LG 32LD350

Motion Performance

Motion Smoothness (7.00)

The LG 32LD350 didn’t have any serious motion blur issues with either 1080p or 1080i content. Photos got slightly blurry as they panned around the screen: eyes blurred into ovals, the finer details of the nose were lost, and the mouth looked cartoonish. Solid blocks of color would trail shadows behind them as they moved across a grey background. Fine patterns lost a lot of contrast between their individual elements. Still, the 32LD350 performed better than many other TVs in its class. (More on how we test Motion.)

Motion Artifacting (6.00)

The TV didn’t seem to have much artifacting, with the exception of fine patterns. Whenever a fine pattern moved around the screen, it was distorted so badly it created a flashing effect and acquired a false color. More on how we test motion performance.

3:2 Pulldown & 24fps (7.00)

We didn’t see any major issues in our 3:2 pulldown tests. The artifacting issues with fine patterns, mentioned above, again affected picture quality, as they flashed while panning around. On our other test pattern, a pan over an empty football stadium, we noticed a vertical shudder effect over the backs of the seats. More on how we test 3:2 pulldown and 24fps.

Resolution Scaling (7.50)

Your HDTV will likely not be limited to the TV’s native resolution. Standard definition content is in 480p, DVDs play at 720p, streaming HD content is 1080i, and Blu-rays run 1080p. Since we’re awesome and thorough, we test all the non-native resolutions your HDTV could feasibly display. More on how we test resolution scaling.

480p

We didn’t see any issues with 480p content. We couldn’t get images to be as sharp as we’d like, however, without ugly artifacting. Also, some fine patterns had a faint shimmer effect to them. Otherwise, the 32LD350 performed well on this test.

1080i

The 32LD350 took a bit of a nose dive with 1080i playback. We saw a lot of false coloration in fine patterns, where a series of black and white stripes would somehow acquire a pale green hue. The individual elements of these patterns were sometimes utterly blurred out, so the pattern itself looked like a solid block of grey (or greyish pale green).

1080p

The 32LD350 had some issues with 1080p content. Fine patterns had some false coloration and looked a bit grainy.

Other Models in the LG-xxLD350 Series
For more information on other models in this series, check our Series Comparison Page.
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