LG 50PK350

[Anonymous]

Max

Just thought might be worth getting one from another store!! That is assuming it is not a design flaw!!

I heard of that panasonica sounds like a right dirty lass

 

[Anonymous]

Snakey:
Max

Just thought might be worth getting one from another store!! That is assuming it is not a design flaw!!

I heard of that panasonica sounds like a right dirty lass

taxi for maxi

 

[Andrew Everard]

ear:or maybe I am runing after the wrong ones haha

I think trusting your future relationships to a bunch of pieces of stone or wood may be where you're going wrong...

 

[Anonymous]

Max.

taxi for maxi whats that mean?

 

[Andrew Everard]

Snakey:taxi for maxi whats that mean?

I think he has a night-job minicabbing...

 

[Anonymous]

I saw an LG 50PJ350 in Tesco last night what is the difference between the 2 sets?

 

[Andrew Everard]

The LG website is a little confusing, but seems to suggest that the PJ is 'HD ready', whereas the PK is full 1080p HD.

 

[Anonymous]

Andrew

Very nice my old man had one of them drove it when i was 11 great car.

 

[Deleted member 2457]

Andrew Everard:

Snakey:taxi for maxi whats that mean?

I think he has a night-job minicabbing...

 

[Anonymous]

been doing a bit of reading up on this years lg range of plasmas, as one does when one is waiting for a new toy to be delivered

.

anyways, heres how i understand the range..

50pk350, the cheapest 1080p plasma, no frills, you're usual picture controls, 2 hdmi ports..

50pk590, add two more hdmi ports,artificial edge enhancement, two thx modes, and a freeview hd tuner, where applicble, the irish version wouldnt have one..

50pk790, add the sleek infinia design, bluetooth, some internet functions, etc..

50pk990, add the true black filter..

so, apart from the artificial edge enhancement, which is said to actually hinder the picture quality, a firmware fix is being readied for this, and in the case of the 990, the true black filter, there's very little difference between the picture quality of them all? surely not?

 

[AEJim]

maxflinn:
been doing a bit of reading up on this years lg range of plasmas, as one does when one is waiting for a new toy to be delivered

.

anyways, heres how i understand the range..

50pk350, the cheapest 1080p plasma, no frills, you're usual picture controls, 2 hdmi ports..

50pk590, add two more hdmi ports,artificial edge enhancement, two thx modes, and a freeview hd tuner, where applicble, the irish version wouldnt have one..

50pk790, add the sleek infinia design, bluetooth, some internet functions, etc..

50pk990, add the true black filter..

so, apart from the artificial edge enhancement, which is said to actually hinder the picture quality, a firmware fix is being readied for this, and in the case of the 990, the true black filter, there's very little difference between the picture quality of them all? surely not?

Pretty much correct, though WHF obviously preferred the pic on the 990 to the 590 in this months group test (4 and 3 star for performance respectively) bearing in mind a £600 price difference, so perhaps the "True Black Filter" does a lot for the image? Not seen one in the flesh so no idea.

 

[Anonymous]

hi jim, they both got 4 stars, although they did prefer the 990's pic..

so am i correct in assuming the 350 is on a par with both the 590 and 790 in terms of pure picture quality?

 

[AEJim]

maxflinn:
hi jim, they both got 4 stars, although they did prefer the 990's pic..

so am i correct in assuming the 350 is on a par with both the 590 and 790 in terms of pure picture quality?

The overall rating was the same but at the end of the review they had stars for "Performance" as a parameter, in which the 590 got 3 and the 990 - 4

They all use the same panel/processing according to others - bar the forced edge enhancement on all but the 350 so technically, in a darkened room (no reflections

) the 350 should be better than the 590 and 790 at least. I've turned on the edge enhancement and couldn't notice much difference tbh, if you use a computer input it will make fine text hard to read though - a sort of anti-aliased effect as opposed to clear text when it's turned off.

 

[Anonymous]

ah, just noticed the facts and figures bit, i must read thoroughly in future

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so the 350 does have the edge enhancement? but you can choose to use it or not, as opposed to it being on by default on the other models?

