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  • Tour & Design

  • Performance Features

  • Connectivity & Media

  • Controls, Menu & Remote

  • Conclusion

  • Tour & Design
  • Performance Features
  • Connectivity & Media
  • Controls, Menu & Remote
  • Conclusion

Tour & Design

The LG 60PS60 follows the uniform LG design—a striking black frame that is smooth and glossy with clear edging. No control labels or writing, other than the LG logo, is locate on the front of the set.

The 60PS60 has a 60-inch Plasma screen

**Back**

Ports are located on the back of the 60PS60, a bit of a ways around the corner on the left side. Other than this, the back of the television doesn't offer much.

The back of the 60PS60

**Sides**

LG places a small collection of ports on the left side of the television (just as on the 60PS80). It's only one HDMI input, a Component Video and audio input, and a USB port, but it is still something. The right side features a column of on-TV controls at the lower edge of the panel.

The left and right sides of the 60PS60

**Stand/Mount**

The stand on the 60PS60 matches the glossy bezel in color and tone, which makes it blend perfectly with the television. It is an identical stand to the one found on the 60PS80. The stand can swivel and feels rather sturdy.

The stand on the 60PS60

**Aesthetics**

The 60PS60 isn't too flashy, but it by no means has an insipid aesthetic. LG describes the simple, stylish look as having a 'single-layer design,' which means the TV and frame appear as one, thin sheet—like a pane of glass. The PS60 series is also available in a number of different bezel colors, although only the standard black models were at LG's booth during CES.

Performance Features

Display Size & Technology

The LG 60PS60 features a 60-inch Plasma screen, which is about as large as a TV can get before it enters the abusrdly gigantic category.

The PS80 series comes in 60-inch and 50-inch sizes.

Format & Resolution

The 60PS60 supports full HD 1080p format, has an aspect ratio of 16:9, and offers a maximum resolution of 1920 x 1080. These are the same specs you'll find on the 60PS80.

Brightness, Blacks & Contrast Ratio

LG lists the 60PS60 as having Super Bright panel technology as well as pigment coating that should reduce reflection by 20% compared to last year's models. No actual specs about the brightness levels or contrast ratio were released by LG, so we can't list them here. The 60PS60 did look bright on the floor and the display footage looked sharp and clear. Once we get a 60PS60 into our labs we'll run tests to determine its brightness, blacks, and contrast ratio.

Refresh Rate & Motion

The 60PS60 features 600Hz 10 sub-field processing. This 600Hz processing is standard on most plasma TVs and it doesn't correlate with the refresh rate on LCD HDTVs that often max out at 240Hz. Plasma screens use an entirely different processing system than LCDs so the two numbers shouldn't be compared. Sub-field processing breaks the screen into different sections in order to refresh the TV faster as a whole. Since the 60PS60 has 10 sub-field processing, that means the screen is broken into 10 sections for the processing.

 

Viewing Angle

Even at near 90-degree viewing angles, the 60PS60 retained strong colors and a clear image. It didn't show a significant drop in brightness or contrast, which is something we saw on many of LG's LCD models when we viewed them from 30-degree and 45-degree angles. It is clear LG's plasma TVs win out over LCDs when it comes to viewing angle.

Color

Colors were good on the 60PS60 and the overall image looked very similar to the 60PS80. We'll have more information about the TV's performance once we run it through out extensive lab tests.

Connectivity & Media

Audio & Video Ports

We couldn't get a good look at the back of the 60PS60 and LG didn't release full specs about the television's ports. Even so, we were able to take a gander at the ports on the left side of the television—one HDMI input, a Composite Video input with audio, and a USB port. These are the same set found on nearly all of LG's 2009 lineup.

Getting access to the back side ports was another story. The 60PS60 on display at CES was tightly confined and photographing the ports on the back was not possible. LG did state that 3 HDMI ports are located on the back, making a total of 4 on the television. The 60PS60 likely includes most of the same ports featured on the 60PS80, although probably not as many.

The ports on the 60PS60 were difficult to get a good look at.

**Media & Other Connectivity
The two main differences between the LG 60PS60 and the step-up 60PS80 is the absence of NetCast Entertainment Access and THX Media Director features on the PS60 series. The 60PS60 is a fairly basic television where media and connectivity are concerned. It does feature **THX Display Certification and THX Cinema Mode, but those aren't the same thing as Media Director. THX Display Certification simply means THX approved the television design, whereas the Media Director feature (which is found on the 60PS80) will actually optimize video and sound output based on information provided by compatible DVDs. The 60PS60's THX Cinema Mode is a setting on the television that should give the image a better look when watching movies, but it does not use any information from other sources like the Media Director feature does.

The 60PS60 has a USB port on the side of the television. Digital music and photos can be played through the TV via devices connected to the port.

Placement

Our only complaint is there aren't any incredibly easy ports to access. The left side collection isn't bad, but a front sided set of ports would have been easier to get at.

Audio

LG offers Clear Voice II (a dialogue enhancement setting) and Invisible Speakers (an aesthetic design that hides the speakers inside the TV's frame) on their entire 2009 lineup. Other than these features, as well as the THX Certification, the 60PS60 has no special audio settings to speak of.

Controls, Menu & Remote

Remote

No remote control for the LG 60PS60 was available when we toured the LG booth at CES.

Controls

The 60PS60 has a column of on-TV controls running down the lower right side of the television. The controls are identical to the ones featured on the 60PS80, which means they aren't the greatest buttons. They're small, hard, and not very comfortable to press.

The on-TV controls on the 60PS60 are located on the right side of the television.

Menu

We never got a look at the menu for the 60PS60, but we'll write a good deal about how the system looks when we get a model into our labs.

Conclusion

Without pricing information yet it is difficult to say what sort of value the 60PS60 offers. It should be a good amount cheaper than the 60PS80, which offers a more generous set of features and media options (like NetCast and THX Media Director). So, if you like the look of LG's plasma screens and you don't want to pay extra for the NetCast or Media Director features, the 60PS60 is probably the television for you. In our experience watching display footage everything looked wonderful. We didn't notice the motion blurring that we saw on the 60PS80, which suggests the problems we saw on that television were an irregularity. Once availability and prices are announced by LG it should be easier for consumers to make a decision between the two very similar 60PS60 and 60PS80 plasma HDTVs.

Meet the tester

Jeremy Stamas

Jeremy Stamas

Managing Editor, Video

@nematode9

Jeremy is the video expert of our imaging team and Reviewed.com's head of video production. Originally from Pennsylvania and upstate NY, he graduated from Bard college with a degree in film and electronic media. He has been living and working in New England since 2005.

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