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MonkTheKing "MonkTheKing" (Corona, NYC) January 27, 2011

I've had the LG LE475400 set up in my living room for about a week now. I have a PS3, Xbox 360, surround sound receiver, and my HD cable box attached. With 4 HDMI slots, I was able to connect all of them with HDMI wires. Out of the box, the picture is pretty lame. Be prepared to spend roughly 10 - 15 minutes per input slot setting up your preferred options. Please note that for some reason the "Real Cinema" option is only available to me on certain HDMI slots - i wonder if it has anything to do with the connected equipment or not. Another interesting setting is the "Tru Motion" option - turn this to high if you like to have that "soap opera" feel to your video. I have to say, it looks very natural but i prefer to keep this option off as a matter of taste. I'm sure some people will love it. Besides those two options, you have the standard "Contrast", "Sharpness", etc,etc options as well. You could even control specific color settings - ie - Blue brightness, Red brightness, etc etc. Loads of tweaking options here. You could literally spend hours on each input if you're obsessive enough.

After I completed all my tweaks for each input i have to say i'm very impressed with this TV. I probably sit a little too close to the TV than I should (I bought this TV for my next apt which will be bigger) and even with that being the case it looks great. As with all LCD's you will see some motion distortion but I think LG has a done a great job limiting this (especially if you turn off Tru Motion).
Now granted the only movies I've watched on it so far are HD cable programs (like HD HBO) so I can't comment on how Blu Ray movies would play (getting Avatar Blu Ray this coming Saturday to test it!!)

Where I see a huge improvement in this TV over my now defunct Samsung 40" LCD (720p)is in video game graphics and visuals. I mean, this TV is perfect for gaming. It's almost as if this TV has given some of my games a new lease on life. I can't stress enough how amazing my games look and play on this TV. Again, I had to spend a bit of time tweaking the settings to my liking but I'm sure any die hard gamer or videophile would find settings that suit their taste. Just a phenomenal gaming TV.

From a physical design perspective you could probably find something more attractive. The bezel is as plain as it gets with a very "no frills" design. Also, before I wall mounted this TV I noticed it to be a bit wobbly on the stand. This could have been due to me not attaching the stand securely enough but I thought I did a solid job.
The best part of the design is how thin it is - I'm talking Kate Moss thin. I really love how thin it is. It's just such a nice look.
Oh, and the power cord for some reason feels exceptionally short compared to other LCDs I've owned.