- LCD HDTV features NetCast use with content providers such as Netflix and YouTube
- 1080p Full HD resolution 1920 x 1080p Trumotion 120Hz panel for clear smooth images even for fast action scenes with 4x HDMI v 1.3 digital inputs
- Intelligent Sensor Mode LG’s Smart Energy Saving Technology, Energy Star 3.0 compliant
- Invisible speaker system with Dolby Digital 5.1 & Clear voice for richer more balanced sound & a polished look
- 70,000:1 Dynamic contrast ratio
Product Description
42″ LCD Broadband HDTV, 1920 x 1080 Resolution, 120Hz, 70,000:1 Contrast Ratio, ATSC/NTSC/Clear QAM – 1 Tuner, SRS TruSurround XT, 4 HDMI input… More >>
LG 42LH50 42-Inch 1080p 120Hz Broadband LCD HDTV, Gloss Black
I have been looking at LCD TV’s for over a year and reading reviews like this one that I am giving for a TV that I would have to live with. I also based my decision on the spec-sheet given out by the manufactures. I found that the bigger the integer in the model number the better the specs were. In the case of LG I only would look at sets with a model number 50 and above. These sets had tens of thousands of contrast ratio, response times greater than 5 ms, (the smaller the number the greater it is: 2 ms is greater than 8 ms) vertical rates of 120 HZ, and lots of inputs. This model had DSL input which was the straw that triggered my purchase with a price that I could manage. Cash flow being a major block for me to buy anything. I knew that even if I could afford the TV set I still would not be able to feed it content as charged by cable, or satellite feeds. Off the air was said not to be available for the area I live in. I am able to buy basic DSL and this LG takes the output of the AT&T 2wire modem just fine. Plug & Play is what you want. LG provides a Yahoo content which works will enough for me. Who wants to be brain washed by pay for view FOX noise boys anyway? I am getting my news from AP direct just like the commercial TV stations do all be it raw feed but than who needs pay for view FOX noise boys brain washing anyway? I use the YouTube to view PBS news, ABC news, CBS news, NBC news, Daily show, and the BBC world news. What more do you want, the pay for view FOX noise boys? I could get NetFlicks for $5. a month and view old TV shows like the complete 33 episodes of Buck Rogers, Dr Who episodes, Good Neighbors, Are you being served, Keeping Up Appearances, Monty Python, Weeds. . .etc from their first episode to their last, & Movies. Also you may buy into VULU which is sort of like HULU except you PAY. A good deal if you can give up the money for that content. I intend to put my computer into the mix so that I can access HULU just to see more free & current content. First I have to learn Linux because my experiments with MS XP causes major melt down of the OS when working with HULU thus far and they say that they program for Linux which may be the reason that MS windows blows up TOTALY! I learned the other day that we could have free TV content on line except Republican Bushy FCC tagged the internet not as telecommunication so that the FCC rules for free TV access do not have to apply. Go figure that one! (#$$$#) I have a dream that TV station will broadcast into the internet just like they broadcast into the air for free to view! I blame the cable companies & the Republican FCC for not seeing/saying that a cable is a form of telecommunication subject to free TV access to the public. All that money that the TV station & networks put into telephone lines, microwave links, satellite feeds, studios on local soil, and MEGA-WATT transmitters on local soil, TAXES to local soil, could be put into a DSL IP. I have a DREAM! No more copper wires! Just a fiber optic line running up & down under my street! To that end I am buying my TV’s DSL ready, X0,000 : 1 contrast, 2 ms or better, 120 HZ vertical, HDMI inputs for DVD etc, audio output for Adobe 5 home theater, computer input, USB input, and of course DSL with a 42 inch minimum screen! IT WORKS GREAT! Life is Good with out FOX noise boys! LG. Amazon did me good providing me access to this TV. Thank you Amazon for the great deal! AND thank you LG for a great TV! Thank you YaHoo for some free content Telecommunication access!
Rating: 5 / 5
Periodically the picture goes dark although the sound remains on. This lasts from a few seconds to several minutes. Nothing seems to help except turning tv off then back on. Customer service said to reset the tv but this did not help. We are waiting on them to make good their promise to send out a technician.
Rating: 2 / 5
Eventhough picture quality is not perfect, TV looks great, it is very thin and affordable
Rating: 4 / 5
I just bought this TV, so it clearly is not true that it isn’t being sold. I really like it, so I would assume the reason for being discontinued is that there is a newer model, not that this one is defective in any way. Either way, it’s strange, though that may be why the price is so good. Really like the TV, picture is crisp, sound is good.
Rating: 5 / 5
I purchased this TV from Amazon with free shipping. It arrived on a timely basis and the delivery men unpacked it and plugged it in; however they were unaware of how to scan for channels.
After reading the manual I figured out how to scan for channels and began watching TV with an over the air antenna. Right away I began having problems. After a few minutes the TV would shut off and then try to turn back on. Usually the picture would freeze or there would be no picture at all. This happened on all channels and also when playing a DVD.
I called the local repair shop and they installed a new video board, power board, and keypad all under warrenty and without charge. Now the TV appears to work OK.
Even though the TV did not work properly at first, LG made the appropriate repairs on a timely basis and overall I am satisfied with this purchase.
Rating: 4 / 5