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post #3601 of 5047
3/18/11 at 9:13am
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Originally Posted by vizionblind View Post

just bought the LG 42LD520 and the product code states AUSWLUR do I have an IPS?

And, all you have to do is highlight 'AUSWLUR", use the search function here on AVS and find many substantiations that it is likely IPS. I just did. There are scores of references.


Also, you can use the references and a magnifying lens to verify.
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post #3602 of 5047
3/18/11 at 10:42am
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Originally Posted by sheshechic View Post

My picture is bright and sharp. I watched a show on Natgeo HD about the Coca Cola manufaturing plant. That place is so clean and shiny. It was beautiful.

oops, meant to ask this question on my reply. Mine still seems a tad dark even when I have the Enegy Savings off. What are you using to achieve the bright and sharp pic?
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post #3603 of 5047
3/18/11 at 4:10pm
Hi all, new member and first post here but I've been following along with this thread for a fair while before registering.

We've had our LG 47LD520 for about three weeks now and are pretty well satisfied with the overall picture quality so far. There is one issue though, hopefully someone here will be able to make some sense of my attempt at describing it and maybe offer some adjustment suggestions to correct it.

My problem is a faint, sort of shadowy-like image(s) that appear directly beside (always on the right side) and outline images on screen. While it's faint most of the time it gets more noticable with a darker image against a lighter background and especially so when text is displayed such as during commercials where we often see a 2nd and 3rd. 'shadow' outline.

I'm hoping that if this issuecan be corrected it will improve the sharpness and clarity of our new Tv's picture. Currently it's hooked up to standard Dish network via coax with nothing else connected to Tv.

Thank's in advance for your time and any suggestions you might offer.
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post #3604 of 5047
3/18/11 at 4:40pm
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Originally Posted by Pappy5 View Post

Hi all, new member and first post here but I've been following along with this thread for a fair while before registering.

We've had our LG 47LD520 for about three weeks now and are pretty well satisfied with the overall picture quality so far. There is one issue though, hopefully someone here will be able to make some sense of my attempt at describing it and maybe offer some adjustment suggestions to correct it.

My problem is a faint, sort of shadowy-like image(s) that appear directly beside (always on the right side) and outline images on screen. While it's faint most of the time it gets more noticable with a darker image against a lighter background and especially so when text is displayed such as during commercials where we often see a 2nd and 3rd. 'shadow' outline.

I'm hoping that if this issuecan be corrected it will improve the sharpness and clarity of our new Tv's picture. Currently it's hooked up to standard Dish network via coax with nothing else connected to Tv.

Thank's in advance for your time and any suggestions you might offer.

Welcome to the group! I have the same tv as you but don't see any shadowy images such as you describe. My reception is OTA so it sounds like it may be your Dish. Did you see this before with your old tv? By Dish I'm assuming you have satellite so does it have HDMI out as opposed to coax? There's lots of helpful folks here so hang tight
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post #3605 of 5047
3/18/11 at 4:45pm
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Originally Posted by Pappy5 View Post

My problem is a faint, sort of shadowy-like image(s) that appear directly beside (always on the right side) and outline images on screen. While it's faint most of the time it gets more noticable with a darker image against a lighter background and especially so when text is displayed such as during commercials where we often see a 2nd and 3rd. 'shadow' outline.

Hi Pappy5, welcome!

What you are describing sounds like halos / ringing. This is often caused by an over-sharpened picture. As a first step, I'd try turning off Edge Enhancer in advanced settings, and make sure that your Sharpness setting is not above 50.
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post #3606 of 5047
3/18/11 at 5:06pm
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Originally Posted by Otto Pylot View Post

Welcome to the group! I have the same tv as you but don't see any shadowy images such as you describe. My reception is OTA so it sounds like it may be your Dish. Did you see this before with your old tv? By Dish I'm assuming you have satellite so does it have HDMI out as opposed to coax? There's lots of helpful folks here so hang tight

Thank you sir, for your speedy reply and welcome!

No sir, at least I don't recall ever noticing it before on our big old RCA 60" rear projection Tv.

Yes, our Dish network service is via satellite dish and our receiver is the standard (non-HD) dvr w/no HDMI type connections.
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post #3607 of 5047
3/18/11 at 5:12pm
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Originally Posted by Pappy5 View Post

Thank you sir, for your speedy reply and welcome!

No sir, at least I don't recall ever noticing it before on our big old RCA 60" rear projection Tv.

Yes, our Dish network service is via satellite dish and our receiver is the standard (non-HD) dvr w/no HDMI type connections.

It sounds like a signal/source issue to me, assuming the TV is working properly.

Do you have another device you can connect, like even a regular DVD player?

