Rubbish really, they scratch so easily from the chips scraping over them. If you MUST play cards on it, use a cloth first.

Found you a new profile pic:

Can I watch tv on it?

Lol built in camera. They can see you do stuff

Lol built in camera. They can see you do stuff

great specs 200hz refresh 800hz process.

luckily its a pop up camera:)

http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/00002cc7c/8c9b_orh616w616/JohnLewis55JL9000CameraDetail.jpg

best smart tv 2014/15 http://www.eisa.eu/awards/home-theatre-display-video/10/european-smart-tv-2014-2015.html

Do you know if it's active, or passive 3D, op? Great price, plus the bonus of a 5 year guarantee...trying to resist:-)

Its a fantastic buy, heres the AV forums in depth review and they think the pictures great aswell as the TV itself.

https://www.avforums.com/review/john-lewis-jl9000-55jl9000-full-hd-3d-led-lcd-lg-tv-review.10521

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Yes- double bonus. Thanks;)

Unless you care about image quality, but that's another story entirely.

How are these for gaming?

Great deal!

nice

Why buy a budget john lewis tv when you could get quality like a Panasonic?

this or Sony http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sony-bravia-kdl55w8-led-hd-1080p-3d-smart-tv-55-with-freeview-hd-2x-3d-glasses-699-2172011?

Does this run plex?

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Thanks for the info - so useful:)

No ITV Player or 4OD?

Had this TV but took it back and got the Sony kdl55w829.The Sony is maybe £50 more,but it is light years ahead on picture quality.Still wish companies were continuing to produce plasma though as they are by far they best

who is doing TVs for John Lewis?

I wish I could afford this

Heheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheh someone is a ****.

Was tempted but the sound bar in the stand is no good if your wall mounting like most people do.

And Lg have the Now TV app exclusively on TV's

Only sad spot on this is I've seen at CES that any pre 2015 TVs with WebOS won't get updated to the 2.0 version as they require a hardware change :disappointed:

Just had my Panasonic TX55AS740B screen replaced. Guess who makes the screens for this Panasonic tv ???

LG !!!!

The engineer said most screens now are either LG or Samsung

Hardly. I tested the 3D on my parents LG (basically the same TV) and it was barely watchable. Cheap for a reason.

id love to know what job u all have to class 649 as budget lol

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Surely if you can afford to spend £600+ on a TV you can afford £10 for a nowtv box (not paying the subscription and just using the catchup) or getting a £40 Roku? Or is it better if it's integrated?

Is this really a deal or just regular price? Also the AV Forums review would also suggest this isn't wall mountable, can somebody confirm this?

£650 for a 55" TV is cheap so I guess it's classed as budget. You can spend many thousands on a TV.

Can I watch tv on it?

lG outsource all their own TVs. Panel is I house but the board, resistors, are third party... LG have the sell them cheap pile the high...personally would not buy.

Panasonic, Samsung and Sharp in no order in terms of panel tech and in house production.

And no before anyone mentions Panasonic do not outsource any parts.

10 years as a TV engineer

I don't care how thick the TV is... ALL TV's should have that bezel.

As this is a rebadged LG LB870, anyone know the difference between this and the previous model LB730, as i bought the 730 a couple of weeks ago for this price.

Nice. These are gonna get cheaper and cheaper until the 4k starts to roll out as 'normal'. Heat.

You'd proper freak out if that popped up whilst you were watching babestation ! :laughing:

Ohhh I hope its Cherry, she's lovely

Ok just found the difference between this and the previous model lb730v.

Translated from german:

Of the equipment features identical to the LB731V is the model LB870V. Only the name "LED Plus" and the thickness of only 34mm indicate that this model is an edge-lit LED TV's. The "Plus" stands for "local dimming". The display has a much higher frame rate of 1000 Hz MCI as well as a built-in 8-megapixel camera , such as video calls via Skype.

One may wonder about the chunky design of the stand, the one at the flagship of the LB series LB870V Soundbar is. Here 2 x 15 watt speakers and 2 x 10 watts woofer are installed. As a small accent that can LG logo on front lights are displayed.

"mediocre blacks" cold from me.

you can access itv player and 4od via web browser. an the apps not be downloaded and added?

Is this better then the Sony thats on offer at £699?
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sony-bravia-kdl55w8-led-hd-1080p-3d-smart-tv-55-with-freeview-hd-2x-3d-glasses-699-2172011?page=4#comments

The av forums review says its a 12mp camel built in. Is that right?

Sat there on a Friday night, in your pants, chinese food down you, half drunk and talking to yourself, you're gonna be freaked as hell when that thing slowly pops up on it's own in front of you :smiley:

more info:

https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lg.com%2Fes%2Ftelevision%2Flg-55LB870V&edit-text=&act=url

Maybe pop up camels are going to be the big new thing.

Seems a good deal , don't need all that 4k crap just now anyway , unless you want to tell everybody you have a 4k telly lol

Crunchy on the outside soft on the inner...Aaarrmmaaaadillllooo'ssssss!

Showing your age there mate !
I remember that Dime bar advert too :disappointed::laughing:

does anyone know how I Can find out if this supports 5.1 through the optical out?

I've been very impressed with the picture quality of the LG 47LB730 for some time. As this is supposedly a rebadged 49LB8??, which is a little better still, I'd expect this to be very very good. So I've just bought the 49" version after holding out for some time on getting a better TV.

Cheers OP.

From the review, sounds like this is a glass front screen. I assume that it is a bit mirror like when dark then?

I'm not sure whether to go for 55 or 49, my room is just normal sized and dont want to overkill. What do you think?

Holy smokes

So tempting. £374.25 for the 49" with the partnership card....:confused:

25% off anything if you
It's 25% off anything if you work within the John Lewis group! :smile:

tempting but some people on the JL site have slaughtered it as being slow, laggy, and problems when watching the football.... was tempted otherwise

i'm tempted for 49"
great great price

Found you a new profile pic:

Do i really need another TV....

Also read its not the best for gaming? 100MS +

people going on about Sony and Panasonic wouldn't go near 1of them it's lg or Samsung nuf said

Went for the Sony 55W829 instead for £680.

The only thing putting me of this is the resalet value ,, it won't be great as a named brand ..

Gave it a pass. So many reviews suggest slow response time between changing modes and using smart functions.

tempted

The engineer who came to replace my screen said there is a chance that 4k might not be around for long (if it ever gets here!!!) as they are working on a new far superior technology than 4k
Has anyone heard of this ???

HEAT + some!

This is better than *any* of the Deals this weekend on line, apart from the 10m masterplug 4 gang extension lead at 4pm Saturday!

Brilliant all round TV, with top of the shop tech and spec, if you are not buying into 4K/8K/SuperK as of yet.. then this and the 60" version from JL with the 5 year warranty will take you through to a time period when 4K 60" will be sub £500 ;-)

Actual TV in this deal montage of high res shots slideshow:

if you're going to invest in a tv, something which you'll probably use reguarly for the next 5+ years, I would recommend waiting for cheap 4k's to come out.

What wall mount do I need for this?

Dos anyone have this that could comment on it?

You only have to click on the link and it tells you straight away but no, some people cannot be bothered. It's actually quicker to find out yourself than type the question on here. Here'e the info if you want to know

Product information

John Lewis quality comes to Smart TVs with the JL9000. Enjoy vibrant Full HD with immersive 3D, as well as access to the most exciting apps, games and movie services. The powerful integrated sound bar means that everything sounds as good as it looks. Created in collaboration with renowned manufacturer LG, this TV features the advanced WebOS interface that makes accessing all of these great features as simple as using your smartphone.
Full HD & 3D
See every moment in 1080p Full HD. Colours appear more realistic, blacks are darker and overall contrast is tuned to reveal more detail on screen. Cinema style passive 3D also adds more depth to every moment.

Not difficult.

Can the stand/soundbar be removed?

anyone know if this suffers from DSE. I havr the 730v and that does. I think this will be the same but anyone who has maybe can answer, thanks in advanced

With respect, I think it's most likely that you had a faulty one - the W8 is a phenomenal TV at all screen sizes. I've got them in different rooms around the house and no issues with that at all, hence all of its awards and exceptional reviews over the course of the year.

LG says it all, shocking after sales and not built to last.

BELL END :disappointed:

what's so hot about this. seems normal

Heat....

Small-minded maybe!!
But he`s a BIG-Bigot!!!

there's no denying this is a good deal.
and I'm not trying to be negative...

but why is this a better deal than this?

LG 55LB730V 55-inch

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00K2TFQUI/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_iwRfvb1ZDZQWS

it's essentially the same tv. but without the speaker (which tbh isn't that important as it won't be much better than any normal tin sounding in-built)

is the 5yr JL warranty the only difference?

The benefit fiddling filth that lived next to me had a massive tv, Sky Sports, alcohol and drugs etc.

Need shooting...

Spotted this in the York store yesterday, thought it looked awesome for the money! Spotted it's LG origins.... 60in for me please..

not rendering in safari....

Sounds to me, more likely - You were the filth that lived next door to them?

Good find, but it's without a 5 year warranty, you've got to add the postage charge, this version is supposed to be slightly better and you do get a sound bar included, which will certainly appeal to some.

Why not? The demo video clearly shows it being bolted on during installation. I can't see any reason why you couldn't choose not to bolt in on.

If you say so Mick, if you say so....

Hehe, I like how the Panasonic and sony trolls have been posting many panne and sony tv deals today to counter this and not getting much heat.

I have the 55LB730, the model slightly lower than this (without built in camera) and it really is a top class performer.

Exactly. We paid £1000 for [by today's standards] a puny 28" Toshiba CRT Tv back in 1993 which works out over £1800 pounds today. Ok, it had it's own brand factory fitted cabinet with built-in speaker attached, but still. Musta been mad. Prices for AV equipment these days is much cheaper.

i had 3 of them, all had same effect, its the panel that causes it, look at a prominently dark picture and move from side to side , also can see it in shops

Try Chrome Beta works a treat with the new engine updates ;-)

I wish

V good for the price but if your after fidelity you'll want to consider 4k at that size or simply hold off!

Would people say the 49" TV is good for £499, 55" telly would be too big for the bedroom?

That's interesting; I did an awful lot of research before buying mine, and you're the first person I've come across to have had this problem with it. The picture in store and at home is excellent, as far as I can tell. This John Lewis TV, however, like all LGs I've seen over the last year, simply can't cope with fast-moving images. Even their own in-store demo shows up the aberrations when they show a skydiver - there are dodgy pixels all over the place, even on their £8,000 tellies. Seriously awful when you're paying that kind of cash. As for this deal, and I know it's down to the individual, so I'm not having a go at the OP, I'd much rather save the money and go for a Sony; it's a no-brainer!

55 is the best deal. nothing is ever too big for the bedroom

lovely big ****-off telly!! **** off the neighbours in style! !

Aren`t 4k TV`s, heavy on your Electricity Bill?

Thanks OP!
Looks good for the price.

I have the 49......will look at the update via usb......this has got DSE during football matches you can see it....however,the picture besides the football is fantastic, I get Amazon prime and now tv built in apps.
The 3d is outstanding....plays 3d movies from memory stick without a problem...ignore comments about the soundbar....it's very good, not "tinny" .....very good deal

thanks for the heads up. how do you do the update with usb stick.? the dse is like banding. it is really common with these panels, I just wondered if thei tv will be the same as my lg. the reason I ask as mine can go back to JL and I could buy this instead.... of course unless my wife reads this as I am driving her crazy with all of this

buy and try, jl have a no quibble returns m8 :smiley:

There is a lot more than there was 6 months ago, but if you buy this one, it will last until there is more!


Yes it is a good purchase, if the 55" is too big, if you do have the 49 as a bedroom set, suggest some gentle low lighting either side, as no doubt when you watch it, it will be pitch black and the screen will be way to bright on normal settings, thus turn the backlight dimming|brightness down, put some 10-15w love lights on and save your eyes! Have a measure up prior to buying, as you will be suprised how much better the 55" is and what spaces it can fit into|onto!



No



Cool, make sure you get the whole firmware in one download on your laptop|server|desktop and test the zip extraction first, then copy it over onto USB, also advise that you do not use a crappy slow USB stick, as sometimes this will make the update hang and you will think that it going slow, but it is not, it has crashed due to the transfer rate of the stick, also ensure that your network|wifi is off|unplugged prior to doing it, if it states you have the latest and|or the same # firmware, just simply do it again to overwrite all the crap factory ones on the TV ;-)

If you are getting that sort of effect on a particular stream/sky channel, might also be worth hard resetting your sky box and getting the latest [dec2014 or feb2015] firmwares, which do not and have not hit all the 2015 boxes yet.

Once you have the newest official LG firmware and have followed the LG guide to the letter, reset the TV to the un calibrated settings under picture, then re-calibrate with an android app or manually turn off the dimming|edge|back lighting on a simple 1080p HD stream from a usb stick, then try the same from your football source, it could also be the hdmi cable, so again swap it out for another to try it.

If all else fails, send the 49" back and get this one! :smile: Agree about the sound bar, nothing wrong with the sound and afawk, a lot more middle|bass than the on the Sony's..

Wow,thanks for all that.....you really think a new hd I lead would cure the banding? I'm on Virgin media btw

this is a different tv - LG 55LB870V

lol can you recommend a better Panasonic for the same price?

Do these have the LG logo?

Just bought this TV today (49")., good price and i like webos, BUT...
This is supposed to be a SMART TV, with WIFI, is there a way to connect it to a network share and play the content from it?
My brother's 2 year old samsung can do it right away...
I can't figure it out yet how can it connect to my Raspberry Pi and see the network shares...
I have been looking on the net and i am afraid it won't be possible...
Any ideas???
Thanks

Yep! line them up with the corporate tax avoiders that rip this country off to the tune of 120 billion ( enough for another NHS) whilst paying minimum wages being made up by the taxpayer through tax credits. Anyway back to the tele, pay 50 quid more for the Sony .... no brainer.

Dont get lcd if you like your sport....... Fast objects drag like buggery...... Had plasma too many years I notice it to distraction

It looks like 4k tv`s use a lot more power, compared to HD. When you look at/read specs, on their annual power consumption?

