LG 42LH3000 42-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD TV with Freeview – Black
Posted by Notcot on Mar 27, 2010 in Home Cinema & Video |
Product Description
LG Electronics 42 HD Ready 1080p LCD TV 42quot LCD TV HD Ready 1080p 1920 x 1080 built in Digital Freeview 800001 500cdm2 3 x HDMI High gloss black 42LH3000 Televisions LCD TVs
- 42 inch HD Ready LCD Television
- Resolution: 1920 x 1200
- Response Time: 5ms
- Invisible Speaker and Clear Voice II
- 2 x 10W Speakers
LG 42LH3000 42-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD TV with Freeview – Black
When you’re a Prime customer and you buy this item for first class delivery, the website tells you:
1) Because it’s a fragile item, a professional will gently unpack the item for you;
2) They will call you to arrange the proper date and time for the delivery.
None of these 2 happened with HDNL. They showed up without notice, made me rush home and didn’t unpack the item. In fact they were not gentle at all, having the package’s corners hit the corridor’s walls several times.
This so called “First Class Delivery” seems more like economy class to me. What’s the point on being Prime?
Rating: 1 / 5
The usual criticism for most of the flat tvs but this tv is probably less than average for standard definition and is too prone to screen burn. Shame, the tv look’s great and doesn’t sound too bad either. Probably better to look elsewhere unless the price is right.
Rating: 2 / 5
The wide range of input sources is a good feature. Can connect my HD box my laptop and my DVD player all at the same time and switch to whatever i wanna watch. Though i feel even with the HD input, the picture could’ve been better.
Rating: 3 / 5
This is my first purchase of a big screen TV and I have not been dissapointed. The unit itself is fantastic, and really looks the business in my living room. The picture is fantastic, but did need a bit of tweaking before it was spot on, although the picture wizard made this really easy. Plenty of connectivity, which is very useful. The Wii looked amazing on the big screen and really added something extra to the gaming experience. Tuning and the intial setup was a breeze, and very nearly automatic. All in all a fab telly which I would highly recommend!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is my first large screen HD TV and after much research I decided that with my limited budget this would be a good buy. It certainly is big and at first seemed to dominate the room but after a short while it just seems to fit in OK.
Setting up was very easy and almost entirely automatic. We live in an area with no analog signal any more and poor Freeview and so we will be using this device with a Humax HDR satellite receiver. So I was pleasantly surprised when the built in Freeview receiver was able to pull in about a dozen or so Freeview channels free of break up or pixelation.
Getting the picture right was another matter and this is still an ongoing situation. This TV is capable of a fantastic picture with good and deep blacks and almost entirely smear free – unusual in a no 100Hz set. I found the default picture settings to be way off, far too bright with highlights burning out. Of the preesets ‘Cinema’ produced the best results but further tweaking was necessary to reduce the highlights. Buried within the very many options and picture settings it is possible to obtain a great picture but, at least for me, not straight from the box.
The sound is great, very loud, and with a good bass – again unusual in flat screen TVs. I have found it difficult to balance the sound input from external devices with the very high default setting – My Satellite box is set on full volume in order to balance the TV’s Freeview sound level set at 5/100. However, this may well be a problem I can sort out later as I continue customising the LG set.
Using external devices such as DVD, VCR, Satellite box, etc is easy. The TV comes with a plethora of sockets including three HDMI and two SCART. A button on the handset calls up an on screen list of devices to choose from and there is an option to rename the devices as you choose. Two of the HDMI sockets and both SCART on on the rear of the unit – possibly a problem when wall mounting – with one HDMi on the side.
The handset is smaller than you might expect and rather cheap looking but does the job well enough.
There is no manual included other than one on the enclosed CD. This manual is a generic one designed to include all the LG TV range and so it is necessary to pick and choose the sections that relate to this particular model. I suppose the days of printed manuals are passed but I would expect the PDF file to relate to this model, or at least the LH3000 series. Using the manual is far from easy even when printed out.
I seem to be writing mainly about the negative aspects of the TV and in doing so I may be giving a false impression. This is a great TV with a picture far better than that of its’ rivals at this price point , superb sound, an excellent build quality. Be aware that you will need to fine tune the picture and delve into the non intuitive PDF manual to get the best from it. I am very happy with the purchase and given the chance to choose again would still buy this one.
Rating: 4 / 5