Optimal would be to evaluate the TV with an HD source via HDMI (blu-ray), but even an OTA antenna to evaluate local HD broadcast channels would be better.

You should definitely upgrade your Dish DVR to an HD one with HDMI.
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post #3608 of 5047
3/18/11 at 5:14pm
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Originally Posted by djams View Post

Hi Pappy5, welcome!

What you are describing sounds like halos / ringing. This is often caused by an over-sharpened picture. As a first step, I'd try turning off Edge Enhancer in advanced settings, and make sure that your Sharpness setting is not above 50.

Thanks! I'll give this a try after supper and see what happens.
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post #3609 of 5047
3/18/11 at 6:11pm
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Originally Posted by Pappy5 View Post

Thank you sir, for your speedy reply and welcome!

No sir, at least I don't recall ever noticing it before on our big old RCA 60" rear projection Tv.

Yes, our Dish network service is via satellite dish and our receiver is the standard (non-HD) dvr w/no HDMI type connections.

Djams suggestion is a good, quick check but I really think you need to check another source as suggested by csamos. Besides, with a new 47LD520 you really want to see what this puppy looks like with an HD source
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post #3610 of 5047
3/18/11 at 6:29pm
Ok, done with supper now and made the changes you recommended. I turned off Edge Enhancer (was on low) and lowered Sharpness settings to 50 (both H-Sharpness & V-Sharpness??) and appears to have made some noticable improvement with text. (Never ever thought I'd see the day when I'd be scanning the channels searching specifically for commercials displaying text. )

Think I'll let this simmer for a little while and see how it look's over different shows and channels. What I'm ultimately hoping for is clearer, more distinct detail on faces, objects, etc.

Quite likely, too, that I'm expecting HD quality images from a standard definition signal.

Thanks again for your help!
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post #3611 of 5047
3/18/11 at 7:21pm
Hi all, new TV owner here!

Anyone have any recommendations for PC settings for gaming? I am having a hard time making the desktop and games look good with this TV. Any recommendation settings? I sit 3 feet from the TV as it is used as my main monitor. I have it on JUST SCAN and game mode but would love some in depth settings
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post #3612 of 5047
3/18/11 at 7:24pm
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Think I'll let this simmer for a little while and see how it look's over different shows and channels. What I'm ultimately hoping for is clearer, more distinct detail on faces, objects, etc.

Quite likely, too, that I'm expecting HD quality images from a standard definition signal.

Thanks again for your help!

A setting of 50 is neutral and a good starting point. Letting your changes "simmer" for awhile is also a good idea. There are lots of settings to play with and messing with too many at once and not really understanding what they do will really confuse the picture (no pun intended). That's what I did and basically after two weeks set everything back to default and started over, with the help from the folks here.
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post #3613 of 5047
3/18/11 at 7:26pm
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Originally Posted by csamos View Post

It sounds like a signal/source issue to me, assuming the TV is working properly.

Do you have another device you can connect, like even a regular DVD player?

Optimal would be to evaluate the TV with an HD source via HDMI (blu-ray), but even an OTA antenna to evaluate local HD broadcast channels would be better.

You should definitely upgrade your Dish DVR to an HD one with HDMI.

I've an old cheap-o basic dvd player I can connect and give it a try but will have to wait until in the morning when my son gets home from work as he has 'borrowed' what few DVDs I own.

We haven't owned an OTA antenna for a few years now, since both cable and satellite started carrying our local channels and neither of our two old TV's (CRT & rear proj.) are digital capable. Do see a need now for at least a set of rabbit-ears if for no other reason in case of an extended service outage or emergency.

I'm sure we'll upgrade to HD service of some type before too long. I bought a pair of HDMI cables and wall mount when I bought the TV.

I must admit to dragging my feet and acting like pouty old curmudgeon being reluctant to commit to a new two year contract with Direct TV because the Dish Network promotional offers read "for new customers only".

Thanks to all that replied and I hope all of you have a good weekend.
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post #3614 of 5047
3/18/11 at 8:21pm
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I've an old cheap-o basic dvd player I can connect and give it a try but will have to wait until in the morning when my son gets home from work as he has 'borrowed' what few DVDs I own.

We haven't owned an OTA antenna for a few years now, since both cable and satellite started carrying our local channels and neither of our two old TV's (CRT & rear proj.) are digital capable. Do see a need now for at least a set of rabbit-ears if for no other reason in case of an extended service outage or emergency.

I'm sure we'll upgrade to HD service of some type before too long. I bought a pair of HDMI cables and wall mount when I bought the TV.

I must admit to dragging my feet and acting like pouty old curmudgeon being reluctant to commit to a new two year contract with Direct TV because the Dish Network promotional offers read "for new customers only".