Looks good to me, but trying to understand the stand/soundbar when you wall mount it? the pictures on JL website suggest the soundbar is flat rather than angled? Almost like a piece is removed to allow it to be wall mouted. Cannot fin anything written about it though?

Would this Panasonic for £450 with priority moments not be a better deal as its got Freetime and active 3D?
http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-dvd-blu-ray/televisions/large-screen-tvs-32-and-over/panasonic-viera-tx-48as640b-smart-3d-48-led-tv-22094677-pdt.html#cat-0

Not really. A lot of people can afford this TV actually, although I know it's not the cheapest TV you can buy.

Very good deal. Heat added.

BOUGHT IT :smile:

:laughing:

Has anyone bought this for gaming? seems to have a very high input lag from the reviews...

Is there a firmware that has fixed it been released?

'Targeted for those on benefits' - what a ridiculous comment. To get a decent TV at this size you'd be paying this price at an absolute minimum. Admittedly, I think the picture quality on this model is appalling when there are fast-moving images on-screen, but that just makes your comment all the more strange. Personally, I do work for a living, as does my wife. We are looking to buy a TV that is vastly more expensive than this, so what does it make us - homeless?

Besides, everyone knows the stereotypical folks on benefits (not the decent people who have hit hard times) just go for the biggest screen at the cheapest price. JVC and Technika all the way ... ;-)

gosh I love the price. mines a LG too from jl. love it but I wouldn't mind getting a exchange but it's nearly been 2 years iv had it.

Mixed reviews on JL website' great price let down by the reviews' assuming the reviews are accurate?

Irrespective heat added based on the spec

I want to buy it but what's it going to be like with the ps4

How good is this compared with Panasonic g30 plasma, what's the benefit of upgrading or will I be downgrading in picture quality?

we went to buy one of these today. The whole Web Os is great, the magic remote is quirky in a good way, the tv physically lools great. The picture is not so great. had the guy run tech demo on various sets throughout the store and this was the worst by far. There was one scene where a peraon blew a hand full of dust which lost sharpness and another with a face on gradient blue background and the banding was awful. They had a Sony 55" for only 50quid more, that had a stunning picture. So clear. We spent 45mins playing between the two to see if was a setup thing but it really wasnt. We didnt get the John Lewis/LG one needless to say.

Not true. all 2014 Panasonic's have all catch up services via built in Freetime software.

Sony 2015's will also have all on demand services thanks to built in Youview software.

Gave up on the firmware......comes down as a ...think it said "efk"....couldn't open it,tried for 1/2 hour,just why?

If this is like every other LG set it will have bad response if you use any of the TV's motion compensation or cinema mode.
You can make it vastly better by setting the TV to "GAME" mode and then renaming the HDMi inputs to "PC" which will bring the response time down to under 40ms which should make gaming and watching sports a bit better on the eye...

LG tv's are generally set badly from the factory and require a fair amount of tweaking the settings to get the best out of them.

I don't understand why renaming to pc does anything?
can you elaborate in slightly more technical terms?

Did you actually read the software upgrade instructions!?

I have this telly it's the dogs danglies

Reviews aren't good when looking at black levels .... think I will hang onto my old LG Plasma a while longer.

I did look at this TV before Xmas .... I tried to like it, but simply couldn't - the picture wasn't good enough - maybe I've been spoilt by the superior Plasma?

Bought it, heat added! Hope I have more luck with this than the previous LG I bought in January. Got a 60 plasma Model 60PB690V from PRC direct for £600, plays Sky TV fine through HDMI and freeview through antenna but when watching stuff through my PC or Roku box through HDMI, playback is bad (changing ports doesn't help). Image processing seems off somehow, noticed flickering between scenes. I filmed it on my phone and played it back slowly and can see how the previous image is wiped away vertically by the next one and if you pause it at the right moment you can see the top half of the screen is the new image and the bottom the previous. It happens several times per minute and iv very annoying. Gonna call PRC on monday but I'll probably have to sell it privately as I've had it for over 2 months now. eBay are going to have to get their cut it seems! Anyone else experienced anything like this?

hardest part is done. I've convinced the wife we should get it.

just hope it is OK for the ps4. I don't need anymore excuses for loosing at fifa tbh

any1 actually ordered?

It told me to open it and I couldn't

ur a dick

Manage to get one and put up on the wall last night. 5 years guarantee cost me £200 last time I bought a TV.

Only had time to set up wifi and plug in hdmi Virgin cable.

I watch a max of 1-2 hrs of tv a week as I'm on call 7 days a week, so this budget tv suits me.

Last time I bought a tv I paid £2000 - Now I just buy average equipment that lasts 5 years then upgrade again.

If people watch alot of TV then this TV is fine.

If you watch a lot of TV and the picture must be perfect with no game lag, then invest another £1000-2000 or get a life as you'll get fat and dumb.

Thanks O.P. My old LG TV started to play up after 7 great years yesterday!

I ordered this last night, but am starting to get genuinely concerned about the input lag. The main thing I watch is sport, would I be better suited to the Sony W8 instead?

This deal, or a LG 55LB650V 55 Inch Smart 3D LED TV from JL with 5 year warranty for £600. Please help, so confused. Thanks

Too many comments on gaming input lag.....truth is that via "game mode" and renaming the input to "PC" the input lag is just 35ms.......do this once and every time you turn on your ps4 (you did make the right console choice didnt you) it will automatically be using the right setting......

You will loose any of the TV's TRu motion features which for watching sport can be useful. Tbh for watching mainly sport or playing games I would look at the Sony W8 for a few quid more It has much better response times. It's not quite as feature rich as the LG or JL and can be a pain to wall mount if you intend to do that but is much better suited to fast motion media.

My opinion is, after viewing this and the Sony, is the Sony is the better TV ..... by far more than the tiny £49 difference

Just cancelled the order, will go for the W8 instead. Thanks to everyone who helped.

Em, if you can get to a store and have a demo.
I'm in a quandary myself , I don't really need another TV but keep hovering over the buy button, I think I'm going to the Trafford centre today to do some comparisons.

Cancelled my 49 incher as it won't fit on my corner stand.

This tv or an LG 55LB650V 55 Inch Smart 3D LED TV from JL with 5 year warranty for £600.

Thanks

After reading some comments I'm now unsure if I'd be better off cancelling and going with the Sony Bravia KDL55W8 for £49 more. I'm not a gamer and don't care about 3D but do like to watch a lot of HD films. The LG received an award from Which and comes with the built-in soundbar, but what are the advantages of the W8 eg. are the blacks better, what is local dimming and does the W8 lack this? I’m a bit wary of LG now after the experience with my current set:

Bought the LG 60PB690V from PRC direct for £600 in January. Displays Sky TV fine through HDMI and freeview through the antenna but when watching videos through my PC via HDMI or Roku via HDMI, playback is bad (changing ports doesn't help). Image processing seems off somehow, noticed flickering, very noticeable during transition between scenes. I filmed it on my phone and played it back slowly and can see how the previous image is wiped away vertically by the next one and if you pause it at the right moment you can see the top half of the screen is the new image and the bottom the previous. It happens several times per minute and is very annoying. Going to call PRC on monday but I'll probably have to sell it privately as I've had it for over 2 months now. eBay are going to have to get their cut it seems! Any advice would be appreciated.

Thank you. Can you please be specific about how the sony W8 is superior to this particular LG with regard to picture and sound quality? I'm not a gamer and don't use 3D but do watch a lot of HD films.

I`m 59 years old, and not a gamer etc. So I have NO idea what a W8 is.
ALSO 3D. I would NEVER bother with a TV that you NEEDED to wear Glasses with. HD is Plenty!

ALSO, I wouldn`t bother with a 4k. As according to the specs the annual power consumption is HIGH for a normal person, and for what you get in return.

As for Superior?

Sony is Superior to ALL other Tv`s!

They are far from superior, had 3 W8's all went back, i do have a 40" Sony at moment as a stop gap but it aint very good either, washout colours a plenty as poor viewing angles especially on dark pictures, looks good if sat in the middle of the screen, but no good for me due to layout of my room

You won't regret it,The Sony kdl55w829 is a great set both for gaming and viewing.The panel is made by au optronics(va type).The JL uses an LG ips panel which have a poor response time for gaming.

I'm afraid mike wouldn't know when quality hits him in the face, a sweeping statement like Sony all the way says it all, then he can't justify what he saying. Sorry mike I can't take what you say as informative.

Stick with the Sony W8.Once calibrated properly,it beats the JL in picture quality terms easily

I have ordered one to try it, you may be happy with the Sony , but viewing angles didn't suit my room layout, and i couldn't get a good picture, sometimes it was "wow" that's cracking, then sometime it looked poor and that's on HD content :smiley:

Trouble is everyone is different, good thing is JL have a great returns policy :smiley:

Various things, but ultimately couldn't get a good picture on it, sometimes it was fantastic and others poor.

Have ordered the JL TV to try, im not into gaming and need a good viewing angle before it washes out, IPS offers a wider viewing angle, but like i say everyone is different, there isn't a ideal TV for everyone

I guess the ultimate TV would be OLED but at over 2k out of my budget

I am a watcher of a lot of Blu ray films and streamed hd content and the Sony kdl55w829 has an incredible picture quality from all hd sources.As is the case with all sets,it will need to be calibrated properly to get the most from it.Take some of your favourite Blu rays to the store and do a comparison test with them.This is the only way you will know for sure which you like best.Good luck

I keep wanting to buy one of these but one thing keeps putting me off. Every time I hear the name 'John Lewis', I automatically think of shagging penguins. I would keep seeing the name while watching it and that would come to mind - thanks Russell Howard!

having read all through this. and looked at the prices. I went to curry's and looked at the screens. then I went to tesco and tbh I can't see any difference!!

I've bought a 50" Technika for £599

way I see it, I've saved £50 over the price of the John lewis.

winner.

Ignore the pub bore with his cheesy sad act sarcastic comment ,actually it is an excellent TV for gaming.

The benefit fiddling filth that lived next to me had a massive tv, Sky Sports, alcohol and drugs etc.
AKA The Royal Family

Mike, I have Panasonic , Samsung and Sony , the picture quality of my sets are also in that order, however thats not to say some Sony's and Samsung TV aren't better.
Ive been to John Lewis to demo some of the TVs on offer, I was watching the football on ITV hd on all the sets however it was being fed via hdmi to all the sets as they had no working aerial.
I was disappointed with the 55 inch JL/LG TV, the picture wasn't that clear and was showing some distortion, the 55 inch Sony w8 was pretty similar, the Samsung 48 inch versions h6400 and Samsung h5500 looked pin sharp and I would say the picture quality was bang on.
I only seen the in store demo of the Samsung 55 h6400 so could not do a direct comparison, also the picture quality of the JL/lg 49 inch running from a demo USB stick was very good and compared well against some of the 4k sets.
All in all I'm more confused now than I was and would actually say a 48/50 inch TV would be better for my relatively small living room.

Mike, no apology from me mate you clearly stated Sony TV's regardless of model are best which they clearly are not.
I didn't insult you I just stated your information was flawed which touched a nerve.

Does this have voice recognition ?

Many of these comments are just excellent today.

Lots of heat. Rightly so. How many actually bought it?

One of the best deals I've ever seen on this site

When on LG website looking for latest firmware for this tv, what model number do you use to search. Used 55JL9000 and 55LB870V but just says no results found.

Wow, congratulations for having spent £599 on a terrible piece of hardware. I'm hoping, for your sake, you're just trolling. Otherwise you might be interested to know that the 50" Sony W8 - winner of many, many awards for its picture quality, is exactly the same price. Maybe you couldn't tell the difference when they're in different stores, playing different content and in different lighting, but do a side-by-side comparison and your tears will destroy the cheap Technika remote in your hand.

Think I'm going to cancel and go with the Sony W8 instead. Although I love the soundbar idea and it is a good buy overall, the picture on the Sony is reviewed as excellent, whereas the LG suffers with mediocre blacks and haloing with local dimming. Think it's worth the extra £49.

[quote=ELVIS_THE_PELVIS]Lots of heat. Rightly so. How many actually bought it? [/quote

U did, 60". Delivery on Thursday :smiley:

Nick, check out the Samsung's , I was impressed with the h6400

Should have been Rick not nick

I have a 50" Samsung Plasma and it's given me great service for 4/5 years nothing wrong with it and superb with the Xbox One.. Would i be wise to change it for the JL 55"???

Ango, before you take the plunge make sure you view the set before you buy.
I spent a good hour viewing this set and others (with limited HD material) and come to the conclusion that this set is no dramatic improvement to my Panasonic g30 plasma.
I need a new secondary TV but have now decided not to replace my main panny with this, I will now buy a smaller second set such as Samsung h6400/ h5500 and wait for a few years for mass rollout of 4k.

Mike, I may end up with a Sony 42 inch w705 yet, depends if amazon finally honour a previous deal, It may be a steal at £250

Unfortunately mate...it's only 12% on electricals.......

Find it funny how my 8 year old 50" Plasma Samsung suffers no blurring whatsoever when watching the football.....

Yeah, sorry. I found that out after I made the claim. Still, 12% aint bad!!

For £499 I've purchased. Think this is a cracking deal. The built in camera sealed it for me over the Sony ( I already own a Sony W8 series TV and think they are great) as a separate camera for Skype currently costs £79.99 (Sony CMU-BR200).

I can also get rid of my NowTV box as the app is built in. Bonus.

ive gone for the 55. the good reviews on avforums + soundbar+ webos +3d+5yr warranty+camera(gimmicky maybe?) have sold it to me...
as a 55inch telly I don't think it's an amazing deal, but as the package it seems very good so decided to go for it.

worried about comment about picture quality with sports, will have to wait and see.

wanted 60 inch but thats pushing my budget a bit

I bought one on Friday, its now hanging on my office wall at home, unfortunately the feeds I have are not brilliant and the BBC HD signal goes if you stand near the amplified arial, I have installed PLEX and it works ok, the DNLA also works fine.

Watching the GP on Sunday the picture was good with no tearing which incidentally I do get on my Samsung 7000. Overall I am pleased.

