Best 3D TV LG 42LX6900

The LG 42LX6900 made one of our testers cross eyed. Perhaps one to avoid?

• Type: Active shutter
• Size: 42-inch
• Price: £1000
• Extra glasses: £100 a pair

3D Pros: Lots of ghosting, strange transparent effects, you can’t adjust the picture in 3D mode

3D Cons: It’s relatively cheap for a 3DTV

LG has made a name for itself producing high-quality products at ultra-competitive prices, but they haven’t managed to repeat the trick with this 3D TV. 3D performance was very disappointing. To find out how it fared in our full 2D-test program read the full LG LX6900 review.

3D picture

A grand may not seem cheap, but compared with most 3D TVs this could seem like a snip. Don’t be fooled. Prominent ghosting (a double image caused by a latent overlap between the left and right images on screen) is a constant irritant. Mid-ground images, in particular, were afflicted and even on the ‘natural world’ sequence (a clip where 3D usually impresses) one of our expert panel said it made him feel ‘cross-eyed’.

Ghosting wasn’t the only problem though. Some images were unintentionally transparent, detail was soft and the picture looked too dim. We tried adjusting the backlight, but this really had no effect.

Annoyingly, you can’t adjust the picture settings while in 3D mode either (unlike other 3D TVs), so fine tuning isn’t easy.

3D glasses

Like its rivals the LG uses active shutter glasses which synchronise the TV via an infra-red signal and rapidly blink on and off, playing back full 1080p images to the right eye and left eye at a rate of 50 frames per second. They’re fairly light and more comfortable than most 3D glasses, but not quite as good as Samsung’s offering.

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