May 29, 2011 02:23 PM
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(Updated Jun 07, 2011 11:11 PM)
Drawing on its typical red streaked aesthetics like previous Scarlet series, this model clearly looks better than many other models we’ve seen. LG always manages to make their bezels very ritzy, with a clean cut design and smooth surfaces, gloss black in this case. The red accentuation is on the bottom panel, and around the rim of the stand’s base. Thin frames is the ‘in’ thing these days, and this LG model too is very thin.
The connections available are more than satisfactory, with 3 HDMI 1.3a inputs, 2 component ins, PC input(Mini D-Sub), one RS-232, plus the all important USB 2.0 inputs. The USB can play MP3s, JPEGS and also DivX and MPEG 4 movies. The DivX playback is limited to SD playback, plus there is no head phone out, and it comes with inbuilt stereo regular speakers, though invisible from the front view. The stand joint is really wobbly. We were cleaning the screen to photograph it, and it just wobbled away like a see saw.
Not as much as the edge lit LED model in the market, but for this price point it’s really neat and thin. The power button is a circular transparent one that fills up what, in previous Scarlet models, was a cut out hole through the bezel. This too is fully touch sensitive.
LG aims on improving the shortcomings of the Scarlet with its latest offering, the Scarlet 2.0. Sporting the same IPS(In Plane Switching) panel for superior picture quality, the Scarlet 2.0 has also slimmed down a bit with a much leaner looking frame and a revamped bezel. The main attraction of the Scarlet 2.0 is its Bluetooth capability, which is the first of its kind in India. This lets you pair Bluetooth headphones, as well as play music from your phone on the TV. I have paired with the Bluedio bluetooth headset and its simply awesome to watch movies and hear in the bluedio headset.
The rest of the features are pretty much the same, like 100Hz motion plus, DivX playback through USB, 3x HDMI and a fast response time of 2.4ms.
I bought it for 55000 in devi international jayanagar, bangalore in feb 2010.
I dont know about service, but looking from others review it seems to be real bad. But tell me in India which company will give you good service. with idiotic laws which cant sue anyone, everyone plays around.
The panel is 1920 x 1080 full HD, Brightness is 500 cd/m2, Viewing Angle is 178 /178, Response time is 2.4 ms.