 

[AEJim]

maxflinn:
ah, just noticed the facts and figures bit, i must read thoroughly in future

..

so the 350 does have the edge enhancement? but you can choose to use it or not, as opposed to it being on by default on the other models?

Yup. I'm not fully sure how it works on the others, I doubt it's "greyed out" but I imagine some issue with the firmware incorporating the extra THX spec etc makes it permanently on regardless of the setting. The basic Expert 1 or 2 settings on the 350 are supposed to be a pretty decent comparison to the THX greyscale setting on the higher models.

 

[Anonymous]

ah, that sounds good, so it is indeed highly likely that the 350 will be as good as all bar the 990, happy days

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i just rang the store, ill have mine tmw, looking forward to it, and its very nice having an extra e850 in the bank too, i love this tv already

 

[Anonymous]

ooh

 

[theo12]

What's the ETA on the TV?

 

[Anonymous]

i have it about an hour now, ive applied jim's suggested settings, and im stunned, looking at bbchd now and the picture is lovely, very natural, and detailed, lovely colours, motion seems fine so far..

its very early days, but i was not expecting it to be this good

gonna check avatar now on blu-ray...

 

[theo12]

I should imagine by now you are suitably blown away by Avatar. Try The Dark Knight if you have it. Let us know how it goes.

 

[AEJim]

Congrats Max, just a tip for you guys that I forgot - if you go playing with settings don't touch the "Black Level" one, it's on low as default but once you move it to high it causes a bit of a bug that messes with the colour balance even when switched back to low. The only way to fix is to reset the settings for that picture mode and redo any settings you had. It's not drastic but if you're trying to get the best pic it might make it harder!

 

[theo12]

Thanks AEJim, I am going to do a reset on Sunday (having a bit of a party over the next 24 hours so will wait until recovered).

Also going to go back in the threads and re do the settings.

Maxxflinn Any more thoughts on your new TV?

 

[Anonymous]

AEJim:Congrats Max, just a tip for you guys that I forgot - if you go playing with settings don't touch the "Black Level" one, it's on low as default but once you move it to high it causes a bit of a bug that messes with the colour balance even when switched back to low. The only way to fix is to reset the settings for that picture mode and redo any settings you had. It's not drastic but if you're trying to get the best pic it might make it harder!cheers jim ill stay away from the black level so, this is a fine tv, what a bargain? its not got the deepest blacks, but they are deep enough, and it does produce a lovely natural picture with sd (upscaled by my humax) and hd, i dont see any motion processing on it, ie 100hz? which is fine as motion is very good, im well impressed

 

[Anonymous]

theo12:
Thanks AEJim, I am going to do a reset on Sunday (having a bit of a party over the next 24 hours so will wait until recovered).

Also going to go back in the threads and re do the settings.

Maxxflinn Any more thoughts on your new TV?
yea, its great

, im delighted that i bought it, initially as a stop gap till next year, but this tv is better than that, i could live with it for a while longer quite happily

 

[AEJim]

maxflinn:AEJim:Congrats Max, just a tip for you guys that I forgot - if you go playing with settings don't touch the "Black Level" one, it's on low as default but once you move it to high it causes a bit of a bug that messes with the colour balance even when switched back to low. The only way to fix is to reset the settings for that picture mode and redo any settings you had. It's not drastic but if you're trying to get the best pic it might make it harder!cheers jim ill stay away from the black level so, this is a fine tv, what a bargain? its not got the deepest blacks, but they are deep enough, and it does produce a lovely natural picture with sd (upscaled by my humax) and hd, i dont see any motion processing on it, ie 100hz? which is fine as motion is very good, im well impressed

Glad you're happy so far Max!

It will improve as it settles too, especially with motion (Footy I watch now is smoother than the World Cup games I saw, though it could be the broadcast).

After negative comments about SD I read somewhere I ended up watching The Matrix on ITV last night and couldn't actually tell it wasn't HD from two metres away