TV & Home Theater

[Neihn Valued Contributor]

The firmware is nothing new. It was released back in late July/August time frame. And you are correct thats why its 1080i per each eye vs 1080p such as that seen on Active 3D displays (1 frame at 540 odd lines 1 frame at 540 even lines for a interlaced 1080 image).

I bought my parents a LG 5600 series for xmas and I must say the difference was noticeable. I largely noticed the lack of jaggies at the edges of objects. I also noticed very little judder or shadowing. There was a couple of spots in Fright Night 3D where convergence issues were present but it wasn't as bad as I have seen before.

Also I do want to warn though that looking at displays of these TV's in stores is 100% not the same as watching it at home. I looked at a couple of Best Buys at the same model of LG i bought and each one had the glasses setup in that frame holder that you just look through and these stores had them setup at at the most 3 feet away and at that close convergence issues were there 100% of the time and VERY badly there a that and the individual scan lines were a noticeable distraction. But after some more checking I went with it and at home at the appropriate distance those issues were pretty much gone other then a few issues i seen in movies such as Fright Night which is very minimal and something both my parents and I can live with.

[Neihn Valued Contributor]

Heres a article that does a nice job at taking a look at the firmware update http://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1313938337

[jangtheman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jjHKsc220mo#!

Here's a good review video comparing Samsung and LG 3D TV. It will help you get a clear idea what Neihn told you about shutter glasses. You will see samsung's 3D TV glasses filcker and go totally black when tilted. About picture quality, both of the 3D pictures look pretty much the same except that filckering from samsung's makes me feel nauseous. And dont get it wrong that passive 3d tv sends 540 per eye because it doesn't mean it cuts the resolution in half. First of all, you can't watch anything in 3D with one eye. Secondly, no one watches TV only with one eye.

[JoeB4ever]

I've installed tons of both and I would base it on ONE thing.

Do you have a lot of lighting in the room? The Samsungs have a glossy screen on them which produce a lot more glare. The LGs have a matte finish which produce minimal glare.

As for 3d. Both do an excellent job doing 3D. It is true the resolution on blu-ray movies are cut in half when using passive technology, but they still look great in my opinion.

If you're looking at the LG TV & blu-ray bundle be advised on a couple things. Neither the TV or the blu-ray player have internet features, besides doing firmware updates. Also make sure you use a HDMI 1.4 cable. The first one I installed we used an extra HDMI cable we had lying around and the 3d effect looked horrible.