LG INFINIA 50PK750 50-Inch 1080p Plasma HDTV
- INFINIA Series
- THX Certified Display
- NetCast Entertainment Access (Wi-Fi Ready)
- Wireless 1080p Ready
- 600Hz Max Sub Field Driving
The INFINIA PK750 has taken expectations about plasma and redefined them. A slimmer profile. A seamless design that’s Wireless 1080p Ready. NetCast Entertainment Access, THX Certification and a vast array of other innovations. Simply, a TV that will blow you away.Setting a new standard in picture quality, the 50-inch LG INFINIA 50PK750 1080p Plasma HDTV features THX Display Certification, 600Hz Sub-Field Driving, a protective Skin Glass, Dual XD Engine, and a TruBlack Filter to provide superior
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Excellent choice if you are on a Budget AND if you are not a videophile,
This is one of the Best TVs available on the market, especially considering it’s price. I’ve had this TV for about a week now and have nothing major to complain. I was nervous getting a plasma TV due issues like glare, buzz, weight, form factor, ghosting, burn-in etc. But this TV proved to live out most of the disadvantages of plasmas.
Pros:
1. Color Accuracy – Color accuracy great without even tweaking any calibration settings. I like the THX cinema mode the best.
2. Slick – The TV has a slim form factor and the uniform glass top (Bezel does not pop out of the screen). We absolutely love it’s looks.
3. DLNA – This is the first TV I owned with DLNA capability. I installed the Nero Home media essentials that came with this TV, on my laptop and I was able to watch photos and videos that are on my laptop, in no time. The video quality also feels upscaled and close to HD.
4. Plug and Play USB – I connected my USB hard drive and instantly there is a prompt on the TV to play videos, music and photos.
5. Netcast and Widgets – The TV comes with Netflix, Youtube, Vudu, Picasa widgets and it also supports the Yahoo widget gallery. I haven’t yet tried Netflix or Vudu. But Youtube and Picasa were really good. The picture quality of the youtube videos was not great, but it really is a matter of the video itself, but not the TV. Yahoo widgets were good too. I especially use the Twitter widget a lot.
6. Games – The TV came with some games pre-installed. I haven’t explored this feature much. But I tried Sudoku and it was simple to use.
7. No Buzz – Since I read in one of the earlier reviews about the buzz sound, I tried hard to hear it from my typical viewing distance (about 10ft) and I heard nothing.
8. Ease of use – The menus and features are very easy to navigate and operate.
9. Remote – The remote is really slick and with big keys and very easy to operate. Also has decent short cuts to most of the frequently used features.
Cons:
1. Black Levels – Black levels are not as dark as I’d hoped for, in a Plasma. In fact in some cases I tend to think they are not even on par with some of the latest better performing Sony and Samsung LCDs. I was a little disappointed with this. But hey, you get what you pay for..!
2. Glare – Like any other plasma TV, this TV produces a bit of glare. But this is much better compared to a lot of other plasmas I’ve seen and in most cases you wouldn’t really notice it unless you are looking for it.
3. PIP/POP – I’d hoped that a 2010 TV comes with the basic PIP/POP features. But seems like this TV does not have it. It’s not a deal breaker for me though.
4. Zoom – The picture zoom feature is a little cumbersome.
5. Typing – Netcast widgets use the number pad for typing. But Yahoo widgets (twitter) rely on the visual keyboard and entering each alphabet takes a lot of strokes. I wish LG offered a remote with QWERTY keyboard, something similar to the one that comes with Vizio VF552XVT.
6. Video format compatibility – I tried playing several videos of different formats – divx, divx HD, mpeg, mp4, wmv, avi etc. It was able to handle all formats. But within a given format some videos were not recognized (videos that I have are, even though of the same format, are different in bit rate, compression, resolution etc). Sometimes it does not recognize the audio. I wish LG comes up with a firmware update to expand it’s support.
