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<update 8-22-14> I see someone from LG may have read my scathing review of this product and FINALLY included the contrast ratio for this product!!! At a ration of 3,000:1 there is no wonder why they hid this information, which they still have not posted on the LG product site. This speaks volumes for LG as a company. To give you an idea of how incredibly bad a 3,000:1 ratio is, check out an LG 60" plasma from 2013 (prior to the new energy saving display) which is similarly priced. Now check out any plasma TV out there that doesn't have LG's special background brightness control, and you'll see that a contrast ratio of 3,000,000:1 is more the norm than something with a contrast ratio that's a factor of 1,000 inferior! I imagine many less than $60 portable DVD players have a better image! The technical stats on the LG 60PN5700 60-Inch Class 1080P 600Hz Plasma TV with Smart TV (2013 Model) according to the Amazon page, show this model to be 3,000,000:1! It boggles my mind that this product is so bad at any price over 500, yet there are so many raving reviews, while my reviews have managed to collect what may be a record number of "unhelpful" votes. Anyway... I feel vindicated and hope that I persuaded at least one other person to not waste his time and money with this product. Every day I thank the powers that be for convincing me to get that piece of garbage out of my house so that I could purchase from Amazon a Sharp 60" LED Aquos with an image that is light years ahead of LG's current state of plasma technology. <end of rant 8-22-14> Great TV for the money, however the contrast isn't as good as my other plasma TVs. This may be due to the lower power consumption they're shooting for. Also, if you use the installed apps don't just click on the 'read it and understand' box without actually reading what you're giving up on some of them, unless you don't mind LG making a database of everything you watch on this TV and selling it along with whatever other personal information they have on you to anyone whose willing to pay. *update 7/2/14* Got around to setting up Netflix, Amazon, Pandora & Hulu through the smart feature options of this product so that I can bypass the Roku & Home Theater for easier one remote operation for the wife who isn't crazy about dealing with 3 remotes at the same time. Everything went well, until I tried to sign up to my paid account with Pandora... In order to get a service I'm paying for, I have to agree to allow LG to sell my viewing data to whoever they feel like! Pretty valuable when you add all of the personal information from the warranty card to the mix. I immediately canceled my Pandora subscription and would ship this thing back in a heartbeat if it didn't take so much effort to hang the bulky son of a gun on the wall. The limited contrast range is now a bigger aggravation than it was yesterday. Why in the heck do the stats for a plasma TV rate the contrast with a DYNAMIC RANGE rather than a static or straight contrast range?! I'm removing a couple stars and changing the title of my review from "Great TV for the money." ***Update 7/14/14*** The delivery guys picked up the LG 60" a few hours ago, and we'll be enjoying the stunningly superiour contrast from my 4 year old Panasonic 42" plasma 720p until this Friday when I expect delivery from Amazon on a Sharp LC-60EQ10U 60-inch Aquos Q 1080p 240Hz Smart LED TV. Before ordering the Sharp, the wife and I hit up the local Fry's to check out it's picture quality, which was fantastic! While we were there I compared the image from the LG model I returned, to other sets nearby. It appears that my set wasn't defective, since the one on display showed the same drab highlights and washed out shadow areas. But don't take my word for it, since I might have it in for LG, have really bad eyesight or just lie for the heck of it... So... if you're considering purchasing this TV, invest some time and do a little research on the Web. See how long it takes you to find the contrast ratio of this particular model ANYWHERE on the Internet, if you can find it at all. Next, pick any available flat screen television and look up it's contrast ratio and ask yourself why the search process only took about 30 seconds to be fruitful this time! If the contrast ratio is as fantastic as some have reported in this review area, why is it so difficult to find the exact numbers? Surely LG should give that information in the specification data of this model, unless of course they don't want you to know how bad it is. **edit 7/16/14** OK... For this review I received three up votes and TWENTY-TWO down votes (most of which over a period of a couple hours) doesn't quite seem Kosher... Especially when I gave honest observations to help others who may like a good image.