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LG RU-52SZ61D Review

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  1. LGSucks •  September 16, 2004
    Rating: 0.5/5

    3 days after buying the TV it started tunring off 10 seconds after turning it on and the lamp light blinked red. Called the store and got the tv replaced. The second TV failed after a few hours. It now stays on for about 20 minutes and then turns off with the lamp light blinking red. Called the store and asked them to take the tv back and replace it with a Samsung DLP. The agreed. Beware of quality issues when buying a LG tv.

    Rating: 1 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  2. Nick Rumas •  November 10, 2004
    Rating: 4/5

    I did not have any problem so far…

    I personally love crisp picture and LG shows good quality video. Since I had no lamp problem like the other person, I’ll probably recommand or buy another LG again.

    Rating: 8 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  3. Andrew •  November 19, 2004
    Rating: 4.5/5

    Have owned this set (44″) for about 2 weeks. It has performed beautifully watching DVD’s in 720P on my Denon 1910 upconverting DVD player using the DVI out and with the HD programming on DirecTV. HD programming is breathtaking – colors are deep and vibrant out of the box with no tweaking (yet). The black case disappears in my cabinet allowing viewers to focus on the image. Standard def programming varies dramatically on this set. Some is incredibly good (Jimmy Neutron on Nick) some sporting events in Std Def are hard to watch – NBA League Pass. But HD sporting events like NFL Ticket games are mind blowingly beautiful. Textures of the uniforms, details of the helmets and colors of the grass, stadium etc. are like you are there. I’m usig DirecTV with the HD Tivo. Recorded HD programs are just as rich. Now I need more HD programming – hoping DirecTV will come through – may have to move to VOOM. Trying to get local over the air HD is a pain – currently using the Terk indoor HD antenna. (seeking better suggestions)

    Only complaint – solid black images like the credits at the end of a movie – pixelate so the black is not smooth. You can’t see it during most movie playback – but I notice it on occasion.

    Rating: 9 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  4. Akira •  January 18, 2005
    Rating: 4/5

    I bought the LG RU-52SZ61D for two reasons:

    best picture and best esthetics

    BUT!!! the fan noise drove me crazy. I am returning it for the JVC/ D-ILA which has an equaly good picture (some say superior) but, I hear that fan is loud too. I think this is a problem with all of these units. People complain about all of these non decernable image artifacts which I can’t see, but I sure can hear the fan!!!

    Rating: 8 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  5. Greg W. •  February 19, 2005
    Rating: 4/5

    I shopped for about 2 months for a big screen television and was about to purchase a 50″ panasonic over the samsung 50″ DLP when I saw this tv. This one is much brighter and clearer than the panasonic and at least equal to the Samsung. DVD’s and Xbox look great. Even my cable (non HDTV) looks as good as my tube tv. I have no regrets buying this one over the many that I was looking at.

    Rating: 8 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  6. PFC5 •  February 21, 2005
    Rating: 2/5

    I bought the 44SZ63D version with the HD3 chip and I loved the cabinet. I think the all black cabinet looks the best and is what made me jump through many hoops to try to keep it. I went through 6 different TVs trying to find one that actually works right.

    First one had a bad bulb.

    Second one had a tilted picture, but good picture.

    Third one was even more tilted, didn’t bother looking at the picture.

    Fourth one had severe pincusioning (sides bowed in a lot like an hourglass on 4:3 format sources).

    Fifth only looked good with HD sources, but it looked like xrays in the shadows.

    Sixth one had the same problem as the fifth only not as bad. Some times you couldn’t even tell what was in the shadows for sure, and not because it was too dark, but because it was very pixalated.

    Tried a Samsung HL-P4663W, but it had the lip-sync issue with Pirates of the Caribbean (DTS), Bad Boys (Superbit DTS), and Saving Private Ryan DTS Version). Sorry, but lip-sync was so bad I couldn’t even watch the movie.

    Bought an RCA HD50LPW164 (of all brands I hate them most), but it has a great picture with unbelievable details in the shadows and no lip-sync either. Best picture I have seen in a HDTV yet. It has the same TI HD3 DLP chip as LG & Samsung, but it does it better than they do. I just cannot believe it is an RCA. It might be because Infocus does there light engine for them. Infocus is the biggest maker of Front Projectors so they know what they are doing with projecting images.

    Before you buy anything you really should check out the new RCA DLPs they have the best picture I have ever seen.

    Rating: 4 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  7. Dmartin •  March 25, 2005
    Rating: 2.5/5

    I’m waitng for a tax return inorder to purchase an LG-dlp Tv. I want the most bang for my buck,so all the features carry the same weight. I’ve look at the Panasonic,Samsung,JVC, and RCA. I like the picture on the JVC but it was eliminated because it did’nt have

    a rgb-input (computer monitor input) which is a must.

    I see a recurring theme with most of the consumer reviews reporting issues with Samsung, at startup the

    Tv turns off or the bulb needs replacing before the set work properly. RCA’s beautiful picture sorry design.(personal)

    I’m leaning away from the panasonic because of pop

    I understand that I can only watch 2 different source w/

    spit screen.Split screen should allow me to watch any

    of the cable channel(example HBO on one side Showtime on the other.) The panasonic will allow me to watch HBO on one side and another component source on the other such as DVD,VCR, or a Computer

    signal. My Question is how does picture on picture work on the LG’s?

    Rating: 5 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

  8. sid •  May 12, 2005
    Rating: 4.5/5

    have had the tv for just under a month and have it with dishHD and the quality and crispness is amazing, just wish I had more channels in HD. But the DVD’s are crystal clear imaging. Its been great

    Rating: 9 :: 0 out of 0 people found this user review helpful.

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