Our Verdict
The LG LF6000 is a good TV for movies or TV shows, thanks to its great contrast and little reflection. Its lack of smart features is also fine, provided you don't need them. However, if you plan on watching sports or playing video games, you will see a lot of blur on fast-moving objects.
- Great contrast ratio.
- Little reflection.
- Significant amount of motion blur.
- Poor gray uniformity.
- Limited viewing angle.
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We buy and test dozens of TVs yearly, taking an objective, data-driven approach to deliver results you can trust. Our testing process is complex, with hundreds of individual tests that take over a week to complete. Most of our tests are done with specially designed test patterns that mimic real content, but we also use the same sources you have at home to ensure our results match the real-world experience. We use two main tools for our testing: a Colorimetry Research CR-100 colorimeter and a CR-250 spectroradiometer.
Test Results
The stand is separated into two small feet at both extremities of the TV. It is stable, but very wide. The stand on our 50" is 40.5" by 10".
The LG LF6000 is very similar to other budget LG TVs. Its thin gray bezel stands out, which could be a bad thing, depending on your room's decor.
Because it doesn't have an IPS panel, this is one of the rare LG TVs with a great contrast ratio.
This is a direct-lit TV, and due to the small number of LEDs, you can see a grid pattern on solid colors, creating a lot of dirty screen effect.
Due to its VA panel, the colors lose saturation when you are off-axis.
Update 01/06/2017: We have changed the methodology of testing. Since this is an old TV which we don't have anymore, we extrapolated the results from 2016 TVs.
The black uniformity is really great - one of the best we've seen for an LED TV.
Upscaled DVDs and 480p TV shows looks good. You will need to set 'Noise Reduction' to 'High' to cut the noise a bit.
720p content like cable TV looks good. You will also need to set 'Noise Reduction' to 'High' to cut the noise a little.
The reflections on this TV are well under control. You don't need to worry about having a few lights in your room.
The LG LF6000 can't get bright at all, which will be an issue if you have windows in your room and plan on watching TV during the day.
The motion blur is pretty bad on this set. There is a long trail on fast-moving objects.
Movies over a 24p input have no judder. However, it doesn't do the reverse 3:2 pulldown for movies over 60p or 60i, resulting in a slight judder.
You will need to label the input to 'PC' to get marginally lower input lag of 35.9ms.
To enable chroma 4:4:4, label the input as 'PC'.
Decent bass extension for a TV, but poor frequency response which gets even worse as the volume increases. It doesn't get loud either. Significant pumping when the TV is pushed to its limits.
Good distortion levels throughout, without a significant change under heavier loads. But the TV doesn't get loud.
