Official LGxxLM9600 owners thread - Page 3

Originally Posted by kentgabel 

Alright, I had some alone time with the 9600 this weekend and I think it went well. First I wanted to test the 3D again so I watched Avatar on Blu Ray 3D. To me Avatar is the best 3D experience. With the 9600 it brought me back to my first 3D experience when I saw Avatar in the theaters and I was like wtf this is awesome. The scenes in Pandora are phenomenol I feel like I'm in the forest lol. Then I watched the new Underworld on Blu ray 3D because its a really dark movie for test, plus I read it had good 3D. Well it looked awesome to me. Blacks looked black and the picture was amazing. The 3D looked awesome too, considering that usually dark movies don't regularly look as nice. I had a great experience. I wanted to try sports so I turned on the Real Madrid game vs celtic. I will say I was disappointed, and only because I have a panasonic plasma vt that I compare it to. So I went downstairs to watch the game lol. I watched the mens gold medal basketball game and basketball looked fine. I have not tried football (american) yet. Last but not least I watched the new Shark Week. I changed my settings to vivid for fun on this and everything looked great. I had no problem with bluring this past weekend and I enjoyed every minute with this tv other than sports. The 9600 is my bedroom tv so I dont have theater system connect to it, but I am very pleased with the audio. I actually think it sounds great!!! I highly recommend this to anybody looking for a emerssive 3d experience. I read that you lose resolution with passive 3d tech, but compared to my pany active 3d the resolution was just as sharp!!! I would still chose a plasma as my primary tv only because of sports, but if you dont watch sports then go with this guy. Also, the LED runs a lot cooler than the so if you live in 115 degree weather like me than the LED is a good choice. I hope this helps somebody and I agree with staying away from the es8000.

Originally Posted by kentgabel 

Thanks!!! I will try messing with the Trumotion. I don't know if I remember where that option is??? Hey question though to other owners about I think blooming? When the picture is completly black I notice some spots are brighter than others, imparticular my upper right hand corner. Is this normal or something I should be concerned about? I still have a couple weeks to exchange it. What dpo you guys think?

Originally Posted by brinyhenry 

For anyone that owns this set would it be possible to post or take screen shots of the THX Cinema settings including the expert settings. I own the LM8600 baby brother and I would love to know what these values are and test them on my set. Thanks

Originally Posted by kentgabel 

Thought I would keep things rolling as I wind down to the date of my 30 day return policy. I finally watched football on the 9600 and I have to say it looked really good!!!! I can't much for my Cardinals, but football looks great. Soccer I'm still meh... I don't think a lot americans watch it anyway and its to bad:( So if anyone is interested in this tv I say buy it. I downloaded the iphone app for my tv to use as a 2nd remote and it works great. The only Tv that I feel better is the VT50 panasonic otherwise from all around everything you get. Internet, apps, streaming, web browser, Best 3D i've seen ( and i have a lot to compare to ) , clear bright full LED picture, and it's one sexy beast!! I still remember when I first saw it at bestbuy. I was like wow that is the coolest looking tv I have ever seen, there is no bezel!!!

Originally Posted by kentgabel 

I use the LG magic app for my apple 4gs and it works great, no probs over here. Ps I have been to two different magnolia stores and both reps told me that the 9600 is not full led, its just local dimming to give it that look? Does anybody know if it really is a true full led or is Nano led just a decieving term?

Originally Posted by MCaugusto 

Have you guys checked out the very comprehensive review of the LG-9600 at Home Theater Magazine ?
I don't wanna rain on anyone's parade on this thread but the results of the testing weren't very impressive : considering this set uses full LED backlight with local dimming, its 0.007 ft-L black level after calibration was not very impressive; I was expecting a minimum of 0.001 ft-L - as measured with the first generation of Sony/Samsung LED backlit sets, the Pioneer Kuro and the Sharp Elite - or at least 0.002 ft-L minimum black level.
The magazine also had to send back the first test sample of the LG-9600 because the reviewer felt it was defective, displaying an even poorer black level and with the corners noticeably brighter than the center of screen when displaying a full black image.
I was disappointed and expected more from LG and its LED Nano technology, which i believe is used in these sets ?