IF anymore people who own this could comment thatd be great ... my big fear is motion blur

What wall mount are you guys using with this? I'd want it as tight to the wall as possible, with the soundbar connected. My concern is the position of the power socket.

Changed my order today with customer services from the JL to the Sony. Have no real requirement for the soundbar as i'm using AV amp and speakers and current TV and AV amp is Sony (STRDG 820). I hope I've made the right decision. I'm prone to impulse buys!

I popped in to John Lewis today to have a look at the TV. Interestingly and as commented elsewhere the staff felt that the Sony TV at £50 more was a better deal for a superior set. The one thing that put me off is that although the TV is clearly a good set the soundbar loops around as a stand and unless you are resting the unit on a very large unit it will not rest properly on it which completely ruled it out for me. Limited options when considering wall mounting means yet again back to the drawing board. Voted hot for the fact it is a good deal but just not for me.

There seems to be a bit of an obsession with John Lewis ?

would have thought it was quite simple. why is it that new technology cannot handle what old technology could.

old tv's went up to around 32" max, you probably didn't notice anything back then as they were so small :smiley:

Modern LED screens have dealt with many of the problems that plasmas suffered from - screen burn, weight, size and power usage. Unfortunately the one thing that wasn't quite so good was fast movement. Now, however, that's been fixed - as long as the TV you buy isn't cheap, or an LG. Good-quality LEDs are capable of giving all the benefits of plasma (and more) but without all its negative aspects.

There is no LED tv's they are LCD and use LED as the backlight.

There is nothing that comes close to The PQ and motion handling of a decent plasma other than OLED available today. you just cannot get the deep blacks and bright whites on any TV using a backlight for it's light source.

The problem is the cost. A 55" oled is £2k+ at the moment and with LG holding the patents it's doubtful anyone else is going to produce them anytime soon which means the price will stay high.

Hi could someone please confirm whether you will be able to use Spotify on this TV? I know that webOS does support spotify but I was just wondering if an owner could confirm this?

Not unusual for the products that are technically superior at a point in time to lose out to other tech. Normally because of cost or limitations in the technology. In the same way, things aren't always improved in all areas where new and 'better' tech comes along.

Thanks Deano but like I said i know it is webOS and that it supports it, I want to kow if they have the app available. For example some phone manufacturers used to disable certain apps....

OLED patents are held by many companies not just LG...CRT and Plasma have both been consigned to the technology graveyard so it's time to move to pastures new.LED is the best bet for now as OLED TV's are the best,but are too expensive due to high production costs and a higher yield failure rate.There are some very good LED TV's out there,but you need to go to a retailer who has dedicated viewing rooms to really tell what one is best.Viewing on a shop floor is not the best way.

Hi everyone. Is there any major retailer that does trade-ins on TV's? an upgrade to something like this would be nice but I already have a perfectly good 50'' Sammy Plasma. Sure it's about 4 years old but its about time for a change.

Wow, someone likes being a contrarian, don't they? 'There is no LED tv's they are LCD and use LED as the backlight'. So ... they're LED then, aren't they? Otherwise, I'll counter your faulty logic with 'there are no TVs, the word is television; we just call them TVs for short'. Yeah, that didn't make sense either, did it? So shall we just leave it there and accept that because, a) they have LEDs in them and b) everyone in the industry uses this to differentiate between the old type of LCD which didn't, hence the advertising material all referring to 'LED TVs', that yours was a silly point?

Hi all here is some calibration for this tv. also would work on the 730b and possibly the 650. hope it helps

Picture mode – EXPERT
Aspect ratio – Just Scan (as this is full picture 16:9 picture is cut)
Backlight – 52
Contrast – 75
Brightness – 49
H Sharpness – 10
V sharpness – 10
Colour – 50
Tint – 0

Expert control

Dynamic control – off
Super res – off
Colour Gamut – Standard
Edge enhancer – off
Colour filter – off
Expert filter – off
Gamma – 2.2

White balance

Colour Temp – Warm2 ( I selected medium)

Click 20 points and select 2 points
Point Low settings

Red Green Blue
4 0 -7

Point high settings

8 0 -22

(leave pattern on outer)
Click 20 points and change IRE to –

IRE Red G B
10= -15 -10 -30
20= 0 0 0
30= -2 0 -2
40= 10 0 -1
50= 5 0 -3
60= 2 1 -8
70= 2 0 2
80= 2 0 0
90= 3 0 0
100= 17 0 0
APPLY TO ALL INPUTS
Back then select Colour Management

Colour Saturation Tint Luminance

Red 0 0 0
Green 0 0 1
Blue 0 -14 4
Cyan 0 3 2
Magenta -11 3 2
Yellow 0 -5 3

PICTURE OPTIONS

Noise reduction – off
MPEG Noise – off
Black Level – Low
Real Cinema – on
Motion eye care – off
LED local dimming – Low
Tru motion – User (clear plus is full HD but output of light is higher) if selected user then select De-judder to 0 and De-blur to 10

sorry a bit long winded but it will produce a nice picture. You have to set up for each input. For gaming change the input to pc (this will lower the input lag time). You can do this by pressing the input button then selecting all inputs on the screen. On the right hand side of the screen click edit and change it there. the next edit below you can change the input name. hope this helps too

To be fair my question was more a rhetorical one. Kinda thinking out loud.... Just seems silly thats all...

Mine gets delivered tomorrow

I think you will find Panasonic will be wanting to concentrate on OLED in the future, having said that I previously had a Panasonic LED/LCD TV 42" and it was brilliant, so good that the first person to view it when I sold it paid my rather cheeky highish price without hesitation and 2 years on loves it but like me wants to get bigger screen mow.

LOL! Cheered me up at work this morning :smiley:

Designed to pop up when least expected!

Technically?
Some people need to get a Life!

To put into context a used,no warranty 55 inch version sold on Ebay for £517.Your text here.Great deal for the extra £132 I think,not the greatest TV but far from the worst too.

Hi, i only watched 1 movie on it so far, and to be honest it seems fine to me but i am really no expert in those settings. I hardly touch the default settings.

Dosen`t "Refurbished" Mean? More than likely! - Burnt-out!!

Cancelled my order, hoping that LG can fix the problem with my existing LG 60PB690V or I might have to go with the Sony W8. It's either that or wait for OLEDs to come down in price, but would an OLED be much better than the W8 though as the W8 gets outstanding reviews?

There are better TV's and I'm no Sony fan after the shoddy service I've had from them. If you prefer the Sony, then buy that.

I'm sticking with my LG I mean JL :stuck_out_tongue:

What clinched it for me was the inbuilt satellite tuner.

My old sky box is getting a bit old and ugly too. I hooked up the satellite feed to the TV and tuned up the free channels and presto HD, less cable clutter, one less remote and one more power socket free.

I have a £30 CI module on order that fits in the slot in the back of the TV so I can use my Sky card. If only the TV had a built in cable tuner for Virgin.

Also I have a 1Tb hard drive plugged in for recording off Sky.

The remote is fiddly but ok, however the other click media remote that comes with it is great. (You get 2 remotes to use for your own choice).

Sport settings lowers any football lag and I was surprised to see my PS4 working quite well.

WIDI or Wi-Fi devices work through the Wi-Fi menu quite easily.

I hope to keep this for several years until something new establishes itself e.g. 6K?

Also impressed by the 3D (not a fan of wearing shades for movies) some things looked like you could reach out and touch them!

I'm waiting for Apple to make a brilliant TV oh and they are using LG screens.

Thanks, that's what I'm hoping! I don't feel I need anything more than 1080 as there isn't much material in 4k yet and I don't watch sports. I presume it's only newer material filmed in 4k that's going to benefit on the 4k TVs? I'd be surprised if they could top the quality of existing blu-rays by much, especially older films. I know some films are being released as "remastered in 4k" but I'm not sure they could be presented in 4k and look that much better than the blu-ray?

I doubt a sky card will work in a cam, maybe you will just get freesat channels.

The 55" LG OLED 4k screen is out in the UK, in currys. They got stock about five days ago.

Would love an OLED but need to pay my mortgage off asap. Hopefully the technology will be standard in a year's time and the price won't be £2-3K!

Are your comments designed to confuse? This set does not have an inbuilt satellite tuner. If you've successfully added tuner card to slot that gives you satellite TV, that great, but it's not a inbuilt satellite tuner.

for freesat will this connect directly or do i need a separate freesat box? it mentions freeview not freesat so a little unsure...

By definition it IS more affordable.

There is a satellite tuner that's why its got a satellite input on the back

Reading the specs there is no satellite tuner, just Freeview HD.

Anyone comment on motion blur or lag on football on this. .

there is a satellite tuner as there is an input as jr007b above is using it :smiley:

i have a 40" Sony at moment and it does not mention satellite, but has a satellite input and im using that , it does not have Freesat epg and i think that's why its not mentioned on spec

Nope not trying to confuse you - but it isn't very difficult lol

Seriously - there is a input for satellite. I screwed in my cable that feeds my sky and chose Astra East 28 degrees and non scrambled channels.

It found over 400 channels (not that many as some are broadcast twice or have regions for the whole U.K. e.g. BBC East or North), radio stations and a HD channels. It won't allow me to watch sky as I don't have the card slot but freesat on sky (not normal Freesat as this TV doesn't have the licence).

I've put away my Sky box which was picking up the free channels.

One less piece of clutter for me. Hope it helps someone who is after a tv with a satellite tuner - I don't know if the card slot is compatible with Sky yet.

It won't tune to the official Freesat system due to licence issues.

It will pick up the 'Freesat on Sky/Astra' and record to a HDD too.

Google Freesat on Sky. It will show you a list of channels vs. proper Freesat where you need a Freesat box.

Just take the cable from your satellite dish box and screw it into the TV, then select when tuning: Satellite. You won't any other equipment to watch free channels on Astra/Sky so you'll save money from not using the Sky box anymore.

You will need to adjust the frequency so you scan the lower bands too. Otherwise you will miss a few channels. Click on unscrambled as it will save you from scrolling on the tv guide/

So far I have all the free channels that my old Sky box would pick up and the HD versions such as BBC1/23 ITV C4 etc on HD.

I also have CBS actions/drama/horror channels.

To be fair the channels are not great if you are a couch potata' but suits me to quickly flick through after a long haul in the A&E. I just crash and watch a movie on demand/Blu ray while scoffing!

I've come in to this thread late. Sorry. Seems that it's been busy here!

I'm really hoping someone can give me a quick answer whilst I wade through all the comments and try to sort the wheat from the chaffe..... For a TV of over 45 inches, is this the best one out there? I like the guarantee lots, don't care about 3D and I'm not a brand snob. Equally, I wouldn't want the sub £300 Luxor 50 inch on offer at Richer Sounds.

I see noise here of Sony, but don't LG make their panels for them?

Straight answers from experts especially welcome. Thanks.

Click on deal and then look at specs and it says tuners one Freeview there is no second tuner on the spec sheets so please check your model number and post a photo of your sat connection, with model number in the same photo if possible.

The Sony W8 on John Lewis for £699 is a better TV. It uses a VA panel which has better blacks than the IPS LG and has a far better response time and is far better for gaming use.

Sony W8 55" 3D TV John Lewis

I'll try to get pic up when I get home tonight. To be fair the instructions and spec details from JL are basic at best.

I went for JL9000 55" and it had the white plastic body on the back with a huge LG logo (JL logo on the front). £650.

If you don't believe me then ring up JL and ask them to check or have a look yourself.

I guess after all the trolls, I don't blame you wanting evidence so I'll try and get pics up asap.

I have the manual in front of me, page 21 states. This is exactly how it appears in the manual.
Television system
DVB-T(*DVB-T/T2)
DVB-C
DVB-S/S2
Program coverage
VHF, UHF, C-Band, Ku-Band

Nothing else.

Dwain

"Other things" ??? Obviously! Be rude not to!

Again, anyone who owns this telly, can you pls pls pls comment on motion blur (football especially)

ReallY? That is what i am doing but no joy...
I am now updating the software of the TV to see if this will help.
Thanks

Thanks for the clarification.

So, hopefully my TV (I've gone for the 49") will a have a satellite tuner too. I can now see why the specs don't mention a freesat tuner, but it seems really odd that no satellite tuner is mentioned at all!?

The Sony Kdl55w829.is a fantastic set from all hd sources and is amazing for gaming with no lag.Get this TV if you want great blacks,accurate colours,brilliant contrast and no motion blur.Don't buy it if all you are interested in is smart services,as there are better smart TV's out there(LG/SAMSUNG).Not a problem for me,as i use my Xbox one for that side.Forget about OLED and 4K for now and think about them in about 3 or 4 years time.One word for the Sony...OUTSTANDING..ps the panel is not made by LG

It is 12% on electronics, 25% on most other items. Reduced to clear items have no reductions to partners.

So can we use the partnership card on this offer?

It states 'special offer'? not
Reduced to clear?

Has anyone bought using the partnership card and did they get the 12% off?

what is your sony like for light bleed as I have had the sony and it was terrible so I sent it back. also the 3d is pretty poor on the sony. I now have a lg and I regret having it as the picture is washed out and it suffers from dse but the passive 3d is great. now not sure whst to do

"Was £1400 not too long ago"
For a non-4K TV?

I have no trouble with light bleed at all.Uniformity on it is extremely good.I have no doubt 3d could be better as there is some double imaging(crosstalk).I am more interested in the 2d performance which is sensational as 3d is only a now and then thing for me.You have just been unlucky in getting a faulty set.I have had a Panasonic plasma in the past that was faulty too,but the replacement was perfect.If you decide to get the Sony back,i very much doubt you would have the same problem.

Yes, read the reviews a few months back , reviewed at £1400, was £1799 at launch !

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/john-lewis-launches-own-brand-webos-smart-tvs-thanks-to-lg

Used the camera for Skype last night as soon as I installed the app from the LG Store. It was great. The camera has an angle adjustment facility allowing you to get the position right depending on the height of your TV unit or wall mount against where you sit. Just as good if not better than the £79.99 Sony Skye camera I was forced to buy for my W8 TV.

There is definitely a Sat Tuner on the 49". I checked on mine last night.

