LG 47LE8500 Infinia Full HD 47-Inch 1080p 240Hz LED LCD TV |  | Brand: LG
Category: CE
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 4355
Media: Electronics
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Display Size: 47
Shipping Weight (lbs): 59.4
Dimensions (in): 1.4 x 44.2 x 27.8
Warranty: 3 years warranty
MPN: 47LE8500
Model: 47LE8500
UPC: 719192176812
EAN: 0719192176812
ASIN: B0001YH7JW
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| Features:
| • | INFINIA Series | | • | Full LED Slim w/ Local Dimming | | • | THX Certified Display | | • | NetCast Entertainment Access (Wi-Fi Ready) | | • | Wireless 1080p Ready |
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Product Description
New definition television.
LG INFINIATM TVs are resetting the standards of design and entertainment. Even beyond their jaw-dropping design, they offer access to virtually unlimited entertainment through broadband connectivity and the latest technology for stunning picture quality.
Disclaimer: Features vary by series.
THX Certified.
You don't have to take our word for it that this is an amazing TV. To earn THX certification, our TV's passed more than 30 rigorous tests, ensuring you're bringing an uncompromised HD experience home - as the director wanted it.
Full HD where you want it.
The best place for your TV isn't always near the cable. Wireless 1080p Connectivity lets you cut loose from messy wires and still get a stunning Full HD picture. Disclaimer: Wireless media kit required and sold separately.
Double the detail.
This stunning picture is the reason you wanted HDTV in the first place. With almost double the pixel resolution, Full HD 1080p gives it superior picture quality over standard HDTV. You'll see details and colors like never before.
Slimmer profile. Extraordinary picture.
Get a more beautiful picture from an impossibly thin TV. LG's Full LED Slim technology delivers amazing clarity through local dimming while still allowing for a super slim display.
Amazon.com Product Description
Combining a slim design and thin bezel with enhanced connectivity, the 47-inch LG INFINIA 47LE8500 Full LED Slim LCD HDTV features energy-saving LED backlighting, 1080p Full HD resolution for crystal-clear detail, and TruMotion 240Hz technology for virtually no motion blur. It's also a great choice for watching sports and movies with fast action thanks to its incredible 1ms (millisecond) response time.Recognized with a CES 2010 Innovations Award, LG's Full LED Slim technology elevates picture quality with a slim LED structure that supports detailed local dimming, resulting in an HDTV that provides the deeper black levels and uniform picture quality which typically could not be achieved on an ultra-thin set. Additionally, this unique technology used in this LG Full LED Slim HDTV helped it achieve picture quality worthy of THX Display Certification--the industry standard for having the correct gamma, luminance, and color temperature. This certification demonstrates that this HDTV can recreate the cinema experience at home, making the picture resemble movie theatre quality. This HDTV also includes a THX Bright Room setting, which optimizes the contrast, gamma and other settings for watching movies in rooms with a lot of ambient light. With LG's NetCast, you get access to TV shows, movies and more, streamed directly from the Internet to your television screen. And the LE5400 series also provides compatibility with Wireless 1080p Connectivity (wireless media kit required and sold separately). Other features include a jaw-dropping 9,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio for more stunning colors and deeper blacks, two USB ports for connecting external drives for playing back MP3 audio, JPEG photo and DivX HD video files, stereo speakers with 20 watts of power and Dolby Digital decoding, and four HDMI inputs. 
NetCast Entertainment Access NetCast Entertainment Access brings the best Internet services direct to your TV--no computer required. Instantly access movies and TV shows, news and weather and the world's largest library of HD movies in 1080p. (Note: Internet connection & subscriptions required and sold separately.) Key Features  Full LED Slim LCD Panel
LG's Full LED Slim technology delivers amazing clarity through local dimming while still allowing for a super slim display with a seamless glass panel. And with local dimming capabilities, you'll enjoy deeper black levels and a uniform picture quality like never before. Finally, it provides greater energy efficiency compared to conventional LCD TVs. 
|  Energy Star 4.0
Earning the ENERGY STAR means a product meets strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy. For TVs, it means they save energy both in standby and active (when they're on) modes. ENERGY STAR qualified TVs use about 30 percent less energy than standard units.  Smart Energy Saving
With LG's Smart Energy Saving Features, you can conserve money and energy. |  Full HD 1080p resolution
This stunning picture is the reason you wanted HDTV in the first place. With almost double the pixel resolution, Full HD 1080p gives it superior picture quality over standard HDTV. You'll see details and colors like never before. 
