Official LG 47LW5600/55LW5600 "Passive 3D" Owners Thread - Page 106

Originally Posted by rgirish

Thanks a lot ....the rollback did not work for me but link for 4.0.14 worked today and I installed it on TV. unfortunately my tangled 3D SBS mkv file still not working. It says "file is invalid" does anyone has idea?

Originally Posted by zenzenwakaranai

Hi everyone. I recently purchased the LG 47LW5600 and so far, it's been a fantastic experience (my first TV purchase, not to mention)! Unfortunately, I hit a snag today when I tried to connect my external hard drive (a Western Digital My Book Essential 3 TB USB 3.0) to the TV. A window popped up saying "USB loading..." but nothing pops up in the input menu under USB1 nor USB2 and I've tried both ports. Does anyone have any tips on how to have the TV read the drive?

Also, I've yet to update the firmware due to a lack of internet connection at my apartment. Please let me know if this might fix it? And if so, is there a way for me to install firmware without having the TV connect to the internet?

Thanks very much for your help!

Originally Posted by mrfatboy

Just curious. did the rollback attempt do anything? Was there any sign that it was accepting the code presses? The instructions were for a different LG tv but the firmware was similar. It was just a shot.

Originally Posted by SoCalDJ

I bought my LG 55LW5600 in July to replace my old Samsung DLP. Mostly in laziness, because I didn't want to rip apart the TV and replace the color wheel for the SECOND time in 2 years...ugh.

I used a combination of the professional calibration posted here, the CNET, and the Disney WOW Blu-Ray setup disc (Mostly the latter with the exception of the colors).

I use the TV for all streaming applications and VUDU works great.

So I've had an issue too, has anyone else noticed the 'soap opera' effect while watching Netflix? I can't seem to find where to turn off the Tru-Motion setting for the built in Apps.

Originally Posted by MrMart

Hi guys! Been following this thread for a while now. Here is my small review of my LG 55LW650 (European model of the LW5600) recently posted on avforums:

After playing around with my new 55 inch LW650W for two days, I'm definately more happy than i ever expected to be! The 3D quality and experience is just incredible and much much better in almost every aspect compared to active shutter 3D!

So far, this sunday and monday, Ive been totally watching 3 entire 3D Blu-ray movies, and also partially tested around 14-15 other various 3D Blu-Ray movies (both through standalone LG Blu-Ray player and HTPC over hdmi with TMT5 as player.

All this titles, I have previously seen on my previous Samsung 3D plasma (C680), and every one of them had various amount of crosstalk on the Sammy. Some of them had horrible double-image crosstalk everywhere, and some of them much less but still noticable crosstalk, which was destroying the 3D-experience. Also, the subtitles was kindof impossible to read due to all crosstalk...

Watching all those movies on my new LG LW650, I couldnt find ANY crosstalk at all!!! Belive me - I was really searching for it, and I almost was hoping to find some hehe.. But to my big surprise, no matter how deep the 3D effect was and how much "pop-outside-the-screen" 3D i saw, there was no sight of crosstalk whatsoever. The subtitles was also loking crisp and spot on - no double images and fully readable without the need of fully focusing my eyes on them. Its just crazy, in my opinion!

Ive been reading a lot of 3D Blu-ray movie reviews since I bought my first (active) 3DTV last year, and many of the 3D-titles often gets low scores due to "noticable crosstalk". Well, I actually believed that it was all about the movies' 3D-quality, used cameras, bad angles, etc etc... Until now! Now i understand that the problem is that most reviews are based on active shutter 3D tests. Its just the active 3D-technology that isnt enough, simply as that!

The worst 3D experience I remember with active shutter 3DTV was watching IMAX The Universe on 3D Blu-Ray. It was just unwatchable due to the high contrast (mostly black backgrounds and light stars/planets). I shut it off after 10 minutes. Yesterday I tested it on the LG, and...guess what... NO crosstalk at all! I couldnt belive it for a while...

Anyway... Yes - the lower vertical resolution in 3D mode is noticable, expecially while watching animated movies with crisp and sharp image such as "How to train your dragon", but its still no problem for me at all. Of course I really hope LG will introduce the 1080i algoritm soon, which would make the experience even better, but I could actually live with the lower resolution anyway, without whining about it. The passive 3D technology is just so much better anyway, and I really think this is the future of watching 3D at home.

I have so far not tested any Side-By-Side titles or TV channels, so I dont know if any crosstalk is visible in that 3D format. Anyone have some input here? I have a bunch of 3D channels (Sky 3D, Viasat 3D etc..) via my satellite dish, but I didnt had time to test it out yet, maybe because its not that important, after all...

The 3D glasses are very comfortable, light weight, and feels great without any flickering. Also, finally I wont loose sync while watching 3D movies Thats a great advantage!

By the way, I also tried two pairs of regular Real 3D glasses from my local cinema. They actually work with the TV, but those glasses quality is noticable worse. Somehow, the cinema glasses gives a little more blur, a little different colors and also a darker image. I guess I wont be using the cinema glasses at home, but as a side-note, Im kindof curious if the LG glasses would make the quality better at cinema, maybe? I guess I will give it a try hehe...

Somehow, Ive noticed that after tweaking a little with the "Film"-mode on LG LW650, i get the best movie-feeling and picture quality so far while watching 3D Blurays and regular Blurays. I tried calibrating and adjusting the ISF-modes, but it gives me a more video-look than a real movie-look. Maybe I just need more time to tweak it...

One thing is for sure - the True Motion effect is a big no-no! I turn it off in both 2D and 3D mode...

Besides the 3D then...