Just to confuse and try to clear this up, Just been onto AVForums and their review of this model and it does indeed have, as they list it, Freesat HD. Although the picture of the socket only states Satellite. They did not test that, and this makes it more confusing as you say you only get the free to view sat programs.
Even if you do get a CI CAM I am sure you won't get Sky as I am sure nobody makes a CAM that decodes Sky encryption. This may have changed lately with TV's now coming out with built in tuners but I think you would have to get the CAM from Sky.
Bit confused as you say in one post you have sent for a CI module, and then later you state you have no CI slot.

Got mine delivered yesterday... it does have a satellite connector

cheers mate

How can we get 12% of by using Partnership Card ? Did anyone used there Partnership card to get the 12% off.

I posted earlier on the thread. It is a superb TV. I was originally after the 46" sharp from richer sounds, but they didn't have one set up and were rude and unhelpful to my wife and her friend (Leicester branch). As we wanted a free 5 year warranty we then switched to the 48" Sammy 5000 series at John Lewis. The 5500 they had set up looked awful, as did pretty much every sub 450 TV. I'd be really interested to hear if they were deliberately set up badly to encourage upselling....?

Just when we thought every decent TV was out of our budget we stumbled upon this. Looked superb and the soundbar swung it.

Not messed about with the settings at all, ps4 doesn't feel (to me) noticeably slow, and again, looks superb (apparently renaming input to pc, or using gaming mode helps). Tomb Raider on the ps3 looks like a ps4 game to me :smiley:

Not sure on the football, might mess around with settings. Perfectly watchable. Films look great, SD (from a skybox) looks great, HD looks great. Blacks look black, nothing halos or smears, to me - perfect.

If you factor in 100 for a soundbar and 100 for the warranty (if purchasing elsewhere) you are getting a top of the range LG 49" for 300 quid. Plus the fact there are no wires for the soundbar helps.

Hope this helps you two?

does this tv have any banding or dark patches on light scences etc. Thank you

The 49 inch did look very good in demo mode, got a price match in for the Sammy 48inch h6410, just waiting for a response

Anyone else ordered this from N.Ireland? Ordered Saturday but have had no contact from John Lewis. Do they phone to arrange delivery?

I ordered online and provided a mobile number. I got a confirmation email but have had no further contact from them despite payment being charged to my card on Saturday.

when you order online they give you a delivery slot to choose, unless its different for NI, i would give them a ring and complain they might knock a bit extra off :smiley:

I gave them a call and it seems things are a little different concerning deliveries to N. Ireland. Sent with courier 'DX' and then it will be passed to a local third party courier. Delivery expected next week. I guess Easter holiday's are delaying things slightly.

Thanks a lot mate.

Soooo tempted to order this. But then I've got people swaying me to the Sony!

Decisions!

thanks fella..... this is very helpful

If you want a 49" screen or something close in size, I'd say it was a no brainer. Nothing else out there comes close to this price and includes a 5 year guarantee.

If you want a 55" screen, then there's not a lot in it. In store, I still preferred the LG (JL) picture, but would have been perfectly happy with the Sony and wouldn't argue with anyone that preferred it. However, I don't watch football and I believe the Sony it a bit of a sod to wall mount.

Just stuck match of the day on and I genuinely can't see ANY banding AT ALL. But that may be my untrained eye, the av forums review (link on first page ofcomments) definately mentions banding. So that's either tech review sites making a mountain out of a molehill, or ignorance being bliss for a layman...

quality, thanks mate, have

quality thanks mate, qq, have you upgraded the firmware yet ??

One more thing, I have been listening to mine and the sound is quite full, on checking it has a round grill on the back of the chassis and the link below states it has a Sub. BTW football is superb, no banding at all.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/john-lewis-launches-own-brand-webos-smart-tvs-thanks-to-lg

received mine yesterday, I wasn't going to leave a comment but there appears to be a lot of trolls clogging up the comments to put people off this for some reason so wanted to give some feedback from an actual owner!

This TV is awesome, the picture is fantastic so ignore any worries there is no banding, blurring etc. I watched footy on it last night and it looked brilliant! There is a raft of settings to tweak things if you want to modify the picture, the settings posted by the chap earlier in the comments are very good and I have set mine to them. I have also watched Interstellar on it and it is the best TV picture I have seen from a set and you can see why it cost £1,500 quid when released last summer.

Had a play with the 3D and looks great, the menu and navigation of the actual television is fantastic its like using a computer in some ways as the remote is used like a mouse pointer. hard to imagine if you haven't seen it but trust me its a massive improvement if you are upgrading from a TV that is a few years old or more.

The sounds is good but no replacement for a proper home theatre system if you have one, although it beats a standard TV by a mile though for sound.

I can confirm there is a socket to plug a satellite feed in round the back, I don't have one so haven't done anything with it though.

If you are in the market for a new TV and this is in budget then its well worth the money in my opinion, it looks great, has loads of features, brilliant picture plus the guarantee.

thanks for the update, mines not coming till next week :disappointed:

sorry one more question does it come with 2 remotes

i don't have a console so not been able to try it out, it has the usual PC/Game modes which will no doubt reduce it down but hopefully someone else can comment when they give it a try.

Yes it comes with 2 remotes, one a standard TV style remote and the other the mouse pointer (I use the latter as I prefer the small unit and less buttons).

The blacks on this TV look great to me, given the massive amount of settings you can have it how you prefer. The setup wizard steps you through to make it easier so you configure it to have the picture you like best. Like I said I found the settings by timetosurf the best as I like deep blacks and natural colours, opposed to the high colour/brightness settings you can use out the box.

I was a little worried that the sheer size of the screen might pixelate stuff (as my old one was a 42inch Phillips) but I needn't have worried the image looks great.

Something to note is that the stand at the bottom needs to be fully sat on a firm surface, end to end. It wouldn't fit on my old TV stand so have ordered a new one that fits the full width of the sound bar.

As Rakios says there is probably 1% of people with bionic vision who can critique it but for the 99% of people who want a great picture to watch tv, sports and movies on it looks fantastic. If you combine that with all the extra features you get then I think its a great deal.

I think what the W8 commenters (including me) were trying to say is that if all you're looking for is a TV that's probably better than your last TV then this is a reasonable option. If, however, you want the best picture quality you can buy for roughly the same price, the W8 wins hands down. Some people won't be disappointed by the LG, particularly as it's not likely that they will be doing a side-by-side comparison once it's at home. I, on the other hand, would hate to think that no matter what I'm buying, there would have been a better quality, multi-award winning option for the same sort of price.

Like i say i have had 3 w8's and the picture was ok , it was wow a few times but mostly wasn't impressed , hence the reason i have ordered this to give it a try, and yes i did play with all the settings :smiley: but the colour shifting when you moved you head or got off the sofa really bugged me, as well as the washing out.

when is your due ? it would be good to hear what you have to say as you like myself have had your fsir share of duff tvs

Next week :smiley:

Anyone know the width of the stand on the 49inch?

Dimensions with stand ( WxHxD) 1091 x 690 x 229 mm
Dimensions without stand ( WxHxD) 1091 x 632 x 34.7 mm
Dimensions packaging ( WxHxD): 1197 x 757 x 162 mm

taken from here:
http://www.nullprozentshop.de/tv+video+audio/tvs/lg+49lb870v.html?utm_source=idealo&utm_medium=npsps&utm_campaign=standard

Very tempted but happy with my current furniture and only have a small space to play with under the stairs.

The measurements will go from the widest point. Even if stand is narrorower this won't make the overall footprint any smaller or bigger.

My stand is a metre wide, hopefully wide enough to take the tv stand.

55 inch version

Anyone with the 49inch model know the dimensions of the stand? I can have the TV itself hang over the edge but just need to know the width of the stand. Also if possible how deep is the tv+stand, I have my current 42inch plasma on a set of drawers with the ps4 perfectly sized to fit on the side, so need to know if this is still viable. Huge thanks to anyone in advance!!

55" TV stand with sound bar according to previous poster is 1200mm, although tv is about 1243mm wide. I Got the tru vue stand at 1200mm wide so both TV sound bar stand and TV stand will be edge to edge.

I was in John Lewis today to view the 55" version of this TV. The stand / Soundbar is 112cm wide. I got the salesperson to measure it for me whilst I was stood there. Hope this Helps

Finally gave in and ordered 55" version Thanks OP and Rover-Blue for a great review!

Can someone measure the width of the stand on a 49 inch screen please.

Matt

Sorry to be a pain, do you have the width of the stand 'tubing' itself please, if that even makes sense? The 39" equates to around 99cm and we have a 97cm cabinet, so wondered if there was enough width on the stand body that it could overlap a cm either end? Many thanks.

After watching this thread since it started, comparing stuff in currys etc i decided that I had to view the set in person to compare it. I drove 90 miles to the Cardiff store yesterday and put the tv salesmen through the mill. In short the Sony W8 was excellent and so was the Samsung 55" but the JL LG 55" won hands down, the picture quality was superb after testing different media on it. I wasn't interested in the sound bar as I use an AV amp but was a nice feature. The operating system, magic remote, camera were all deciding factors.. For £649 this is a superb piece of kit to replace my 50" Samsung plasma..

I've found LG to be unreliable and no longer buy their TVs.

Inside of ru

Inside edge to inside edge is 93.5 cm.
Tubing is 3cm.

There's no back support on the stand, it's 3 sides of a rectangle. I'd say you were pushing it. it's doable. But I wouldn't fancy it (have 2 kids, receipe for disaster)

How do we get this 12% discount by using partnership card ? Do we have to use it online or instore ? I just called Solihul branch and they are not aware of any such discounts ? All they know is that its double points if you use Partnership card this weekend....:confused:

I always thought that 12% discount on Electrical items was for staff discount and not partnership card.

The confusion is being caused because JL employees are called partners which is not the same as their partnership cards for customers which are similar to Tesco or Sainsbury type cards.

Hugely appreciated. That is a head scratcher and indeed a recipe for disaster. Thinking cap time. Thanks so much for measuring for me.

thanks for this

I had this tv and took it back as there was light patches around the edges of the screen in dark scenes,got a replacement and it had the same problems again.Got a refund and just stuck with my old 42" LG.

Thanks for the clarification.

Do they stock these in store?

Anyone played a PS4 on it? Any latency> Lag issues?

Sheet of perspex? Glue stand to that, hey presto you have a solid base and the overhang won't matter?

Other than that it can be wallmounted, the clips for the soundbar are included so it hangs underneath

Sorry for 3rd reply in 2 mins lol, I purchased the last 49" from Tamworth in store last Friday. So yes they do stock them instore but stock levels may be a bit hit and miss. They should however have one to view a demo, and then free delivery. Or maybe they can order in for you (not sure)

does anyone know how long this deal is on for ?

You star, brilliant. Was thinking similar with mdf or similar but Perspex, of course! Nice one, thank you. Upon more accurate measurement, it seems we have a touch over 98cm, so it will look the perfect size with the Perspex trick.

did you notice any dse on your tv

Picked mine up from the store. Last one in stock.

Two people is ideal to carry and make sure you have a big car!

Fitted on the back seat with the doors shut -only just!

I think it's around 35ms or less. Sure the Sony is faster and my 24" PC monitor is 5ms but I didn't notice TBH.

Jr007. Where did you get yours from

John Lewis Cambridge.

Ha. You beat me to it. Rung up and they said they were out of stock. . Gotta go to Westfield now. . :smiley:

Anyone know if Bristol have stock?

LG isn't bad but it isn't at the top of the market.

Budget in the sense that a john leiws tv isn;t exactly the most awarded brand. Whereas you could pay the same amount a get a genuine Panasonic! I got my panasonic from my local dealer with a free 5 year Panasonic warranty, free delivery and free installation

YES I CAN - my Dad got the 55AS650 for £670 from our local panasonic dealer, and that's with the manufacturer 5 yr warranty :smile:

I don't want the info. It maybe easy for you but not everyone is as gifted as you so evidently are. What makes HUKD such a great place is the helpful people. There is no need to belittle someone before providing the information they are asking for.

Does anybody have a link to a PDF copy of the manual?

I've searched the net but I can only find spam sites claiming to offer it after harvesting my details.

anyone got pics of there setup ?

I would get this in an instant if LG had Plex app built in... as these are amazing TV's
Unfortunately Plex is essential for me so deal breaker but HOT

Why is plex important to u?

hmmm im hoping the 55" isn't too big now !

Can someone please explain why this TV is so amazing?
I had a look at one in-store and it was 'okay'.

Can anyone recommend a wall bracket please?

Can anyone recommend a media unit, will be getting it hung on the wall, and looking for some kind of shelf for sky box etc

HI All,

Picked mine up from JL in Stratford today.
Initial impressions

- Very very very easy to wall mount. I recommend you get everything plugged in on the back before you finally wall mount
- Easy to setup
- Magic remote seems cool, works better than i thought it would to be fair
- Sky 3d looks great, so far it seems to add more depth than "pop out" effect
- Unit itself is beautiful lookimg
- HD Images seem great straight out of the box, i havent messed with the settings yet
- Sport mode creates DSE and lag
- Havent noticed any motion blur just yet but havent watched a game of football on it yet, will report back later with that info.
- App store seems a bit clunky to get round will try skype later
- If you want to see how good the 3d effect is google LG 3d Demos and download a few, mind blowing, even my mrs is a convert
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This is an amazing wall bracket for very little money.http://www.amazon.co.uk/VonHaus-PREMIUM-Slim-Wall-Bracket-Black/dp/B003U46SWC/ref=sr_1_1/277-0313718-5176403?ie=UTF8&qid=1428071576&sr=8-1&keywords=tv+bracket+55

can anyone tell me where i can download the skype app ??

I will keep my Lg 2012 top of the range 50 inch plasma(best for colors /sports /movies) and my next tv will be plasma if available.

Can anyone who's bought this tell me what the viewing angles are like on this set? I bought the Changhong 55" 4K TV, but the picture fades badly when viewed from anywhere but straight on.

