For most people, television is the definition of home. Getting just the best sets would suffice, and the LG 50PQ3000 won’t let you down with its viewing experience. Featuring a 50″ widescreen plasma screen in a gloss black cabinet, this is a great plasma that would make a great addition to your home theater or game room. Most people prefer to buy LCD TVs, but only Plasma TVs can really match big, sporting deep blacks with very nice contrasts, delivering a great picture every time you watch something on them.
The LG 50PQ3000 is HD ready, with a native resolution of 1365 x 768p so you can see things in great detail, whether you’re watching your favorite TV show through its built-in TV tuners, enjoying your favorite movie or playing your favorite game with its 3 HDMI ports. You can also plug your PC into its 50″ widescreen display, or insert your USB flash drive or card reader to view your pictures or listen to your own MP3s.
Its HDMI ports support 30-bit, 36-bit, and 48-bit color, so they reproduce excellent colors and gradients smoothly without looking too sharp. Plus, its 2,000,000:1 contrast ratio ensures you get the most detail possible in dark scenes, delivering deep blacks and lifelike shadows.
Aspect ratios can be corrected through the LG 50PQ3000’s 8 modes: 16:9, Just Scan, Original, Full Wide, 4:3, 14:9, Zoom and Cinema Zoom 1. This is very useful for optimizing the image. 50″ widescreen display, and make sure you’re using the entire screen for a whole new viewing experience. Plus, it also features TruMotion, which displays motion smoothly, without blurring. A higher refresh rate ensures you get Smooth actions without image blur, allowing a smoother flow even in high-action scenes.
If you think plasma TVs consume energy, then this LG Plasma will make you think otherwise. It’s equipped with LG’s Smart Sensor 2 that automatically adjusts your TV’s settings according to the lighting around you, thus effectively calibrating the picture and increasing energy savings.
The LG 50PQ3000 also lets you watch up to 48 digital TV channels without satellite dishes and via FreeView. You can also listen to 24 digital radio stations, so you can enjoy your plasma TV right out of the box, without worrying about cable service, satellite services, or external antennas.
It also features two 10-watt speakers with SRS TruSurround XT, so you don’t have to have a home theater just to enjoy watching TV—it effectively expands the audio as if everything is live in front of you. It also has Clear Voice II, which detects human voices and increases their volume and clarity. The results are more audible human conversations while simultaneously providing excellent audio background.
Users can choose from 5 audio modes: Standard, Music, Cinema, Sports and Game. Each one is specifically optimized for each situation, taking advantage of the features and capabilities of the LG 50PQ3000. The LG 50PQ3000 certainly lets you discover plasma TVs in a different way, but definitely a good one.