I think this LG TV generally has really great black levels, very good contrast and the colors are spot-on! Im impressed by the HD quality on both Blu-Ray movies, MKV rips as well as HD-channel broadcasts. I also like the local dimming actually, it gives me the inky black picture I was expecting from this TV, and it also "dims down" the noticable edge-light-bleeding my TV got in the lower right corner. Its not perfect, but still a very good feature, and thats why i have it on "High". Btw, i see no banding or clouding on my TV!

The SD picture could ofcourse be better on the LG, but I cannot imagine getting it SO much better on any other LED TV anyway. After all, its still a huge 55 inch TV, and Im sitting about 2,7 meters (around 8-9 feets) from the TV, so I wont be expecting to get "perfect quality" from any low-resolution SD-source from that distance... The LG still gives me better SD-quality than on my previus Sammy plasma anyway, probably due to the much better blacks, sharpness and contrast levels on the LG....

Well, thats all for now... As you probably can see, Im more than happy with my LG so far!

Lets hope we get this new 3D-algoritm update very soon so we can watch full HD 3D on this TV... This would make the TV even more perfect!

Regards,
Martin

Originally Posted by keeferb

Hey folks,

I've narrowed down my search for a 55" lcd to the 55LW5600 or 6500. From what I can tell the only difference is the 240/120 Hz and slightly higher contrast ratio on the 6500. I watch a lot of sports which has me leaning towards the 6500. My question is that if Trumotion is turned off(which I think I prefer), are both of these sets essentially 60 Hz panels?

Originally Posted by keeferb

Hey folks,

I've narrowed down my search for a 55" lcd to the 55LW5600 or 6500. From what I can tell the only difference is the 240/120 Hz and slightly higher contrast ratio on the 6500. I watch a lot of sports which has me leaning towards the 6500. My question is that if Trumotion is turned off(which I think I prefer), are both of these sets essentially 60 Hz panels?

Originally Posted by zenzenwakaranai

Thanks for the tips, everyone. Unfortunately, my 3TB external hard drive remains undetected by the TV. I updated to 4.00.14 firmware but still no luck. Also, this hard drive is originally formatted to NTFS. I don't own a Mac either, so at least I know that's not the cause of the problem.

Any more ideas? If not, what are the chances that LG updates the firmware to somehow make higher capacity (>1-2 TB) drives detectable? Fairly disappointed right now, as I just assumed any drive would be compatible with my awesome TV, seeing as how my 6-year old laptop could detect it.

Originally Posted by SoCalDJ

Quick menu worked.

I can't to my Expert 1 preset though. Had to modify the 'Standard' setting.

The advanced options for the standard modes are different than the Expert though. Can anyone recommend the proper settings for the no expert advanced mode?

Originally Posted by Bazzy

Hi!

Great review & keep us updated! May I ask, what are your impressions of the 2D-3D Conversion feature of this set?

Bazzy!

Originally Posted by zenzenwakaranai

Thanks for the tips, everyone. Unfortunately, my 3TB external hard drive remains undetected by the TV. I updated to 4.00.14 firmware but still no luck. Also, this hard drive is originally formatted to NTFS. I don't own a Mac either, so at least I know that's not the cause of the problem.

Any more ideas? If not, what are the chances that LG updates the firmware to somehow make higher capacity (>1-2 TB) drives detectable? Fairly disappointed right now, as I just assumed any drive would be compatible with my awesome TV, seeing as how my 6-year old laptop could detect it.

Originally Posted by owine

Could try creating multiple partitions that add up to 3TB.

Edit: did not see this posted above.

Originally Posted by abba1

Quick question for the 5600 owners...I'm seriously thinking about purchasing the lg 55lw5600 when the prices come down a little (Labor Day???). The only decision I need to make at this point is to wall-mount or place it on a stand. Can any of you share the dimensions of the stand which comes with this TV. Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by abba1

I have another question for the 5600 owners. I happened to see that BB also sells the lg5300 which includes LED Plus. I believe the 5600 model doesn't have this feature. Any thoughts about what (if any) differences there would be in PQ?

Originally Posted by Burninh2o

2D > 3D...How do I do it?

When I press the 3D button and select first tile icon, I don't see much difference. Do I need to be on certain TV channels to experience 3D? Do I need to watch certain type of TV shows/movies on TV channels to notice "3D" effect? I don't notice any difference when I select 3D.....what am I missing?

Thx

Originally Posted by eamon66

Just purchased the 55LW5600 as a birthday present to myself. Have been reading through the posts and have appreciated the wealth of info coming from all your hands on experiences with the TV. I haven't taken it out of the box yet but intend to configure it this week. I am currently running my HTPC through my LG LH49 LED TV via HDMI. When I want to watch a movie I usually mount the .iso on a virtual drive using daemon-tools and watch the movie via Cyberlink PowerDVD. I have never set up a DLNA server and am wondering if the functionality I have with the desktop simply being an input to the TV with all the apps and flexibility that that entails is enhanced or reduced with introduction of a DLNA server.

For example:
Is there functionality in PLEX to play a movie in .iso format? (I like the .iso format because you get a complete raw exact image)

I have always found that Netflix is more responsive when viewed through a browser like firefox than through a 3rd party device like a DVD/BD player or TV app. The functionality is generally better also. That goes for all the other apps that you have been talking about.

So why the love for these apps packaged in a framework that is buggy, slower (sometimes a lot slower) and often many versions behind the current web release when you could create a folder on your desktop with shortcuts to the latest versions to every app you could ever want (iTunes, Netflix, Pandora, YouTube the list goes on....).

I know that you can see other drives and peripherals using a DLNA server but that is still limiting the functionality of the environment you're in. Why?

Somebody please sell me on this

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