-inch
52-inch | 47-inch
55-inch | 22-inch
26-inch
32-inch
37-inch | 32-inch
42-inch
47-inch
55-inch | 47-inch
55-inch | 47-inch
55-inch | 42-inch
50-inch | 50-inch
60-inch | 50-inch
60-inch | | Panel type | LCD | LCD | LCD | LCD | LCD | LED LCD | LED LCD | LED LCD | 3D LED | Plasma | Plasma | Plasma | | LED Local Dimming | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |  | | -- | -- | -- | | 3D Ready | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | -- | -- | -- | | Resolution | 720p | 1080p | 1080p | 1080p | 1080p | 1080p | 1080p | 1080p | 1080p | 720p | 1080p | 1080p | | Contrast ratio | 50k:1
dynamic | 100k:1
dynamic | 100k:1
dynamic | 150k:1
dynamic | 200k:1
dynamic | 3mil:1
dynamic | 4mil:1
dynamic | 9mil:1
dynamic | 8mil:1
dynamic | 3mil:1
dynamic | 3mil:1
dynamic | 3mil:1
dynamic | | Refresh rate | 60Hz | 60Hz | 120Hz | 120Hz | 240Hz | 60Hz | 120Hz | 120Hz | 240Hz | 600Hz | 600Hz | 600Hz | | Response time | 5ms | 4ms | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2 | 2.4ms | 2.6ms | 1ms | 2ms | -- | -- | -- | | Netcast Entertainment | -- | -- | -- | | | -- | | | | -- | -- | | | HDMI input | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Component input
(Y, PB, PR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | Composite input | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | PC input | | | | | | | | | | | | | | USB port | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | MP3 and JPEG
playback | -- | | | | | | | | | | | | DivX video
playback | -- | -- | -- | | | | | | | -- | -- | | | Ethernet | -- | -- | -- | | | -- | | | | -- | -- | | | Wireless 1080p Ready | -- | -- | -- | | | -- | | | | -- | -- | | | Energy Star | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | | | | -- | -- | -- | | Series: | LD350 LCD | LD450 LCD | LD520 LCD | LD550 LCD | LD650 LCD | LE5300 LED | LE5400 LED | LE8500 LED | LX6500
3D LED | PJ350 Plasma | PK550 Plasma | PK750 Plasma |
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| With standard-definition TVs, the rule used to be that viewers would feel comfortable watching a set from a distance of 3 to 6 times the screen size in inches. With HDTV, the resolution is so much better that you can sit closer to a larger TV without noticing the pixels. So with HDTVs, the rule tends to be you can sit anywhere from 1.5 to 3 times the screen size (in inches) for the best experience.
If you know the size of the room you have already, where you want to sit, and where your new HDTV should go once you get it, you can figure out the size HDTV you should get. - Minimum size = Viewing distance/3
- Maximum size=Viewing distance/1.5
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Owner Reviews, Ratings, Comments and Criticism
First and foremost - I've owned this tv for about two weeks now. Bought it with Amazon Prime to get free 2 day shipping (totally worth it) and my only qualm was it arrived at like 8pm the day it was supposed to come. Meh, two days is two days, no biggie. This is a great tv, the colors are deep, the backlight is strong and the overall design is absolutely breathtaking, its barely thicker than my phone! The number of ports on the back is astonishing as well, although I have no intention of ever wall mounting it, having ports facing outward on the back may be a point of hesitation for anyone with that in mind. The size and relatively small bezel means it fits well in any medium sized room and in a small room like mine it looks perfect. I read the top negative feedback and I was quite apprehensive about buying this tv if the connection to a computer looked like crap but I am so happy to report that that's not the case at all. If anything with a little fiddling in the settings (should be the first thing you do with any electronics purchase) the great sharpness and color quality of the tv when connected to my laptop blew me away. This tv is now my default monitor for my laptop, which, besides my PS3 (which looks brilliant on it btw, ridiculous black levels make this a dream to play on) is probably what the majority of its use will be as I watch a ton of movies on my computer. As a matter of fact I was so blown away by this tv I impulse bought a 2 tb harddrive to download new movies and shows onto just so I could watch them on this sexy beast of a mid-sized tv. Speaking of which, the USB function of this tv is pretty alright too if you don't have a computer monitor cable to connect to it or any other mode of watching downloaded media. It doesn't read every format but for the easy stuff and whatnot it picks them up and plays them quite painlessly and considering all the other ports there's really no video file you can't, with a little bit of thinking and proper cabling, figure out how to play on this tv, whether through its inbuilt usb, a flash drive on a ps3, a laptop with a monitor cable hooked up, as far as I've seen the sheer number of options you have means the possibilities are plentiful. Highly recommended for anything you don't need a 42+ incher for. Did I mention it was less than $400? Why haven't you bought this yet?!
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