LG 47LE5500 47-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED LCD HDTV

Review by Samuel for LG 47LE5500 47-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED LCD HDTV
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I like the last guy bought this LG at Fry’s. In the store it looked like the most bang for the buck, when I got home setup was simple wall mounting was a breeze since its so slim and light the picture looks great in blue ray and cable HD however when I went to play my PS3 there was one issue that concerned me. When the PS3 screen goes black light bleeds through the edges most severely with the energy saving settings turned off. That is my my only complaint with this set,and I’m still contemplating if it’s a big enough issue to return the set.the internet apps work well with a ethernet cable the set is wi fi ready the adpater is $70.00 one my favorite ability’s this set has is the detail in witch you can adjust the picture setting’s things like black level adjustment and even skin color adjustment’s the sound is even pretty good considering the speakers got to be tiny cause the unit is so slim like a 1/4 inch on the frame edge maybe and inch in the middle. the apps are limited to yahoo, youtube,netflix and acouple other movie sites only so far.I have a XBOX360 as well and its never looked so good I’ve had several different lcd’s before this upgrade to led and it makes alot of difference I still have the same issue when the screen goes totally black i may contact LG about it cause it comes with a 1 year manufactures warranty with the energy saving settings on max the light issue is hardly noticeable but it’s still there none the less other then that kinda major issue this set would get 5 stars from me so I gotta give it a very worthy 4. Update 7-4-10 I’ve had this LG almost 2 months now i could’nt return it over the “clouding or blooming” after comparing it against other major brand edge lit LED sets all of them have this issue. So I’ve kept it now I got a new issue though were the set shuts it self off outta the blue even with the sleeptimer off .I’ve read some blogging about it and it seem’s it may be a power supply issue I will contact LG about it and update this when I hear more.

Review by GM for LG 47LE5500 47-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED LCD HDTV
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I bought this TV from Frys but hey, a review is a review nonetheless. For most part, I am extremely satisfied with the product. It is pretty slim and neat looking except for the red/maroon boarder (not noticeable but I would prefer all black, personal preference). Plus the logos and buttons glow white only when powered up which is awesome. The contrast ratio is 5M:1. Blacks seem pretty fine, then again I’m not an expert and I didn’t have any other TV set to compare the blacks against. Where brightness is concerned, it seemed better than most of other TVs. Again this is an LED TV and pretty good for the price I bought it at. Amazon in upwards of $1600 seems a little expensive. The only thing bugging me right now is its incompatibility with most of the Wireless USB Adapters; I’ve tried IO gear and Linksys and the TV doesn’t recognize either of them. I called LG customer care and they told me it would be compatible with LG’s AN-WF100 (Can’t remember exact name) or something. I haven’t found a store which sells it yet, LG’s website says its yet to be released. If I can find a Wifi USB Adapter which it’s compatible with, I’d be pleased. Also the auto-dimming feature seems great, but not for me, the picture seems very dark in power savings mode and the blacks take a major hit, but that could be just be me. All in all happy with the purchase. 4 stars simply because the TV doesn’t “WOW” me but for the price you can’t get a 5-star product.

Edit: The Wifi adapter is AN-WF100 and costs $70 at Frys. Apparently I was told the 2010 LG TV’s are only compatible with LG’s dongle, which is definitely a take away since other dongles cost $10 onwards. I definitely don’t want to pay $70 bucks for the same thing, for the time being, I’m using the traditional Ethernet/LAN cable.

Review by Prashant Sistla for LG 47LE5500 47-Inch 1080p 120Hz LED LCD HDTV
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I bought this TV on Amazon (from Adorama) and I’ve been pretty happy with it so far. The only major issue was that the top right corner was damaged so there’s a slight discoloration. Unfortunately, I didn’t catch it until after the TV was mounted and I took the plastic strips off of the frame. Alas, returning the TV after opening it is pretty much impossible based on the store’s policies. But, that’s just bad luck on my part … still it stings a little to spend $1660 on something that’s at least cosmetically flawed. Thankfully the TV itself is fine.

Beautiful picture from all HD sources – Cable, PS3/blu-ray, XBOX 360, Wii, Netflix streaming, etc. I generally keep it on Standard mode, but I did set one of the expert picture presets using the built-in calibration feature. Blacks are ‘black’ using the local dimming feature – quite effective considering this set uses a hybrid LED backlight system. The 120hz motion feature works well and improves standard DVD picture. I haven’t really noticed much bleeding from the edges, but if there is some it’s minimal. Sound is good for such a thin TV and turning on the Infinite sound function helps. But most of the time, I use my home theater system so it’s not really a concern for me.

The TV’s menus are intuitive and very modern. The Netcast features and widgets work well also. I’ve watched youtube videos and they look pretty good, while Netflix movies run smoothly and look great (esp the HD ones). My TV is connected via the ethernet port to my LAN and can access my media server. I serve music (aac, mp3, wav, flac) and movies (XVID, 1080p / 720p h264/AC3 blu-ray rips) and normally use my PS3 to access them. That being said, the TV’s media functions aren’t perfected yet.

It’ll only see about 10 pages of music folders (I’ve got 15000+ songs sorted by artist – album), and sometimes they don’t show up properly. I’ve used TVersity and Nero Media Home (comes w/ the TV) and had the same results. The TV plays DiVX/XVID movies perfectly and any h264 movies that aren’t profile 4.1. Alas, my HD collection is all high profile 4.1, so the TV will start playing them and then freeze after a few seconds. The manual in fact “doesn’t guarantee” that these particular files will play. So for now, I’ll continue to use the PS3 for network media serving. However, since the TV can be updated via the Internet, I’m hopeful LG will fix some of these bugs.

The remote works well and the backlight button is a nice touch.

Overall, I’m very happy with this TV (aside from the slight blemish on it) and I probably could have gone with something bigger 🙂

Honestly, there are a lot of TVs to choose from now days but I think the LG has a great feature set for the price. I’d recommend it if you’re looking for a good midrange LED set with internet connectivity.