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We have collected 2 reviews of the LG 47LE8500. Experts rate LG 47LE8500 7.5/10. Reviewsor.com helps you find reviews, best prices, user reviews of the LG 47LE8500 and LG LCD TV.
With its skinny profile and strong lineup of features, the LG Infinia 47LE8500 certainly qualifies as a chic, connected HDTV. Slightly more than an inch thick, this 47-inch full-array backlit LED TV packs a good collection of Internet services (including Netflix on Demand and Vudu) plus a full range of media playback tools, very good audio, and lots of accessible customization controls. Image quality, as gauged in our juried tests, was generally good to very good. But at a recommended price of $2000 (as of August 8, 2010), the Infinia 47LE8500 costs more than most competitors in its screen-size class. Judges generally awarded the 47LE8500 high marks for color, brightness, and contrast; but it did less well in grading for detail and sharpness. It tended to do best with over-the-air TV content (such as a baseball game, Wheel of Fortune, and a vineyard scene), while struggling with the Phantom of the Opera DVD (some judges complained of a greenish cast and general darkness).J udges were also unenthusiastic about the image quality for our Blu-ray Disc movies (Mission Impossible III and The Dark Knight. And despite the set's 240Hz refresh rate, it did not ace our motion tests.
In 2010 you can prepare to be confused by two familiar yet relatively complex TV technologies: 3D and LED backlights. Before you ask, no, 3D is not available on the LG LE8500 series reviewed here--that perk is reserved for the more expensive 9500 models--but an LED backlight is. More important, the LE8500 has a full-array backlight with local dimming, meaning hundreds of independent cells behind the screen can brighten or dim independently, which can really help improve picture quality. In contrast, most of other LED-backlit TVs available today have either no local dimming ability or attempt to mimic the dimming of a full array by creating zones from an edge-lit configuration. We know the former has little impact on picture quality, we haven't tested the latter (which we're calling "edge with local dimming" for now), but we can tell you after reviewing the LE8500 that full-array local dimming still works great. Yes, this high-end TV falls short of the best sets available today in a couple of areas, and strict videophiles might notice some stray illumination. But if you go by the most important ingredients of a good picture--black levels and color accuracy--the LG LE8500 is the new ruler of the LCD roost, and it sets a high bar for other 2010 TVs.