LG Infinia 50PZ950 50-Inch 1080p Active 3D THX Certified Plasma HDTV with TruBlack Filter and Smart TV
- Bring your content alive with full 1080p HD 3D technology
- THX 3D Display certified ensuring you’re bringing an uncompromised 3D HD experience home
- Smart TV allows you to access limitless content, thousands of movies, customizable apps, videos and the best of the web all organized in a simple to use interface
- LG’s TruBlack Filter helps block glare while boosting images on the screen to improve picture quality and contrast ratio
- Incredibly high contrast ratio of 10,000,000:1 delivers incredibly vibrant colors and deeper and darker blacks
- Smart TV allows you to access limitless content
If you want nothing but the best – mind-blowing 3D picture certified by THX, virtually unlimited entertainment and apps on SmartTV, impossibly deep black levels and a stylishly slim Infinia design – you’ve found it with the 50PZ950 3D 1080p Plasma TV from LG. The height of entertainment is now available in your living room.
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Price: $ 1,899.99
why we bought this TV & first impressions,
we’ve had this TV for 4 days now, and we couldn’t be happier! i’ve been writing a running commentary of our initial impressions which i’ll now consolidate to make for easier reading. we really benefited from all the reviews and advice that other people took the time to write, so we wanted to “pay it forward”
first, some background:
CONTEXT & SKILL-SET: we’re a 1 TV household, averaging around 20 hours a week. we use the set for TV and DVD’s only; no gaming. we were replacing a wonderfully dependable but huge, 10 year-old samsung tube toad. we did a lot of research before buying the lg 50PZ950, but we’re not particularly knowledgeable about A/V stuff in general. why tell you all this? because it’s important to know any reviewer’s knowledge base (low-middling in our case) and context (moving from a CRT to a flatscreen). our perspective may not be relevant to all readers.
WHY PLASMA: lack of motion blur for sports makes my husband happy, and the rich, immersive movie experience at night makes me happy. our only experience with LCD is our imac, and while watching movies on the mac is great (vivid and sharp) it doesn’t provide the rich, deep, “pull you in” sense that plasma does. IMO, anyway.
WHY 3D: frankly, we didn’t really care about 3D, but thought it might be fun once in a while, so why not?
WHY THE INFINIA: like a lot of people in our price range (~$1,600) we started out choosing between the panasonic & the samsung. based on consumerreports.org reviews for last year’s models, we included the lg infinia as well. all three were highly rated; all within 1 point of each other. plus the advance word from the 2011 CES was very encouraging. we were pretty confident we wouldn’t be making a mistake with any one of the 3 brands. in the end, it came down to 2 factors: looks & the user interface. the infinia looks beautiful: on or off. and the user interface is simple and straightforward.
WHY WE BOUGHT FROM AMAZON: we’ve always been very impressed with amazon, especially their customer service. and never more so than in this case. the first PZ950 we received was broken. fortunately, amazon uses special delivery service: they unpacked the TV for us so we were able to plug it in. the spiderweb break wasn’t apparent until the set was on. they immediately took the set back and amazon arranged to get another one here pronto, in time for my husband’s b’day. thank you amazon! and thank you home direct.
ok, now our impressions based on 4 days of loving this tv…
PICTURE: the picture quality is wonderful. even better than i’d hoped. deep blacks and lush, rich true-to-life colors. lots of depth. sometimes almost looks 3D when not in 3D. fabulous detail on HD… and obviously less so on SD (standard definition.)
DAYTIME VIEWING: we have the set in a very bright room (lots of south-facing windows). daytime glare was our initial worry, before buying the set. turns out, no problem. yes, the screen is reflective when off, but the reflections drop out when on. NOTE ADDED 3.17: viewed tv today for first time at max sunlight (noon-ish): saw reflections of myself and everything else in the room. not so bad that i couldn’t comfortably watch the set, but wanted to let you know in case that’s a deal-breaker for you. fyi, we have a large bank of 6′ unshaded south-facing windows in this room which flood the entire room with direct sunlight mid-day. still adore this tv, and the reflections are not a problem for us, but wanted to let you know.
NIGHTTIME VIEWING: heavenly! totally immersive experience when watching movies at night.
