After the summers disaster of a crap 3d tv from Currys in there seemingly now extinct Logik 3D range (my other thread is in here somewhere lol) I finally took the plunge and jumped on what seems to have been a bargain of a set that is the LG 47lk950U. Yup, full hd 3d and 47" screen for just £400 from Richer Sounds clearance stock. Not bothered in the slightest about ex-display or return stock as it still has the full warranty and will be getting the 5 year cover to.
I must say I'm highly pleased with this set, highly pleased even if the back light is slightly darker along the right side of the screen top to bottom, but I can live with that for now as it's not to notable for the best part. Plenty of features that I'd never have thought possable on a tv. By default it sure make the films look different, almost like watching a live broadcast than a film. Weather or not thats a good thing or a bad I'm undecided as it seems better suited to some films than others except adjusting the many picture settings can of cause change the look and feel of the picture for films.
The 3D is totally amazing and a complete pleasure to watch unlike the pile of junk I got from Currys in the summer for the same price I payed for this LG set.
But the only grumble I have is that I cant get the 3 3D blu-rays I bought the same day to play at all in iso format on this tv via my media player. Ok I know it's the same with many\most tv's & media players but it's starting to bug me as spending money on the 3d discs seems wasted if it has to be in a reduced compressed 3d mkv format. I have no option to play via the pc with the internal blu-ray drive as my setup is not properly 3D compatable so cant connect to play via the pc as far as I can work out. Sure I can convert the blu-rays to mkv and they play fine as do other 3d mkv files I've got hold of and any 2d blu-ray on my media player. But they can only be converted to half sbs or ou.
I know this is not exacally to do with tv's as such unless there is a known way or firmware available for the 47lk950U to allow it to play full 3d blu-ray iso's from the usb which I have tried and it does'nt work.
But does anyone know if standalone 3d blu-ray players with an external usb\media player connected to that can then play full blu-ray iso's via a standalone blu-ray player to a 3dtv in full 3d iso format or whould I really have to go and get another media player (HDMI 1.4 compatable) and dig the rest of my blu-ray (non 3d) collection out and start the transfer process again from scratch. Just that there are several 3d blurays I want to get for us and the daughter going cheap on ebay for xmas yet I dont really want to go to mad buying to many 3d blu-rays if it means I have to shell out a load more cash on other hardware to get the media player working properly on this tv. Would much sooner get my hardware sorted first before building up a 3d collection of films.
I must say I'm highly pleased with this set, highly pleased even if the back light is slightly darker along the right side of the screen top to bottom, but I can live with that for now as it's not to notable for the best part. Plenty of features that I'd never have thought possable on a tv. By default it sure make the films look different, almost like watching a live broadcast than a film. Weather or not thats a good thing or a bad I'm undecided as it seems better suited to some films than others except adjusting the many picture settings can of cause change the look and feel of the picture for films.
The 3D is totally amazing and a complete pleasure to watch unlike the pile of junk I got from Currys in the summer for the same price I payed for this LG set.
But the only grumble I have is that I cant get the 3 3D blu-rays I bought the same day to play at all in iso format on this tv via my media player. Ok I know it's the same with many\most tv's & media players but it's starting to bug me as spending money on the 3d discs seems wasted if it has to be in a reduced compressed 3d mkv format. I have no option to play via the pc with the internal blu-ray drive as my setup is not properly 3D compatable so cant connect to play via the pc as far as I can work out. Sure I can convert the blu-rays to mkv and they play fine as do other 3d mkv files I've got hold of and any 2d blu-ray on my media player. But they can only be converted to half sbs or ou.
I know this is not exacally to do with tv's as such unless there is a known way or firmware available for the 47lk950U to allow it to play full 3d blu-ray iso's from the usb which I have tried and it does'nt work.
But does anyone know if standalone 3d blu-ray players with an external usb\media player connected to that can then play full blu-ray iso's via a standalone blu-ray player to a 3dtv in full 3d iso format or whould I really have to go and get another media player (HDMI 1.4 compatable) and dig the rest of my blu-ray (non 3d) collection out and start the transfer process again from scratch. Just that there are several 3d blurays I want to get for us and the daughter going cheap on ebay for xmas yet I dont really want to go to mad buying to many 3d blu-rays if it means I have to shell out a load more cash on other hardware to get the media player working properly on this tv. Would much sooner get my hardware sorted first before building up a 3d collection of films.