LG 47LM860V Pro Reviews

Few TVs scream 'buy me' at prospective punters louder than the LG 47LM860V. Aesthetically its gorgeous, and its feature list is everything you could hope for - and then some - from a 2012 premium TV. It performs excellently too for the most part, being particularly in its element with bright, colourful footage. We can't give the LG 47LM860V a completely unreserved recommendation, though, on account of the issues it sometimes has when showing dark scenes, and its slightly painful price. But it's still a superior TV that makes us very excited about what LG might unveil at January's Consumer Electronics Show (CES 2013).

With its stunning 3D pictures and excellent video processing it’s a shame that the LG LM860V is so undone by the unwelcome bedfellows of array banding and dirty screen effect. For a television in this tier of pricing we find it particularly unacceptable when we know that whilst it is often a problem we see with the LED technology, it doesn’t need to be as evident as it was on the sample supplied for review. Black levels and dynamic range performance were also disappointing although far more forgivable given the generous viewing angles and the fact the LM860 is capable of producing bright images with a decent degree of accuracy, making it a decent choice for a room with bright lighting. It was possible to slightly improve on the native black level by utilising the local dimming algorithms but since this LG seems to be only equipped with only 12 vertical dimming zones, the accuracy wasn’t good, leading to some very noticeable haloing around objects that could sometimes be seen from top to bottom of the screen. LG has got some work to do, especially with the engineering challenges, before the LM860 reaches the standards required for an AVForums recommendation but at least we know they’re a company that does listen and is proactive in addressing problems; so there is hope.