Saturday 31 January 2015

decent price/performance, but a MAJOR FLAW! be warned! - 47" 1080p 60Hz Direct LED Smart HDTV with Mount and Hook-Up Kit (47LB5800). Bundle Includes TV, Flat TV Mount, 3 Outlet Surge protector w/ 2 USB Ports, 2 -6 ft High Speed HDMI Cables, Performance TV/LCD Screen Cleaning Kit, and Micro Fiber Cleaning Cloth. Review


i did not buy this from amazon, but i got it from Dell. I love amazon, but dell's deal was better at the time i got it.
I can post picture of my invoice to prove i do own it, if anyone questions the validity of my review.
I'm writing this review just to warns other of what i found out.

As for the tv, it's good and a decent price for the features; looks nice and has all the basic functions. smart apps is great, netflix and hulu. All is well. Those things are pretty standard now so nothing big.

on to the MAJOR FLAW.
Started watching some movies, and i notice something strange. During scene transition from brightly lit to dark scene, the tv DIMS and BRIGHTEN; globally (the entire screen). It does this every time. It dims to the point where you can barely make out any details in the dark scenes. As you know with movies, details is everything in darken scenes. It's purposely done so for you to focus on the details.
so first, i thought it was Energy-saving features. I go and it off, no energy-saving. IT still does it! No matter which input i'm using, irregardless of the source.
I thought that was strange. So i googled LG TV Dimming, lo and behold… i'm not the only one. what the heck is going on.

It turns out you CAN'T TURN IT OFF!!
visit this forum/link avforums.com it's a large and highly respected forum for all things audio and video
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This "feature" is hardwired into the firmware. It's been there for all LG tv's since 2010 (from the date of user complaint)
It's seem LG done this to either be able to "claim" higher contrast ratio or better energy-efficiency. Either way, it completely ruins picture details in dark scenes.

WORK-AROUND
1. rename your HDMI input on the tv to PC. this will circumvent the dimming "feature". This only works if your source is at 60hz. Some blue ray player is lower, and it won't work.
fortunately for me my main usage is via pc for input and nothing else.

2. someone said use an inverter from HDMI to DVI. only works if your LG tv has an DVI input.

Other brand does this as well, but they have updated their firmware to allow end-user to turns it off completely. as of yet LG won't allow it or even admit this is a FLAW and not a "feature".


decent price/performance, but a MAJOR FLAW! be warned! -   47" 1080p 60Hz Direct LED Smart HDTV with Mount and Hook-Up Kit (47LB5800). Bundle Includes TV, Flat TV Mount, 3 Outlet Surge protector w/ 2 USB Ports, 2 -6 ft High Speed HDMI Cables, Performance TV/LCD Screen Cleaning Kit, and Micro Fiber Cleaning Cloth. Review

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