Official LG 47LW5600/55LW5600 "Passive 3D" Owners Thread - Page 75

If you Mitsubishi was not a 1080 set then check the output from your cable box to make sure it is putting out 1080i.

@ tapioca

Why do you think 2D nanoled picture is better than competition, for example panasonic plasma and sony full led hx929 ?

Follow up question..

Does the DTS audio problem still exsist even if I am running a Sony Sound Bar for surround sound and not using the LG speakers?

probably has nothing to do with it but I just am trying to understand it more. Thanks..

also what are people doing in order to make thier MKV's work on the LG? Are you converting them to something else? such as .avi or something? Thanks alot

Anyone heard any news on the June update? I'm assuming with two days left in the month I should stop holding my breath waiting for it. I want my dang Skype man....

Nothing yet but something is coming soon. I keep getting (once every few days) the update notice when I turn my TV on but then when I go to update, it tells me, "sorry, I was just kidding, you are all good."

In the meantime, enjoy your TV and if future firmware updates improve what is already very good, all the better!

Ah, good question. Well the Sony has been released here (in Korea) and it is going for about 6 G's. Panasonic CANNOT be found. I heard the Sony is awesome. i did see it. looked great but my new LZ9600 has a matte screen. I got some pics of Wall-E I'm gonna share on another thread. Actually, here are a few. I love this baby!

Some pics are showing too much contrast. That's a camera thing. Not great with the photos. Sorry. What do you think? Remember, that's wide screen. No flashlighting. ^^

Still some blooming though. Not perfect.

I noticed this also for SD tv. I think it has something to do with 16:9 and just scan aspect ratios. When i switched to just scan there were more black bars on SD channels such as the "E" channel.

Same thing with me and the Comcast STB [Cisco RNG150N]. SD has bars when using 'just scan' setting. But screen is filled with 16:9 setting. Sometimes I get bars when initially turning it on, but switching the station one channel up, then back, fills the screen.

If you are using your LG TV to play any video files with DTS audio it will have no sound. different Speakers, recievers, won't matter because the LG could not read DTS sound therefore could not pass it along to either decoder.


The LG TV can play MKV files fine, the only ones that will give you problems are the ones with DTS audio, or in certain cases even some AC3 audio.

If you are using your LG TV as the READER/PLAYER
-And your MKV files are stored in your computer, then you will need a Server program that can transcode your MKV with DTS audio to AC3, stereo, etc.
. PLEX, Nero media home full verion, Ps3 media server , etc.
(me:Transcoding uses lots of CPU power,only have laptop right now ,server software have issues here and there. )
-If most of your MKV is not DTS and you can just share your folder/files as is. (me: half of my files is in DTS, so no go)
-You can also convert/ change the DTS audio to AC3 audio and then put it back together in the MKV file. (me: too much hassle, getting old, getting lazy)


So I just went back to my old way. Using a Western Digital HD Media Player LIVE.
Plays pretty much anything. Simple to setup, and don't need to do any transcoding so I'll have no problem sharing all my files as is from my laptop over the local network. This was my hassle free way for my old Sony and now it'll be the same for the LG.

I have the old Sony soundbar too and it works fine with it.
cat5 >WD media player hdmi> Sony CT500 hdmi> LG TV

Thanks for that info.

I just went to Radio Shack and bought 3 AUVIO High-Speed 3D capable HDMI cables. 4ft each for $30.00 each..

Anyone have any advice on these cables? Are they junk? Are they great? Thanks alot

also is thier a noticable diffrence from 10.2 to 10.4 cables?

Now I am worried I way overpaid..Just found these that I think I have heard of before on Amazon for $8.99 each..

Rocketfish 3D 1080p High Speed HDMI Cable (4 feet - 1.2M)

Should I return the radio shack ones instantly lol?