I got one. It's mega. Has anyone managed to get a Sky Remote (Rev 9) to work with the 55JL900?

probably but not the plex app, i have same with Veira there is no app but the media centre still picks it up, although not as good as the plex app on Roku

I had the same problem.. Stand was not big enough. Decided to get a new stand.. Over hang will just look naff

Is the 55" version of the JohnLewis TV exactly the same as the LG 55LB870T (apart from a bit of branding) and can you install the firmware for the 55LB870T onto this TV? Thanks.

you can update the firmware on the tv itself in the settings page

Can i browse network shares with this?
I use samygo extentions that mounts a share as a virtual usb drive currently, and its all i need
I can watch a movie as it downloads, dont want to use a media server where you have to scan for changes ... also my pc goes to sleep once i stop playing film from a share...so if someone can answer if its possible, im in.

Also nobody has said if lg firmware is on this or john lewis, and if its a jl firmware, can you put the lg one on.

Hi. it might seem like a strange question but ... do you HAVE to use the sound bar? I was wondering how things would work if I later upgraded to an external amp and a 5.1 speaker arrangement.

Also I think I'm right at saying the sound bar only accepts input from the telly. I'd like to be able to inject audio from another source, for example, a squeezebox player on my Joggler or a picoreplayer. It's a bit like a diy Sonos arrangement.

Genuinely cannot find it. .

Can't find the lg store? Get the icons up along the bottom of the tv and get to the lg store....its in one of those sections....I use it

same here I went to currys to see this Tv or its equivlant and actually much preferred the picture I saw on the samsungs. I know thats not a great comparison but still. I tried to get a pricematch for a particular samsung set from JL but no go so now I'm back to pondering this

no no i can find the lg store but the skype app isn't in there :disappointed:

Don't wander into a curry's and think the TV with the brightest, highest contrast and colour screen is the best.

I don't have this TV yet (I have ordered the 49" one - thanks OP, heated) but I do something similar with my existing TV. If I am using my 5.1 surround system then I simply turn the volume down to nothing on the TV. (I don't just mute it because "Mute" appears on the screen if I do that.) I have my sources connected directly to the amp.

In this case, it will be slightly different. The specs for the LB870 indicate that there is an optical digital audio out (TOSLINK) which is probably the easiest way to get the signal to your amp, and I'll re-jig my set-up to work in this way. There may also be an option to use an HDMI cable for this; I'm not sure on this point.

Once you're in the LG store, click on Premium and have a look at the apps in there.

It's free too.

The TV lets you choose sound output and one of the HDMI's is an updated sound controller.

Has anyone used an external sound bar via Bluetooth or do I have to buy a LG sound-bar?

I can't get my Bluetooth headphones or external Bluetooth speakers to connect.

Cheers.

Does this JL TV have a satellite tuner?

Yes it does, despite it not being mentioned in the specs. However, it's not freesat, but you can tune into the Sky channels and hence see the free channels without a Sky card.

Excellent - I think. Does this mean there are some limitations - ie no EPG compared to free Sat?

Finally found my old photo hosting account.

Sorry for the late reply!
I work as an MD and long weeks lol and finally have a day off to post a picture!

Yes the 55"' definitely has a satallite tuner.

Some users with the next size down (4#) have reported the same.

Compared to the LG this set has an extra HDMI (4) and faster processing or screen (can't remember but will try to find the review).

Watching Chelsea vs. Stoke as I type into my iPhone :wink:







Goal of year from Stoke...

Fantastic goal pity producer had foul on screen at moment he did it, thank goodness for action replays, watching on BEin sports.

That's funny, no one belittled anyone. Oh wait someone did, here's your post below

Heheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheheh someone is a ****.


If being gifted is clicking on the link and seeing the information right in front of your eyes then yes I along with 99% of this board are gifted. As for the other 1% who cannot be bothered to even look...... well, there you go. As you say what makes this such a great place is the helpful people, where does your post put you ?

If I was knackered and misread a deal or didn't see the obvious, I'd ask a question.

If someone gives you a shoddy reply just ignore them!

Life is too short. I had to watch 2 people die yesterday and keyboard warriors are whinging on here?!

Stay positive!

Anyone else find this tv very very slow? Thinking of returning it

I find the initial programming slow but once set up I just click away.

The remote is slow but you're supposed to use the wand after set up and I find this quick.

Tuning the satellites - I actually went out shopping and it was finishing up after an hour lol

Looks like you've got a few devices plugged in to the TV already. Be interested in what you've got connected and how the TV reacts.

Hi, I have ordered this TV but a bit concerned about wall mounting. I was hoping to get it as flush to wall as possible but noticed the power cable goes in the back instead of into the side like all the various other connections. In a review it mentioned "unusual three-pin power cable found on all LG's 2014 TVs"! Is anyone that has the TV able to comment on the power cord and how it is in the back. Is is possible to buy a right angled power cord for this? If so any links?

I was also looking at getting one of these wall mounts which have good reviews on Amazon. But concerned it wont work well with this TV and power cord!!

Same thing happened to me, i had to change the location to Spain on the settings and then the spanish store had the Skype app, but not the Uk one..After you can change back to UK and the app will remain..

I saw one in Cardiff yesterday and it already had a right-angled power cord, so presumably that is what will be supplied.

I'm getting mine on Saturday 11th inst. so if you need me to verify absolutely that the 49" one comes with a right-angled power cord, I can do so then, but I would be very surprised if it isn't part of the standard kit.

Would be appreciated as Wifey only let me have if I can get it as close to wall as possible!! :wink:

Someone else recommend the one you've linked to earlier in this thread. However, I wanted something significantly cheaper.

JL (Bluewater) recommends the AVF JML8450 for these and I was impressed with it when I saw it. It gets your set as close to the wall as possible. However I wouldn't get if from JL as it can be found a fair bit cheaper elsewhere. I managed to get an ex-demo one very cheaply from eBay as it has a few screws missing.

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Yeah I get that, but even if I press the input button on the remote it takes around a minute for it to load up the input menu. Surely that's not right... I've reset to factory with same outcome. (This is after the tv has been on for At least 5 mins, so it's not as if it's going through it's warm up process.)

Try IBRA ultra slim wall mount bracket on Amazon, saw this in Curry's a couple of years ago for £175 and is a brill piece of kit if you do not need to angle your TV sideways. Needless to say at £175 I was not paying that and perhaps nobody would so are being sold off cheap. Perhaps people were scared it was to flimsy for a TV but it is really strong and provide your wall is good not a problem. If you look at this suggest you read Q&A's.

Have you tried updating the firmware ?

I looked in store at this and the 55" looked pretty small... It certainly didn't look like it should cost £150 more than the 49". I am going to hold off for either a 60" or a 4K... my current TV still works anyway!

Right angled power lead. . You have the green light mate.

They must have changed it then because according to the JL video it shows a straight head power lead.

You can buy a right angle power lead for a couple of quid. I would just buy one so if it comes with a straight it's no issue.

Maybe a firmware upgrade could help you ....it's not instant I know.....if you return it,what would you get? This is widely know as the best os there is.....

Most of us were given a right angled power lead that sticks out 2cm give or take.



The other leads can be tucked in at right angles.

If he is not exaggerating, a minute to show menus is indicating he has a faulty tv.

If I use the wand, my menu pops up instantly.

Call JL and exchange it asap.

Mine does the same, if you leave the telly to boot the OS fully then try it you should find the response is instant. I wait about 2 minutes and all is then superb.

Dwain

My dad's came with a right angled power lead, yesterday.

well mine is right angled

That's good then because I have scoured the internet and could only find one and that was on EBay, but you must make sure it's clover leaf and not flat pin type used on Kettles etc..

Anyone thats owns the tv, can you confirm if the Now TV app can be installed on the tv? Thanks

Thanks very much for confirming.

This might help people considering Now Tv on this set:Your text here.If you dont already use the service try the Movies for a 30 day trial,free although you need to provide credit card details beforehand,easily cancelled if you choose.

Seems to have a lot of people with problems, perhaps better to buy a box instead, they are coming down in price.

Anyone have any experience of the 60" version? One of the John lewis reviews wasn't impressed with the picture quality.

P.s. I'd prefer if the 60" was £749, hopefully the £899 is still putting folk off.

^ I'd like the 60" too, I went in last week to check out this and the Sony and liked both in the shop (both 55"). However, I really want a 60" so would like to go for the John Lewis one, but extra £250 seems hard to justify.

Hoping that maybe the 60" will drop before they sell out.

Thanks for your help, mine is order along with the IBRA slim wall mount (£12.15 from Amazon) so looking forward to next Saturday. Just need ot talk her into a upgrade from the Xbox 360 to PS4 :wink:

^the price ratio might look about right but JL are still hoping for folk to shell out £900 for a discontinued TV, they'll be pretty keen to to clear out all the stock for their new range (according to one of their salesmen) but as you've said yourself the 60" is probably considered too large for most folk - not many on this thread have said they were after the larger set. I'm hoping the 60" sets aren't shifting as quickly as they'd expected.

Hi, purchased the 49" version of this in Cardiff yesterday. Was happy with it until I noticed what I think is quite bad DSE, multiple shadowy bands when the TV pans on uniform light coloured scenes. Was wondering if this is a specific problem with these TVs or whether I have just got unlucky? Trying to decide on a replacement or refund>

TV's are a bit of a lottery, i would try another IMO

Seems a good buy but not had one of these before.

Please, is there much difference between HD and UHD - 4K ??

Does anybody kow where we can get a shelf to stand this on so we can move it easily if needed?

yes most tv's have it , the 3 w8's i had you could notice when panning up and down not from left to right though , im like you can spot it on most tv's :disappointed:

nope arriving tomorrow :smiley:

I wont be able to use it till end of next week, currently decorating so not getting out of box till then :disappointed:

I've ordered the 55" arrives on 14th so it will get a good test with gta v pc. Im upgrading from a 47" LG lw450u I will report back about input lag.
Thanks op

Has anyone plugged a Nintendo Wii into this?

im just wondering what the picture its like as this tv doesn't seem to have a Component cable input which gives the Wii a really sharp picture on my existing TV

ive tried one of those cheap Wii HDMI converters on a friends tv but it looked terrible

I use the Wii a lot for Emulators so this is the only thing stopping me from buying this

also does it have a VGA input?

Thanks

oh gosh i have a wii, i would have thought it has an adaptor

edit: reviews say has component and found an adaptor on ebay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brand-New-Original-LG-Component-Cable-for-55JL9000-TV-/311305732689?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item487b448251


EDIT 2: Manual confirms it comes with a component adaptor :smiley:

http://www.lg.com/eg_en/support-product/lg-55LB870T#

Has anyone got the code for a sky controller?

try searching for a LG sky code

Sounds like you know your onions - do you have a link to some reference site for what DSE is and why it is so bad?

Bought a 55" from Cardiff branch had a couple of dead pixels out of the box...wasn't happy but john lewis are bringing a new one to my door next wedsnesday and I can use this one until then!

I do love this TV but i'm no expert but I haven't upgraded for about 6 years hence the happiness! haha

My honest answe for this is if you dont know what it is then don't bothing looking for it As once you see it it will really start to annoy you.

So true :smiley:

i received my 49" yesterday. upgraded from a 42" panasonic Viera plasma.

overall i am very happy. it is stylish and the image is good.

Viewing angles are great too. Though when viewing from extreme left or right side, the image does start to get 'whiter'.

The comments about the slow response from the remote are correct. For some strange reason, the settings menus seem to take a long time to pop when pressing for the first time upon turning the TV on. A subsequent press doesn't seem to have the same effect.

Strangely though, accessing menus through the Magic wand remote does not seem to suffer from this

My recommendation is to use the wand. The only downside to this is that you can't directly input the channel you want as there is no keypad on the wand. However, you can access the EPG guide very quickly. I am most impressed with the magic remote anyway... it's so intuitive to calibrate and much easier to use than arrows on a keypad. The scroll wheel lets you change channels quickly too.

You can surf the net but there is no flash support, so pages will be limited in media content.

the LG store has loads of free 3D short films which showcase the 3d. The effect with the supplied glasses was pretty cool. Look forward to watching some 3D films at home.

I think overall, it's an excellent buy. £499

Anyone got good recommendations for good apps?

mines arrived, will set up later if i get time :smiley:

I can't get this to work - where did you change the country setting. I went to Settings > General > Location and changed the two options to Spain and still no luck finding Skype in the store. Similarly tried Germany and no luck. Am I doing something wrong?

try a reboot

Took me a few tries, but i got it on the Germany setting.
the TV will reboot itself after you change the LG service location. I think the order i did it in was :

Location: Other
LG services location: Germany
reboot
update country Location to: Germany

Then i went into the LG store to find skype.

The LG store didn't appear until i selected a country location.

It took me a few days but Skype eventually turned up on the UK store for me in the Premium section. I had to switch to Germany and Spain a couple of times and reboot. It should be simpler!

Any other suggestions for setting up a Sky Remote? I've tried the suggested codes for the LG 55LB870T but still no success.

just got an extra £100 off mine since it came with a scratch on the sound bar. very pleased with john lewis customer service

Think 1841 worked for me, if not Google sky remote control tv code and select LG as make of tv

Ok so i have got mine set up :smiley:

Really good build quality, sound is really good for a TV , in fact best i have had

Couple of features not in the spec on JL site , voice recognition and movement recognition via the camera, not sure how these work i tried waving my hands around and it didn't do anything, need to read up on that

Blacks seem black to me, haven't got a special electronic thing to test them like reviewers but to my eye black looks black so that suits me , no clouding either :smiley:

Watched football and didn't notice any smearing or anything, looked smooth

As for banding and DSE yes there is a small amount, dont notice when watching football but on a plain background there is a slight amount, no worse than any other TV i have had , dont think you will get one that's perfect except OLED, 95% of the time you dont notice anything in normal viewing, ( If you want to test for DSE download Homes under The Hammer via the IPlayer in HD and when they pan across the magnolia rooms this will bring it up, Every TV i have had has failed this test , if you dont know what DSE is then dont do this be ignorant !! )

As for the menus im not finding them slow, sometimes they take a couple of seconds but 95% of the time they are OK

Im loving the magic remote and the Web OS, its by far the easiest TV to navigate

I think thats it ?

