FEATURED LG 42PM4700 42-Inch 720p 600Hz Active 3D Plasma HDTV
Series LG PM4700
Panasonic XT50
Models 42″, 50″
50″
High Definition Resolution 720p
720p
Display Technology Plasma Plasma Refresh Rate 600Hz 600Hz 3D Technology Active Active Internet TV Amazon Instant Video Wi-Fi Built-in Adapter Included
Ready
HDMI/USB 3/2 2/2
Basic Specifications
Pixel Resolution: 1024 x 768
Refresh Rate: 600Hz
Audio System: 10W + 10W
Tuning System: ATSC / Clear QAM / NTSC
Dynamic Contrast Ratio: 3,000,000:1
Features
Smart TV: Yes Internet TVs
Cinema 3D: Yes 3D TVs
Wi-Fi: Adapter Included
Remote: Standard
Inputs
USB
Comments
3 comments
Cautious Consumer “Cautious Baby!”
January 4, 2013
Price and Features Make It a Good Buy – 4.5 Stars out of 5,
Had the TV for 2 weeks, so far I am pleased. I’ll begin with the TV’s picture – it is excellent, colors, detail, etc…are excellent.
The 3D is excellent.The 2D to 3D conversion is excellent.
This plasma does have the “Soap Opera Effect” – which you can remedy by changing the picture setting to “Game Mode”. I have the TV in Game Mode 24/7 and have no problems with that at all.
That’s where I deduct half a star – literally my only complaint.
For me, this effect is extremely annoying, and I don’t understand how manufacturers seem to think this is OK to ship out TVs with this strange motion effect. If you don’t mind or even like this effect – this TV is even more highly recommended by me (5 out of 5 easily).
The TV comes with a full internet browser which “out of the box” is controlled by the TV’s remote. You can imagine that requires a little patience, but if you find a “plug ‘n play” wireless keyboard – problem solved.
The Internet works excellent. The TV streams Netflix movies no problem at all.
The TV’s form factor should also be considered a big plus. It is thin, all connections are well-thought out and located conveniently.
Considering the features you get: 3D; 2D to 3D conversion (literally watch anything you want in 3D); the Internet with Netflix, full browser, USB inputs, and great picture quality – this TV is a very good deal.
“The Good” most certainly outweigh “the bad” in this case and I recommend this TV
The Good:
-Picture Quality**
-2D to 3D conversion
-Full Browser/Internet/Netflix
-USB inputs
-Form Factor/Thin/Connections nicely located
The Bad:
-** “Soap Opera Effect” Occurs with this plasma, but you can avoid that by using “Game” mode picture setting.
– No ‘HBOgo’ or ‘Pandora’ Apps yet, but maybe this will change in the future
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|Rabbit
January 4, 2013
Best TV Ever… (simpson’s voice),
This is one of the best picture quality TV’s I have seen. It may SAY 720p, but it rrenders 1080p. Check LG website Model # 42PM4700. TRUST ME. Plasma is GREAT. My father has a 55″ LCD Philips. He also had to buy a dongle for it (wireless) Pshh! MY TV came with everything. AND Amazon installed it for free. Why do I say free?? Got this TV for A little over $600. My dads TV was way more than that. I won’t tell him (I’ll wait till he sees it himself) But my TV blows his out the water. it came with the wifi dongle. has 3 HDMI ports and 2 USB. Plus 2 components, Digital out, computer hook up, bla bla bla. One charges my 3D glasses and the other for wifi. 1 hooks up to my Laptop and will play sound through it. the other is hooked up to my PS3 and the other is not yet used. This TV has SO many features. That’s why they call it SMART. The ONLY problem I have with this TV is that it will only pick up 3 DTV channels. Antenna or not. With my DTV box i pick up 10 alone. IDK what the prob is what it doesn’t really matter to me. I don’t even watch TV. all i do is stream Netflix, play through my Laptop and Ps3. I am SO satisfied. seriously you NEED to buy this TV. Buy the official glasses that go with it. they work flawlessly!!!
Ok, 3D? Great!! will make ANYTHING 3D and the depth is good. Especially if the game or show is in 3d (duhh…) Makes my PS3 all worth it. and it has many options for 3D as well.
Sound is LOUD. but not buzzing loud. Good quality! not much bass but I have a subwoofer for that 😉
Overall 8.5 AGAIN the TV should say 1080p because it DOES view.
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|Forevermercy
January 4, 2013
SO FAR SO GREAT!!,
Got my TV on Friday and have been messing with it all this weekend.
I’m not one of those picture quality snobs, but here’s my take. Out of the box the eco energer saver setting are on so its really dim. I changed the settings to “Standard” and am pretty pleased with the picture quality.
The movement is a lil bit different. Not bad but different from my old Samsung TV. I think another reviewer called it the “Soap Opera Effect”. Whatever it is I’m sure it could be changed but it makes no difference to me. You do notice it more in the 3D setting tho.
Speaking of 3D. This is my 1st 3D tv and I bought this one specifically because of the 2D to 3D conversion capability. Maybe I still need to configure the setting to my liking but I would say this the only downfall for this TV. There’s alotta ghosting! When watching something in 3D world (which is made for 3D viewing) it was almost unbearable to watch because of the ghosting. Again, maybe I just don’t have the setting right. Funny enough, the 2D converted into 3D was actually wasn’t bad with the ghosting and I enjoyed the enhanced viewing watching shows like “Once Upon a Time” and “Awake” in 3d! But for most shows, converting is not much of an enhancement. Mind you the 3D gets a lil wonky when converting, but that’s because its not meant for 3D viewing so you get things like random pop outs and stuff. But that’s not the TV’s fault. Other than that its a pretty neat feature and I’m impressed that now I can enhance anything I watch (even netflix) in 3D. I suggest watching Inception! But as far as the actual Cinema 3D is concerned the jury is still out since I don’t have a Blue Ray yet and what content was available was rrrreally bad! I’ll let you know as soon as I can pop in an actual 3d DVD.
So the “Smart TV” features. This is the other reason I purchased this set and I can say I’m pretty happy with it. The apps like youtube and netflix work as good as on my Android. But I’m hoping they add Pandora soon! I haven’t downloaded any extra apps yet but I haven’t seen anything I use as often as netflix.
I love the idea of being able to access my computer files from the TV since I have a ton of downloaded movies. Here again, I’m not sure if I have the setting right but I wasn’t able to just pop into my PC as easy as they make it sound. You have to download Plex Media Server and then add content to a library which takes time depending on how much content you have. So far, the only files I can access from the TV is those I put in that Plex libray. And often I’m not even able to connect at all to my PC. Also you can only playback certain video formats. Its kind of a pain to be honest. But when I can it streams my content just fine! Rewinding and forwarding is a lil rough though.
Same from my LG G2X android phone. The smartshare feature was a lil difficult to get running but once you’ve figured out the correct setting I can instantly play my pictures and music directly on my tv!
****UPDATE****
I found it is MUCH easier to transfer movies to my kindle fire and play it off the USB! So no connection cut offs when playing a movie. Works great!
So all in all so far I’m happy. I bought this TV when it was in the $500 range and think its a great buy! LOTS of great features, nice design, and solid TV viewing. I would definitely recommend!
PROS:
2D to 3D conversion is pretty awesome!
Streaming content from netflix and other apps.
Wireless access to my PC and smart phone.
Cons:
3D isn’t the best.
Difficult getting settings configured.
***UPDATE***
So I’ve been able to original 3D footage and its LOADS better than the provided footage on the LG 3D World. There’s still noticeable ghosting but you’d find much improvement on other 3D sets.
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