LG 50PS3000 Reviews: 50" Screen Plasma Full HD 1080p TV

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This television is a good all rounder. “The picture is excellent when watching popular standard definition tv (freeview)…” Steve , Newcastle View all 478 real customer reviews

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478 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
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Design	9.2
Ease of use	9.1
Image quality	9.1
Sound quality	8.5
Value for money (at time of purchase)	9.5
Overall rating	9.2

Multi-purpose viewer (88)

Film and documentary lover (47)

Sports and games fan (44)

High spec fanatic (13)

Occasional TV watcher (5)

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Darren, New Milton , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ great HD resolution , easy to install and very stylish.

- none

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31 of 40 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Apr 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Overall fantastic product, very pleased with purchase. Image quality is great, had heard that some people thought the sound was "tinny" but I totally disagree - it is much better than any of my exisiting tvs. There are lots of different ways of altering settings to set the tv up the way you want, but even if you just decide to use the defaults these are pretty good too. This is a high spec tv but it is very reasonably priced, unlike some other tvs of comparable standard.

- High gloss finish can make watching tv on a sunny day a bit difficult, but this is only a minor issue.

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24 of 30 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jul 2009

John, Worthing , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ Great value Plasma TV, good picture quality especially using HDMI input, smart design, easy to setup and use.

- Sound quality not the best in the world but perfectly adequate for general TV watching.

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14 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jun 2009

josh, sheffield , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 5.0/10

+ the price, which have actually gone down since my purchase in april. i wish i've waited few weeks longer

- the sound quality is poor the size of the telly. volume has to be above 25 to enjoy a blue ray/dvd movies

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14 of 23 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Apr 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ good spec for the price

- none at the moment

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9 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jun 2009

dewayne, hoddesdon , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ none

- the kids love it

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10 of 17 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Jun 2009

Steven, Antrim , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Beautiful piano Black and great picture

- None

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9 of 15 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Jul 2009

Martin, Newport , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ The set looks great & has tons of features for the money. The 3 HDMI ports are very handy & the USB interface is a nice touch.

- None really, although the auto dimming function was turned off within hours of purchase as it can be a little distracting - other than than a great screen.

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7 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jul 2009

Ene, Harrow Weald , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Beautiful pictues,design,and very elegant

- No bad comment.

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7 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jul 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ great large scale picture and design

- sound not the best and inputs hard to use once fitted to wall

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7 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 27 Jul 2009

DAVID , NR ARBROATH , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ GREAT PICTURE AND VERY SMART LOOKING TV. lIKE THE FACT THAT IT SWIVELS TO ALLOW IT TO BE WATCHED AT ANY ANGLE.

- NO BAD POINTS

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7 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Aug 2009

COLIN, COWFOLD , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 7.0/10

+ IT LOOKS GREAT, HD PICTURE IS FANTASTIC,NON HD PICTURE ONCE AJUSTED IS VERY GOOD.

- NO MANUAL, ONLY A COMPUTER DISC, IF ONE IS AVALIABLE I WOULD BE VERY GRATEFULL. NOT SURE ABOUT THE SOUND AS I DONT KNOW TO USE IT! IF I KNEW HOW TO USE MORE OF THE SETTINGS I AM SURE THAT I WOULD RATE THIS TV HIGHER. MY COMPUTER WILL NOT PLAY THE DISC CONSEQUENTLEY WITH NO WRITTERN MANUAL ITS DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHAT THE VARIOUS OPTIONS DO.

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7 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Aug 2009

Gary, Workington , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Very good picture quality. Very good value.

- Accepts USB memory stick as photo storage device but does not accept ipod.

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7 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Sep 2009

gareth, mid glamorgan , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ size of tv and colour is great to watch flims. 5 *****

- day light on screen and reflection.

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5 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 Sep 2009

james, cramlington , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ cinema quality cristal clear picture

- slow channel change

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5 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Sep 2009

Ramesh , Birmingham , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Excellent

- none really

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purchased 26 Jul 2009

ian, Bridlington , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ just so easy to use , image perfect , colour screen wash works well to stop image burn.I bought not for TV , but to watch films . Get the matching Blueray player , and you will be in heaven. oh and yes i have started watching more TV , AND its getting cheaper to buy ??

- I am watching more TV , all the HMDI sockets etc are all on the one side

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purchased 13 Aug 2009

neville, meathop , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ good pic sounds okcan conect loads of stuff to it

- no speakers out for suround sound no rca output to conect to amp no nothing output that ive found

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purchased 16 Aug 2009

Fred, Crawley , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Couldn't be easier to work - nice big icons on the screen makes it difficult to go wrong

- Sound is 'so-so'

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purchased 22 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Good picture and sound, 3 HDMI connections optical audio out, easy to operate

- None

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purchased 27 Aug 2009

Jim, Aberdeenshire / Fyvie , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ i) Easy to set up.
ii) Very good and detailed manual
iii) Good price
iv)Good picture quality
v) Good sound quality

- Can't think of any

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purchased 30 Aug 2009

Steve, Cuddington , “Film and documentary lover”

+ Great design, picture quality

- Possibly too complicated to use, teletext only seems to work randomly, but perhaps I am being a technophobe and missing something out

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purchased 31 Aug 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ price and finish ease of use

- none

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purchased 31 Aug 2009

Richard, Manchester , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 7.0/10

+ Easy to set up, easy to use, great HD quality

- Design not as modern as frameless type.
Sound performance boring, not vibrant esp. when playing music.

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purchased 30 Aug 2009

Scot, Paisley , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ Good price for a 1080p Television

- Quite hard to work out what some of the picture setup features do?

