2011 LG XXLV5500 SMARTTV / Impressions - Page 15

I ran into the same thing with dlna. Give plex a try.

So do I have a different panel to you guys? Can I got to LG and ask for it to be swapped?

Or do I dump this and go Samsung?

Will work out what to do.....

Hey crkpot, thanks for the reply. It's a dead pixel so it's just black and very visible on a white screen. On a white screen, I could still see it from about 5-6 ft away. I had a samsung with a couple of dead pixels and could not see them from any reasonable distance, but it was a light green screen that I saw them on. Yeah this tv is going back to the store, but I am not sure if I will exchange it or just return it.

I think most of the local dimming tvs have more of a blooming effect from what I have read, but this tv's black level rise goes across the whole screen horizontally. I got a really good deal on this tv, which is why I jumped on it and am having a tough time deciding if I am going to keep it or not.

I've had this TV for a few days and overall I'm pretty happy with it. The HD PQ is great. I was surprised by the sound quality too - much better than I thought it would be given the general poor sound quality on HDTVs in my experience.

I do have some issues streaming netflix movies and I'm hoping that someone can help me out here. How do I change the video settings for streaming netflix movies? I've changed the video settings for each input (TV, cable box, and blu-ray) to the settings from cnet for the LW5600 (post #204). However, it seems like these haven't been applied to netflix, as trumotion is still on.

Also, it looks like flashlighting is more pronounced when streaming movies from netflix. Has anyone noticed that when turning on the TV, when the LG startup screen is showing, that you can see light bleeding in from the sides (especially in the corners and in the bottom center of the screen above the LG logo). Can anyone comment on this so that I know if this is normal? This light bleeding from the sides (or flashlighting I suppose) isn't really noticeable when watching cable TV and DVDs. However, when I use the netflix app, the light bleeding is pretty noticeable, identical to the LG start up screen when I turn the TV on. I'm hoping that when I figure out how to adjust the video settings for streaming movies from netflix and change them to the settings that I have for cable and blu-ray, that this problem will go away.

Thanks a bunch in advance for help and suggestions.

Thanks for the reply crkpot. This is just what I was looking for.


Maybe flashlighting isn't the correct word for what I'm seeing. When you power on the TV, the first thing shown is the LG logo, and the black background on this screen is very inconsistent. Looking straight on I do think that the the corners and the bottom center right above the LG logo on the TV frame are a lighter shade and it almost looks like light is bleeding from the sides. If I view from an angle, the light bleeding shifts a bit (viewing from the right, the bleeding is more noticeable from the left side of the screen). This isn't noticeable through the cable or blu-ray inputs. However, when I switch to netflix this inconsistent black background is back and when watching movies on netflix the bottom black bar is not consistently black in all places. Again, looking straight on, it looks like light is bleeding from the bottom of the screen right above the LG logo on the TV frame. Has anyone else noticed something like this? Maybe the preset factory mode is causing this? I'll play around with the quick menu settings and see if I can figure out what's going on.

Thanks again for the help.

I will be keeping mine. Like the network sharing too much!

First post and a newbie. I am thinking of purchasing the 55lv5500 but now I am looking at the LG-60PZ750. I know this could start a war because I am trying to compare LCD vs. Plasma. But the prices are not to far off with the plasma being $287 more and its obviously bigger. What would you all recomned. I currently have a 32 sony trinitron so this will be a big jump. I watch movies and sports mostly. The movies I watch most are either action or sci-fi. I love Star Wars. Please help with this dilema.

LED lit sets have a 100,000 hour life span, plasma/CCFL LCD sets are 20,000 hours.

I called LG about the horizontal black level rise I mentioned in my earlier post and they said that it is a defect and that they could send out a technician or I could just exchange it. I was curious to see what they would say. From what I have read, including this forum, it seems like this is in all the LV5500s. I know Crkpot mentioned seeing it along with a few other posters, but I am curious if there is anyone who does not see this on their LG LV5500? The best way to check it is with end credits where the background is black and the credits are white. If it is there you will see a substantial black level rise horizontally accross the screen wherever the credits are.

Have a picture of this defect?

