User manual LG LW100CS

[. . . ] So, if that's what you're looking for, look no further. Rarely, though, is black level the whole story. What and Where The most important question you have to ask yourself before you start looking for a display is how you're going to use it. If you answered "To watch TV, stupid!" roll up this magazine and hit yourself with it. We only need one smart ass here, and it's obviously me. [. . . ] That means you won't reach 60, 000 hours for about 27 years. I'd bet money that, in five years, whatever you buy now will be half as expensive and twice as good. In other words, either type of flatpanel display should last just fine. [ HIGHLIGHTS 42LP1D LCD HDTV Very bright Impressive contrast ratio Lies, Lies, Lies (Not Just a GN'R Album) In an attempt to sway more buyers to the technology that they manufacture, each side of the flat-panel war has put a lot of misinformation out there. Add in the lack of training and knowledge on the sales side, and this makes for a lot of deception (both intentional and unintentional, which is just as bad). So let's see if we can straighten out some of these misconceptions. from the claimed angles, it won't look as good as it does when you are right in front of the screen. The contrast ratio goes down, the black level goes up (and often changes color), and colors desaturate. The severity of this effect varies with make and model, although it has gotten a lot better over the years. If you have a wide couch or seats off to an angle (any angle, including up and down), check in a store to see if this is going to be a problem for you. ^ Geoffrey found the 42LP1D LCD's remote control to be laid out well, but it lacks backlighting. Power Consumption This is a tough one. LCDs have a steady backlight, which draws the same amount of power regardless of what's on the screen. The liquid crystals require very little power. Plasma power consumption varies depending on what's on the screen. For an LCD to take this crown is a real achievement. But, when you compare it with a plasma with a good black level (the LW100CS, for example), the 42LP1D's black level is noticeably high. Using this LCD, the opening of Master and Commander doesn't look terribly filmlike, with a dark gray filling in as the best black level. Left: The LW100CS plasma's remote features a button that activates and deactivates the backlighting. Not CRT black, mind you, but great for a flat panel. What came as a shock, though, was the amount of light that the LW100CS puts out. The Panasonic from the Face Off put out 18. 64 ftL from a full-white field. That's enough to give it the best contrast ratio of any plasma we've measured: 938:1. With a white Audio: Outputs: Video: composite video (1) Audio: optical (1), stereo RCA pair (1) Additional: CableCARD (1), FireWire IEEE 1394 (2), CF Memory Card Slot Type 1/II (1), Memory Card Slot for most other types (1), Remote control mini-plug (1), G-Link (1), RS-232 (1) HT Labs Measures: LG LW100CS Plasma HDTV 0. 7 8000 7500 Color Temperature LG Green 0. 6 0. 5 0. 4 Green Color Temperature 7000 6500 D6500 K 0. 3 6000 Color Temp - Before Color Temp - After LG Red Red 0. 2 0. 1 5500 5000 20 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75 80 85 90 95 100 Blue LG Blue 0. 1 0. 2 0. 3 0. 4 0. 5 DTV Phosphors D6500 Color Temp - Before Color Temp - After IRE 0 0. 6 0. 7 0. 027 25. 32 >Full-On/Full-Off Contrast Ratio--938:1; ANSI Contrast Ratio--1327:1 >Measured Resolution with the Leader LT-446: 480: 480 (per picture height) 720p: 660 (pph) 1080i: out to the limits of the 1024 by 768 panel >DC Restoration (poor, average, good, excellent): Average (poor in daylight picture mode) >Color Decoder (poor, average, good, excellent): Excellent >Measured Color Points: Red Color Point: x = 0. 653, y = 0. 337 Green Color Point: x = 0. 271, y = 0. 658 Blue Color Point: x = 0. 149, y = 0. 059 The left chart shows the LW100CS's gray scale relative to its color temperature at various levels of intensity, or brightness (20 IRE is dark gray; 100 IRE is bright white). The gray scale as set by the factory, in the warm colortemperature mode and the movie picture mode, measures warm with the darkest images and gets cooler as the light level increases. After making adjustments using the Photo Research PR-650, the gray scale measures much better, within 189 Kelvin of D6500, the accurate color temperature, across the entire range. The right chart shows the gray scale (or color temperature) relative to the color points of the display's red, green, and blue phosphors. Green is very oversaturated and slightly bluish-green, red is slightly over saturated and very slightly reddish-orange. [. . . ] Turning down the sharpness control reduced the graininess somewhat, but at the expense of detail. There was also a fair amount of noise in gradations from light to dark. While there were some steps in the gradations, they were barely noticeable on test patterns or video. Phosphor lag, or the precursor to burn-in, is much improved over the LG RU-42PX11 plasma that was in the February 2005 Face Off. [. . . ]