EDIT: oh yes, tv does not wash out when you move your head,i can watch from either sofa in the house, when sat on the one not directly in front of the tv other tv's used to wash out, colours are great at any angle, black drops off at extreme angles though but why would you watch a tv at extreme angle anyway

Oh yes gaming, i only have a Wii and that's in the loft at the moment

[quote=deanos]Ok so i have got mine set up :smiley:
Really good build quality, sound is really good for a TV , in fact best i have had
Couple of features not in the spec on JL site , voice recognition and movement recognition via the camera, not sure how these work i tried waving my hands around and it didn't do anything, need to read up on that
Blacks seem black to me, haven't got a special electronic thing to test them like reviewers but to my eye black looks black so that suits me , no clouding either :smiley:
Watched football and didn't notice any smearing or anything, looked smooth
As for banding and DSE yes there is a small amount, dont notice when watching football but on a plain background there is a slight amount, no worse than any other TV i have had , dont think you will get one that's perfect except OLED, 95% of the time you dont notice anything in normal viewing, ( If you want to test for DSE download Homes under The Hammer via the IPlayer in HD and when they pan across the magnolia rooms this will bring it up, Every TV i have had has failed this test , if you dont know what DSE is then dont do this be ignorant !! )
Glad you like it...I always use the magic remote.....might give the normal remote a try.....surprised you took so long to play with your your new gadget

Mine arrived today. Hooked it up to a satellite dish and scanned for channels. The channel listing is completely random with quite a few duplicates. Shows as Freeview in menu but shouldn't it be Freesat?

Cheers deano for the review.

voice recognition is quite good ... though i'm not quite sure how to use it. It's no Siri or Cortana

@deanos
thanks for clearing that stuff up about the component input, I have now ordered, did yours have the adaptor in the box? if not ill just order that one you linked, although I've never seen a component to 3.5mm jack before, hope its decent.

Cheers

yes m8 comes in the box, there is also a 2nd adapter that takes the audio , and a scart adapter too

noticed a NFC sticker in the box , anyone know what this is for ?

Excellent TV. Had mine (55") since Saturday and I'm really impressed. Upgraded from a 6 year old 50" Panasonic Viera plasma. This is less than half the weight, uses a fraction of the electricity, and doesn't give you a heat rash if you walk past it.
The NFC sticker allows you to download the android apps on your (NFC enabled) mobile or tablet, which are specific to the 2014 line of LG TVs - a nifty remote control app (if your phone has an IR blaster) and SmartShare to view photos, videos etc.
If anyone is having trouble with accessing NowTV like I was, just open the web browser and log in. Now close the browser and use the start up tab, it should automatically log you in.
Thanks op.

ah right so i just put my nfc phone on the sticker and will open apps on the phone ?

Nor does it put the programs in order.

deanos1

'ah right so i just put my nfc phone on the sticker and will open apps on the phone ?'

Yes. It will open them in the play store for you to download. Saves time as there are similar but different apps dependant on the year of your TV sets manufacture.

cool, cheers :smiley:

can someone tell me what is better and worse with this lg http://www.johnlewis.com/lg-60lb580v-led-hd-1080p-smart-tv-60-with-freeview-hd/p1919487
as this is same size and cheaper with jl

is the john lewis branded tv just better quality build?

Thanks OP - my 49" arrived this afternoon!

As someone who had a basic 42" LED LG before I don't know enough to change settings etc. - I just want to plug my TV in and watch it! I also fancied a smart TV.

The improvement on my old LG is noticeable and the picture looks fabulous. Sound bar is fab.

I have a small Sony upstairs and I always feel like the colour of the picture on an LG is much more lifelike (although that's probably because I don't change any settings!)

I had my old LG for 4 years and it was brilliant - quite happy with them as a brand and so even happier with the 5 year guarantee from JL.

I think this is a fantastic buy for the price.

But then if you want a 60 inch......

decided to go for the 60 inch today instore but left with the 55 inch as 60 was a wee bit too big, had it set up a few hours now and im well chuffed love it.

Be warned about paying with Paypal.

We bought the 55" TV, 2 weeks ago and had to wait all this time for delivery. It arrived today but after setting it up it wouldn't switch on. We tried everything, different power cables, different plugs but to no avail, so we called JL to ask for an exchange, as this one is clearly broken.

We were then informed by JL that due to the fact that we paid with paypal, the only way their system dealt with it was for them to give us a refund and come and collect the damaged TV and then we would have to order again.

Very annoyed!

So PayPal is acting as the seller or finance middle man?

I could understand this if it PayPal paid on your behalf like a loan.

Surely there should be some sort of financial agreement with instructions on who is responsible for the TV?

I would ring jl again and complain, all they have to do.is a swap out on same delivery

Added bonus for me....just found that it will play MKV files directly from NAS...:innocent:

Not gonna need my WDTV Live anymore...one less plug/remote/etc. plus could possibly sell it (if I can be bothered) which makes this tv even cheaper :laughing:

Cheers OP...great spot, thanks for sharing...trundles off to play with the settings some more :man:

anyone got the hand gestures to work ?

This deal is on until the 16th May - given JL are discontinuing this range what'll happen on the 16th May? Putting the prices back up isn't going to help them shift stock? I'm still keen on the 60", I mocked up the 55 and 60 on my wall with masking tape this afternoon and decided we can manage the 60". I might hold off a couple of weeks so the 28 day price match goes well past the end of the deal date in case it is reduced further.

i think they may sell out by 16th May, the 55" has sold over 400 since i posted 2 weeks ago and currently 498 left in stock , 156 left of the 60" and 115 left of the 49"

Keep your eye on the stock :smiley:

Had to hock some of grans possessions to get this, luckily artificial legs are at a premium just now - but with a 60" TV to watch Jeremy Kyle on loop she's not likely to be going far.

I discovered that too. Even plays avi's, which until now only xbmc would run that off my nas.
Had a lot of trouble playing these files on chromecast. This tv seems to be playing it flawlessly.
Although I am used to and prefer the interface of xbmc.... But might ditch that now.

Even handled a 23gb avatar 3d just fine off my nas. Well impressed.

Just put 999 in the quantity and add to basket, will tell you how many are left

Mines not blurry at all, but i dont play games i must admit

With setting input to PC is that simply editing the name to "PC" in capitals?

p.s Got the TV setup on Sunday and wall mounted nice and flush :smiley: very please so far. Only have a xbox 360 but tested GTA V and graphics look flawless to me. 3D is very good as well. Also love the magic remote especially how it automatically controls sky shame you cant input channel numbers though as would not need sky remote at all then.

You need to do this if gaming. It will drop the response time to under 40ms which is fine for gaming. If it still bothers you look at the Sony W8 for gaming.

Is there anything out there(an app maybe) to help with sorting channels or setting up favourites to make channels appear in correct order? I am using satellite tuner to get the free channels which are a bit all over the place

Just arrived yesterday. Could anyone advise me what the little LG sticker thing with a picture of a phone on it is? I can't find anything about it in the instructions nor can I find anything on web about it....driving me mad ha

Is anyone else having problems using the optical audio out? I'm using it to feed my sound system, but the level fades every now and then. Wouldn't have thought the optical out could give this kind of problem unless there's something going wrong in the HDMI processing. However, there was no problem using my previous Samsung TV.

Anybody managed to get wireless headphones to work with this TV, not using the 3.5mm jack port. Want to be able to control both TV and headphone volume at the same time.

Hi, if you paid by Paypal then you'll have no other option than to get a refund (they did ours straight away without having to have received the faulty TV back).

We've had to reorder but we did it over the phone this time and paid by card. Can't fault John Lewis customer services, they've given us free express delivery (it arrives tomorrow) and are going to refund £50 as an apology for the inconvenience. The only downer on this is that they can't pick up the faulty TV when they deliver the replacement and that will be picked up on Friday.

Had a 60" arrive last Tuesday but it had a small crack in the screen as well. John Lewis was great at doing what they could, but same issue with payment by PayPal meant I had to pay for a new one and would get a refund when they received the returned item.

They organised fast dispatch which meant I could have got it Thursday morning, but tonight was the earliest time I knew someone would be home to receive it. The screen being collected was always set for tomorrow instead of being collected at the same time as the new one being delivered. A bit of a clumsy process.

Had the same process with a Panasonic plasma I bought from them 5 years ago which just stopped working after a week. They collected the dud one 5 days after I called, and then had to wait for 3 weeks for the replacement - was Christmas, stock in short supply. Had a £50 credit from them for that one, but not this time around - took accidental damage cover at half price as a bit concerned about the longevity of the glass on this new display if it already had a crack from being in its packaging!

JL still much easier to deal with than some other retailers, and it's the ease of knowing they'll do something about the problem that keeps me going back to buy more stuff from them, but would be great if they could fix up this logistics issue of new one one day and collecting returned product same time, which might also solve the having to buy another and then getting credit for the original instead of just organising a swap.

Fortunately, I didn't use PayPal because of the immediate debit and over a week to deliver (for free). However, I was offered a replacement with new and broken sets to be delivered/returned at the same time, so maybe you can't get this when using PayPal even if you pay again, although that would seem very strange. JL are good, but I wasn't offered anything for the hassle, so I decided on a refund. I'll probably reorder, as I was otherwise impressed (apart from my unresolved sound issue), with an outside chance of getting it a bit cheaper if the price drops.

Warranty work is different than refund/replacement for damaged or not working properly on receipt so has different workings. If the set stopped working then they would try a repair and if that was not a success then a replacement set, not sure of a refund to full value though as reading your scenario you would have had 4 years use out of it. Think that would be down to the insurance company they use.

do you have the TV? that is just a pic, do you need a different bracket to mount the sound bar to the tv if your wall mounting it.

Hi, I have this mounted and its about 3cm from wall. The sound bar comes with 2 brackets one for using as a stand and the other using for wall mount.

What version of the firmware are people running on this tv mine says version 04.41.32 and says there are no updates.

Is this TV the same as the LG 55LB870T as there is a later version of firmware here http://www.lg.com/eg_en/support-product/lg-55LB870T#

Has anyone applied this to their TV?

Thanks

once you mount the TV on the wall can you still use the sound bar or does it need to be removed to wall mount??

im interested in the TV but if you can't wallmount with the soundbar then its a no go for me.

thanks for the response.

New TV dropped off today due to first one having dead pixels out of the box and there's nowt wrong with this one...well pleased :smiley:

intresting, i guess you would have to update via usb

Anyone tried installing plex on this?...seems to require a plex pass which I'd rather not buy.

updated mine using link above :smiley: at least we now know it can be updated ! , didn't note down the old Web OS version though, Web OS now says 1.3.2-394504 can someone check if this is the same :smiley:

I have noticed that the menus now load instantly, loads faster than before

wonder if its the same update for the 49" version

My firmware says 04.32.20, when I click on update it says no update found, where am I going wrong.

all you can do is try it, the update will know what tv its for, wont let you update if its not meant to i would have thought

Just done the update menus feels more fluid.
I have set my pc input to pc, picture mode to game. I then went to humanbenchmark.com/tests/reactiontime
with my old tv im would score 301 - 328 (lg lb450u) now with this tv 236 - 251
I play Battlefield 4 and now Gta v With no lag.

and are you noticing the differences in speed with loading

Did you use the same firmware downloaded from http://www.lg.com/eg_en/support-product/lg-55LB870T#

And yes if you can confirm if you are noticing any difference as no point otherwise.

Can somebody explain how to update TV firmware from flashdrive. So far I have the firmware on flashdrive (unextracted) and slotted this into the USB port on TV, what do I do next.
Go easy I'm not that quick on technology.
Thanks in advance.

Is this normal?

There's like a brighter colored line (to whatever is shown on the TV along the whole top of the screen) only noticed it 10 mins ago but its bugging me already hoping other people can check theirs to let me know thanks!

wonder if thats the dreaded 'light bleed' i keep reading about

ffs I hope not...only had this one delivered yesterday due to first coming outta the box with dead pixels.

Granted they swapped it no qualms but a second faulty one in a row I sure hope not.

Now running firmware 04.62.50, thanks for help.

helpful

It could be if I new which country.

I did use that firmware. (You have to unpack the ZIP file into a specific folder on the USB stick; refer to the powerpoint file for the location.)

I'm in work now so I haven't had a chance to play with it but the little I did seemed like a big improvement to the UI's responsiveness.

I can't see an LG support page for the LG branded 60" version, anyone else had a search?

Thanks, I'm just about to order the 60" so watching this thread with interest.

Bought the 49 inch version today from JL Liverpool. Pleased with it so far, but only after updating the software, until I did this, the TV was really really slow and would not recognise wired internet connection. pdated the software from the instructions above and all was well.
Not really got the hang of it yet though, as it's only been on an hour or so but GTAV on PS4 looks great and the kids love the 3d (they have commandeered it for 3D films from the LG store) and the free glasses from the cinema work with it. TV seems like a huge bargain at £500.

Btw.....this plays anything you can throw at it on a usb stick.....even plays 3d off a usb stick..."back up" obviously ......

Had a look in John Lewis last night - they had both 55" and 49" on display. As usual they had a crap source feeding the TV, but it still did look good.
I saw what someone else pointed out as a lighter band at the top of the TV picture - but only when something bright was being shown. When the picture was darkish, there wasn't anything.
The 55" looks big, but the right-to-the-edge picture is sexy, and even the back is quite pretty (and has LG branded on it.)
So ordered via the website, and hopefully will arrive on Thursday!!

49" now out of stock.

Done the update as per link in post #566. If there is any speed difference I can't see any !! Still slow.. Tolerable, but slow...

Just upgraded from 4.42.42 to 4.62.50 using a USB flash drive as network upgrade showed no update. Still fairly slow to switch between channels etc. and it hasn't fixed my audio fade problem as details in #555. :disappointed:

Got my 49" version today and been playing about with it, and so far quite happy with it, though I'm getting lots of "out of memory app closing" error messages, when trying to use some of the features.
Also, I've tried to play a couple of 3D movies which I've downloaded and dropped onto my NAS (QNAP) drive. I access these over a DLNA connection straight onto the TV. Normal x264 movies are fine (such as US TV series), however the 3D films I've downloaded are showing dual screens of the movie simultaneously on screen. Have I pulled down the wrong 3D format for playing back on this TV, as they are all " [3D] [HSBS]"

I'm also getting "out of memory app closing" when using the browser to stream. Any way of cleaning the memory / deleting apps I don't want. Failing that would the update make any difference? Can't hurt to try I guess

Just press 3D button on remote and pick side by side

OK. If I watch BBC1 then press 7 on remote to go to BBC Three the sound from BBC1 continues to play on BBC Three. This only happens when no programme is being broadcast on BBC Three.

