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LG 55LM960V Cinema 3D LED Smart TV

LG 55LM960V 55in Smart TV

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Review The 55-inch LM960V is nothing if not formidable. LG has packed its new flagship LED with every digital doodah it can muster, and at £2,700, has priced it uncharacteristically high. This, the brand is clearly saying, is a telly to challenge the best there is – it’s worth paying through the nose for. In some ways, it’s right.

LG 55LM960V Cinema 3D LED Smart TV

Nano technology? LG's 55LM960V Cinema 3D LED Smart TV

Also available in moderately more affordable 47in guise – and soon as an eye-wateringly expensive 84-incher – your money buys gorgeous design, advanced picture processing and an enviably high standard of finish. 
The set sports two tuners: Freeview HD and generic DVB-S2 satellite. The latter can be used to view Freesat’s gratis channel bouquet, unfiltered by EPG niceties. If you want to point you dish elsewhere, miscellaneous FTA digital channels of foreign origin can also be yours.

The set also comes with two remotes: the standard offering and an uprated Magic Remote pointy-stick with integrated mic, for playing casual games and web browsing.

LG 55LM960V Cinema 3D LED Smart TV

Fuss-free remote

The 55LM960V features access to LG’s on-line portal from a newly refurbished gateway. A clean and distinctive user interface neatly separates premium IPTV content, such as the BBC iPlayer, YouTube, Acetrax and Lovefilm, from streamable 3D demo footage, apps and network sources.

To make co-existence with other devices as easy as possible, DLNA compliancy is wrapped up in LG’s SmartShare trappings. This simplifies connectivity, particularly with mobile devices. Indeed, I was soon browsing my LG-P920 Smartphone for music and movies, from the TV over a Wi-Fi Direct connection. Even Dynamo would admit that’s a good trick.

LG 55LM960V Cinema 3D LED Smart TV

User interface is well laid out

This screen is also generous with multimedia files, be they on a mobile device, USB or from a networked nas. File support is uniformly good, with all popular suffixes unwrapped, including MKV.

LG 55LM960V Cinema 3D LED Smart TV

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Just one question.....

...just how good does 1080p look at 50"+?

Thats getting pretty low on the old DPI. I can imagine 1080p looking okay up to 42" 5 years ago but surely its looking a little crappy on the larger screens?

Wouldn't 1440p have been a better top end standard?

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To an average consumer who watches normal TV (HD+SD) and streaming services like Netflix rather than lots of blu-ray movies, would there be an obvious difference between watching a £500, a £1000 and a £2000 TV? Are we talking very subtle videophile-level differences, or something you'd walk into the room and go "wow that's amazing"?

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Input lag

No mention of input lag - important factor if being used for gaming.

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