|  TruMotion 240Hz
See sports, video games and high-speed action with virtually no motion blur and in crystal clarity with LG's TruMotion 240Hz technology. Now your TV can keep up with the fastest moving scenes. 
|  9,000,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio
No more worrying about dark scenes or dull colors. The dynamic contrast ratio of 9,000,000:1 delivers more stunning colors and deeper blacks than you can imagine. 
|  Intelligent Sensor
Don't strain your eyes. Let your TV do the adjustments for you. Intelligent Sensor automatically optimizes the picture to the lighting and color conditions in the room for a more enjoyable viewing experience. 
|  AV Mode
Sports, movies and video games are best enjoyed with customized settings. With AV Mode, you can easily select from one of three picture modes for "Cinema", Sports" or "Games" to enjoy an optimized picture and sound experience. |  Picture Wizard
Get easy self-calibration with on-screen reference points for key picture quality elements such as black level, color, tint, sharpness and backlight levels. Take the guesswork out of picture adjustments with this simple-to-use feature. It's not actually magic, but it will sure seem that way. |  24P Real Cinema
Stay in for the theater. Enjoy a true cinema-like experience in your own home with movies the way they are meant to be seen. LG's Real Cinema technology precisely displays 24p source frames on your screen, the same as on a movie screen. If you love movies, you'll love Real Cinema. |  ISFccc Calibration Ready
LG's ISFccc Ready HDTVs contain the detailed standards necessary for professional calibration of brightness, contrast, tint, sharpness, color levels and much more to meet local lighting conditions for both day and nighttime viewing. Settings are added to preset modes for easy access from your LG remote. |  Clear Voice II
Get audio the way it was meant to be heard. Clear Voice II enhances and amplifies the frequency range of the human voice to help keep dialogue audible when background noise swells.  Infinite Sound
What's a great picture without great sounds to match? Infinite Sound delivers an amazing listening experience with deep, rich bass to make the most of your entertainment.
|  Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital lets you experience compelling 5.1-channel surround sound. And you can trust that you'll get the same great Dolby Digital audio quality no matter what you're watching--a DVD or Blu-Ray Disc, TV programming or downloaded content. Best of all, you can be confident that you'll hear the audio exactly as it was intended, because Dolby Digital is also used to create the soundtracks for movies and games. |  USB 2.0
Now reliving that fantastic family vacation can happen in the comfort of your living room. Easily connect your external USB devices to enjoy JPEG photos or listen to MP3 files. This HDTV is also compatible with playing back DivX HD video files from a USB drive. |  HDMI V.1.3 with Deep Color
Make installation of any enabled device a snap. Get 10.2Gbps of bandwidth for deeper colors and more to take advantage of the best Full HD experience. HDMI V.1.3 connectivity lets you prepare yourself for tomorrow's technology today. | Key Specifications - Screen size: 47-inch class (47 inches diagonal)
- Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (1080p Full HD)
- Dynamic contrast ratio: 9,000,000:1
- Viewing angle: 178 degrees horizontal/vertical
- Response time: 1ms
- Built-in tuner: ATSC/NTSC/Clear QAM
- Audio output: 20 watts (10W x 2)
- Speaker system: 2-way, 4 speakers
- Dolby Digital decoder: Yes
- Surround system: Infinite Sound
- Input labeling: Yes
- Swivel stand: ±20 degrees
- VESA compliance: 200mm x 200mm
- Warranty: 1 year parts and labor
Connections
- HDMI (version 1.3, HDCP): 3 rear, 1 side
- Component: 2 rear, 1 side
- Composite A/V: 1 rear, 1 side
- RF: 1 rear
- PC input (15-pin, D-Sub): 1 rear
- PC audio input: 1 rear
- Digital audio output: 1 optical, rear
- USB: 2 side
- Ethernet LAN: 1 rear
- Headphone out: 1 side
- RS-232c input: 1 rear
|  Dimensions
- TV without stand: 44.2 x 27.8 x 1.4 inches (WxHxD); 59.4 pounds
- TV with stand: 44.2 x 30.2 x 10.8 inches (WxHxD); 70 pounds
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 LCD is finally competing with Plasma June 30, 2010
D. Hannan (Brooklyn, NY)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
I got my new 47" LE8500 delivered this morning, and this is exactly what I think we've all been waiting for.
