Amazon.com: Customer reviews: LG Electronics 55LF6100 55-Inch 1080p Smart LED TV (2015 Model)

Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2015

I just got the TV today and my rating and review is based on what I have seen so far.

I was looking for a replacement for my 50" Panasonic Plasma TV which I had for the last nearly 5 years and went bad with two blown boards and I did not want to spend the money on costly repairs with refurbished after-market parts that carried with them little to no warranty. I am also not ready to splurge on next gen TVs.. at least, not right now. So I started out looking for an 'in-between' TV that would be good quality, and reliable enough to last long enough, and one that is on sale preferably.

I did adequate research and this TV fit the bill and I wasn't disappointed. The picture quality is excellent with adequate number of options, including pre-configured expert settings. Sound is adequate and comparable to my previous plasma so no complaints. My one concern is the TV stand - the 2 sided support is just ok but not great and would've preferred centered support instead.

Happy with the purchase.

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The Shansen

Great picture but has some audio issues

Reviewed in the United States on August 11, 2015

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While I've been happy with this TV so far, I wanted to make known a couple of things as it could sway a potential buyer.

1) There are 3 HDMI ports. One area of the Amazon description notes 3 ports and another notes 2, but there are definitely 3 ports.

2) The rtings.com review of this model noted that there was is poor input lag compared to other models in this price range (ie the 55" Vizio E-series). I haven't noticed anything substantial regarding input lag when gaming. I am coming from a 6-year-old Vizio set so maybe my bar for input lag is low.

3) While I haven't noticed input lag, I have experienced some very noticeable audio-video sync issues (hence the 4 star review). My current setup is Xbox One -> HDMI -> 55LF6100 -> Optical (toslink) cable -> Vizio sound bar with Dolby Digital (or DTS) being sent from the xbox to the TV via HDMI with the TV passing through the audio to the sound bar. When playing games, watching netflix, or watching a blu-ray on the Xbox, the audio sync is way off when I use the sound bar or the TV's built-in speakers. When I switch the audio setting on the xbox to stereo PCM, the audio delay is lessened. The TV does have the ability to adjust the audio timing so I've adjusted this as much as I can in the negative direction (effectively sending the audio sooner to match the video), but the sync is still off when sending bitstream (dolby digital or DTS). I watched a movie last night with my wife, and she laughed at one point due to the how far off the lip sync was. I've called LG and requested service so I'll update this review if anything notable occurs. The smart TV functions also needed to be adjusted for audio-video sync, but I was able to do so within the parameters in the menu. I would expect that if you are looking to buy this TV and have a legitimate AV receiver with HDMI inputs that can accept 5.1 or 7.1 PCM audio, you should be fine although I haven't researched this specifically.

4) The TV does support DLNA streaming. I have a computer on my home network that I use for media hosting, and the TV streams .mp4 (h.264), .mkv (if you have blu-ray files), .avi, etc. I would say this is a better media player than the Xbox.

5) Some people have said there's a lag when using the smart functions while connected via wi-fi. I had the TV connected via wi-fi and noticed that it took a minute to connect to the router but then didn't notice anything delays longer than other smart TVs I've used. I now have the TV connected via ethernet cable and haven't noticed any lengthy delays.

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Lisa Baldwin

... one of this television but we have nothing but good things to say about it

Reviewed in the United States on December 5, 2015

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This is week one of this television but we have nothing but good things to say about it. The set-up was easy. The picture is amazing!! We connected it to our wifi with no problem just following the setup instructions, We can now cast through our google chrome or straight to the TV! My refrigerator is an LG product and we have been happy with it. The TV was on sale during the "black Friday" week and one of the big chain stores was advertising the same thing for their special black friday sale. It was the same price and I didn't have to fight the crowd, pay the taxes and it was delivered to my door. How great is that?! The quality was excellent, the shipping was great and it was packed with a lot of protection. One of my best Amazon transactions yet.

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Matthew Murray

so that was nice. We set our TV up

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2016

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We purchased this TV during the Black Friday (Or Cyber Monday - can't remember) sale. It arrived via FedEX packaged very well! They had Styrofoam all over the outside to protect the TV, so that was nice.

