LG did a great job on 3d with this tv.. 47LW6500, May 4, 2011

I give this tv a 4 star rating.

I’m one of the people who don’t like the active shutter glasses. primarily because I wear glasses already and adding a heavy second pair bothered me. My cousin purchases the sony 3d tv with active shutter glasses and I can say first hand that after watching 2/3 of avatar 3d I had a splitting headache. this pretty well told me active shutter wasn’t for me. I blamed the headache on the weight of the glasses more then the shutter. however I can’t prove that. what I can say is that after reviewing the differences in 3d I decided that passive 3d was for me. my reason for this is that I was able to watch 3d avatar at the theater without getting a headache so I thought since it was the same technology it should work. well it’s been 3 day since i’ve had the lg passive 3d tv and after watching avatar, despicable me, and tangled I can say NO headaches!!!!!! I can also tell you the 3d quality may be equal to theater real3d but doesn’t have the…

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It’s a nice set, May 20, 2011

I bought this set about a week ago and I’ve ran it through the ringer to test out everything. So far I’m pretty impressed.

The drawbacks aren’t very many and they’re not too much of a game-changer. One, there are no audio outputs from the tv other than an optical output. If you have a legacy sound system that doesn’t have an optical input, it’s not the end of the world. For an extra ~ or so you can get a stereo adapter that transfers the optical signal to coax or composite RCA analog. 0 to get yourself one that’ll do dolby surround (which I had to do). It was a bit off-putting, and I was tempted to just get a new home theater system, but it was necessary for me to get (and save a couple hundred more dollars) who has a ton of extra gaming and video devices that I use. It’s easier to just run an audio out from the television to the home theater system and plug everything into the tv to not have to mess with too many settings. I think you’ll find audio output…

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Great tv for the price, June 12, 2011

Last January I had a dilemma. I wanted to upgrade an old 40″ Samsung 720P LCD tv but I couldn’t decide whether or not to purchase a 3D tv since the technology was so new. I decided to play it safe and ended up purchasing a Samsung 55B8500 in February 2010. That particular LED model was the last one to have local dimming backlight, not edge lit. I must say, I’m still beyond happy with my decision because that tv is nearly flawless and 3D technology has certainly improved.

Anyways, a year passed and I felt that it was time to purchase a 3D tv. This time to replace my old 40″ Samsung that was now in my bedroom. I researched online and went to multiple stores comparing brands, sizes and the difference between active and passive 3D. I must’ve spent a good 2 months before finally choosing this LG model. I love Samsung and had originally wanted the new UN55D8000 model with the slim bezel but it was a little more than I wanted to spend. Plus, after a while I had come to like…

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