LG LE5300 How Can You Tell It's an IPS Panel? Quote: Originally Posted by ocrazor This whole panel lottery thing really lowers my opinion of LG. Last year they seemed great, with IPS panels in everything, but now... you dont know what kind of TV your going to get. I could understand a panel lottery from two different factories, if they are both the same technology and have identical specifications.
That would make sense, since its sometimes good to have a second source for something, so that you can get the lowest cost, make deals, etc. But this? I totally agree with you, when I bought my Samsung 4669F around 2 years ago, samsung had done the very same thing, they had different firmwares and board models, and people were doing the very same thing as here, looking for a particular serial, panel number etc etc, so I would not hold it against LG, if you read long enough on here, they ALL are doing it...
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