LG 47LX6500

Motion Performance

Motion Smoothness (7.0)

The motion performance of the LG 47LX6500 was, on the whole, rather good. In order to get the smoothest motion, we experimented with the TruMotion feature, which is standard on most LG TVs. The feature has a way of preventing jaggies and flickering that otherwise appear on most objects in motion. The TruMotion feature helps retain fine detail in these objects, too. However, there’s a downside. Movies and other high-end, film-like productions can take on a strange, cheap video-ish look. We recommend knowing what the feature is and how to turn it off.

Motion Artifacting (6.25)

The LG 47LX6500 produced noticeable artifacting when all the special processing features were off. We noticed loss of fine detail, obscured by flickering and jagged lines. The severity of the problem varies widely depending on the complexity and speed of the moving objects. When we turned the TruMotion feature on, most of these problems disappeared, but other issues occurred. Most notably, film takes on a strange, video-like look. More on how we test motion performance.

3:2 Pulldown & 24fps (9.00)

The LG 47LX6500 can handle 24fps video with no problems. When we looked at the screen displaying some challenging test patterns, there were almost no problems. We noticed some minor stuttering effect during left-right pans of the camera, but overall, it was quite good. More on how we test 3:2 pulldown and 24fps.

Resolution Scaling (8.47)

The LG 47LX6500 has a native 1080p (1920 × 1080) resolution, but most of the content you’ll be looking at is of a lower resolution. It’s up to the TV’s processing to take that video and upscale it to the screen resolution. Many TVs don’t perform this task to well, but the LG 47LX6500 was rather good. More on how we test resolution scaling.

480p

Video in the 480p format lost 1% of the image on all sides due to overscan. There was also some loss of detail in high frequency vertical patterns, which became solid blocks of color.

720p

The 720p video we looked at had no overscan loss, and was nearly perfect in its display quality.

1080i

Video in the 1080i format showed slight Moire patterns in high frequency patterns, but there was no loss due to overscan.

Other Models in the xxLX6500 Series
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