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[Aladdin3]

Er......... Hello

[richrory]

Hello there

Could anyone who owns the PS7000(50")give me some feedback on the pros & cons of this plasma, and would you recommend it ?

[Complete Novice]

Thinking about buying a LG 42PQ6000. Does this TV display full HD?

[Monarch]

Even though this isn't specifically a thread for this kind of stuff...

Originally Posted by richrory

Hello there

Could anyone who owns the PS7000(50")give me some feedback on the pros & cons of this plasma, and would you recommend it ?

I don't own one but it is very good, there is a review of it here - LG 50PS7000 Plasma HDTV Review at AVForums.com It has very good colour/greyscale accuracy and motion is very good. The black levels are also good, but don't match the competition from Panasonic in the NeoPDP plasmas, the difference isn't really noticeable on anything but dark scenes though. SD scaling is also pretty good, better than the Panasonics in my opinion. It does wash out quite easily in bright lighting, but it does this due to a lack of a strong black filter, so you get very good shadow detail, it is more prone to image retention than the Panasonics as well, you shouldn't run into major issues unless you abuse it though. Overall it's an absolute steal in my opinion, highly recommended from me

Originally Posted by Complete Novice

Thinking about buying a LG 42PQ6000. Does this TV display full HD?

No it's not, just 720p, you need to go to the PS series for 1080p, but the PQ6000 will accept a 1080p signal and process that, but it will be displayed in 720p at the end of the chain of processing. Don't get too hung up on resolution though

[phylwalt]

hi
l wanted to find out about my a LG 42 PQ3000 plasma..l just got a ps3 and thinking bout getting a xbox360 as well hence my question..is this plasma good for gaming coz l have heard friends saying plasma aint good for gaming they burn out and wont work in short period of time..so ur advice is appreciated

[Monarch]

If the set is brand new then I would recommend staying away from gaming (first 100 hours or so) especially long sessions, but there's no reason why you can't use this TV for gaming. You will get image retention but as long as you make sure that you let it fade before your next session on that game then you wont have any issues. Also don't spend too long gaming (no more than 3-4 hours) and if you do have a long session then takes breaks every hour or two, just for 10 minutes, and have the TV on a different source such as freeview or use the ISM methods built in to the TV under the options menu (white wash/colour wash etc...).

If you get image retention then just put another source on the TV, so the built in freeview or a sky/virgin box etc...as long as that static image which has caused the retention isn't there anymore.

[phylwalt]

Originally Posted by Monarch08

If the set is brand new then I would recommend staying away from gaming (first 100 hours or so) especially long sessions, but there's no reason why you can't use this TV for gaming. You will get image retention but as long as you make sure that you let it fade before your next session on that game then you wont have any issues. Also don't spend too long gaming (no more than 3-4 hours) and if you do have a long session then takes breaks every hour or two, just for 10 minutes, and have the TV on a different source such as freeview or use the ISM methods built in to the TV under the options menu (white wash/colour wash etc...).

If you get image retention then just put another source on the TV, so the built in freeview or a sky/virgin box etc...as long as that static image which has caused the retention isn't there anymore.

yrh thanx monarch08!! appreciate your answer..well so basically the bigger problem is the image retention only otherwise the tv set is ok?? and aslo which would you prefer for gaming between lcd and plasma??
thanx

[Monarch]

The TV is great, but you might be able to pick up the PQ6000 for the same or even less so look that up too.

As for gaming it depends on the balance of your viewing. With LCD you wont get the image retention but the motion handling and contrast levels are better on plasmas, the former being very impotant, the latter being 'nice' to have. If you use the TV for watching regular TV and/or movies as well as gaming then I'd go for a plasma, provided the gaming sessions aren't too long. But you can still spend a while gaming on them, I have a PG6000, from LGs 2008 plasma line up, and I use that largely for gaming (about 50/50 with regular TV and some movies), I've spend 3 hours gaming on that, I get image retention but it fades, the PQ series is improved too

[mikenew]

So does anyone know why there are stock shortages of lg 50ps3000 plasmas, is it just this model or is it all Lg plasmas?