Thanks to all that replied and I hope all of you have a good weekend.

This old curmudgeon has always had OTA, never cable or satellite because I'm cheap and we always got excellent reception where we live so there was no compelling reason to go the pay-tv route. Keep in mind that depending on where you are and what's around you, rabbit ears may not work in your situation. Hopefully you'll at least pick up one station so you can check it out. An old DVD will work as well so you can at least see if movies have the same shadowy appearance. FWIW, you can pick up a really nice Blu-ray player for less than $200 (maybe even closer to $100) that you can stream Netflix etc. with. You've got a nice tv so you might as well use it to it's fullest potential
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post #3615 of 5047
3/19/11 at 1:22am
Hello all - my first post on these forums, been a reader for awhile

Just picked up an LG 42LD520 and although I am very impressed by the picture quality, i am not so impressed with the audio.

I have NASTY audio lag/ lip sync effect going on with my tv. I am seeing it through both HDMI and Component cables. any ideas or anyone else seen this before?
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post #3616 of 5047
3/19/11 at 5:54am
Hey everyone! Me again! This time can anyone here tell me exactly what the best settings would be for the following?


Gamecube hooked up through a/v.
PS2 hooked up through component.
Xbox hooked up through component.
Dreamcast hooked up through RGB/VGA.
Xbox 360 hooked up through HDMI
Sony upscaling dvd player (model dvp-sr500h) connected through hdmi
OTA local HD
SD cable

Can anyone please tell me also for the hdmi ones which resolution is best to pick? DVD is of course 480i/480p and 360 is mainly 720p native. I don't know the scaler quality of the tv.


Thank you all so very much.
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post #3617 of 5047
3/19/11 at 9:35am
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Originally Posted by Tmansdc View Post
Hey everyone! Me again! This time can anyone here tell me exactly what the best settings would be for the following?

Can anyone please tell me also for the hdmi ones which resolution is best to pick? DVD is of course 480i/480p and 360 is mainly 720p native. I don't know the scaler quality of the tv.


Thank you all so very much.
NOTE: BEFORE doing any video adjustments, it would be best to do an "INITIAL RESET" found in the OPTION Menu. Or at least, do a Picture Reset in each Picture Mode setting you are going to use. "INITIAL RESET" would be set though, rescan your channels, and go from there.

You have quite a mix there! For anything that uses component video connections I would recommend one of the presets. I'll include a few at the end of this post. The main thing is you want to keep back light down as low as is possible with your normal room lighting. At night, you can set the back light down by using the Energy Saving remote button and set it at Minimum or Medium or whatever suits your taste. Low back light gives the best black level performance.

For your Sony DVD player try the HDMI Expert2 Cool Sony S550 setting.

I'll also include an OTA settings which many use here on there TVs and seems to work well.

For SD cable, use a Preset like Standard or Sport and maybe try Picture Wizard, because with SD it just isn't very significant.

As a general rule of thumb, besides keeping back light low, Contrast is best in the low 80s (81 -83) and Brightness in the low 50's (50-53). Color should be good at 50 also, with Tint at O. For presets, make sure you have Color Temp set at W45 to W50 or so.

Lastly, make sure you turn off Energy Saving before making any adjustments.

For more pertinent settings regarding XBox 360 use the search tool at the top right of the thread page here.

 

LG 42LD550 OTA_Cable ISF EXPERT2 Pre Medium 2-10-11 Usable Range.txt 1.2763671875k . file

 

LG 42LD550 OTA_Cable Game (User) 9-10-10.txt 0.728515625k . file

 

LG 42LD550 OTA_Cable Standard (User) 9-10-10.txt 0.7314453125k . file

 

LG XXLD550 HDMI CINEMA (User) PICTURE 12-4-10.txt 0.6416015625k . file

 

LG 42LD550 HDMI 1 EXPERT2 COOL Sony S550 FINAL 2-17-11 Usable Range.txt 1.458984375k . file
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post #3618 of 5047
3/19/11 at 11:03am
Update:

Spent some time on the phone with comcast support, I don't think it's comcast though, as the audio is still not synced from my ps3. It is happening through both component and hdmi.

called up LG support, they couldn't figure it out, took my information and told me a local tech would be contacting me, anyone know how that process works?
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post #3619 of 5047
3/19/11 at 7:55pm
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Update:

Spent some time on the phone with comcast support, I don't think it's comcast though, as the audio is still not synced from my ps3. It is happening through both component and hdmi.

called up LG support, they couldn't figure it out, took my information and told me a local tech would be contacting me, anyone know how that process works?

Hey tlockhart - welcome!

I think the reason there's been no responses on your issue is because it's never come up before (lucky you ).