Would someone try the above for me please? I'm wondering if my TV is faulty.

I have applied the latest firmware and wonder if the firmware update has anything to do with this.

Thanks

When BBC Three and BBC Four are not broadcasting the logos at the top of the screen on my TV are very pixelated but the text below is very clear which doesn't seem to make sense. And I noticed that very often text displayed over a video is very often really pixelated.

Are other peoples sets like that? Is it the price you pay for a 55" TV?

Thanks

Ahah, sorted now sweet. Thanks

Hi all, I have read a lot of comments and judging by the "heat", this seems to be a great price!
Can anyone advise how good the sound is? I am wondering whether to get one of those deals "tv + free soundbar" or this one?

Hopefully people are still watching this thread, but I'm hoping someone will be alble to tell me if this tv has a specific feature that I need in a TV...
When you plug something into the headphone socket, does it mute the main speakers, or can they be conrrolled independantly? I bought a pricey Samsung a few years ago, and didn't realise at the time that it wouldn't be able to do this, seeing as my ancient sony can manage it...! Given that the headphone socket is also inaccessable round the back, this makes it a huge PITA to plug in and remove, would much rather it can be left in all the time!

It does mute the main TV speaker when plugging in earphones.

I have been looking the earphone muting the TV speaker issue. As far as I can make out you can plug the hdmi to female scart cable in (which come with the TV) then you buy an adaptor from Amazon or the likes which is a male scart to 3.5mm headphone socket for £5ish. Then plug your earphones into this. Aparently you are able to control the TV volume and earphone independently of each other. Hope this makes sense.

And annoyingly the 49 is now out of stock!!

Lovely

If anyone is still after the 49 inch I would advise to keep checking the website.

Last night at about 11.00 it was showing 2 in stock (I ordered one). Needless to say the other one went when I was completing checkout, but there maybe more you never know.

With all the problems on this thread I'm surprised it's got nearly 2,500 degrees of heat. Are people just voting hot for the price and not the quality?

Had my telly for two weeks and so far very happy with it. It is wall hanging and with the soundbar fitted. I know I have seen a couple of questions around that.
Still playing around with it and the features but so far all good.
One question from me. If a USB or HDD is attached to one of the ports on the rear of the telly, would be is possible to remotely access it, like a windows share? I have tried using LG cloud but it seems to not allow copying or downloading on the device, merely streaming.

Thanks

Have you had any problems with the sound fading and returning back to normal with your external amp? Are you using HDMI or optical? Still can't figure out why I've got this problem. I don't have an AV amp with HDMI, so can't check if that'll solve the problem.

Incidentally, although the sound bar is much better than most panel TVs with inbuilt speakers, it's nowhere near as good as my external DAC, amp and speakers.

Read #622 above and the rest of the whole thread.

I would not say the posts are full of faults but more user error and uncertainty. A lot of people have mentioned how great it is and pleased they are. I have the TV and am over the moon at the price, speed, picture, sound, basically everything about the TV I love and works perfect. With 5 years peace of mind as well.

Its all about perspective maybe you a half glass empty type of person! Where as I am its half full :wink:

I've followed the thread from the start - hence my question, post 622 highlights something very specific and it's not something I remember seeing earlier in the thread. The only 2 issues that have appeared a few times have been the slow menu operation, and some light bleed issues, but many others have said they don't suffer from these issues.

I mucked about with the optical, headphone socket and Hdmi arc. All seem fine.

I turned off the TV sound options so it's running purely on the source without the LG TV sound enhancement, e.g. BluRay or PS4 or cable and satellite.

Check on the source and try other sources like PC etc.

Other than Google sound rising and dropping, call JL for an exchange?

So it seems hit and miss, just my point.

Can i ask. Does anyone else get this problem.

For example when the credits at the end of a programme roll and the back ground is pure black with the text being in white, it creates like a white kind of spotlight that runs through the middle of the panel and leaves either side completely black (as it should be)

Seems like the white of the text is lighting up the middle of the panel. It's weird and actually really beggining to bug the life out of me....

Will be the local dimming, try turning it down or off, helps to have a ambient light behind the tv like a lamp or LED strip, not noticed it myself have mine on low

Thanks for the reply. I've got a replacement coming anyway as the screen was damaged on this one. Tried lots of options, but it's definitely this TV that's got the problem, as the sound system was fine using my previous TV. It just doesn't seem like a problem you'd get with digital audio. Stumped! Let's hope the replacement sorts it.

Another problem infiltrator.

does anybody know if it's possible to use this tv to display an image or video stored on my ipad?

I dithered a lot over this tv. finally went to PC world and bought a samsung UE46H7000 marked as clearance for £599. there is also a £30 02 priority moments thing for clearance Tv's at the moment so got it for £569.
Its a stunning tv and I'm glad i dithered

So don't buy one then, problem sorted.

Was never going to down grade from a 4K TV, just interested in what is on offer and to give any help towards others if needed.

Also I can videos on shared drives such as movies on a PC over wifi.

The LG will browse shared folders - it's awesome,

Wrong!

Try a free app called: LG video browser.

Really helpful lol

Anyone know if this is better/worse than the Sony KDL55W829?

Hmm.. Difficult one for me then. No plans to wall mount. The Smart TV functionality and media centre usage of the LG is appealing, as is the passive 3D with good reviews (Even if its not something used a lot). My main usage however is for gaming, although I'm not playing FPS that need mega reflexes, but I do play FIFA and wouldn't want the current motion blur that I get on my existing TV..

Think mine is going back, have moved and there is loads of sunlight in my new living room, screen is too reflective in daytime :disappointed: was ok in old house

Classic. What the heck will you buy now..? How long do you have to be able to return it back to JL?

Also just a thought the week of sunshine is our summer.... you may be alright from next week

90 days to return it, not sure what to get now ,

does sound to good from the reviews.. im looking for a tv but ill pass on this

Panny...... i dont think you will be happy though. As i said b4 you sound similar to me when it comes to tvs. I have the lg55lb730v and the dse drives me mad, my wife won't let me change it.... i thunk i am driving her mad. Oh well

When you send it back to john lewis what do you say to them. i still have 1 month before the 90 days is up,

Just say its not suitable

Well i have had a new TV arrive today currently testing

And the packaging. Does it have to be the same, or ate they not that fussy?

Sorry ment are not ate

Needs to be as new m8 , with packaging

LOL got a 55" W8 for £609 with free soundbar, at that price i decided to give it another go, have to say its a lot better than the 50" W8 ones i had, absolutely zero DSE or banding and no clouding at all, as i have moved as i said earlier layout of my room is different , had to watch at a bad angle so made the old 50" W8 wash out

Where did you pick that up from at that price.? Bargain

Got lucky there was a post on here about it from HiSpek, they had a X display one on there website and JL pricematched :smiley:

Hot for me!

Bought the 55" yesterday, getting delivered on Saturday!

Daytime TV is crap anyway...

A quick look would HAVE told you how to formulate a sentence.

After doing the update from the LG site a few pages back has anyone else noticed that the 'power on time' from the settings menu has disappeared?, shame as u though it was a pretty good feature.

Got my replacement on Saturday, but it had exactly the same issue with sound. Called JL on Sunday, but they couldn't help, so they referred me to LG - a bit irritating. LG were useless. So why bother with customer support when you've got Google? Did some searching and it appears that this problem is not uncommon. I wasn't able to get the root cause as these JL/LG models were't ever mentioned, but it was clear from other models mentioned that its all down to HDMI standards and implementation incompatibilities between different equipment. Armed with this info, I switch the DAC and the problem was solved. Good job I had a spare!

A little miffed at having to find the cause of the problem for myself and that customer support departments couldn't be bothered. If I'd paid full price at over £1K for this, I'd have been furious. Still, the sound is now good, but I can't use the DAC I was planning to. If I hadn't had a spare, I'd still be none the wiser.

Having resolved the sound problem, I must admit, I'm beginning to find the banding/bleeding (whatever it's called) a bit disappointing. It's at its worse during opening credits, etc., which isn't something you generally check on a demo (I certainly will in future). Does the set configuration you suggested help with making this better?

Cant really get rid of banding , wasn't too bad on mine to be fair, but can change from set to set, if it bothers you get it changed for another brand

Now JL are also bundling a free 8" LG G pad with the 55 and 60 - I'm still holding out for more discount on the 60 :smiley:

thanks for the info,have updated the post to include the tablet :smiley:

I had already ordered my 55" when they weren't giving away the free tablet. I called up JL and they made me buy the Tablet so that I still get my telly delivered this Saturday! Once I receive the tablet, I have to ring them up and they will refund me the amount for the tablet. Super customer service!

You always have 28 days after you buy to get a price match if it does go down more

Just got one 4 weeks ago so returned it got a new tv and the tablet great deal

Am I the only one who can't see the promotion on the 55" says free tablet but the only promotion under it is monster cable

Any way of getting a free tablet (as a 49" buyer)?

The tablet is being heavily discounted today, I'd expect the tablets to sell out quickly - then what?

The 49" is sold out, the 55" has 270 remaining and has sold 13.5 per day so could sell out in 20 days.
The 60" has 109 remaining but is only selling 2.5 a day so will be 40+ days.

Free tablet till the 13th May, £100 discount till the 16th, what happens after the 16th? Will they seriously put the price back up?

These TV's are taking up valuable display place in the stores and there's more profitable TV's that should be in their place.

I'm in no hurry, but I do have an issue with forking out £900 for a discontinued clearance TV - if my plan doesn't work out there'll be another deal along shortly - it's hardly TV weather this time of year anyhow.

RE: Free tablet offer.

I've just noticed on the thread that there is a free tablet for purchases of the 55" & 60" TV now. I purchased the 60" earlier this month so thought I'd call JL customer service to have a little winge as they offer a 28 day price guarantee. I spoke to a lovely lady called Lucy and just explained to her that surely this constitutes as a price reduction as there is now the free tablet included to the value of £99.95. She asked be to bare with her whilst she seen if she could rectify this issue. A couple of minutes later she came back and said that JL couldn't just send out a free tablet so she said they would refund my PayPal £99.95 and I could just purchase one.

To cut a long story short the £99.95 is already in my PayPal account I don't need a tablet as I already have a nexus 7 and iPad so I'll just keep the £99.95. So the 60" TV now stands me at £799.

Hope this helps someone else out!

Still won't let me add the tablet and the tv.

Sigh

Drago773

Have you tried using Internet Explorer? I could not add the TV & Tablet bundle with Chrome

Likey, likey :smiley:

someone have sell soundbar stand for John Lewis tv 55JL9000 ? or where can I buy separately?

if you go to JL, and put JL9000 in search box should bring up the bundle deal

They've got a lot (2.5K+) of LG 8" G Pads. Still, I hope they do sell out.

The 49" is now back in stock @ £499 (58 available).

Still struggling to decide between this and the Sony KDL50W829.. Can get the W829 refurb for £450ish now and the 49" of this for £499.. Anyone know which is the better overall TV?

Result, rang JL and they are sending me a tablet, had to pay for it but will be refunding the £99 once its delivered, would prefer £99 back , great service from JL, they originally said they wanted me to order a new bundle and sent old tv back, said i paid someone to put it on the wall :smiley:

The item code you need to quote for the 55" bundle is 00988875 otherwise they keep referring to another bundle where you have to buy a monster cable

I can't find a stand big enough?

Ordered on 07/05/15. Just phoned up and enquired about the new 8" tablet deal and was given a £99.95 refund :smiley:

Just phoned up as well - £99.95 refund applied to the AMEX. Considering the first TV they delivered was damaged they've done an outstanding job of keeping me happy with some great customer service! This will do more than nicely until OLED 4k (or 6k/8k) comes down to a reasonable price - and kind of hope it will by JL branded again

Just got a £99.95 refund too

Ordered my TV on 7th April. Delivered on the 14th April. Would I be eligible for the free tablet? Thanks.

Just realised I ordered on 2nd April not 7th which is over 28 days. Is it from order date or delivery date?

If the price reduces with 28 days do you also need to claim within 28 days?

Think I've missed it.

My TV is being delivered at the minute. JL want me to refuse delivery and reorder to get the tablet. Mentioned people getting refunds and ordering the tablet separate, they said it would have to be authorised by price match team who are off for bank holiday. Very frustrating when its different things for different people. Will have to work on my phone skills :disappointed: Truth be told I was tempted to cancel order altogerher, now decided if I get the tablet or £100 I will stick with it, otherwise its going back for a different deal I've seen.

Different things, for different people, for different reasons.

wish i got £99 refund now got a tablet to try and sell, oh well :smiley:

just spent 20 mins on phone trying to convince them to give me a straight refund...no joy :disappointed:

had to order an LG G Pad tablet, pay for it, and they'll refund when I receive it...not ideal but better than some retailers I guess...

JL have honoured the tablet deal for me by giving me a £99 refund on my card - purchased on 1st April but not delivered until following week. Well pleased :laughing:

I take it these are all for 55 and 60" not the 49" as the deal doesnot seem to be on the 49" screens :disappointed:

I ordered my 55" on the 5th and got an email to say sorry I would not be getting the tablet. I have emailed back saying that with the deal starting within 28 days of my purchase I was hoping that the new deal would be honored. Just need to wait on a reply.

Does anyone have the sky code for this tv

Just found a code that works . 1293 worked on my version 8 remote

JL refused me the price match so I mentioned that people on this site had been given a price match and a precedent had been set. They responded,

"A small number of our customers have experienced difficulties when purchasing this bundle on our website as the tablet was not included at checkout. Therefore, the tablet had to be sent out to them separately, after they had received the television. This will be the reason for people on the forum receiving the tablet after purchasing the television."

So their stance is that nobody has been given a price match which is quite shocking.

