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Customer Reviews

better than my sony bravia
bought this tv to replace my 2 year old sony bravia which i never liked from day 1 .I find this tv has better colours and is also better on sd broadcast which despite having sky hd you will be watching 90 percent of the time so this is most important but if you do put on blu ray this tv really shines with great features 100hz motion flow etc no more you would need from a tv so would recommend this over so called better makes which actually in truth are no better, after 2 years with a sony i think i can be trusted to know what im talking about .

Beware of Firmware versions
I bought this just after Christmas after a little research. It is a great looking TV and takes pride of place in my lounge... However after further investigation ther are a few issues with this TV, most of which appears to be related to firmware versions. If you are buying one of these ensure that you get firmware version 3.07 or later. Anything before this experiences screen "judder" when running blu-rays at 24fps, also the radio loses sound and there is a few other issues. Having contacted LG as I have version 3.06, they have no plans to issue firmware upgrades to solve the problems (which they are aware of!). Unfortunately I bought my TV from Currys and am battling to get my money back!

a versatile LCD set well worth the money
Having owned this set for a week, and having experimented with the picture settings I have to say I am very impressed with it. It is a full HD set (not just HD "ready") and while my source is a Sky HD box, the pictures (depending on the transmitted source) are very good to exceptional, if anything it shows limitations in broadcast cameras but film and graphics are sparkling sharp.

Of course it has an analogue tuner (we use cctv on the front door so we will still need it) but a freeview tuner too, diagnostics helpfully give you digital signal quality as well as signal level (for aerial setting up). The picture quality on standard terrestrial transmissions is very good and the TV processing (truemotion and the 100hz) give a great account of the picture even though the source is not as good as the HD set's design and intent. In all cases the picture is very good even in daylight sited near a south facing window. I particularly like the black level settings and black contrast settings to let you see detail that otherwise you'd need a plasma screen for.

I am using a standard DVD (not blueray) through one of the 4 HDMI and using upscaling to give a picture quality that is making me hesitant to worry too much about investing in a blueray and replacing all my DVDs.

A nice function of the set is the "original" aspect ratio, in this mode when they show older 4:3 material it is presented that way without being abnormally stretched. The set remembers that setting, in fact every input remembers their own settings, e.g VIVID for TV input, cinema for the DVD, GAME for the (left) side mounted HDMI, and so on. Once set up, you can more or less just enjoy it and the TV remembers what to do.

Finally, two criticisms of the set. Firstly, the set does not automatically switch to the active HDMI or SCART input, you have to select it using the side touch button or the remote.

Secondly, there is no analogue audio out, so the listing shows a headphone socket, which simply is not there (it is a input for when using a PC and needless to say that display is quite exceptional and has to be seen to be believed). I have a discrete 5:1 surround system which has analogue input, so there is no easy way to connect it. The SCART's only output the TV tuner output. The only want to connect it is through the optical output (toslink) so while it is higher quality, it does mean you need an audio system with an optical digital input, or a discrete converter. However of note, for the technically minded it puts out a 32kHz signal when tuned into analogue TV (with NICAM digital) or 48 kHz for the digital TV (and radio) so it appears little processing is happening, you get the raw. (It would appear there is an A to D inside the set for the HDMI etc. inputs)

So if you'll forgive those two downsides to this set (the built in audio is reasonable) I would highly recommend this set. By the way my measured power consumption of this set is between 180 and 220 watts, dependent on the LCD brightness (measured with a power monitor).