Originally Posted by MCaugusto 

Have you guys checked out the very comprehensive review of the LG-9600 at Home Theater Magazine ?
I don't wanna rain on anyone's parade on this thread but the results of the testing weren't very impressive : considering this set uses full LED backlight with local dimming, its 0.007 ft-L black level after calibration was not very impressive; I was expecting a minimum of 0.001 ft-L - as measured with the first generation of Sony/Samsung LED backlit sets, the Pioneer Kuro and the Sharp Elite - or at least 0.002 ft-L minimum black level.
The magazine also had to send back the first test sample of the LG-9600 because the reviewer felt it was defective, displaying an even poorer black level and with the corners noticeably brighter than the center of screen when displaying a full black image.
I was disappointed and expected more from LG and its LED Nano technology, which i believe is used in these sets ?

Originally Posted by vishank 

Hey guys,
I have not posted here in a while ever since I had returned my TV back to Amazon (due to the 24p playback issue) but have been following the thread every now and then.
I am still looking to get a new TV and now noticed that the price has dropped by >1000 since I had first gotten the TV! Am thinking about possibly picking up this TV again (TV was great except the aforementioned issue). I do know that the TV was out of stock for a while on Amazon to which I assume was LG stopping production to fix an issue. Now that it is back, does anyone know if the 24p playback issue has been fixed yet?
I have noticed some people saying there are no issues with their TVs which is an encouraging sign.

Originally Posted by Chica17 

Hi Guys!!!!!!!!!!!!! Need your suggestions...
I was almost finalized to Purchase LG L8600. However now I am thinking to go for LM9600. Which one is the best choice. I know the price is major difference, which i do not care much.
I am lil confused when I read CNET review for LM9600. IS that some thing which can be ignored??? Pls give your suggestions.....

Originally Posted by Chica17 

Luigo..........You are amazing....First time I got my answer so well....with all the points covered and well said. Great!!!
Thank you so much....Till now I did not had any TV, I have started building my full set up. When I was purchasing receiver I posted a question and did not get straight forward answer. When I posted question about speakers also same thing, Even last time when I asked about LM8600 also I did not got the answer. It always use to go in to other direction.
Now I am 100% confident and the best answer. Thanks for taking time and posting it. No confusion at all. I will wait for couple of weeks and grab this 55 LM9600.
I am excited !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Originally Posted by kentgabel 

For how inexpensive the tv is now I would go ahead and get the 9600 again. I wonder if the blurring had something to do with the tv needing to be 'broken in' kind of like a pair of shoes? When my 9600 was first delivered I watched Batman Begins on HD DVD lol and noticed blurring through out the entire movie. Since then I have updated and calibrated it. Sometimes I even go back to the setting that I watched Batman in and not once have I noticed any blurring like I did the first time. I have played other HD DVD, Blu Rays, regular tv, and have played ps3 and haven't noticed the blurring again. I remember reading somewhere that tvs need to be kinda "broken in" at first. So if you scroll through the forum you can read a lot of great things about the 9600 and I almost feel like a spokesperson beacuse I have nothing negative to say about the tv for the price I paid. I am having a new one delivered today because my first one had a really bright upper right corner. So I will report on the new one prob Saturday.

Originally Posted by HorizonChaser 

Best Buy is having a sale on the 55LM7600 plus 6 pairs of 3D glasses and an LG 3d BD player for $1800 through this Saturday. I've really wanted the 55LM9600, but the 1080p24 motion trails/blurring problem is a deal-breaker for me.
So, do you recommend I get the Best Buy deal on the 7600 or should I wait and get a 9600 knowing that LG may never fix the deal-breaker problem?

Originally Posted by kevbrad66 

I've been keeping my eyes on this set too from way back when it was announced at CES. In spite of the greatly reduced number of zones compared to the flagship LHX from 3 years ago, the glossy screen, and the 24p bug that may or may not have been fixed, I'm still intrigued by it - largely because I think that with kids passive glasses are the only reasonable way to go.
Given all the reservations, I'd prefer to pick up the set through BBuy and take advantage of their 60-day premiere silver return window & 36 mo. financing at a matched price. But if Amz had it below 2K I'd happily deal with their 30-day/24 mo. I've only seen this set dip to ~2339 on there - was the 2K through them directly, Vishank, or a reseller?

Originally Posted by Luigo 

Don't have a screenshot but here are the settings on my 55LM9600 for THX Cinema:
Energy Saving = Off
Backlight = 30
Contrast = 80
Brightness = 50
H Sharpness = 0
V Sharpness = 0
Color = 50
Tint = 0
Aspect Ratio = Just Scan
I cannot get into the Expert Control or Picture Option because everything is greyed out and not clickable. If there is a way to see these I don't know how to do it.