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Update: LG PX950 review

CNET updates the status of the LG PX950 review.

David Katzmaier Editorial Director -- Personal Tech
David reviews TVs and leads the Personal Tech team at CNET, covering mobile, software, computing, streaming and home entertainment. We provide helpful, expert reviews, advice and videos on what gadget or service to buy and how to get the most out of it.
Expertise A 20-year CNET veteran, David has been reviewing TVs since the days of CRT, rear-projection and plasma. Prior to CNET he worked at Sound & Vision magazine and eTown.com. He is known to two people on Twitter as the Cormac McCarthy of consumer electronics. Credentials
  • Although still awaiting his Oscar for Best Picture Reviewer, David does hold certifications from the Imaging Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Standards and Technology on display calibration and evaluation.
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Status update, November 18 2010: CNET was shipped a review sample of the LG 50PX950 plasma TV, the first TV with THX's 3D certification, but the review had been delayed by a bug with the TV's picture settings.

After choosing a picture model like THX or Expert and then turning the TV off then on again, or switching resolutions of the input source, the color and other picture characteristics change significantly, losing the accurate settings of the original picture mode (despite the menu indicating that the picture mode hasn't changed). The only way to restore the characteristics of the chosen mode is to switch modes manually, and then back again. The company's other TVs we've tested, such as the 50PK950, do not have this bug.

Upon being informed of the issue, LG sent us a second review sample, and it exhibited the same behavior. The company says it's working on a firmware solution, so once the solution is publicly available for users to apply to their TVs, we will proceed with the review.