LG 47LH90 47-Inch 1080p 240Hz LED Backlit LCD HDTV, Glossy Black/Infused Blue
Wonderful set. Picture is stunning with 1080 and 720 sources and looks good even with standard def. Set-up was straight forward. There is a picture wizard that gets you reasonable initial picture settings. Black levels are truly black, and depending on your brightness setting, you can make an all-black screen look like the TV is off. Colors appear to be accurate. The sweet-spot is quite wide, but once beyond 45 degrees or so off center, the blacks and colors fade a small amount. This being said, the picture is still quite good as you approach 70-80 degrees off center, and unless you are a true videophile, you won’t really notice that much. The matte screen was a selling point for me as we have a large window across from the TV and it doesn’t pose any viewing problems even with the sun shining right on the TV.
We also have an LG blue-ray player and the Simplink function works great. When you turn on the blue-ray player, the TV turns on and the input switches to the player automatically. Pretty neat.
I would definitely recommend this set to my friends.
Toshiba REGZA 55ZV650U 55-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV with ClearScan 240, Black
I ordered the TV after a lot of research and it was delivered Sunday before Thanksgiving! Not a mark on the box but after unpacking the shipper’s agent and I noticed the screen was smashed along the bottom edge of the screen. All the foam and the box was perfect. It looked as if someone had reboxed it and sent it out again after it had already been returned. Long story short, the shipping agent took the set back with him after we refused it. We waited two weeks for the next one and it came in perfect…we set it up and all is well…well, not everything…we received an email that we needed to return the broken tv to Amazon…a quick call to customer service and all is well again…well, not everything…we received another email today(three weeks later# giving us ten days to return the broken TV or we would be charged for it…no problem…another quick call to Amazon and we were promised #again) that this would never happen again. What do you want to bet we get charged for the broken TV? We’re not holding our breath.
The TV was Consumer Reports “best buy” so I (not having a test lab) believe they did due dilligence and now that the tv is in place I’m completely satisfied with it. It is a room killer if you live in a small house…but who cares? The picture is incredible and it’s a stylish set. All you need is a good Blueray (PSIII) and a sound system to make the world right.
LG 55LH90 55-Inch 1080p 240Hz LED Backlit LCD HDTV, Glossy Black/Infused Blue
Pros: Excellent Picture. LED Back lighting makes it look amazingly real life.
Cons: It has a horrible Lip Sync problem. Anything I plug into it using any HDMI cable it has a good half a second of audio lag behind the video. Its not as bad using component cables but still is not perfect. And LG’s Customer service is horrible! Ive been waiting for months now for someone to come and fix after they promised me they would send someone.
Summary: I Would recommend it if you weren’t spending thousands of dollars to get a TV where the sound doesn’t match the video. I will probably buy a Samsung next time.