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purchased 12 Aug 2009

Neil , Doncaster , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ Looks good and the picture and sound are great - as good as the rest and trust me I've been looking for over 2yrs at both LCD, DLP, Plasma and LED and picked up at the right price to - so there's a bonus.

- Only issue really was with Curry's - the first tv delivered had the glass screen broken in about 4 places not only very dangerous but it took them a week to replace - after numerous phone calls and emails - eventually they reacted - though disappointed with their performance and initial responses - considering I could have gone to the local store and picked up a replacement the same day - and despite the hype Curry's stores do not like to deal with Curry's internet purchases - not good I think you'll agree - such is life.

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purchased 26 Aug 2009

Steven, Leeds , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ Ease of programming and tuning the tv.
ease to connect to other equipment such as Blueray's

- A little reflective when sun or internal lights are on.

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purchased 13 Sep 2009

Chabrelie, London , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Good quality and very good value for money

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 19 Sep 2009

Nigel, Kingston Upon Hull , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Great picture, good sound, nice looking and great specs.

- None found.

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purchased 21 Sep 2009

ian, cleveleys , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ absolute superb value for money. lovely tv, very simple to operate and very nice design

- none really

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purchased 29 Aug 2009

nao, Bristol , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ I'm currently just using the television to watch blu ray films. I've purchases a Sony BDPS360 Blu Ray player and I think the picture quality and sound are astonishing. Everyone who has seen a film on it has ben impressed.

- When you turn on the blu ray player you get a menu page which I left on for about 5 minutes. I tiurned the blu ray player off leaving the television on which was just a black screen. I could very faintly see the static image of the menu. I understand this is called "burn in" and is common with a lot of plasma televisions. Having said that, I've never noticed this menu image when watching a film, although I'm wary of leaving a film on pause.

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purchased 02 Oct 2009

john, Milton Keynes , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ Swivelling stand.
USB input.
Optical audio output.
Low Standby consumption.
Good picture quality.

- A bit slow, but acceptable, navigating to the desired input on the menu.
Power consumption when viewing, but as it's a Plasma screen & good quality, without the garish brightness of LCD's, that may not be easy to reduce anyway.

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purchased 07 Oct 2009

Robert, Colchester , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 8.0/10

+ For the money, this tv is excellent. The remote functions are not as easy to navigate as I would have liked but all in all a great tv.

- I wouldn't say anything was bad about this tv.

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purchased 24 Oct 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 10.0/10

+ picture quality at all angles

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 20 Oct 2009

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Film and documentary lover”

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent product and value.

- Heavy. Needs 2 people to remove from packaging, fix on stand, and put in place.

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purchased 01 Nov 2009

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches	50
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of Screen	Plasma
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
HD TV	Full HD 1080p
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum vertical resolution of 750 pixels (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Freeview or Freesat Tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site.
Built-in Disc Player	No
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
HDMI Interface	3
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of Scart Interfaces	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Frequency (Hz)	100
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	2000000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	1080p
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Reflection Angle	178
Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
Screen Format	16:9
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Brightness in Candela per square metre	1500
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
PC Interface	Yes
If you’d like to use your TV as a PC monitor you’ll need to make sure it has a port to allow you to connect it. This is usually a VGA port, but some TVs include a newer DVI port. Adaptors are availible to allow VGA to DVI and vice versa.
USB Port	Yes
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Picture in Picture (PIP)	No
TVs with this feature are able to display a preview of another channel while you are watching your current channel.
Energy Savings Trust Feature	No
A Yes means this this product has been rated as being energy-efficient by the Energy Savings Trust. Good for the environment and good for your electricity bill!
Weight (kg)	34.5

Height in mm	759.1
Width in mm	1216.7

Depth in mm	83
Freeview	Yes
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. Many newer TVs have Freeview built in. For other TVs you will need a separate Freeview set-top box.
FreeSat Tuner	No
FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Sound System	SRS TruSurround XT
Colour	Black
The main colour of the product.

Also known as: LG 50ins

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Manufacturer's Description

Zero Motion Blur with Splitting Second Response Time
LG 600Hz Sub-Field Driving Plasma technology provides zero motion blur and the ultimate razor sharp response time perfect for watching high speed viewing such as sports and movies.

Image processing system to optimize picture quality
Dual XD Engine is upgraded from XD Engine, LG’s own core technology for picture quality. The new algorithm of Dual XD Engine expresses amazingly accurate color by enhancing colour correction, contrast, visibility in dark area and sharpness.

Customized modes for the content of your choice
LG TVs have three special modes (Cinema, Sport and Game modes) for enhanced picture and audio quality. These are easily accessible using the AV MODE hot key on the remote control.

The power to control only the volume of voices
Sometimes when watching films it is difficult to hear voices over the background sound of their environment. The clear voice feature adjusts the sound balance to emphasise voices and reduce background noise.

Great sounds is meant to be heard, not seen!
The front bezel works as a speaker, replacing the normal speaker grill. With the Invisible Speaker System, the speakers are embedded in strategic spots underneath and around the front bezel. They enhance the audio by increasing the ‘sweet spot’ to give a wider and richer sound field.

A Big Screen TV that Delivers Big Savings
The Backlight control function controls the brightness of the TV, while the Screen Off function lets you switch off the screen while keeping the sound alive. Stand by Mode 0 function sets your TV to a power saving mode where zero electricity is used. Added to these 3 basic power saving functions is the Intelligent Sensor function that controls automatically the brightness and the colour of the picture in accordance the brightness and the colour of the viewing area. These are just some of the reasons why the majority of LG TVs have been certified by the Energy Saving Trust to save you money off your electricity bills.

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