LG 50PQ3000 Reviews: 50" Screen Plasma HD Ready TV

46 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This television scores high on sound quality. - It has no outstanding negative points. “Swivel stand...loads of options to tweak picture .... optical output so anything…” jim, paisley View all 46 real customer reviews

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Freeview, 3 HDMI ports, 2 Scarts More »

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46 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
91% of people recommend it.

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Design	9.3
Ease of use	9.3
Image quality	9.3
Sound quality	8.7
Value for money (at time of purchase)	9.7
Overall rating	9.3

Multi-purpose viewer (7)

Sports and games fan (6)

Film and documentary lover (4)

High spec fanatic (1)

Occasional TV watcher (1)

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Score 9.0/10

jim, paisley , “Sports and games fan” More like this »

+ swivel stand...loads of options to tweak picture .... optical output so anything you put through your tv goes through your surround sound

- free view/ to view other channels you have to go through your main guide.not so good

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17 of 19 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

paul, doncaster

+ excellent value for money great set

- Reviewer left no comment

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9 of 12 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Sports and games fan” More like this »

+ all good

- none

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6 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

Eddy, Grantham

+ Good value for money

- none as yet

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6 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Jim, Carrickfergus

+ Good contrast ratio and image refresh rate. Very good price for this specification

- Nothing serious

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Jim, Carrickfergus , “Multi-purpose viewer”

+ Good price; excellent image.

- None

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

James, Bournemouth

+ Great Value for money. I was fully expecting it to be to good to be true and not to live up to the reviews, but its really is a great TV.

- The sound can't really cope with loud volumes.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

reginald, walsall

+ a very good tv

- no bad points

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ picture quality,ease of use, ease of installation

- none discovered as yet

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

ann, greenock , “Sports and games fan” More like this »

+ i could not fault this television in any way great value for money.

- none

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

KELLY, CHATTERIS, CAMBS

+ GOOD QUALITY BIG VALUE FOR THE MONEY PLEASED ABOUT IT.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Karen, Fauldhouse

+ Excellent picture quality - sound superb

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

craig, burnley , “Sports and games fan” More like this »

+ image quality is perfect

- none

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7 of 14 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 May 2009

Score 10.0/10

debbie, middlesbrough

+ Reviewer left no comment

- none

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purchased 25 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

KERRY , BELFAST

+ DELIGHTED WITH THE PRODUCT AND FANTASTIC PRICE!!!!!

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 13 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

colin, south shields , “Film and documentary lover”

+ very good quality for the price

- no bad points at all

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purchased 15 Oct 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	HD Ready
‘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.
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)	768p
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)	31.2

Height in mm	759.1
Width in mm	216.7

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.

Dual XD Engine
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 colour 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 sound 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.

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