LG PS7000 (50PS7000) review

What you need to know

Reviewed by: Alex Jennings

Reviewed on: 8 October 2009

Tags: LG Electronics, LG PS7000 (50PS7000), black levels, HDMI, deep black

We like:

Good price; tasteful design; plenty of features and connections; generally very impressive high-definition picture quality

We don't like:

Sounds treble-heavy; standard-definition performance isn't great; black levels aren't quite up to normal plasma standards; worrying amount of image retention

CNET UK judgement:

The LG 50PS7000's pictures are unusually aggressive for a plasma TV, so it's capable of performing spectacularly well with HD material. But the same aggression arguably hinders the TV's standard-definition efforts, and leads to a worrying situation in which shadowy remnants of bright picture elements remain visible on the screen long after they should have disappeared

Full review:

After winning us over last week with the amazingly affordable 47LH3000 LCD TV, LG is trying to do it again with the 50PS7000, a 50-inch, 1080p plasma telly that can be found online for around £950. The question is: can the 50PS7000's plasma technology deliver as powerful a punch as LG's current large LCD sets? Continue Reading...