FEATURED LG 60PB6600 60 Inch Class (59.8 Inch Diagonal) 1080P Smart Plasma TV
- Display Size: 60″ CLASS (59.5″ diagonal)
- Display Type: PDP
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080
- 600Hz Sub Field Driving: Yes
- Protective Skin Glass: Yes
The LG 60PB6600 60″ Class Plasma Smart HDTV’s Full HD 1080p picture quality gets even better with the addition of the 600Hz Max Field Driving, which makes each frame of video brighter and clearer. Better still is the power and convenience of LG Smart TV, with its easy access to premium content.
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Sergio R. Dabdoub
June 13, 2014
An excellent TV with an amazing price,
I am a real deal hound. Unless something is really right I just don’t buy things that are acceptable. Much of this review is going to matter to the person who needs a really high performing TV and wants a great price. If you don’t care for the details and logic of why I like this tv so much just scroll down to the details.
A television is where you really should find exactly what you need if you spend plenty of time in front of it. Our DLP is either dead or temporarily down so we went to Fry’s Electronics to see what our options might be “just in case”. If you’ve been to Fry’s you know they have one of the largest displays of televisions you can find.
seeing how Panasonic pulled out of plasma and others might as well. Our window of purchasing a panel TV with the refresh rates we wanted was likely closing. LCD’s are great but just don’t keep up with plasma for sports and action getting worse with larger sizes.
Price was a key feature. VERY key because it isn’t a necessity. We could just get our old TV fixed.
Our requirements: We watch a lot of sports. Football, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Golf and the list goes on. We also watch a lot of action movies. We play console games as well. Needless to say many of our favorite things to use a tv for tend to expose problems with refresh rates. We were going to find a plasma because the larger LCD’s even at 240hz show those artefacts around the ball when it’s in motion. The gentleman who tried to help was trying to explain to us how LCD at 240hz is a different thing completely and just as good since the eye can’t notice the difference, when I pointed out to him the problem isn’t the eye but the TV’s ability to refresh those pixels which ANYONE’s eye can see. I quickly shut him down as we talked because… well if you watch lots of sports you know how annoying the ball in the air over a crowd with ghosting or pixel tracers is.
blacks and brights: We quickly realized that many of the screens didn’t have a deep enough black. This made them not look as sharp. Now it could have been settings but far too many were only ok at best. There were the 2500k dollar sets which weren’t really what we wanted to spend so we stopped looking. We turned a corner and saw this set. None of the other LG’s looked as good. I sadly, quickly stopped looking at the LG’s until this one jumped out. The picture looked so much better than it’s neighbors. The only ones we saw that looked as good were the nearly 3k dollar Samsungs. This TV didn’t have a high enough price for what we were seeing. Figuring there was something wrong with it… something. This TV goes very bright. There is a lot of detail in the darks and it went far past dark grey like so many sets are limited to. It was contrasty and bright enough to look more like an LCD panel than a plasma.
as I looked further into it I found out it indeed is a smart TV. you have a to purchase a $50 dongle to connect it wirelessly. It does have a LAN connector if it’s close enough to your router. There are 3 HDMI and a lot of onscreen features. This could not be right.
Getting this TV home and quickly setting it up was simple. The onscreen setup was quick and easy although the remote part made very little sense. Either way it didn’t matter because I use a Logitech harmony so it was going to be in a drawer soon enough. The picture settings of which there are six if I recall correctly. They are easily modified for your personal taste. We very quickly made the field less saturated and everything got clearer and more detailed fast.
This could easily be the best television deal we’ve ever found. I wanted an expensive TV picture but could never bring myself to justify a ridiculously high price ever again. We did it once but in today’s larger TV market selection there just had to be a worthwhile deal. We’ve had it one day and I definitely feel that we found an incredible deal that we wouldn’t regret. In face we LOVE the way this display looks. As I write this I’m watching BPL and it’s crystal clear with no pixilation. We watched part of Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull last night, as well as Iron Man. The darks are dark, there is no pixilation with the action in Iron man and the BPL game.
Colors: I’m a photographer so this section is very important to me. Colors are rich and easily go from natural to oversaturated depending on your taste. Some like those colors over the top! Sometimes I want it crazy bright and unnatural while other times I want it very realistic and low key. The settings allow for easy modification and switching between what type of movie or show you’re watching customization. We’ve already setup a mode for darker movies like Harry Potter, natural looking colors for sports (as that grass and team colors can get oversaturated fast)and the list goes on.
Build: The tv is black with a shiny plastic bezel. The base is a big…
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|popconjacob
June 13, 2014
5 stars because I love it.,
The other weird thing I don’t even know if I can explain is darting pixels. I’ve never had a plasma but I’ve never seen this done in any other TV before. It’s not an issue in the least sitting even a few feet away but if you get right up on the screen you can see red and green pixels dart back and forth in certain colored areas of the image. I checked the display model at best buy and it did the same. Again, if you don’t watch your TV from inches away you won’t notice. I don’t know why it does this. In some movies I noticed a little more grain than I think I’ve seen before but it’s still a great picture.
Still love it. Still a great deal.
April11 review – I realize most of these are obvious when you choose a plasma especially a 60″.
I’ve only had it a couple days and still trying to figure some things out but
SO FAR here it is.
Pros: Contrast and motion are great. Image pops and picture is fluid without rough edges. Ample picture control. Simple remote. Anti image retention tools. Value for the money. (I paid 880 at best buy)
Cons: Panel is very heavy. Glass screen makes for reflections. Audible hum in dead silence. Image retention. 1 part of the 2 piece stand feels cheap and panel will wobble being pressed on or jumping around it (my house anyway) The stand and weight could be an issue if you play dance games or have children who may push the tv.
*I have not used any smart features but I read to get the usb wifi dongle you just have to call LG. Smart features seem like they could be good but I won’t use them.
Bottom line is I love this TV. The one that I replaced was a 2011 42″ Panasonic LCD. This set is miles ahead of it. The cons are cons but the hum isn’t an issue with a regular volume turned up. Haven’t noticed it in a quiet scene either. Reflections aren’t ideal but the picture is still punchier than the LCD in bright light. The stand and weight “problem” all depends on what household you live in.
Do yourself a favor and buy the last affordable plasma TV.
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|AnthnyJG “Tony”
June 13, 2014
Really Good Value for the Money,
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