 Stunning. |
| Review Date: October 14, 2007 |
| Reviewer: B. KESLER, New Brighton, MN United States |
| This TV is absolutley stunning. It is one of the best 32" I have seen, including Sony and Samsung. The black cabinent is gorgeous and the picture is awesome, and I'm not even viewing in HD. (Dorm Cable). I have a Playstation 3 and Nintendo Wii hooked up to it and they both look amazing. The TV accepts 1080p input, but displays it in 720p. This is fine because you cant tell the difference in TVs under 40". I have friends with Samsungs which I was looking at, but this TV was so much better. You will not regret this purchase! |
Love it!
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| Review Date: February 7, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Andrew Mayzak, Seattle, WA USA |
I researched LCD TVs via Consumer Report, CNET, Amazon's customer reviews, and technology blogs for over a month before buying this TV (LG's 32" lineup is curiously absent from CNET and Consumer Report). In the end, it came down to two things: image quality and appearance of the panel; price was not a concern for this purchase. I went with 32" based on the size of my room (I live in a studio apartment).
Picture
The case was pretty much settled as soon as I saw the LG in the store. True, Sharp and Samsung had deeper blacks, but Sharp's became oversaturated and even their 1080p 32" set lacked detail under bright light (my living room is very bright). Samsung had strong detail, but the response time on most of their 32" models is 8ms and my eyes could see blurring. The LG had tight, crisp images with extremely accurate color and fairly dark blacks. There was no blurring or ghosting and dark scenes were rendered in excellent detail.
Design
Both Sony and Panasonic had comparable image quality to the LG and a few extra bells and whistles, but their casing had exposed logos, buttons, speakers, lights, etc. Furthermore, their panels were much thicker (the LG is only about 3" deep). Since I don't have a TV cabinet, an LCD has to be a piece of furniture in my living room and that tipped the scales in favor of the LG... thin, smooth, and shiny. It's almost discreet and will not dominate a room.
Experience
I almost fell over when I plugged in a set of cheap rabbit ears(!) and picked up the local broadcasts in HD. I could see the pinstripes in the weatherman's suit, the bag's around the newscaster's eyes, and Judge Judy's frown lines. But plugging in my AppleTV made me a believer... the quality is SHOCKING and my friends tend to crowd around the TV to inspect the detail. The menu system is very simple and I figured I would have to calibrate the picture settings, but LG has an "intelligent eye" mode where a light sensor built onto the front of the TV detects the conditions in the room and automatically adjusts the brightness and contrast on the screen. So far, I have had no complaints about the TV's judgement.
Value
The TV came with some welcome extras in the box. The remote is universal and works with almost any device (programming codes are in the manual). The base is detached by default for easy wall-mounting, the owner's manual is on a CD and is searchable (I hope other manufactuers follow suit), and LG even threw in a wiping cloth to keep the glossy black frame clean. There is also a cable restraint and an extra cable to attach to your antenna/cablebox.
By far and away, I feel I got an exceptional value for my money and would highly recommend this panel. |
Lots of extras for the money...
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| Review Date: December 18, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Lifterguy, Pittsburgh, PA |
I've had this set for about a week, and so far I'm very pleased. I got it at a local department store for a price competitive with some of the third tier brands such as Olevia, Vizio and Polaroid. (I consider LG to be a second tier brand - not as well known or as popular as Samsung, Sony or Panasonic, but with a longer history and track record than the third tier brands.) The picture is outstanding with good color rendition and great black level. The setup offers a lot of opportunity to adjust the color level, and it remembers the color adjustments separately for each input on the set. This is important because the proper color adjustment for the picture can vary widely depending on the source. The remote and controls are fairly easy to understand, and I was able to program my Dish Network remote to operate the basic functions of the TV, including Power, Volume, and input source. Speaking of input source, this set has another great feature: like many TV's, the remote has a single button that toggles through the various inputs. But this is the first TV I've used that ignors any unused inputs - so you don't have to toggle through a lot of black screens just to get to the three inputs you are really using. It also has a really cool feature called "Media Host." The TV has a USB port on the side that allows you to plug in a flash drive. If you load a flash drive with pictures and MP3 music files, you can then select individual pictures to display on the TV, or set it to display all of the pictures as a slide show. It will also play your MP3 music files. You can even setup a music play list to play at the same time your slide show is running! (And my digital pictures look much better on this screen than they did on my computer screen.)
I have also tried connecting an antenna to the TV. It does a good job of picking up my local digital TV stations off air, and the picture looks great.
Finally, this set has 3 HDMI inputs, and 2 Component inputs - which is much better than many bargain priced sets. The only downside is that most of the inputs face the back of the set - which could make wall mounting more difficult.
Overall this is a very good TV for the money. |
Simply Stunning
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| Review Date: November 23, 2007 |
| Reviewer: S. McDowell, Atlanta |
Image Quality
I have to admit we were not in the market for a new TV, however I wanted my wife to see BrandsMart USA as it's like no other electronics store in town, it's kinda like the Vegas of big box retail. So we are making our way around the store and spotted this LG which stood out over all the other TVs. Being a tech guy myself and having previously owned a Samsung LCD I knew a thing or two about resolution, image processing and all the other geek stuff. So the image was what first impressed us then the sales guy states he's having a pre-Thanksgiving sale and the model was only $698, my wife then turns to me and says we have to take it at that price, we'd be foolish not to. Well we get it home and hook it up to our standard definition satellite service and we are completely blown away buy the image. Needless to say my first call was to DirecTV to come install an HD receiver and dish.
Value
We picked this up for $698 at BrandsMart USA so for us the value was unbeatable and at the price even if the build quality turns out to be bad, we can by two for the price of one Samsung or $ony.
Build Quality
Can't say at this point as we've only owned it for two days. I can say that I used to own a Samsung and the processing board died after two months and I experienced the worst customer service of my life, it took them 8 months to finally replace the TV and that was only after I emailed every Samsung Executive I could find and email address for on the web.
If you experience bad customer service for any company, here is a little trick for you, find a company's email address format such as firstname.lastname@company.com then go out to a financial site that discloses all the top executive names then send a mass email to every executive you can find, eventually one will go through. For me, my email reached Samsung's Sr. VP of Marketing for North America and things started to happen but that was after 8 months of fighting with their customer service department. |
Blown Away
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| Review Date: December 15, 2007 |
| Reviewer: Steven Zeuner, Vineland, NJ United States |
| Sorry about the guy's who broke down. Stuff happens. From what I can see this is an amazing set. The contrast ratio is insane and the low 6ms refresh rate make the xbox 360 and wii I have hooked up to it look amazing. Just make sure you set the respective machines to widescreen and HD (wii does 480p). The 3 HDMI inputs are excellent and also 2 component. The finish is fantastic too. This LG also has an amazing viewing angle that really plagued earier LCD's. You can actually see the screen perfectly at virtually a 180 degree angle. Great thing that I like LCD's over plasma is they are super light and don't run hot. Its also an Energy Star set. |
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