Official LG xxLD550 xxLD520 xxLD650 Owners Thread - Page 61

The sensor on my 520 bezel is oval. I don't use the Auto feature at all. Like Phase, I just manually switch. Lately I've been leaving it at Minimum, day or night. In the evening we usually have a light on in the family room and I've found that leaving it at Minimum instead of Off, gives a much more uniform picture and definitely keeps the "warmth". BTW, the matte screen works really nice.

Sounds like you found the CNET review

I've also read about the blacks having a blue tint. I had a 42" 720p panasonic plasma that I replaced with the 47LD520. Since plasmas are supposed to have better blacks than LCD's I was worried about black level performance, so I was watching specifically for this problem when I first hooked up the set. Honestly, I can't see it. Black levels are fine for me; picture uniformity as well.


Really good.



Yes, provided you are viewing 1080p material.

No stuttering problems here either. 47LD520 connected via HDMI from a Dish HD receiver.

47LD520 Football report -

Ok, after many questions, tweaking, and solid advice from members of this forum this my half-time report (Green Bay-Chicago).

The 520 is definitely an S-IPS panel. "W" in the product code, no smudging or halo effect when touching the panel, and with two magnifying glasses back to back, the pixel pattern is definitely chevron shaped (<<<<<<). I am sitting 8 feet back from dead center and 5 feet to the left. No change at all in PQ

Reception is OTA at 720p. I'm using Cinema User settings as posted by Phase with a few minor tweaks for my tastes. No Expert settings are on. TruMotion is set to Low default. To the left of me is an 8x12 sliding glass door with the curtains open and it faces East with puffy clouds. Energy Savings is set to Off.

Auto Volume On, Clear Voice II Off.

Software version is 03.05.04, manufacture date is November 2010.

We've watched quite a few streamed NetFlix movies via ATV2 and the quality was excellent. My son watched the Iron Man II dvd on the Sony RDR VX-535 upconverted via HDMI last night and can't stop talking about how phenomenal the movie was on the 520.

I am extremely satisfied with this tv. It was definitely worth what I paid for it at BB. I'm even getting used to the audio which still is not as good as my Sony but I can live with that.

Stuttering problem:

Someone have friends who listen movies with Xbox 360, LCD tv (sony, samsung, etc.) and the display option in xbox 360 set to 1080p ?

i wonder if this issue is just for LG lcd tv...

Agreed. So far the Jets and Packers in 1080i are looking most excellent as well.

The auto mode on the 520 I bought last week works great. It keeps the backlight right where it needs to be. The oval sensor is there on the 550 in the gallery pictures and on the tv pictured on the box, so perhaps you're right about it being present on earlier made models. I can't find a sensor like the one on the 520 anywhere on this 550. I wonder if the 550's we have get too dark because they don't actually have the sensor. I can visibly see the brightness change on the 520 when I mess with the lights in my living room. The brightness of the 550 doesn't change at all when I do the same.


I will give that a try. I tried changing just the backlight to 41 like you suggest in your baseline settings, just to see what it looked like. It made a golf tournament being played in the middle of the afternoon on a cloudless day look like it was taking place at dusk. I think this 550 might be defective. Naturally, it was the last one they had (other than the display model) so I can't just run out and exchange it for another one. They'd have to order it for me. So at this point, I'm trying to decide which tv I would rather live with....a 520 that stutters a lot or a 550 that stutters less but needs the backlight cranked way up all the time. I would just go with a different brand entirely, but gaming performance is a really important factor for me and from what I've read, the LG's are better for gaming because of the low input lag.

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone knew where we could find a break down of what exactly each picture setting does. For example, the "blur" setting under trumotion, I know it's supposed to reduce blur but I don't really notice an effect on the picture so I'm wondering if it has a purpose slightly different than what we suspect.

Yes, the backlight changes when the energy switch is used manually.

I just went in and adjusted all the settings to match your suggestions. I tried both the cable box and a DVD (Philips HTS3555). There's no significant difference between the two. "VERY bright" definitely doesn't describe the picture I'm seeing with either source.

Sounds like I have a bad set.