Fully backlit, local dimming, a little less than an inch thick (but it's still very heavy), gorgeous glass stand, edge to edge glass screen (no raised bezel, one continuous piece of glass), black levels like I've never seen before, and the THX mode is stunning.
This is one heck of an upgrade from my 47" LG70.
The picture quality is just stunning - the blacks are so black and crisp, the colors are vibrant and pop, they even improved TruMotion.
Beautiful television - and with the deals Amazon have on this set right now is crazy - this model retails for about $2000 + delivery. I paid $1,800 and change for mine, and at the time of writing this review it's even less at around $1,750.
Great TV set with amazing functionality August 5, 2010
RZ (Richmond, VA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I got mine from a local store on sale for a little under $1600. That was about three weeks ago. And since then my entire family just can't get enough of it.
Picture quality is just great - and that's expected. But what amazes me is all the extra functionality with what this TV is packed.
1. Video streaming with Netflix. (It also has VUDU, YouTube, Picasa - but I did not try VUDU yet, and YouTube and Picasa work just fine, but I do not need a huge display to view some low resolution videos from YouTube). So Netflix movies available to watch instantly look great. Even those that are not HD quality. I must say that I have FIOS internet connection, so that must be also a component for high quality videos, but as far as this set goes - it does a great job.
2. This TV has 2 hi-speed USB2.0 input jacks, and it recognizes not just flash drives, but also USB external hard drives - even with NTFS file format. I tried both - FAT32 and NTFS, and also external drives with additional power source and without it, - this TV recognizes them all. It can play your video files (and other media too) directly from external hard drive! And it supports multiple video formats, including Matroska H.264. It also supports external subtitles for AVI files. I did not test multiple subtitles formats, but SRT works great. It supports standard Latin letters languages and Korean. No other encodings though.
I want also to add a few words about design. I use a TV stand that it came with, and it allows TV to be turned both sides about 20 degree - just enough to get to the USB jacks or to additional audio or HDMI jacks that are placed on a left side. The main ones are located on the back panel - which is also pretty easy to reach thanks to that rotating feature of a stand. The rotation is very smooth and requires no force at all.
I can't be more pleased with it.
The best TV picture I have ever seen July 19, 2010
ovic
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is by far is the best picture I have ever seen on a TV I have had plasma's they are good but not like this. I just upgraded from a LG lcd 120 I thought that was the bomb but this new led 240 wow! just use your blu ray player and put in a copy of Avatar (blu ray) and then you will understand why you bought this TV. The picture is so clear it's almost 3-d with out the glasses.
Great LED TV August 23, 2010
Philip
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
You know you have made a good purchase when your TV looks almost better off than on. The design of this thing is great. Slim and monolithic. The single sheet of glass design is awesome. It does produce some glare, although not horrible. The worst part about this TV is the speakers. They are just not up to snuff but then again there are few TV's that are. A simple sound bar solved this problem (SONY HTC-150). Love the streaming netflix. The image quality is amazing. The only way to compare it is like going from an iPhone 3G screen to the retina display of the iPhone 4.
 No Analog Audio Output August 6, 2010
Wallace Guy (Mill Valley, CA USA)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
The picture is beautiful. The frameless glass frame is magnificent. The speakers are so-so.
We went to Best Buy to physically look at TV's, intending to buy a 42". Two things became clear. The best imaging technology (e.g., high contrast ratio, etc.) doesn't really kick in until the 47" models. I guess there isn't a big market for high quality / small size TV's. The other was the fameless frame on this model. Every other TV in the store, bigger and smaller, had a raised frame that surrounds (and protects) the glass front. The LG 478500 does not ... there is a single piece of glass that runs all the way to the edge. The glass just changes to black in color in a thin region around the edge. It looks more like a painting than a TV. My wife spontaneously yells out "that's magnificent!" and I understood my TV just got more expensive.
We bought the TV from amazon with enhanced delivery. I wasn't there to observe, but my wife said they looked like they had never set up a TV in their life. At one point they wanted to lay it on it's front, but with the absence of a raised frame, that would most likely scratch the glass. They did get the TV in it's stand and sitting on the table, but not "set up" in any electronic sense.
We bought an LG BD590 250GB Blu-Ray player to go with it. I had read about various incompatibility issues related to various versions of HDMI or different manufacturers' implementations. Given that the BD590 was among the top reviewed players, it seemed a safe bet. That's the only source I have tried so far. At the time of this review, we've watched Avatar and Cars. I also watched a Hero DVD to check the up-sampling.
