LG 55LX6500 55" 1080p 3D LED LCD HDTV

It's here! 3D from LG!

First there was sound. And then color. And then high definition. And now, the next leap in home video entertainment is here — 3D! And who else to bring you stunning, vivid, and lifelike Full HD 3D viewing but LG. This latest advancement in home theater technology uses the same principles as human sight to achieve three dimensional viewing from a two-dimensional screen. Because our two eyes are slightly offset from one another, each sees a particular scene or object from two slightly different angles. In order to perceive depth — in addition to height and width — our brains process the separate images seen by each eye into one unified image. Similarly, 3D movie cameras use two lenses, slightly offset, to film two different versions of the movie from slightly different angles. Then, at home, your 3D-ready 55LX6500 HDTV plays back those two versions of the movie, alternating one by one frames from each version. From there, communicating wirelessly with the HDTV, your active shutter glasses (sold separately) alternately block out their liquid-crystal lenses, ensuring that each of your eyes sees only that version of the movie intended for that eye. Finally, your brain processes each of the alternate images in to a single image, just as with ordinary sight, and the result is nothing less than a vivid, vibrant, three-dimensional viewing experience. Immerse yourself in your favorite movies as never before with the 3D-ready 55LX6500 from LG.

The next leap in home entertainment — NetCast

There's a difference between being greedy and simply wanting plenty of options. Sure, you have oodles of DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies, all of which you love to watch in your home theater. But by no means is your home video experience limited to these two types of discs. You also have access to a little something known as "the internet." The only problem is, in order to watch online video sources, you have to abandon your time-molded recliner in the living room and plop yourself down at the desk chair in the home office. And then you have to watch video on a measly 20" or so computer monitor. You've just about had it . . . you demand more viewing options in your home theater . . . you demand online access in your living room . . . in other words, you require the Infinia 55LX6500 HDTV from LG, sporting NetCast Entertainment Access technology. Simply connect this 55" LED HDTV to your pre-existing internet service using the panel's built-in ethernet port, and you're poised to discover a wide range of online viewing features. Stream video and television episodes from Netflix. Catch the latest rave on YouTube. Check out your friend's photo album on Picasa. Enjoy HD movies streamed from Vudu. You can even access everything from news to stocks to weather via a variety of Yahoo! TV Widgets. Further, the 55LX6500 is Skype compatible, ready for you to engage in online video and voice calling across the globe (separate headset and camera required). Take the leap with the 55LX6500.

The depth and precision of LED backlighting

When it comes to displaying a truly lifelike picture, as important as an LCD HDTV's 1080p resolution and ability to reproduce millions of colors is its ability to produce just one color: black. The deeper the blacks an HDTV can display, the sharper and more detailed the picture you see. Now, it might seem contradictory, but an LCD's ability to generate black levels is directly tied to its light source. While the fluorescent backlights used in most LCD panels fully illuminate the display at all times, the LED backlight technology used in LG's LX6500 series panels allows the strength of the light source to be varied. Known as "local dimming", this feature of LED backlighting makes it possible for an LCD's panel to be dimmed — or even shut off completely — in specific areas when deep black levels are necessary for achieving fine detail and contrast. Thanks to its LED backlighting technology, when it comes to sharp, precise, lifelike detail, the LG Infinia 55LX6500 stands out from the rest.

Twice a smooth, twice as real

While the 120Hz frame-rate conversion offered on many other LCD HDTVs does indeed reproduce video content with improved smoothness of motion, with its LX6500 series, LG ups the ante. The 55LX6500's TruMotion 240Hz processing doubles the frame rate delivered by 120Hz-based technologies. The result is an unprecedented level of natural, lifelike motion from all your favorite video sources, especially fast-action movies and sports. And you get to enjoy this advanced performance on a Full HD 1080p LCD panel with widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio, wide 178° x 178° viewing angle, and blazing-fast 2ms pixel response time. Further, a 5,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio delivers enhanced detail.

