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Thanks for the links! The price is almost worth going for it, even if blu-ray becomes the new standard, especially with the free 5 disc offer.
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Most other manufactures are 1 year. If I listen to the sales person at BB these warrantys are worthless. They claim the only worth while plan is their service plan.And how much is 'their service plan'? What does it cover? Can you see a copy of it, read the fine print, and then read the really fine print.
Do you know how much profit they make on these service plans?![]()
I my opinion they are not worth it.
Just got DISH HD enabled for my new LG 47LC7DF. (Yup, got another at CC with no cracked bezel….tv in perfect condition this time, and the wife and I looked it over with a fine tooth comb…..lol)
WOW. Just plain jaw dropping WOW.
Even the presets are pretty good, although the Dynamic setting would eventually burn through one’s retinas, I’m sure……lol.
I played with the user configurable settings for over an hour, and have come very close to a picture that matches my personal preferences. Again……WOW.
Here’s my newbie take on the set, so far.
Pros:
Outstanding user configurable picture when on HDMI. Excellent black levels, and all the other settings make for a very adjustable picture according to personal user preferences. I have looked hard for banding…..any banding or uniformity problems at all, and I can find none at all, so far. The picture is absolutely stunning, with incredible depth, contrast, and clarity. I was watching an HD show this afternoon that was about some base jumpers doing the Snake River Canyon bridge, and it was just incredible to watch how the tv handled the huge variances in light, shadows, and colors that occurred in the cinematography of the jumps. Absolutely amazing.
Really good user saved settings for each different type of input. XD settings are a bit of a mystery to me so far, although they do seem to help significantly with the non HD signals. Imo, the XD is better left off for the true HD signals. One area that I need to play with a lot more.
Sound is actually quite good for such small speakers that are mounted underneath the front bezel. The surround sound was surprisingly good on certain channels.
Screen shows no reflections whatsoever. I even turned on lots of lights and brought lots of reflective elements into the room……absolutely no reflections on the screen itself.
The tv displays standard def progressive scan dvds quite nicely. I'm looking forward to getting an upconverting dvd player, but so far, my cheapo RCA progressive scan dvd player works quite well with the set. I'm sure high end videophiles would have some objections, but for the normal, average user, progressive scan dvds look quite good on the LG.
Cons:
Not many, and the ones I have are nitpicky.
Menu system is not quite as good as I originally thought. I still like it quite a bit, but there are times when you feel like you should have been able to accomplish the same task with one or two fewer button pushes.
When there is no picture displayed, and the screen is completely black, I can notice lighter areas at the corners. I have looked hard when a full HD picture is displayed, and I can see no color variances or light variances or uniformity issues at the corners, so this must be just something that occurs when a full black screen is displayed…..again, an extremely minor issue.
The shiny black plastic bezel is an absolute dust magnet, as I am sure is the same for all the other glossy black bezels of all the other flat panel displays out there. Plus, it reflects everything in the room, although, I did not notice it at all when the screen was on and displaying something…..so it’s pretty much a non issue, imo.
Wish the stand swiveled. Again….a very minor issue.
So that’s my take so far.
Also, I am really glad that I got the 47” instead of the 42”. When I first set it up in our home, we didn’t have a tv stand big enough for it, yet, so I had moved the coffee table over in front of our current tv stand, and set the LG up on that. It was only about 8’ from our couch, and was incredibly overpowering. I was thinking, oh crap, this set is too big. But after getting it on a stand that was close to the wall, and about 12’ from the couch, the display size is absolutely perfect. 42” would have left me wishing for a larger size at this distance from the couch.
In my opinion, this tv, at $1499, is as good as some of the sets that I looked at in the store, that cost a grand more. I’m really pleased with my purchase, and hopefully, in 5 or 10 years, I can say the same thing about it.
My apologies for being so wordy, and hope this review helped. Best of luck in your search for the ultimate widescreen.
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WOW. Just plain jaw dropping WOW.
Even the presets are pretty good, although the Dynamic setting would eventually burn through one’s retinas, I’m sure……lol.
I played with the user configurable settings for over an hour, and have come very close to a picture that matches my personal preferences. Again……WOW.
Here’s my newbie take on the set, so far.
Pros:
Outstanding user configurable picture when on HDMI. Excellent black levels, and all the other settings make for a very adjustable picture according to personal user preferences. I have looked hard for banding…..any banding or uniformity problems at all, and I can find none at all, so far. The picture is absolutely stunning, with incredible depth, contrast, and clarity. I was watching an HD show this afternoon that was about some base jumpers doing the Snake River Canyon bridge, and it was just incredible to watch how the tv handled the huge variances in light, shadows, and colors that occurred in the cinematography of the jumps. Absolutely amazing.
Really good user saved settings for each different type of input. XD settings are a bit of a mystery to me so far, although they do seem to help significantly with the non HD signals. Imo, the XD is better left off for the true HD signals. One area that I need to play with a lot more.
Sound is actually quite good for such small speakers that are mounted underneath the front bezel. The surround sound was surprisingly good on certain channels.
Screen shows no reflections whatsoever. I even turned on lots of lights and brought lots of reflective elements into the room……absolutely no reflections on the screen itself.
The tv displays standard def progressive scan dvds quite nicely. I'm looking forward to getting an upconverting dvd player, but so far, my cheapo RCA progressive scan dvd player works quite well with the set. I'm sure high end videophiles would have some objections, but for the normal, average user, progressive scan dvds look quite good on the LG.
Cons:
Not many, and the ones I have are nitpicky.
Menu system is not quite as good as I originally thought. I still like it quite a bit, but there are times when you feel like you should have been able to accomplish the same task with one or two fewer button pushes.
When there is no picture displayed, and the screen is completely black, I can notice lighter areas at the corners. I have looked hard when a full HD picture is displayed, and I can see no color variances or light variances or uniformity issues at the corners, so this must be just something that occurs when a full black screen is displayed…..again, an extremely minor issue.
The shiny black plastic bezel is an absolute dust magnet, as I am sure is the same for all the other glossy black bezels of all the other flat panel displays out there. Plus, it reflects everything in the room, although, I did not notice it at all when the screen was on and displaying something…..so it’s pretty much a non issue, imo.
Wish the stand swiveled. Again….a very minor issue.
So that’s my take so far.
Also, I am really glad that I got the 47” instead of the 42”. When I first set it up in our home, we didn’t have a tv stand big enough for it, yet, so I had moved the coffee table over in front of our current tv stand, and set the LG up on that. It was only about 8’ from our couch, and was incredibly overpowering. I was thinking, oh crap, this set is too big. But after getting it on a stand that was close to the wall, and about 12’ from the couch, the display size is absolutely perfect. 42” would have left me wishing for a larger size at this distance from the couch.
In my opinion, this tv, at $1499, is as good as some of the sets that I looked at in the store, that cost a grand more. I’m really pleased with my purchase, and hopefully, in 5 or 10 years, I can say the same thing about it.
My apologies for being so wordy, and hope this review helped. Best of luck in your search for the ultimate widescreen.
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