LG 50PS7000 Plasma HDTV Review

AVForums reviewer David Mackenzie looks at LG’s value for money mid level Plasma TV,  the LG 50PS7000.

“As usual with LG’s displays, I find myself noting the improvements upon last year’s model, and giving a slightly reserved, but not unjustified recommendation – the 50PS7000 is certainly a display worth checking out. My biggest gripe is with the display’s black level performance, which can’t reach the depths of most competing Plasma panels, but is nevertheless acceptable for the most part. Also irritating is the forced motion interpolation system which activates when 24p sources are sent to the panel, which just robs the 50PS7000 of an AVForums badge.

With that said, the calibration options (and the accuracy that results from using them) that LG have built into this display make an utter mockery of the almost non-existent attempts of certain other big-name Plasma providers, and allow the 50PS7000 to produce some gorgeous looking pictures. OK, so one of the two Greyscale calibration controls that LG provides has a bug in it, but some other manufacturers don’t offer an easily accessible Greyscale calibration system at all (let alone two of them!) Likewise, the Colour Management System is one of the far better examples we’ve seen on a consumer display. It doesn’t allow for individual control of Saturation and Luminance, but I got an absolutely fantastic result out of it regardless.”

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