Hmm. yes. I think you WAYYYYYYY over paid. I bought a pack of 2 hdmi 6' cables at costco for $8. They work fine. Return your cables!

lol thanks.. let me ask this last question then..

I currently have an hdmi cable connected to my xbox,cable box and ps3.. and they work great. But I dont have 3D on my current TV.

Will these cables still work for the 3D? and I do want as close to the "best" picture quality as i can get.... I dont know anything about the cables i own now though..no idea what brand, if they are "high speed"...

I may just order the ones online for $8.00 each... I wonder if the FIOS tech will be installing a High Speed HDMI cable for me on Friday during hook up...

They should work fine. Do you have a Costco, Sam's, Walmart, Radio Shack, Target near buy? Just buy them there. If there is a problem you can always return them. Just don't pay $30 per cable

I do and walmart last night was $29 for the cheapest one. I just bought the $8 a peice ones on amazon. Got 3 of them so I hope the verizon FIOS guy installs a High Speed for my Cable Box....Thanks alot for your help..saved me alot of money lol.

Wow. I didn't think Walmart would take advantage of people like that. LOL.

The $8 amazons work fine....I have a dozen of them

I am aware of the issue with 3D and DTS. I have a receiver but it does not "Support 3D" if I play a 3D File in Side By Side format and send it through the receiver, will the TV not be able to convert it to 3D even though my receiver doesn't support it? I've played some XBOX games through the receiver in 3D and they play fine, however, when I play via PS3 (which automatically sets 3D mode) I can not play via the receiver and have to run the HDMI Direct to the TV thus in effect losing the DTS HD MA sound on some MKV files and 3D Blu rays...

Anyway main reason for asking is I want to know if I can run the 3D Video through say my PS3 or another media player, using my receiver to decode the DTS HDMA sound and then to output to the TV and then set the TV manually to the 3D Side By Side mode? Before I go testing just wondering if anyone else has any experience as to playing 3D through a receiver that is not "3D Ready"

If you aren't getting your cables from Monoprice.com, you're doing it wrong.

finally LG released new firmware for 2011 series
here the link for LW5700 from usa site
http://www.lg.com/us/support/product...oduct-profile#

The Sam's club model is very similar to the 5600. The only difference is that the 5700 does not have local dimming.

The US and Korean versions of the 5700 are different.

Here is the link for the 5600. I believe it's the same firmware. The filename and size are the same at least.

http://www.lg.com/us/support/product...oduct-profile#

What are the updates? Has anyone tested it? Does it include Hulu Plus?

Not sure but the file name is GP3_ATSC_BB_US_IC102_V3.11.43_20110610.epk. The manual doesn't list what they changed.

v3.11.43

Maybe it has the windows 7x64 plex fix.

My TV does not see the new update yet. I would have to download the file and update manually until it does. I will probably just wait and have it done automatically.

I will check it out when I get home and the usual evening melee settles down. Figure 8-9p CDT.

It didn't show up over the air, so I installed the update from a USB stick.
The new version is 03.11.43 but I didn't notice anything different.. maybe the 3D algorithm that was mentioned a few weeks back but I haven't tried any 3D content.

It would be nice if LG could list the updates

My Mitsubishi was 1080i. My new 55LW6500 is 1080p. Both are connected to the cable antenna outlet, no box anywhere.

I had a chat with LG support and asked what the updates were.
The rep replied that her notes were simply "Improve Premium Applications Performance"


No Hulu Plus

Thank you for the info.

It is hit and miss. But it is truly amazing how well it works most of the time. I watched "Brother Where Art Thou?" in conversion the other night and it was as you said, it looked like most of it was shot in 3D.

I'm very curious how they achieve this. It looks like it is a combination of contrast and motion. I've noticed that white items don't convert well. Also, in a shot from the 2D gullivers travels trailer, the main character turned his head. Nothing else was moving and it looked as though his head floated away from his body. So there is some wierdness.
Try watching some old Buster Keaton in 3D. very cool.