LG 50LB6500 (50")

Very good TV for the price – I had to replace my excellent Samsung plasma after it was physically broken (cracked screen) during a party. I've always preferred plasma screens due to their ability to display good, deep, inky blacks and general picture quality but as I'm waiting for OLED technology to become more mainstream and the price to come down (and for flat ones to be… Read more

popular, not the ridiculous curved ones!) I chose to purchase a "cheaper" 50" TV for now.

I've actually been quite surprised with the picture quality once I've adjusted the various picture aspects, with fairly good blacks and contrast, although not matching the plasma it's not that far behind.

Viewing angles are not a strong point of LED/LCD screens but as long as you're within a reasonable viewing angle it's not too bad.

Very small bezel and it's very light in weight compared to my plasma. Expecting much lower power consumption and heat dissipation too.

What did surprise me was the level of connectivity and network awareness. The LG WebOS is very good, well implemented and intuitive. Web surfing is easy particularly as a wireless keyboard & mouse can be used (although like most TV's it does not support flash) .

Interfaces to external devices such as USB drives etc is very good, ABC's i-view and SBS on-demand is effective, as is the ability to share devices and screens etc.

3D TV's I've never been interested in but seemed fairly effective converting 2D material to 3D and seemed quite good but is only a novelty to me. Perhaps with native 3D content it may be more appealing.

The remote works well, including the pointing facility/mechanism and voice recognition works very well, better than I expected.

Purchased a 50" for $899 (floor stock) so very happy with the picture and network awareness.

Only negative is the audio system/ability which seems quite limited really so does need to be connected to external audio system for immersive audio and connectivity in that respect seems a bit limited with the only audio out via optical connection.

Oh, also the style of stand with "feet" at each end of the TV means you need a surface that's as wide as the TV, a central stand would be more practical I believe. So that's one thing to be aware of.

Overall, very good TV for the price, good picture quality with excellent NW ability, would recommend as a good choice within this price range/budget.

The TV will blow you away – We purchased an LG 2014 model 3D Smart TV 50LB6500. It is an LED LCD HD TV. We took it home and as we have a wireless internet system was surfing the net within 15 minutes of getting it out of the box. It streams from YouTube, ABCIVIEW and a whole heap of other functions. It comes with a remote control that has a pointer so that you can… Read more

select what you want to watch or surf the internet. You can also speak into the remote control and it will go to where you want to go, say I say, "YouTube Blondie Call Me" it just goes there and starts playing the song and video seamlessly. I have never seen a TV like this and at $1350 it is a bargain. We might even get a better one for our back room. I have never been entertained so much and had a tv that is so easy to set up and it is Freeview 2 ready. Very low power usage, 10 Plus to LG.

No negative issues..