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LG 42LH55 42 Inch 1080p 240Hz LCD HDTV Gloss Black

Now you can watch blazing-fast action with virtually no motion blur in crystal clear detail. All of your favorite sports, action movies and video games in crystal clear, Full HD 1080p. It’s still an HDTV, but you might decide it’s something better.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars TV
Love the TV. Have not tried it with HD input yet, but the picture is very good even with normal DVD, VHS and DirecTV input. Was easy to setup. The sound is also good.

5 Stars LG LH55 42″ 240 Hz TV :: Simply Awesome
First off, I should note that CNET is way too critical with their reviews and I’m so glad I went to look at this tv at bestbuy instead of just trusting their review. I don’t think you could find a better tv for only 1140.00

To begin, the off angle is just fine and unless you have a living room wider than 15″ and viewing from only 6″ back, you’ll be fine.

The remote that comes with the tv is so wonderfully simple that I’d trust my mother to use it. 2 simple buttons sum up this ease of use (input, and avmode). The buttons are not only labled well, but the resulting popups make it very clear what you’re doing.

Hooking up the tv was incredible. The inputs are very easy to reach without moving the tv sideways. Aside from that, the available side inputs are also easy to plug in.

One feature I wish the tv had was avi/mp4 playback. Though it has usb functionality, the tv is only capable of loading images and (music? cant recall)

— This should not deter you since the super low price makes buying a Play Station 3 with this TV a great option and one that I chose to do, especially since adding the PS3 means you can play video from usb, get wireless onto the tv, and stream shared files from your computer, in all, a major win, especially since the two combined keeps the price under the midrange samsung w/ internet plus you get the added blueray and upscaling bonus.

As far as picture quality goes, I have had the chance to watch HDTV, DVD, BLURAY, and PS3 games at 720 and 1080. The results of this viewing made me feel very good about my purchase. Though I’m sure the PS3’s ability to upscale played a part in DVD looking superb, I have to say that Tony Soprano looked like he was in the livingroom. I also watched Princess Mononoke which has a lot of fog/type scenes (lots of greys swirling) and to my pleasant surprise, no noise, artifacting, nothing. I got off the couch and stood 4 inches from the TV and couldn’t believe the picture was that good for only 1100.

Gaming is excellent. I really like the game mode (and I do recommend pressing the AV-Mode button and utilizing the feature). I tried out MGS4, Killzone 2, Ratchet and Clank, and Lego Starwars. The colors though not as vibrant as perhaps the 2700 dollar samsung, were none the less incredible and vibrant.

The sound on the tv is great and LOUD. I keep it at 14-20 (the tv goes up to 100)!!

Even still, I decided to take advantage of my surround sound, and purchased a 4.50 optical audio cable off Amazon to hook up my stereo.

Some other thoughts:

The tv is crazy light, I set it up myself (it really is only 37 lbs) so if you can pick up a 2yr old, you can pick this thing up.

The tv has a nice cable management feature, but I don’t use it since I only have 3 cords going into my tv (HDMI from cable box, HDMI from PS3, Optical audio out to surround sound), ya, it’s that awesome.

In short, buy the tv. You really can’t go wrong.

5 Stars LCD TV
Superb Picture and sound. The motion is true to life. But another great part was the ease in setting up and its functionality in general. The remote is simple to use.

5 Stars Great TV, Great price!
I originally bought a 42″ Insignia from Best Buy. We hauled it home ourselves, got it out of the box plugged it in and…nothing. The screen wouldn’t light up, it was broken. After several frustrating phone calls (most of which they didn’t even bother to answer) we finally took the thing back to Best Buy. They took it back, great, but didn’t seem to care if we were happy or not and never offered us a replacement. So we decided to take our money elsewhere. This is my first experience buying something this size online. I have to say it was great! I researched it here, although I did make a trip to Best Buy to see most of the TVs “live”. Finally took a leap of faith on this one, and on Amazon.

The TV was delivered 2 days later! The delivery man carried it up to the second floor for me and I set it up myself. It not only works, it’s the most beautiful picture! When I first turned it on it seemed a bit garish but I played with the settings just a few minutes and voila! I don’t see any artifacting or blurring, the colors are amazing. It makes me feel like I’m having a theater experience. I think the sound is just fine for normal tv viewing, in fact I love the voice feature that boosts the human voice over the background music. I’ve also noticed commercials don’t blare as loud as they did on my other tv. It’s not surround sound, but what tv would give you that without adding speakers. The unit itself is sleek and pretty to look at even when it’s not on. This is a great size for a small or mid-size living room.

The only thing I was expecting that didn’t happen was from the website it looks like they send someone to set it up for you. That didn’t happen in my case. I’m not sure why, if I didn’t click on a button somewhere or if the tv is just slightly too small for that service. It didn’t matter, it was easy to set up myself. As a woman, I had no trouble getting it out of the box and putting it on the stand, by myself. It has so many HDMI connections that hooking up all my peripherals to it was a breeze.

This tv sits in my living room which gets a lot of ambient light. The auto adjust feature means I have a great picture no matter what time of day.

I couldn’t be more pleased with the TV or with the delivery. Highly recommend!

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