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LG 50PY3D 50 3d Television

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This LG is a 50 inch Plasma Integrated HDTV with Full HD 1080P with Built-in ATSC/NTSC/QAM Tuner to receive over-the-air Digital Broadcast Signals and Unscrambled Digital Cable . LG’s Image Sticking Minimization Provides Protective Measures to Minimize Damage as a Result of Stationary Images with 60,000 Hours to Half Brightness . LG’s Exclusive XD engine uses six distinct processes to improve brightness, contrast, detail, and enhances color
LG Simplink allows for convient control of other LG Simplink products using the HDMI connection.
There are 3 HDMI/HDCP inputs 2 HD Component Video inputs Digital Optical Audio Output RGB input and Side mount AV Inputs with S-Video and USB in.

Technical Details
Brand Name: LG
Model: 50PY3D
Display Technology: Plasma (PDP)
Display Size: 50 inches
Image Aspect Ratio: 16:9
HDTV Compatible: Y
Speakers Included: 2 speakers
Height: 34.7 inches
Width: 53.5 inches
Depth: 15.6 inches

This LG television is 3d ready, however, it has nothing on the samsung from our earlier review. If you are truly interested in a 3d television, it looks like Samsung is currently the holy grail.

Samsung UN55C7000 55-Inch 1080p 240 Hz 3D LED HDTV (Black)

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Panasonic Viera S1 32 Inches

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The Panasonic Viera S1 32 is a pretty good television for the price! Roughly costing between $700 and $800 depending on where you buy from.  During our initial review Amazon.com had the most competitive price considering the freebies they throw in including free shipping.  Follow this link to check it out: Panasonic VIERA S1 Series TC-L32S1 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

The Panasonic Viera has very good quality IPS panel, a superior LCD technology which is generally used in just a few premium computer monitors.

The horizontal and vertical viewing angles are nearly as good as CRT and plasma televisions and there was no color shifting, this is rare among LCD televisions.  The Tv comes with S-Video, Component, Composite, and 3 HDMI inputs, both digital and analog audio outputs and the 1920×1080 signal can be displayed 1:1 with no cutting off of the edges, such as from a PC with a DVI-HDMI cable

Cons
VGA (for computers) input resolution is limited to 1280×1024, and diagonal viewing can turn blacks gray (just make sure the TV is placed at eye level to get the ideal wide viewing angles).  The speakers are somewhat weaker than other similar TVs and Only Cinema mode (with brightness at 50 and Contrast at 100) has reasonably accurate color, the other modes make color changes that are not user accessible.

For the price, this is an EXCELLENT LCD television, while I am not the biggest fans of LCDs they are are perfect for anyone who is looking for a relatively inexpensive high definition television.  As such, we have given this television a Buzz Score of 4 out of 5