The Real Cinema experience, at home

Way out west in Tinseltown, your favorite films are recorded at 24 frames per second. Unfortunately, most television content is recorded at 30fps, so most televisions are designed to display motion pictures at this speed. Until now, the solution has been to interpolate, or add, artificial scenes into 24fps content in order to "stretch" it to fit a TV's 30fps capability. Recent demands on the part of movie lovers for an authentic home-cinema experience have lead to technological advancements making a 24fps experience possible at home. High definition video like that recorded onto Blu-ray Disc contains 24p (or, progressive-scan 24fps video content) that brings true film into your home. But wait! There's still one more piece the puzzle. While true 24fps film makes it from Hollywood to your Blu-ray player, just like a movie-house feature film, it needs a screen to be enjoyed . . . i.e. your flat panel needs to be able to display 24p content. Enter the 55LX6500 with 24p Real Cinema video processing. These technology makes your new LX6500 series LCD fully capable of displaying 24fps video thanks to specific video processing that reproduces film-based images as video content.

Efficiency and performance . . . customized

Certainly, a new HDTV should satisfy all of your home viewing tastes and preferences. At the same time, however, a flat panel HDTV ought also to meet both the demands of your viewing area and your energy-use goals. True to form, the LG 55LX6500 delivers. First, the 55X6500's Intelligent Sensor employs a sophisticated algorithm that uses 4,096 sensing steps to evaluate the panel's surroundings, ultimately optimizing the panel's brightness, contrast, color, sharpness, and white balance to the needs of your home viewing area. Second, not only does the Intelligent Sensor customize panel performance to changing conditions in your living room, but by doing so it also minimizes overall energy consumption. Paired with LG's Smart Energy Saving technology, the Intelligent Sensor helps to earn the ENERGY STAR 4.0 qualification. Updated to included video display devices operating in the Power On mode, the ENERGY STAR 4.0 qualification sets high, stringent standards for efficient energy use.

Co-nec-ti-vi-ty

One of the most important items on an HDTV's spec sheet is one of the most over-looked. We're talking about connections, here. You see, a panel's connectivity options communicate a great deal about the HDTV's potential — will the TV work with your existing equipment? what kind of video sources can you watch? what kind of room is there for system growth? With the answers to these questions in mind, the folks at LG have equipped the 55LX6500 with an impressive repertoire of audio and video connections. First off, four total HDMI inputs offer optimal, single-cable connectivity to Full HD 1080p sources, and the side HDMI input is great for connecting a friend's HD gaming console. Second, multiple component- and composite-video inputs are great for connecting to non-HD video sources. Third, two USB ports let you hook up to digital cameras and portable audio/video players, and even support DivX video from online sources. Finally, a PC input with audio makes it possible to convert the 55LX6500 into a 55" computer monitor, while a digital optical audio output is great for sending audio to your system's A/V receiver.

Bring on the sound

The advanced HD video performance offered by the 55LX6500's panel is only half of the story when it comes to the complete home-theater experience. "What's the other half", you might ask? Audio. Not only does the 55LX6500 LED HDTV sport a two-speaker, 20W built-in audio system, but it reinforces it with a variety of audio-enhancing technologies. First, an Infinite Sound system teams up with built-in Dolby Digital decoding to deliver a virtual surround sound experience. Second, an Auto Volume Leveler II ensures that volume levels remain stable — i.e. no loud spikes in volume when TV programming cuts to commercial. Finally, the 55LX6500's Clear Voice II technology automatically enhances and amplifies the sound of the human voice's frequency range during scenes when background noise swells, assuring that you catch every last syllable of crucial dialogue.

Your HD lifeline

High Definition Multimedia Interface, or HDMI, is the only home A/V connection that allows for both Full HD 1080p video and 7.1-channel studio-quality audio to be passed along a single cable. In other words, in order to take full advantage of your home theater's high definition potential, you need to HDMI cabling to link HD-capable components. It's only natural that you might have questions regarding how best to outfit your personal HD system. Vann's sales representatives are here to explain all of your options. Call the 800 number at the top of this page for expert advice.