Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #110407 in Consumer Electronics
- Color: Black gloss
Customer Reviews
Beware of LG
I bought one LG 42 inch plus several 26 inch and 32 inch LCD TVs
for my business including the model listed above. Six of them went out
in less than 2 weeks. That works out to a 33 percent failure rate which
is totally unacceptable. It shows a complete lack of quality control.
Even though the problems were all different from each other, the
repairman said it was the main board on the 4 TVs he is working on. He
has not started work on the other two yet. Then, of course, the part is
on back order. At this rate I estimate that as many as 70 to 80 percent
could fail in just a few months.
I also found out that LG put out a bulletin about these problems on
some of their models before I even ordered these TVs. This clearly
shows that LG knew they were selling defective TVs, but sold them
anyway. Sure, it does have a nice and bright picture, but are you
willing to take a chance considering the odds? Would you trust a
company that knowingly sells defective products? Are you sure that you
want that LG TV?
This is not the only problems I have had with LG. I also have a
washer that has been repaired twice. Then there was the cell phone that
promptly went out and I got rid of it.
Apparently LG is not a reliable brand, especially their TVs, and should be avoided.
Vivid colors, good for the price, but "flickers"
I was going to buy a new LCD monitor to replace my regular computer monitor and seven year old 27" CRT.
I ultimately chose the LG monitor as they make their own panels and
the display looked sharp. The contrast ratio being 8000:1 (compared to
another high quality brand whose ratio was 7000:1) was the biggest
selling point.
Now for the tests.
On my old computer monitor, playing DVDs or video games, the brightness was always consistent.
On the LG unit, there is a bizarre backlight flicker depending on
how much detail is on screen. This I tested and proved by running a DVD
player in windowed mode, covering about 40% of the screen. It is also
repeatable if I use this as a standalone TV, but the effect isn't as
pronounced. I get the impression the TV is proactively deciding how
bright the backlight should be lit. This is disconcerting, so I
wouldn't recommend using this device as a substitute for a computer
monitor.
As for backlight bleed, it's well contained - only a little on the
bottom. Watching 4:3 movies in standard resolution (the vertical black
bands on the sides) look dark gray. But noting this monitor, as the
Samsung, were blacker than any of the competing monitors, I'd hate to
think how badly a lower cost display would look.
One amusing aspect ratio I found is called 'horizon'. This runs the
monitor in 16:9 mode, but pinches the display inward - this allows old
4:3 programs to look fairly normal in a stretched environment. Viewing
4:3 pan and scan shows, the whole display is filled but objects toward
the center (where one's eyes tend to roam) looks normal and not
stretched.
I used the same 3' Component cables (R/G/B) that I used on the CRT
monitor. The signal is strong. But problems I never fathomed due to
CRT's low resolution show up big-time on this monitor. That just goes
to show how well technology has advanced.
For the most part.
LCDs (and plasma) both have more difficulty with blacks than CRT
monitors. However, the pros (wide screen, thin, light, use less energy,
produce less heat) are viable trade-offs. It's still going to take some
time to get used to the changes in technologies, but by and large
they're all good changes.
All in all, I think this is a good unit. Very vibrant (it put my HP
LCD monitor to shame, and it is rated 1000:1) and is so sharp it shows
off every compression artifact on a DVD.
LG will give Samsung a run for
their money...
As good or better than Sony and Samsung
Picked this up after staring at it side by side with the sony and samsung equivalents and the picture was the best.
No problems at all, great clean and bright picture, good sound and
nice remote. Goes great with your HDTV DVR receiver and the dozens of
new HD channels coming online with DirectTv now.
Got the 3 year warranty for 100 dollars which covers everything
from pixel burnouts to the tv catching fire. Anybody that doesn't get a
warranty and then whines about something going wrong has it coming to
them. Regardless of brand, LCD T.V.s are known for having a high
problem rate. They are a relatively new technology still.
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