Thanks for the input pbr_201. It is a nice tv other than the issue I have been seeing and if it is just a defect and not something that is in the model I would definitely exchange it for another.

Thanks crkpot. I ended up exchanging my TV for a new one. The new tv still has some light bleeding in from the sides, but it's much more acceptable to me than the one I returned. While calibrating the new tv I noticed an audible buzz when powering on the tv that disappears once the tv has powered up and is connected to the cable box. However, when I go to the home screen, the audible buzz returns. It appears to be coming from the back vent near where all of the connections are located. Maybe the buzz comes on because the home screen is much brighter? I'm not sure, but I'll play around with it more and report back. Has anyone experienced something similar to this? I didn't notice it with my first tv, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there. I'd be really happy to hear that this is normal, because I really don't want to exchange it again... the buzzing isn't too loud, but it's definitely noticeable with the volume turned off.

I just checked mine with the home screen up and did not hear any buzzing. It may not be a big deal, but you may want to research it a bit to make sure that it is not a sign of something that could go wrong in the future.

Thanks for your replies Michaelll and crkpot.

crkpot, I was just about to post saying that the buzz is proportional to the backlight level. The buzz is pretty low and can only be heard is a quiet room. When I turn the backlight level up to 100 (this makes the LEDs much brighter) the buzz is similar to what I hear when I go to the home screen (so I'm assuming that the backlight on the home screen and when you power up the tv is 100). At a backlight level of 30, which is what I'm using, it's not audible.

The tv is not mounted, but it is in a corner, so there could be some sound amplification there. I can hear the buzz sitting ~7 ft from the tv with the backlight at 100 and a volume of ~4 or below.

I'm not too worried about the buzz (especially if others hear it too) because I don't have the backlight high in any of my video settings for it to be audible. However, if others aren't noticing this, then maybe there is a problem with getting power to the LEDs in my tv and I'd rather just exchange it and not have to worry about the "problem" getting worse...

Thanks for the help everyone

just picked up the 55LV5500 yesterday and am pretty impressed so far.

one thing that i noticed yesterday but haven't had chance to play around with much:
I set my own picture settings (a lot dimmer than Standard), but whenever I go to the main "home" screen (with all the apps, etc showing), the picture setting changes and it brightens up the entire screen. When i switch back to an input, it dims back down to my settings again.

is there a way to set picture settings for the main "home" screen?

This is the biggest draw back for having the apps (NetCast, etc) on the TV itself rather than on a Blu-ray player, HTPC, AppleTV, or some other source. When using an external signal source, you can connect up to an HDMI inpout and use the ISF Expert setting to get a more closely calibrated picture.

LG, and many other TV makers only can allow a limited video menu for built in apps probably do to internal processing limitations.

where can we find some good calibrated picture settings?

This was posted on page 4. I used the 10 point method.
http://forums.cnet.com/7723-19410_102-530317.html

I wanted to share two things that I discovered with this tv. The first is that game mode turns off local dimming, which may be helpful for anyone who does not have a harmony remote. Note that trumotion cannot be used to any extent in game mode. Also as far as gaming lag goes, it seemed like labeling the input to game lowered the lag a bit. You would think that just having the tv in game mode would be enough, which I found kind of odd. I tried labeling it as PC, but that didn't seem to help much for input lag.

This is the only thing that is making me question getting this tv. I've read some reviews from people who play Rock Band and they all seem to think that the combo of game mode & game input label make the input lag perfectly manageable. After using these settings, do you find input lag to be acceptable? I know the LK450 is the best bet if lag is the main concern, but I think the LV5500 will probably be the better overall screen. Plus there doesn't seem to be a panel lottery with this one.

Well, with just game mode on, I tested this tv with the original Sonic the Hedgehog, Feeding Frenzy and Halo 3 on the Xbox through hdmi. Both Feeding Frenzy and Halo 3 felt pretty good with no noticeable lag, but Sonic was a bit hard to play. I then tried labeling the input as PC as I had read to do and it didn't seem to make a difference. So I tried labeling the input as game and it did make a difference. I still think I felt slight lag compared to my crt tv, but not much. It was acceptable to me. I hope this helps.