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we've enjoyed some films in 3d at the cinema, and have no ill effects, but the missus was watching an LG 3d tv in a shop, with that sort of glasses, and within 5 few mins she said she started to get a headache. She did say it looked good though.

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admars says...
the missus was watching an LG 3d tv in a shop, with that sort of glasses, and within 5 few mins she said she started to get a headache.You weren't nagging her to buy one at the time?


Interesting, I would have thought it was based on the same system the cinemas use, as , I guess they are digital.
Yesterday I received this months What Satellite & there is a feature about 'glassless' 3D. I think it is Toshiba, they are releasing a 46" one this Christmas for £8000-00.

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Paull says...
You weren't nagging her to buy one at the time?
lol, no, we're happy with our tv, Panasonic 42" plasma, about 1 year old, I was looking for travel adapters.

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Paull says...
Interesting, I would have thought it was based on the same system the cinemas use, as , I guess they are digital.yeh, I would have thought it was the same as well, which was I mentioned it.

Saw the LG Cinema 3D Experience (42" LG LW450U) in Tesco this afternoon and it's the set-up I'll be going for as well.  They had a Samsung with Active Glasses displaying Monsters vs Aliens as well, and I reckoned the Samsung picture was a lot darker than the LG picture.  You only got two pairs of specs with the Samsung and extra pairs would cost about £50 a pop.  The LG came with seven pairs of passive specs, but the 3D effect was a hell of a lot more impressive.

Checking online prices, I reckon I can get the 42LW550U for the same price as the LW450 at Tesco - which gives you more HDMI sockets, SmartTV and FreeviewHD.

J Mark Oates
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i bought the 42LW450U a couple of weeks ago. it's a great set.

i got our local currys superstore to price match richer sounds @ £559.99.
this set also qualifies for £50 cash back from sky (as long as you're a sky
subscriber), so once i get the cheque, i've got the tv for just over £500

only watched Rio in 3D so far... very impressed tbh.

there's also a USB socket on the side which allows you to play media and stuff,
hd divx and the like.

only downside as i think mark oates pointed out is the fact that this set only has
3 HDMI inputs, 2 at the back and one on the side. not fussed about hd freeview
as we have sky hd, and our lg bd660 blu ray player does pretty much what a 
smart tv can do anyway.

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Well, looking at the 42LW450U at Tesco, I was seriously tempted to get it on the spot, but I'm going to wait now until after Chrimbo to see if I can find a really good deal on either the 450 or the 550.  At the moment I'm running a 2-yr-old LG 32LH4000 that's given us stonking service.  It hasn't got DiVX capability, and only 3 HDMI inputs (one dedicated Blu-ray input, one dedicated upscaled DVD input and one switched input that can feed in the VM box, a hard drive server and at the moment two spares) so four HDMI inputs over three isn't that huge a deal.

I can get SmartTV features from the PS3, or plug a proper PC into the VGA input on the back, and I guess I could do the same with the new set.

So the choice between the 450 and the 550 could boil down to whether Freeview HD is a dealbreaker.  We do tend to watch Freeview rather than faff about with the VM box for most viewing that isn't either HD or not-on-Freeview.

EDIT: Been looking at the LG website comparing the two, and the 450 seems to have one or two little wrinkles the 550 doesn't, and vice versa, but I wonder how many are "features" I'll be switching off to stop the set mucking up the picture?

J Mark Oates
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That's my story and like my underwear I'm sticking to it.
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