AUDIO: the sound quality is excellent, and the clear voice II feature is particularly useful for those of us a little longer in the tooth thus harder of hearing. and the auto volume setting keeps commercials from jolting you out of your chair.
3D: well, i bought the wrong glasses so we haven’t seen 3D yet. but based on consumerreport.org’s ratings of last year’s version (the 50PX950) and other reviews on this year’s models, i know it’s going to be great. fyi, you need the lg AGS250′s — not the AGS110′s.
REMOTES: it comes with 2 remotes: one traditional (back-lit) and one magic wand thingee. i didn’t think we’d use the wand, but we do; it’s great. in addition to being an on-screen pointer, it’s also distilled down to just the essential buttons: on/off, home, volume rocker, channel rocker, and select. easy, intuitive, and fun.
MEDIALINK: this is great! let’s you wirelessly access all the photos on your computer, all the music & more on itunes. pictures look great — better than when you view them on the picassa app. plus there’s smart share (which we haven’t used yet) which lets you import via USB thumb drive.
NOTE FOR MAC USERS: the TV comes with nero…
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|Upscale Looks On or Off and Content Rich Features.,
There aren’t a lot of reviews on the 2011 top 3 Panasonic, Samsung, and LG offerings yet. What I have found tell me the Samsung isn’t much better if at all over last years models while being hundreds of dollars more and the Panasonic is claimed to be superior in it’s blacks, but I still don’t like the look of the dingy whites it creates, to me this is a totally unacceptable trade-off, it too is hundreds of dollars more than last years. Both the Samsung and Panasonic are several hundred dollars more than the comparable LG model PZ950. If anyone is interested look up “2011 CES reviews” on the products you might be interested in and judge for yourself, these too aren’t totally comprehensive reviews because these were pre-release sets they were looking at setup by the manufacturer. Do yourself a favor and search as many reviews as you can on the TV you’re interested in, then go look at it yourself.
The LG has a beautiful frame and base with nearly invisible touch sensitive control buttons on the front, not on the bottom of the frame. When you turn it on a small cluster of blue LED lights flicker on and off almost like twinkling stars at the bottom inside the glass edge. The setup is very straight-forward and easy especially with the “Magic Motion Remote”. I use this remote more than the other, it’s like a laser pointer with volume and channel control. You can do everything just by pointing and clicking instead of using the up/down/left/right/enter buttons. Despite what the user that rated it 1 star said, “the LG does come with VuDu, not HuLu”. Look at Amazons description on the LG Smart TV features @ (http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000667211). Maybe she should have paid closer attention to the add and updated her software which is easy to do whether you’re hooked up to a wired or wireless network. I bought mine with a package that included 2 pair of 3-D glasses and a WiFi ready 3-D BluRay player at a substantial savings. There’s nothing to want for in this TV, the fact that it’s hundreds less than the competitors is just icing on the cake and makes you wonder why anyone would spend the extra money for the other sets. Go look at them yourself, play with the settings, and decide for yourself. Don’t judge this set unless you adjust the picture settings, and they are widely adjustable. The 3-D viewing is very cool. I watched “Resident Evil, Afterlife” in 3-D and I had a grin on my face watching the bullets whiz back and forth and the exploding concrete and glass. I also appreciate the sound leveler function which keeps commercials from blasting me out of my seat.
This is a great set and I’m anxious to see reviews from the big reviewers because I really think this TV is going to be a BIG BANG FOR THE BUCK winner this year equaling or beating competitors for hundreds less.
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|Couldn’t wait!!,
I just couldn’t wait for the month wait time for the tv to arrive I ended up getting it at Fry Electronics here in Indianapolis. They price matched and managed to get some free 3-D glasses out of the deal!! BUT I still felt I should put a review for future owners of this fantastic tv. The colors are all top notch. The fact the tv can create 3d shows from 2d ones is just amazing. Not as dramatic as regular 3d which I’ve already tried on this model….which is stunning….but still noticable. VERY east set up and use of apps and settings. The Netflix is a little slow at the moment to load title images but I’m still working on the network settings to make sure we’re getting the best thru the wireless. No downfalls so far that we’ve found. Hope this helps out!!
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