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I'm planning this year to replace my old 20" Sony WEGA and move to digital cable with basic HD service. My living room is a bit small so my viewing distance is about 5-6 feet. I've been looking at sets that are 32"-40" and it's hard to differentiate between them. I have a Tivo that does Netflix streaming so the TV being internet capable feels like a low priority. Decent sound would be nice, at least as good as the old Sony. I'll primarily be watching Tivo, Netflix DVDs and Netflix streaming. I have a decent Pioneer DVD player with HDMI on it and the Tivo Premiere is also modern, with HDMI. Is there anything I need to be looking for, or avoid? I'm not interested in 3D but I can see the appeal of LED backlighting, just not sure if it's worth the premium. I watch very little sports and won't have a video game system hooked up to the TV so refresh rate might not be important either.
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Aug 24, 2012 18:27
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I replaced my 12 year old 20" WEGA today with a 32" LG (32LM6200.) I'd just finished watching a DVD so that was the first thing I played on the new TV (over HDMI) and it had a horrid, greasy look that made the movie look more like videotape. I switched over to my Tivo that only has SD content and saw the same thing there. Movies were video-like and gross. I dug through the settings and found TruMotion and turned it off and immediately things looked normal to my eyes. Film looked like film. I hope I didn't screw anything up doing that. I popped my Bladerunner DVD in and was surprised how good it looked. I can imagine BluRay discs must be amazing. SD video from my Tivo of course looks terrible but I'll be upgrading to digital cable eventually. Netflix streaming even on the lowest quality level looked surprisingly good. Are there any suggestions for trying to optimize the image between sources, like between the DVD and the Tivo? There seems to be a lot of variation between channels, but maybe that's only with SD content.
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Oct 27, 2012 22:59
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I saw there was an LG app for the iPhone and tried it out. It found my TV on the wifi network and the TV popped up a pairing code. It can do everything the remote can do with one addition: It can take screencaps!  
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Oct 28, 2012 01:45
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I'm running HDMI from my DVD player to my LG for video, and digital coax to my surround sound receiver for audio. There's a slight delay in the audio that's more noticeable with some DVDs more than others. If I kill the surround and only listen to the TV's audio coming in via HDMI it's fine. Is the only answer for synced audio to have a receiver that also has HDMI? If I have both the surround and the TV speakers on I get a groovy reverb due to the slight delay for the surround audio.
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Nov 13, 2012 14:50
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The DVD sends video to the TV over HDMI and to the receiver via digital coax. The TV doesn't have any connectors that will work with my receiver so it comes straight from the DVD player. I think replacing the receiver is going to be the only way to fix this. It's interesting to see that HDMI must be faster than the signal to the receiver even over such a short trip.
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Nov 13, 2012 17:22
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My receiver is old.  It's ok since this move to HD has been part of an overall effort to bring my A/V into the 21st century. I replaced my Series 2 Tivo with an HD Premiere, and then my 10 year old 20" Sony with an LG 32" LCD. Next I have to ditch basic cable for digital so I can get HD, and then finally the old (2003) HTIB goes in favor of a small surround receiver. In the end the only painful part will be the cable, since I only pay $18 a month and digital will be probably $70. But I look forward to HD content.
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Nov 13, 2012 18:16
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