Washed out (whitish) picture on most settings - especially compared with our great Samsung 50" plasma in the adjacent room

U have sound so it could be either the T con board - video only issues or your backlighting (inverter board). If set has slight light in a dark room I would go with the t con board.

Back - light problem. Check and replace damaged component/s at its back-light inverter board, or replace this board as card basis. If you wish to get some details; check the site linked here. Surf the site with patience. Pull up older posts. It will be best to replace the inverter board as card basis.
http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/
Some model sets; especially LED back-lighted types; the back-light inverter circuit will be part of the main power supply board [SMPS]. In such cases, the power supply board might need replacement.

Mainly, this kind of fault is due to loose connection to its COF to display panel. The number of these COFs will be different according to screens size. These Chip On Film [COF] can be located in a row at the bottom of the screen, looking after the back cover removed. re-seat them, and check. If you wish to get some details, check the site linked here. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/ Pull up older posts. Screen-shots to defective plasmas are given. You can compare it to that of your TVs, and can make sure. Beware! All plasma TVs have dangerous potentials inside. Be sure to ware hand goloves to both hands during service work.

Sounds like COF connection fault. If you wish to get more details, check the site linked here. Pull up previous posts, either by type in the Brand name to your set in its search box, or view it in Mosaic / Timeslide / Flipcard option. Select view option by the drop-down view box, at the top left or the display window. It has screen shots of faulty Plasma display. You can see them, and can determine by comparing them to that of your TVs'. http://electronicshelponline.blogspot.com/

Use you HDMI Input, depending the source your using has HDMI output resolution is 1080p or 1080i

to C_LATKA:
Hi, I recently bought a 47" LCD LG the latest model and I read that you had purchased it previously and I wanted to know how you found the quality of picture on the LCD? At the moment ours is a bit blurry. I hope it was worth buying. Do you think we just need to tune the picture quality?

Yeah dont buy LCD over hyped ****!! I buy only plasma's better blacks & better picture! Try the Panasonic THX plasma & read the reviews on it! I own 2 plasma one new & one 5 yrs old! Also own one Sony LCD...LOL..it's in the kids room! Even Sony's best XBR $5000 plus 50" tv does not compare to a Panny THX!

This is called a dark shading error. All the LCD consumer sets have some visible degree of this effect. Some will be a little less or more than others even from the same batch in the assembly run. This has to do with the optical design quality of how the back-plane lamps illuminate the screen. The design and assembly tollerance of this area is very critical.

Normally, LCD screens don't show their best picture in a darkened room. The very black regions of the picture content may look a little washed out. LCD screens are best watched in a room that is lit, but not very bright. You have to consider that there is a powerful set of lights behind the polarized panel of the LCD display, and there will always be some breakthrough of light.

If you want a TV that is more like a CRT in its characteristics a Plasma would have been a good choice. The trade-off with the Plasma is that it does not have the picture sharpness of the LCD. A Plasma set is best watched in a darkened room.

If you have an LCD computer monitor, take a look at it in a dark room with a black screen. You will most likely see the dark shading errors. Only the very expensive production studio type LCD monitors have less of this error than the consumer sets, and they are not absolutely perfect.


Jerry G.

Check the menu for ,probly under settings called convergence,, if it has it ,,that will make it right,, it realines the colors,,soposed to do it periodically,, or when you move the .tv. well ,,good luck with that

If this is a new set, return it for exchange. This is a warranty repair item.
Dan