So please be sure that you keep us updated on the progress so we can add it to our knowledge base.

Regarding how the support process works; From what I've read, LG will contact an authorized service representative in your area and they will call you to schedule an appointment at your home. The competency of the tech that shows up is probably pretty much a crapshoot. You know how that goes. They will evaluate the issue and decide if a repair or replacement is appropriate. From what I've seen in this thread, they (LG) seem to prefer going the repair route, which is fine.
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post #3620 of 5047
3/20/11 at 7:27pm
We've been relegated to the last page :-( I hope everyone has just had a busy weekend and all is well.
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post #3621 of 5047
3/20/11 at 8:46pm
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Originally Posted by Otto Pylot View Post

We've been relegated to the last page :-( I hope everyone has just had a busy weekend and all is well.

All's well here - spring yard work keeping me occupied, and my pool filter decided to start leaking today. Can't let that go unattended.

It's been really quiet here, hasn't it?
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post #3622 of 5047
3/20/11 at 10:01pm
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All's well here - spring yard work keeping me occupied, and my pool filter decided to start leaking today. Can't let that go unattended.

It's been really quiet here, hasn't it?

Spring yard work was on the schedule here as well but it's been stormy all weekend and looks like that's how the week is going to go. I had to clean the filter in the koi pond in the pouring rain and setup the pump cause the pond overfilled the overflow. Didn't want to find the fish on the yard We seem to have some new members so maybe the group will perk up this week.
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post #3623 of 5047
3/21/11 at 9:02am
Is the 42LD550 an IPS screen or an IPS lottery?
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post #3624 of 5047
3/21/11 at 9:08am
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Originally Posted by variant View Post

Is the 42LD550 an IPS screen or an IPS lottery?

It should be an S-IPS panel if there is a "W" in the product code. However, to be 100% sure, the pixel pattern will have to be examined with a magnifying glass to determine that the pixels are chevron-shaped (<<<<<<<).
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post #3625 of 5047
3/21/11 at 9:10am
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Originally Posted by Otto Pylot View Post

It should be an S-IPS panel if there is a "W" in the product code. However, to be 100% sure, the pixel pattern will have to be examined with a magnifying glass to determine that the pixels are chevron-shaped (<<<<<<<).

So does that mean there are versions that aren't IPS? I wanted to order my display via Amazon. If there is a lottery, I will probably step clear of it.
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post #3626 of 5047
3/21/11 at 9:16am
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So does that mean there are versions that aren't IPS? I wanted to order my display via Amazon. If there is a lottery, I will probably step clear of it.

If there is a "W" in the product code you'll probably be ok. I think I've only heard of one that had the "W" in the product code and did not have the S-IPS panel when checked via the "loupe" test. It may have been a refurbed model.
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post #3627 of 5047
3/21/11 at 9:20am
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Originally Posted by Otto Pylot View Post

If there is a "W" in the product code you'll probably be ok. I think I've only heard of one that had the "W" in the product code and did not have the S-IPS panel when checked via the "loupe" test. It may have been a refurbed model.

The only code Amazon gives is ASIN: B0039RSYQS.
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post #3628 of 5047
3/21/11 at 9:40am
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The only code Amazon gives is ASIN: B0039RSYQS.

The product code would be something like: 42LD550-AUSWLR. Keep in mind that there are a lot of returns on LCDs for all manufacutreres for no other reason than the original buyer didn't like the pq. The tv's are fine so retailers are re-selling them at a discount. Another thing to keep in mind when buying online is that some sellers won't take returns on tv's larger than 37". We had one horror story here where someone bought a tv that was not to their liking and when they went to return it, the seller showed them the fine print in the return policy. So, if you buy online, make sure you read the return policy because not all of them are the same because of the high return rate. Caveat Emptor.
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post #3629 of 5047
3/21/11 at 10:30am
Since he's buying from Amazon, he won't know for sure until it gets delivered. LG makes 42" panels, so it should be an IPS panel. I think the entire thread has only had one report of a TV with a panel size that LG makes that ended up being a non-IPS. That was a 55LD520 with a January 2011 manufacturing date, if I remember correctly. That TV also did not have a W in the product code.
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post #3630 of 5047
3/21/11 at 11:24am
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Since he's buying from Amazon, he won't know for sure until it gets delivered. LG makes 42" panels, so it should be an IPS panel. I think the entire thread has only had one report of a TV with a panel size that LG makes that ended up being a non-IPS. That was a 55LD520 with a January 2011 manufacturing date, if I remember correctly. That TV also did not have a W in the product code.

Thanks Henry. That's what I thought but I always like to hedge my bet a bit and throw in the "should be" caveat just in case. You never know.
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