3D TV Area

The LG Infinia 55LX9500 is the biggest and the latest LED lit LCD television set that LG has to offer at this time to its customers. The 55LX9500 is certainly a beautiful television set with minimum frame space and 1.3 inch slim panel, but you need to consider facts other than aesthetics as well before spending your money on the 55LX9500.

Likes

Perhaps the best feature of the LG Infinia 55LX9500 is the fact that it is capable of producing very deep black levels as well as accurate and vibrant colors to complement that. Option of going online via your TV and a series of useful applications to make the effort worthwhile, is a good addition and it is done well. When viewed from wide angles, the visibility remains quite splendid and that is something which we often do not find even in the latest LCD TV sets. Light sensitivity, bloom effects, details on shadows and the ability to control and customize all picture settings make the 55LX9500 (192.168.1.1) an excellent medium for watching 2D content.

Dislikes

The first thing to consider before buying is the fact that the entire LX9500 series is quite identical to the LE8500 series in terms of features and picture quality, sans the 3D capabilities of course. Even if you are swayed by the beautiful design of the 55LX9500 and the 3D compatibility, keep in mind that 3D visuals on the 55LX9500 is not very good at all. The TV has not been incorporated with the ability to convert 2D images to 3D, which is an astounding move from LG, because most other rival TV sets at its price range has the instant 2D-3D conversion ability. The 3D pictures displayed by the 55LX9500 is really short of one’s expectation as not only are the displayed images faded in appearance, but blurry visuals and crosstalk disturbances are also clearly visible, especially near the edges. You are not even given any option to change the settings to try and make the visual performance better in any way. The much talked about 480Hz refresh rate mostly fails to even properly scale full HD content with 24FPS, so it is hard to understand what the practical use of the feature is. The lack of up to date 3D technology and poor execution of the 3D features that are included makes this a subpar 3D TV. Also, the visibility of the 55 inch LED LCD TV under lights was disappointing. The backlighting is not the same throughout and it may look bad sometimes when it is clearly visible. After considering all this, you must also take in account that no 3D glasses are provided with the expensive sales package and thus you will have to shell out roughly $150 for each of the glasses that you decide to buy for viewing 3D content.

Verdict

The 2D pictures may look awesome on the LX9500 series, but if the 3D is not good enough, then why not buy the less expensive yet identical LE8500 series TV sets? If you are not totally taken in by the beauty of the 55LX9500, then you should consider other alternatives for 3D viewing, if that is your priority because it is certainly not the best “3D” TV around within the price range.