LG Infinia 47LW5600 – GarageHP.com previously wrote articles about Caidrox CD-3000, HP ProBook 5330m, and Samsung Trender SPH-M380 Amethyst. Now we are talking about LG Infinia 47LW5600, Works Well in Bright Rooms. While passive 3D has its flaws, the LG LW5600′s 2D picture quality is very good for an edge-lit LED-based LCD TV, especially in bright rooms.
By now you may have heard all about passive 3D, how it might or might not be better than active, how LG/Vizio and Samsung/Sony/Panasonic are at each others’ throats trying to convince buyers to choose one over the other, and how 3D TV is here to stay. That’s all true, and documented exhaustively in our 3D TV FAQ, but in our experience few TV shoppers care about 3D in the least. If you’re one of the few, then you’ll want to know that overall we like the picture quality of active better than what we’ve seen of passive from the LG Infinia 47LW5600 series–although passive definitely has its advantages.
That said, we can forget about 3D and focus on what really matters: 2D picture quality, where the LG Infinia 47LW5600 is one of the best edge-lit LED TVs we’ve tested. The dimming backlight, despite its flaws, is an asset overall (and no, it’s not available on less expensive, 2D-only 2011 LGs) along with best-in-class color. Perhaps most importantly, the LW5600 has a matte screen that performs better than glossy screens in bright rooms. We liked LG’s Internet features and even its funky remote this year, although buyers seeking a style statement will be disappointed. The LG LW5600 costs more than most LED-based LCD TVs, but it offers the complete package and deserves consideration from buyers in this price range regardless of how they feel about 3D.
Series information: We performed a hands-on evaluation of the 47-inch LG Infinia 47LW5600, but this review also applies to the other screen size in the series. Both have identical specs and according to the manufacturer should provide very similar picture quality.
LG Infinia 47LW5600 Design
Externally the LG Infinia 47LW5600 takes an understated, inoffensive path, and we generally like the result. Glossy black coloring, squared-off corners, a (thankfully) non-illuminated logo and a medium-width bezel contribute to its staid appearance. The lone accent is the narrow transparent edge. Seen from the side, the TV’s profile is among the thinnest available at just over an inch thick.
LG redesigned its menu system on the 2011 Smart TV-capable models to emphasize the apps and streaming services over things like picture and audio settings. It also extended the functionality of its secondary Magic Motion remote–which acts like the controller on a Nintendo Wii to enable you to make menu selections by motion control, rather than clicking from box with your thumb–to work on every screen in the system. Both changes are improvements, and help make the 2011 LG menus among the best of any TV.
LG Infinia 47LW5600 TV
Like Sony, LG’s remotes have a central Home button but no Menu key to lead directly to the TV’s picture and sound settings. The Home page consists of a live TV window with links below to inputs, TV settings, and favorite channels; a central section with five tiles you can customize and rearrange to link to any of the Premium services like Netflix and Amazon; an LG Apps section listing the three hottest and newest apps from LG’s app store; and a bottom strip with links to the app store, browser and two apps of your choice (we wish this strip offered the ability to tweak more than just two). The page’s proportions feel right, and we liked the big icons, especially since they made using the motion controller easier.
We called the wandlike motion controller a gimmick last year, but now that it can be used seamlessly across all menus and nearly every app (Netflix is the only exception we found–it prevents motion control, although the wand’s cursor buttons still work), many of which seem designed with motion control in mind, it’s much more appealing. Sure some things could be better–we wish the wand had a dedicated Return/Back button, response times occasionally lagged a bit and on occasion we had to give the wand a vigorous shake to get our cursor to return–but it was sometimes easier and faster than using the standard remote (especially after we changed pointer settings to Speed: Fast and Alignment: On in the Settings>Options menu).
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