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Introduction
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01.Tour & Design
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02.Blacks & Whites
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03.Color Accuracy
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04.Motion
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05.Viewing Effects
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06.Calibration
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07.Connectivity
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08.Remote Control
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09.Audio & Menus
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10.Multimedia & Internet
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11.Power Consumption
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12.Samsung PN50B430 Comparison
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13.Panasonic TC-P50G10
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14.Sony KDL-40W5100 Comparison
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15.Conclusion
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16.Series Comparison
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17.Photo Gallery
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18.Ratings & Specs
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19.Comments
LG 50PQ30
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Viewing EffectsMotion
Has some issues with blurring and artifacting.
Motion Performance
Motion Smoothness (5.63)
The LG 50PQ30 has some issues with motion smoothness. Photos suffer from some minor blurring. On our color chart, we noticed that bold colors tend to leave behind shadows as they travel around. When we performed the same tests with 1080i input, these issues got even worse.
Motion Artifacting (6.00)
The TV also had some issues with artifacting. Fine lines will create a shuddering effect. The edges of a box staircase a bit when it moves horizontally. We didn’t see any issues with color casting. Overall, there aren’t great features to have on your set, but the LG 50PQ30 isn’t tremendously worse than the average TV. More on how we test motion performance.
3:2 Pulldown & 24fps (7.00)
The 50PQ30 had some issues with 3:2 pulldown. Fine striped patterns tend to flash, which is an eyesore. There were also some minor instances of a crawling effect manifesting on patterns. More on how we test 3:2 pulldown and 24fps.
Resolution Scaling (7.85)
The 50PQ30 had uniform resolution scaling. It wasn’t perfect at any resolution, but it wasn’t bad either. More on how we test resolution scaling.
480p
The 50PQ30 had the most trouble with 480p, but it still did fairly well. The main issues we saw were with Moire patterns and resolution issues. Fine patterns will get smudged together into dot matrices, acquire a slight rainbow cast, or blur together slightly. We also saw a 2% overscan, which is relatively small.
720p
Basically, we saw the same issues on 720p as we did with 480p, only to lesser degrees. The only area where the TV actually did worse than on 480p was with legibility. We found smaller font ran together somewhat in 720p.
1080i
The differences between 720p and 1080i were minor. Fine patterns seemed to shimmer at times, which was a bit annoying, but had better resolution overall.
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