If you have been given a TV / tablet price match after buying the TV on it's own, would you let me know and also the date you placed your order please? Thanks.

Got mine 6th April then went back to get the LG pad on the 30th of April

I cant give you my order number but mention the ladys name in this Email

I got this email from JL today
Thank you for your email.
 
We don't expect you to find a lower price at another high street competitor for the same individual product, sold with the same service conditions - but if you can, we'll match the price when you buy, or refund the difference for up to 28 days after you've purchased from us when you make a price match claim..
 
The offer for the Free LG G Pad 8.0 Tablet does not fall within our never knowingly undersold policy. As the purchase price for the John Lewis 55JL9000 LED HD 1080p 3D Smart TV, 55" with Freeview HD & 2x 3D Glasses is £649.00 we would not be able to reduce the price any further on this occasion. I apologise for any upset caused however I hope this clarifies why we are unable to reduce our price on this occasion.

If I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me,
 
 
Kind regards,

Frankie Batty
John Lewis.com

Using the Never knowingly undersold isn't the right policy this applies to.

You have up to 90 days to return the JL product so I'd suggest calling back and suggesting two options - either you'll return the current set and order a new one with the tablet, or they could make it easier on everyone and give you a refund so you can go in to a JL store this weekend to purchase the LG tablet.

Good luck!

That's the basis they refunded me on too. I think it just depends upon which CS rep you end up getting through to. The one I spoke to put me on hold for a couple of minutes to check with his supervisor and then came back and issued a refund. Just pot luck I guess.

Tablet now removed from deal.

Probably causing them too much hassle. Will probably wait for 30 days or so and release a new deal if they still have stock!

No, it was due to expire yesterday and it has.

Only 58 of the 60" left now

Thanks Dannyh73 JL are sending me the gpad after I was going to return the tv and reorder.

Good stuff! Glad to have helped.

No sign of this deal ending or getting any better. Anyone think or know different?

You said it, so if you want it order now or do without.

Less than 20 of the 60" left, so I thought I'd better get one - maybe should've got one when the tablet was free with it, but don't need it and I'm fed up dealing with idiots on eBay. Delivery 6 th June.

TV arrived Saturday, on the wall with the AVF bracket. Updated software and everything is working fine, picture on HD channels is excellent.
Only gripe I have is that the design means every time I want to add a new cable I have to take it off the wall to get to the sockets. Hopefully once I get it properly cabled I'll not need to keep taking it off the wall !!

Linked to this wall mount before, but it'd certainly save you the hassle of having to remove the TV from the mount every time you need to add/remove/change cables. The TV hangs on the wall like a very big picture and there's little prop to hold the TV out while connecting cables. I've mounted my TV without the sound bar, but spacers are included that should allow for the sound bar. Can't go wrong with £12.15 delivered.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B0035U6FII/ref=dp_olp_new_mbc?ie=UTF8&condition=new

Thanks grazie, I did look at the wall mount you've used but was put off by some of the reviews, especially with the weight of the 60" model. The mount I've used is very secure and gets good reviews, but there's no flexibility to get behind the set at all - had I known this I might have tried your type of mount first. Too late now though as I'm not drilling more holes in the wall for another mount - lesson learned though.

Go on drill more holes and paint the wall yellow for an Halloumi cheese look.

Can anybody point me in the direction of some 3d glasses for this tv? I've seen a few passive glasses on Amazon, ebay etc, but not sure which will work wth this tv. I need more than the two supplied.

Thanks in advance :-)

any passive ones work,

Great, thanks.

Still marveling at the quality of the picture, and glad I went for the 60", did worry it might be too big but if I'd opted for the 55" I'd be sat wishing I'd gone for the bigger one. Yes it's not the quickest at changing channels but the picture makes it worthwhile, and most of the channel hopping is on the sky box anyhow.

On footie games only I get the lines showing up, its no big deal as I don't watch much football these days and all other aspects are great, channel changing, 3d, sound etc and am really happy but is the lines a fault or just part of LED screens?

For anyone still interested in this TV, a new branch of John Lewis opened in Horsham, West Sussex 5 days ago, and they had a 55" on display, so they probably have stock. I'm tempted but would have wanted the 60". I will wait for LG's flat 4k OLED to come out.

Can anybody recommend a set of wireless headphones to use with this TV. Thanks

Thomson WHP3001BK, got mine off Amazon.

soldierboy001
That is the exact set I bought off of eBay second hand, got it connected through the 3.5 mm jack although they "buzz" a bit, I read somewhere that you can output through hdmi into a converter to 3.5mm, might try that, can I ask you how you have your set connected.

Just direct to my STB and I don't get any buzz.

Is there an ALL 4 / 4OD app please. Can't seem to find it. Thanks

Not that I can see :disappointed:

WebOS 2 - will this TV get it?

Apparently so according to this link
http://www.cnet.com/news/lg-updates-2014-tvs-to-web-os-2-0/

The new firmware for this TV incorporating some WebOS 2 improvements has arrived. I installed it earlier today and it's a huge improvement. The Interface is faster and friendlier - not found any problems yet.



Here's a link to the firmware I installed Link

I recommend resetting the TV to initial defaults after updating although that means you will have to going through all the setup procedures again.

Enjoy!

^excellent, might give it a bash later, presumably it'll work for the 60" - as the last update for the 55" worked fine.

Thanks for the update on the update.

EDIT : Wow it's a biggin!

Updated our 60" version - thankfully I've now found a way to plug in the USB without having to take it off the wall each time :sunglasses: I'd suggest most of the features have speeded up - things like changing channels and accessing the TV guide and smart features - good for us that LG are still maintaining the O/S updates.

Changing channels, accessing the TV guide and smart features is definitely a lot quicker now after the update :smiley:

Does this software version from the link also work for the 49" model?

Why don't you try it and see?

It does mate. I did it successfully.

I did the update on mine (49 inch) and the tv is now crashing with the error message error message "This app will now restart to free up more memory" every few minutes when watching something over HDMI channels.
It's happening on lots of LG TVs apparently, after a quick Google search.
Switching off simplink has been offered as a temporary solution and LG are aware and looking in to it. It's irritating as I use Simplink, but for now it might have to do. If it's not fixed, I might be contacting John Lewis.

My 49 inch updated itself the other day and I'm also facing the same issue :disappointed:

BTW is the 49JL9000 a re-branded 49LB870V ? LINK

Could be, I'm sure the answer is within this thread.
I'm irritated, because I'm pretty happy with the TV. The sound is crap, but the picture is good and it looks really good, but no point in having a TV that shuts off intermittently. I'll see if I can put up with it for a week, otherwise I'll be asking Mr Lewis for options.

My 55" TV has updated itself and ran fine but noticed it turned off by itself once but nothing since.

If you can, reload the update?

So far it's much faster to use.

Lack of satelite tv guide limited to now and next.

Anyone found the YouTube app?

I will probably try and re-install the firmware before contacting John Lewis. I found the youtube app by searching the app store, wasn't available up front.

I've read that LG are aware of the problem and have pulled the 05.00.04 update from their sites and a new firmware update will be pushed in the next few weeks.

Thanks, I used the LG store search on the main home screen for you tube.

Before I was looking/searching in the app store without any luck.

Software update 05.00.15 now available, I'll wait and see what others say about it before I try it myself :smirk:

I did a quick look (read a couple of forum posts) and seems problems resolved. Firmware installed earlier today, I switched the simplink on and have used the Sky and Pi and had no memory crashing problems. I also saw that a newer 05.00.20 f/ware is in development (beta), so we may get that too. Beta users said it made their TV quicker. Will wait and see. Just need a good cheap 2.1 soundbar now.:wink:

Updated yesterday as well and all seems fine again, no out of memory crashes and accessing setting etc a lot quicker. :smiley:

I also did a reset to initial settings but this returns it to an as bought state and you have to set up your TV again :disappointed:

Our 60" is now downloading 05:00:15, the good news is that this is the first update that the TV has detected itself and asked if we want to download and install - easier than struggling to get a USB stick plugged in.

​haha

Google Play Movies & TV is now available on this TV.

Anyone managed to get the Logitech k400 wireless keyboard to work with this TV?
Thought it might detect the USB adaptor automatically, but can't seem to find a way to get it to work.

Aha, think I need to sync the keyboard with the Bluetooth dongle on the laptop first. I have a k400 already for my laptop docking station set up, excellent keyboard, hope I can get it set up on the TV.

K400 keyboard working now, as above, needing unifying to the dongle on a laptop first.

Anyone care to recommend a soundbar - don't mind if the subwoofer is separate but would need to be Bluetooth as I don't want to run any more cables.

This looks good

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/onkyo-ls-t30-soundplate-with-bluetooth-dts-109-9-95-del-ibood-2356375?p=26878181

Thanks, but doesn't work for me as my TV is wall mounted and there's no shelf underneath, so it'll need to be a wall mounted soundbar and probably a separate Bluetooth subwoofer that'll sit away from the TV.

Hi,

I'm keeping my eye on this to back to offer price soon: http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/tv-and-home-entertainment/dvd-blu-ray-and-home-cinema/home-cinema-systems-and-sound-bars/lg-las455h-2-1-wireless-sound-bar-10122456-pdt.html

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lg-las455h-2-1-wireless-sound-bar-159-00-currys-2272697

Was a few bob cheaper a few weeks ago and 'supposedly' again soon but if you see something better on offer, post here as I would like one!

Thanks, I'll keep an eye on this one as well, I've spent a couple of hours doing research and drifted into LG soundbars - was looking at this one http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00J6F3I5E/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=35WEYBGSAT1X3&coliid=I3VUP2RPT32LIP

A couple to keep an eye on over the next couple of weeks.

Looks like it's down to £129 now
there's this too http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/lg-nb4540-4-1-sound-bar-199-00-currys-2360054

Thanks, time for some more research - I looked at the LG3540 in John Lewis and the soundbar is tiny against the 60" TVs, probably sounds good, but looks a bit lost under the the TV. I'll have a look at the 4540 and the £129 one in currys.

Does anyone know a good online resource to get technical answers about these LG/John Lewis TVs? I have some questions about how to add channels (specifically 4OD, now known as All 4) and if it's possible to set the recording format. It seems to be some proprietary file format for recorded content, which means that the hard drive cannot be moved to another device.

Not tried any recording with this TV yet, but pretty sure I will when my cheap Sky subscription ends in a couple of months. This article looks like it may be useful to you, but it does need familiarity with Linux (or a willingness to learn).

https://www.avforums.com/threads/recording-on-lg-smart-tv-lm760t.1697353/

I've recorded using an external hard drive while watching another program. Seems great.

Wonder if you can use a 16gb USB stick?

Remember this TV has a satellite tuner built in, when your sky subscription ends you could connect the dish straight into the TV and you'll pick up some free channels. Someone tried this earlier in the thread and it worked ok, bit basic, but it did work.

Yeah, I've tested the TV for satellite reception and it's fine, but both my feeds go to the Sky HD box at present.

I was responding to kalico's query on the file format problems they were having with their LG recorded media.

I don't see why not, so long as you're happy to let the TV format the stick to the partition/file system it requires.

You CANNOT use an USB stick. I have no idea why not, but the TV will reject it. I tried everything, formatted it on a laptop, tried FAT, FAT32, NTFS: Nothing worked. Plug in a USB hard drive and it's working immediately.

Makes little sense, but there you go.

My post about file formats was that the TV doesn't record programmes in a standard file format such as MP4, AVI or similar. It records programmes as multiple files (absolutely loads of them) using some,bizarre naming format with extensions that I don't recognise. A regular PC makes nothing of them.

I wondered if it were possible to change a setting to make it, for example, MP4. But I can't find any config details.

You almost certainly can use a USB memory stick, but it's probably more hassle than its worth.

This TV is most likely rejecting a USB stick as storage because it's seen as a remove disk, whereas a USB HDD will be seen as a local disk . The USB can be made into a local disk by flipping the 'removable' bit, but doing so is a bit of a mine field.

If you really wanted to use a USB memory stick, search for makes/models/sizes where the removable bit can easily be toggled.

Finally got my sound bar, picked up the LG LAS455H for £80 delivered from currys. Mounted on the wall under the 60" TV and connected using the wireless LG sync. Sound is now awesome and the sound bar and wireless subwoofer work like they were original parts of the TV.

I did the same a couple of weeks ago, I got the LG NB4540 4.1 Sound Bar from Currys for £150 and I'm very happy with it, it's still not perfect, but it is a HUGE improvement on the standard sound. It's so nice to have a bit of bass back. I connected the system with Bluetooth and it works great. Takes a few seconds to connect when it starts up and then that's it. I do wish the new thin TVs would come with sockets allowing you to connect your own speakers or sub, that would make life a lot simpler.

New update on the LG website. 05.00.60

Had to download it on to a USB stick, rename a new folder to LG_DTV and stick the update into it.

Pop into TVs and follow the prompts.

Nothing new but less sluggish and boots up slightly faster.

Hope that helps.

http://www.lg.com/uk/support/support-product/lg-55JL9000

What are people using to clean the screen?

Good question! Mines filthy!

Get a cleaner, they only charge £10 an hour cash in hand.

Another software update that doesn't seem to want to download over the air, but all good when downloading and installing from a USB memory stick: http://www.lg.com/uk/support/support-product/lg-60JL9000

Thanks for the info.

Any new changes to the software?

Can't really see anything except the fonts are a little bolder and nicer. Can't see any other differences, so am assuming it's got to be a little refining here and then - everything does seem a little more responsive but might just be placebo effect. Nothing as noticeable as the jump to v5.0

I just think that it's great it still is receiving support.

Well I've noticed by normal remote is working fast again as it felt like the batteries were dying and the delay between remote and TV has been reduced. I don't use the wand that much.

Menus are faster to load. Less buggy.

Has anyone figured out a way to watch a TV channel using one tuner (either Freeview or satellite) and record the other and/or vice versa. I would have thought it was possible, but maybe the TV processor(s) doesn't enough grunt?

I can record and watch different hdmi inputs but don't use aerial inputs.

Yep, that's what I'm doing, but I'd prefer not to have an external tuner box, if there's is a way round it.

Can anyone please confirm what size the wall mounting screws are?