This is a nice TV but it has some flaws. Unfortunately all 3D televisions sold at this time have flaws so you have to pick your battles. I was torn between the 65 inch Panasonic Plasma or this set as both are about the same price. A friend bought a Panasonic GT30 series and has constant issues with burn in (real burn-in, not just IR) as the newest plasmas seem to have worse issues with that than the older 2009-2010 models. Not

sure why the newer (3D) plasmas have issues with IR and burn-in like early plasmas, but I'm a gamer and I didn't want to have to worry about burn-in. I already knew that the picture wouldn't be quite as uniform and not to expect jet blacks so I wasn't surprised when I saw some light bleed at the edges of this set on a totally black scene or some very faint clouding on perfectly uniform scenes like a white background in a commercial. Fortunately the mura and cloudiness are quite faint and are confined to the edges so they are not nearly as bad as the Sharp Aquos 65D64U 65 inch LCD it replaced. Here's a rundown of the pros and cons that I've found in just a few days of ownership.

Pros

(1) Bright, sharp, very detailed picture.

(2) No one in the family had issues with seeing lines in the passive 3D picture.

(3) 3D picture is fantastic.

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No headaches from wearing heavy active glasses.

(4) Vertical offset not really an issue at typical viewing distances, even with wall mounting.

(5) Good smart TV apps, but I don't use those much.

(6) Off angle (side) viewing is excellent: very little contrast/color shift.

(7) Massive array of settings/features: could be a “con” too as you can get lost in them!

(8) Nice sturdy base has left/right swivel.

(9) Tru Motion option is incredible: can smooth out any slow-frame-rate source.

Cons

(1) ~150ms lag w/default settings, see [...]

(2) Can't use optical audio out on TV to sync sound because it only passes stereo sound.

(3) Blacks are not plasma black obviously, but not bad for an LCD.

(4) Some mura and light bleeding but improved by massaging screen stress points w/cloth.

(5) Incredibly annoying idiot warning w/3D content: can't

be disabled.

(6) Glossy screen shows every reflection: reflections can ruin the 3D effect.

Summary: overall I'm quite happy with this set. The passive 3D is better than I expected and comparable to my friend's Panasonic GT30 plasma in quality. Half-res 3D due to the passive technology doesn't seem to be a factor beyond about 8 feet. And no one should buy an LCD expecting perfectly uniform picture and jet blacks like a plasma. So from what I was expecting, I'm quite impressed. This set lost one star in my review for two primary reasons: the set can't pass proper DD 5.1 sound from HDMI input to optical out, and because of the idiotic warning that pops up every time you go from 2D to 3D mode. LG needs to add a way to acknowledge that warning once and then not display it in the future.

Mike

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