We set our TV up. It looked gorgeous in our bedroom and for the price we paid, was worth it as a bedroom TV. No complaints so far. Within a few days I notice a vertical band about 2 inches thick on the the right side. I could see it but others could not until it was pointed out. Then it became painfully obvious. We didn't want to deal with returning it since it would be a pain to package it up and take it back to UPS and it wasn't a huge issue...... Until it was. Another week or two goes by and suddenly there is a HUGE spot on the TV that is much lighter than the rest of the TV. It's noticeable to everyone. It's noticeable on everything.

Thankfully Amazon Customer service is superb! We were able to exchange the TV for a new one. They sent us the new one and we returned the old one. After we set the new TV up we didn't notice any issues (at the time) so we were content.

A few days later we realize the TV is dropping the WiFi for the Smart TV features, all. the. time. We tested to see if it was our WiFi (Since we use LAN lines for our desktops and only have the consoles, tablets, tv's and phones on WiFi) Our PS4 worked just fine for Amazon and Netflix on the TV but the TV smart feature just doesn't keep the WiFi signal long. We still have this problem now and we've had the second TV for a few months now.

All in all, the price was decent and worth the hassle. Thankfully we have consoles or even the Amazon Fire Stick to use if we want to watch Netlfix/Amazon on our TV in our bedroom.

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jacklyn h. meeks

No Headphone connection!!! Too bad for the millions of people who have hearing problems.

Reviewed in the United States on April 25, 2016

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I have had this TV since February 6, 2016 and I have had nothing but trouble. After the TV was hung on the wall and hooked up, the person doing it said "there is no connection for your headphones". I saw a youtube video showing how to hook the cable for the headphones to my model, but there is NO connection on my TV. Conversations with support have been a joke. One person told me there was no user guide (finally found it on line), Another told me that the only way wifi could connect to my TV was with a Hdmi cord connected to my TV. I asked her if she actually meant that one end of the cable would be in my PC and the other end in the TV. She said "yes". I asked to speak to someone else and she said "you have to hang up and call back". The next person I talked to was very helpful. Bottom line, in order to hear my TV, I have to buy more equipment...stereo speakers, stereo receiver, and a digital to audio converter. It's a shame LG cares nothing about the millions of people who have hearing problems.

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cackleberry

terrible blacks, motion blur

Reviewed in the United States on January 24, 2016

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l'll try to keep this short, since there are so many long reviews already. I will skip the "smart" features and speakers, since I don't use either.
First, the blacks on this TV are terrible. I've tried every setting possible, went through several calibration exercises, and no matter what I do the "blacks" and shadows are just murky grays.
Second, the motion blur on this set is awful. LG can claim "120hz" all they want, but is a native 60hz panel with some technical trickery to get to 120hz of interpolated refresh rate, and it shows.
Third, the input lag should rule out this TV for serious gamers. This isn't a big deal for me, but any hardcore FPS fans need to look elsewhere. Even the "PC" input and "Game" modes can't make up for it.
Fourth, the LED configuration makes any large sections of uniform color look like a muddled mess. You can clearly see the backlighting arrangement in large sections of white, gray, or even in the field watching a soccer match.
A minor gripe about the body of the TV... the remote sensor is dead center on the bottom of the TV, which is where many of us place our center channel speaker. If you'e used to this arrangement, be prepared to practice your remote aiming.
One thing this TV does well is color accuracy. It will take some tweaking in the "advanced" settings, but you can get good color in most situations. But even then, my 10 year-old Panasonic plasma still does better.
This TV is merely ok. I really don't understand all the 5-star reviews. These people must be either replacing some really poor TV's or aren't familiar with what a good picture should look like. The only redeeming quality is the price. However... unless you absolutely must have a new TV right now, I would strongly recommend waiting a little longer for the prices of OLED TV's to drop some more. To get really good picture quality from an LED, you will need to spend a lot more money than this, and at that point you will have spent a bunch of money on technology that will quickly be horribly outdated.

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Girl of the Far North

We are delighted that we purchased this brand

Reviewed in the United States on November 1, 2015

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We researched televisions for a long time before we decided on this one. It was a big purchase for us (our old tv was 12 years old), and we had to educate ourselves about what a smart tv was, what to expect from the various functions, what the warranties would be like, pricing, etc. We finally decided upon the LG brand, based partly upon recommendations from friends and from our internet and over-the-phone research. Since we bought it in July, we've had nothing but good results and great tv viewing. We are delighted that we purchased this brand. We live in a small rural town in Alaska, and use satellite based reception. Our satellite provider works with LG locally to provide technical service. When we needed help with the final hooking up and the fine-tuning, we called for technical help and a fellow showed up at the house a few days later and gave us a complete run-down on the functions, how to do all the things we had questions about, and checked to see the satellite functions were all working. A few weeks later when we had what we thought was a major problem getting HD reception, he came out again and showed us how to work with the software updating done by the satellite--it wasn't a problem with the television at all. Since then, we've seen friends who own Vizio televisions have major problems with customer service and technical help from Vizio. Watching what they've gone through and the run-around they've gotten (really appalling) has made us doubly happy that we purchased the reliable LG brand. We are even happier with the customer service that the company provides us. It's a major consideration, and they've delivered beautifully.