Been watching my tv now for a few days. I've been having issues with the stuttering as well. It still seems quite noticeable when watching netflix over the 360 (using component) but DVDs look great. Regular television for the most part looks good- hooked up to a cable box via composite, and the few channels i get on the antennae look good as well. It feels like certain channels when watching cable seem to stutter while others seem fine. Watched some of the football games today and they looked great, so im wondering if its more of a source issue?

Congratulations

What does the picture look like while using Vivid setting? I have the 52ld550 and before I adjusted it, Vivid is so bright it hurts my eyes watching it at night.

The Vivid setting makes it brighter, but not enough to where it would hurt your eyes at night. The 520 I bought gets that bright, but not this 550. I think it has a backlight problem.

The only place I get stuttering is on Netflix through my Blu-Ray player. I don't think Netflix uses the same process when encoding their shows. Some plays great HD/SD with good quality others look badly pixelated and stutters. fast action scenes has some problems on Netflix. Of course any Netflix in primetime tends to have problems. My basic cable gives me 7 digital HD stations (720P or 1080i) the rest are analog SD. The TV handles both SD/HD fine. but I find myself watching the HD channels a lot more than the others.

downsideup, otto pylot, kaisek

I ordered the LG 47LD520 from Paul's TV through Amazon.com. It shipped from my local Paul's TV near Boston MA. (kaisek's TV was also from Paul's TV's.)

My new TV arrives Wednesday the 26th. And now I'm nervous about having the same stuttering issue as you guys. (Especially kaisek.) My in-puts will be as follows;


-Fios HDTV via HDMI
-Xbox 360 via VGA
-Blu-Ray player via HDMI (internet player w/ Netflix instant stream, youtube etc.)


If I understand your problems kaisek, you get the stuttering while playing DVD's or Netflix streaming through your 360; correct? Playing actuall games and everyting else was OK you said?

When my TV comes, I will test everything and post my findings. I will also post my software version.

I do not normally play DVD's or Netflix through my 360. I use my Blu-Ray player for that. So if DVD's and Netflix-streaming stutter through my 360 but not my Blu-Ray player then I'm good.

If I get ANY STUTTERING However; watching Fios HDTV, DVD's/Netlfix on my Blu-Ray, or video games on my 360, then this TV is getting sent back. That is unacceptable for such an expensive LG TV.

I was excited about getting my new TV but after reading this I'm nervous

I haven't seen any stuttering at all with my 520 and neither have some of the others so you may be ok. As with any manufacturer, there are going to be problem units from time to time, and a lot of folks who don't have tv issues never post anything.

I'm starting to think that the stutter problem is a problem with the newer firmware. I should have asked the LG tech that was over to downgrade my firmware from 03.05.07 to 03.05.04

A kinda hearkening back to an earlier topic discussed in the forum which I am now unable to find via forum search or google:

There was talk about somehow "hacking" or enabling proper Chroma subsampling of 4:4:4 in either firmware or Service Menu. If memory serves me, Phase700B you had looked into this this back in October for the LD550/LD520 sets. Has anything ever become of this or are us non LD450 locked with 4:2:2?

You might find it easier to locate if you use the Search box located on the bar at the top of this thread. I believe that Phase also posted a link.

Just one comment about stuttering, I haven't noticed any stuttering on my 42ld520 (3 weeks old, fw 03.05.04). I've connected an xbox via hdmi (used to be vga), which is used mainly for gaming, but also as a media center extender (was also watching the Packers win on this set yesterday, and it looked great).

I've scanned through the thread and haven't seen any posts regarding banding on these models. I picked up a 32LD550 at Costco last week and have been happy otherwise.

Don't notice any picture uniformity issues with a medium or dark and mostly non solid picture; however, when the picture is lighter and mostly solid such as lots of blue sky or ocean or a hockey game (lots of white ice) then I notice a uniformity issue in bands where the color is slightly different, about a inch wide vertically in 4 or so different areas of the panel. The bands are most noticeable when the picture is panning left/right, and I find it very annoying.

I updated the firmware, but that had no effect.

The 32LD550 was very difficult to find at Costco. The store I bought from was about an hour away and they had one more left. 5-6 other stores closer had none.

Any suggestions ?

Software versions are related to the serial numbers, at least that's what LG told me, so a higher version might not necessarily mean an upgraded version. Doesn't make sense to me but that's what I was told. Maybe the .04 version took care of the stutter problem in .07?