I had looked at 3D in shops but I can't say I had been particularly impressed until this week when I saw my first demonstration of passive 3D on an LG TV. Some people consider 'active' 3D the way to go. In the past I believe the picture quality could have been better with 'active'. After reading several reviews of the 2012 versions of LG tv's it sounds like passive 3D is now just as good. It is certainly cheaper for the glasses and they are lighter (no battery) so much more comfortable. This mid range model comes with 4 pairs plus clip ons for my glasses. I use sky and the hd and 3d pictures are great. There is a free 3d channel for sky subscribers which is a good starting point when you first get the tv. I had recorded some stuff the day before ready for when the tv arrived. You have to ask sky to turn it on (online or by phone). Then when you start watching it don't forget to press the 3D button on your remote (or it doesn't work properly as I found out!). I already had a sony 3d blu ray surround sound and the picture from that is out of this world. First film was Men In Black 3 in 3d.....simply amazing!!! Picture quality out of the box for this tv is very good. I did search around a bit on the internet and found the following settings which improved the picture quality to excellent for me.



energy saving:off

picture mode: ISF Expert 1

Backlight:41

contrast:86

brightness:57

H Sharpness:25

V Sharpness:25

color:58

tint:G6

super resolution:off

led local dimming:off

dynamic contrast:off

noise reduction:off

mpeg noise reduction:off

black level:low

color gamut: standard

edge enhancement:off

color filter:off

color temp:warm

gamma:2.2

method:2 Point IRE

Pattern:OUTER



color management system white balance



color tint luminance

red 1 5 2

green 3 6 0

blue -10 -8 2

yellow -2 -1 0

cyan 3 8 1

magenta -3 0 0



I am not interested in gaming or using the tv as a computer so sorry I can't comment on that. It is worth hooking the tv up to the internet because I have already had two updates since I received it two days ago. Can't wait to receive all the 3D blu rays I have asked santa for!!!