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Patrick B

Great TV, amazing picture quailty, esp for the price!

Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2016

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I was on the fence about this TV with all the negative reviews about the internal Wi-Fi lagging, we have had no issues with it though. The TV is in the same room as the router and we encounter very little if any buffering with Netflix etc. The deeper darks take a little getting used to if you're switching from an older TV, but I am very happy with the picture quality especially for the price.

The only negative I have about this TV is that it is difficult to set up without the LG magic remote, it took a lot of frustration and Goggling but we figured it out.

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Danny Molina

Good idea, terrible forced settings.

Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2016

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First off, for the price this thing is a killer deal.

This review is for the 55" version of the TV. As many people have mentioned the factory settings are really good right off the bat. No lie. I'm super picky about my picture quality, color, frame rate, and most importantly, black and whites. This TV delivers on about 80% of my demands on a regular basis.

However, this review in particular focuses on the gaming aspect. I don't watch much OTA or Cable/Satellite TV I have netflix/hulu for that job. I play Xbox One on this thing with 'TrueMotion' enabled. That's the 120 refresh rate for those who prefer lamens terms.
There is veeery slight input lag which is to be expected. However my issue lies in the gaming mode function of th TV,
As anyone would guess, it does disable the extra frames to reduce input and even kind of helps.
However i thought that with Game Mode enabled it would also disable the annoying auto-dim settings this TV has.
Anyone with this unit will tell you it's got an annoying feature that brightens the display or dims it based on the actual picture being shown. I've gone into the expert settings and tuned the hell out of this thing to keep the dimming to a minimum but there isn't much option here.
This is the big deal breaker. For somebody who mostly plays games it ruins a lot of my matches and even some shows online. I play games like Evolve, Cod BOIII, Halo 5, Titanfall, Sunset Overdrive, Mortal Kombat X, and many other types of titles. It has become a ritual to boot every game up and spend my first match fine tuning my lighting on the TV settings and the brightness in game options.

As a tv, i do love this unit. I truly do. But even in broad daylight watching shows can become a nuisance if your show goes between well ilt scenes and dark scenes frequently.
The True motion feature is very welcome coming from an old Sony tv previously. Honestly, I do wish I returned this tv in the first 30 days i've had it. It's been since Nov of 2015 and we're mid April 2016.
i wouldn't recommend to a friend who plays games or watches a lot of online shows. this tv is for mom and dad who watch tv at night when the kids are asleep.

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J. W. Grace

Might be good for Japanese MTV dance videos if you own a sushi bar.

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2016

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Purchased this a couple of weeks ago.

My first impression was that it had and bright and sharp picture. That's true, if you're only looking at text or large, still images. Even then, there's not a lot of skin detail in facial closeups, and if the subject is moving at all, forget it. Moving objects and distant faces look like bad video game renderings. Blocky, splotchy and distractingly muddled. I'm really disappointed.

The speaker is just total gives up the ghost on the bass end. An auxiliary speaker is a must.

The "Smart" menu system is not intuitive at all. System settings are scattered everywhere and the printed user guide is useless. I inadvertently hit the channel up key at the wrong time and lost the TV's access to the cable modem for 15 minutes. I never did figure out how THAT happened. The internet access works well and is easy to use. That's really the only saving grace this TV has.

The remote was designed by an engineering sadist. The flat, mushy navigation arrow keys are right up against menu/apps/settings keys and you really have to focus on finding the right keys and pressing them accurately. The remote's buttons have little texture to them to guide you in positioning your fingers. It's akin to pressing on numbers printed on paper in the dark. TiVo designed a great remote 20 years ago. Have all the good engineers retired?

Oh, and did I mention it's one of the cheaper models? It's really false economy for a TV that I'll have to grudgingly tolerate for the next 5-10 years. Ah, the joys of online shopping.

You were warned.

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