One feature I haven’t tried is the wireless connectivity. This TV is both WiFi ready and Wireless 1080p ready. But both of these optional accessories which I do not currently have.
I haven’t played around with a lot of picture settings yet (Mostly, because I didn’t need to). But as I explore more, I shall come back to update this post.
This may not be the best TV on market. But for a little over 1000 bucks, you can not go wrong with this TV, especially if you are not a videophile and picky about deep black levels.
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|Great TV for the price,
I really like this tv. I researched tv’s for a while before purchasing. It was between the Panasonic G25 and the LG PK750. Although the picture was an important factor the looks of the tv weighted in heavily as well.
The Pani G25 is an extraordinary tv, but it comes at a premium and it looks are a bit dated in comparison with the beautiful Infinia PK750.
I purchased the tv three months ago from Amazon. Excellent experience all around, even with the free shipping received. I did the prerequisited 100 hrs break in process, running only full screen programing for hours at a time. The BBC Life blu ray is excellent for this, as is has a 3hrs plus disc. The tv looks better now than when I purchased back in April. the colors pop and it renders a very good black, not as good as the PK950 model, but good.
Pros
1. Beautiful tv, it resists dust
2. Options – THX and various watching and color adjustments – Tweek them to obtain best
3. Internet able – Netcast, Netflix, etc.
4. Price
5. Multiple connections – 4 HDMI
6. Thin and very light
Cons
1. Screen glare from certain watching angles
2. Image retention for the first 200 or so hrs, this is different than burn in. It will go away, but it is a little annoying nonetheless.
3. Sound – speakers under perform – I have mine connected to an Onkyo receiver.
Overall I give this tv 4.5 stars.
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|The Buzz About a Great TV,
Great TV, with ever so slight a buzzing noise that is the function of the picture brightness.
I can only hear it when everything is absolutely quiet and I am fast forwarding the remote DVR. It sounds like a transformer or capacitor noise. I cannot hear it over the TV’s volume – only when the TV is on mute and it is displaying a very bright image (I sit 8′ away).
The LG Certified Tech verified everything and said that he believes that it is due to the 2010 panels being much thinner – less material to absorb and dampen out the vibrations (once a Mechanical Engineer, always a Mechanical Engineer).
The long story: Bought it a couple of weeks ago from another vendor. It arrived late Sunday night, so I did not have time to really enjoy it until the following weekend, by which time I had also completed the 100 hour Plasma TV burn in.
I gave my wife the option of this TV, the equivalent and equally priced Samsung 50″ (with 2 million contrast ration in place of the LG’s 3), versus the Panasonic G25 for an additional $300. I took her to a store that had all 3, and she picked this for its beautiful clean lines.
I had a concern about the Panasonic TV retaining its deep black levels, so I was relieved (if it was not for that, I would have just picked the Panasonic and not mentioned the other two). I was also concerned about the Samsung’s buzzing noise, which seems to afflict random sets (even in the 2010 models).
I sat to watch the TV over the following weekend. Everything was fine during the day, but at night, when the hose was perfectly quiet, I started to hear a very slight buzzing noise whenever I fast forwarded or paused the DVR’d programs – especially whenever the image was very bright. Upon further investigation, I realized that the noise was coming from the back of the TV, and that if I pushed in on the back of the TV (bottom right quarter, as you are looking at the TV from the front), I could cut the noise by 2/3rds.
Had the tech come out and he verified it. Had the store bring a replacement today, and it had the exact same issue (sitting on a different table), so I sent the new one back. FYI: The Tech said that the Samsung’s noise is more of a very loud (by comparison to my LG’s noise) rattle, caused by a vibrating coil. He also offered to replace the LG’s board, but said that he doubted very much if that would resolve anything.
I could still return this and get the Panasonic, but I will not: It looks much more impressive than the Panasonic and I can only hear the light buzz if it is mute, at night, on a torch bright screen.
I am loving it and keeping it.
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