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LG 50PG30
Created: 09/25/2008
Video description: While blessed with a stylish, understated look and plenty of features, the LG 50PG30's picture quality falls a bit short of other 1080p plasma TVs.

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LG 50PG30 Review

The good: Relatively accurate color temperature after calibration; solid standard-definition processing; numerous picture controls; sleek, attractive styling with hidden speakers; plenty of connectivity with three HDMI and one PC input.

The bad: Reproduces a lighter shade of black; less accurate primary colors and color decoding; softer images with PC sources.

The bottom line: While blessed with a stylish, understated look and plenty of features, the LG 50PG30's picture quality falls a bit short of other 1080p plasma TVs.

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LG 50PG30 Specs

Manufacturer: LG
Part number: 50PG30

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