The picture is stellar. It looked better in the store than everything else we took the time to compare it to (more detail in the bear's dark fur, more subtle tones on images of snow). Until we get it up on the wall, we're sitting pretty close (about 8') and you can not see a pixel. I don't have the experience of "watching TV" ... it feels more like we are looking through a window.
The up-sampled DVD looked great. It was obviously not as beautiful as the blu-ray disk, but substantially better than my gargantuan Sony Trinitron (the last of the pre-HD monster tube TVs) did with a DVD player.
The speakers sound like TV speakers. With such a beautiful image, I assume that LG assumes that people are going to add their own speakers.
Which brings me to my one complaint, but this apparently is a complaint about the industry, not just this TV. The rest of this review is more about dealing with audio for folks who don't have a home theater setup.
This TV has no analog audio output. Only an optical digital audio output.
My setup is simple. I have blu-ray player, a TV and an amplifier with speakers. That's it. No satellite. No cable. No AV receiver. What I used to do was plug the player into the TV, use the TV volume control with the audio output set on variable, and feed the audio signal to the amplifier from the TV. It was simple. One volume control did it for all sources.
That won't work with this TV. I called LG customer service (which answered promptly) and they confirmed that only a digital output exists and that, "all the new TVs are going this way". The first comment to this review confirms that.
What the industry expects you to do is buy an AV Receiver for a home theater system. Given that I just want good stereo sound, my problem with AV Receivers is that (a) the TV itself already accepts 10 different inputs and I don't need another box to accept 10 more, (b) it adds another remote control and (c) another volume control and (d) another input select function to watch a simple movie and (e) I'm paying for video up-conversion and other video features I don't need. My understanding is that the latest HDMI may solve the dual-volume issue.
Update: 8/10/2010
It's worse than I thought. From LG customer service: "Regretfully, the optical output is a fixed output on this unit, and it will not respond to the television's volume.". Thus, it is not possible to connect an external DAC to the optical audio output ... unless you like listening exclusively at full volume.
Update: 8/11/2010
If you want to use external stereo speakers without buying an A/V Receiver, here are the options that I have found:
1) Almost no-cost solution:
Use the headphone jack and run that to your amplifier with a mini plug to RCA adapter cable. It works, but the quality is about what you would expect ... very compressed sound. I had to turn the TV volume up to 100% much of the time.
2) Low-cost solution:
Use the headphone jack as above, but add a headphone amplifier. This is the solution I have chosen. I'm using a Creek OBH-11. It costs about $200 and is the lowest priced headphone amplifier that audiophiles don't absolutely scoff at. The Creek has an audio output that you hook into your speaker amplifier and a headphone jack, so you can still use headphones. This won't improve distortion or frequency response of your sound, but it will improve the dynamics.
3) Middle of the road solution:
I looked for an HDMI box that might do something similar to an A/V Receiver ... sort of an AV Receiver Lite with a single HDMI input, a pass-through HDMI output, and audio out. Really what I want is an "Audio Receiver" to decode HDMI audio without any video. The closest thing I have found is the Ambrry AU-HDMICP with the very long name of "HDMI LPCM to Analog Multi-Channel Audio Decoder With Amplifier". It's a unique product and it almost does what I want ... but has no volume adjustment.
The other option is a Beresford TC-7520. It's a headphone amplifier with an optical digital input and a manual volume control, and costs about $200. So ... this works. You would have to adjust the volume by reaching for the box, which I would prefer not to. Note one thing ... in the A/V forums this is a controversial product because of the very extreme claims of how fantastic it is and other people saying those claims are a campaign of hype. For $200, I would not expect a top-end DAC in this product.
So, in my opinion, there is no middle of the road solution. The middle of the road solution is to spend your money on an A/V Receiver and be done with it.
4) Audiophile solution
If you want to put your money into the best audio (stereo) sound and not spend a dime on video switching, you can get the Benchmark DAC1 HDR or Lavry DA11. They take optical digital input and produce RCA output for your amplifier. They have nice little remote controls. The specifications and reviews are impeccable. They are exactly what I want. Also ... they cost more than the TV. For $2,000 you could get a decent A/V Preamp, a more audiophile solution than A/V Receiver. I might have gone down this road except that some A/V forum folks suggested that in a few years, these kind of products will start accepting HDMI and do full, audiophile quality TrueHD decoding. That would be great.
So ... for now ... it looks like if you want to listen to the audio on external speakers, even in stereo, you are pretty much forced to purchase an A/V processor or use the headphone jack. So be it.
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