| Reviews : LG 47LH50 47-Inch 1080p 120Hz Broadband LCD HDTV, Gloss Black |
LG 47LH50 47-Inch 1080p 120Hz Broadband LCD HDTV, Gloss Black Product By LG Available From 10 Sellers |
Technical Details
- 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
47" LCD Broadband HDTV, 1920 x 1080 Resolution, 120Hz, 70,000:1 Contrast Ratio, ATSC/NTSC/Clear QAM - 1 Tuner, SRS TruSurround XT, 4 HDMI inputSimilar Products
Customer Reviews
By Valencia Group (newport beach, ca)
Looks great, easy to set up, many functions. Blacks are crisp, HD is so sharp it seems 3D.
By A. Parmar (California)
I bought this at Fry's for 899...i'm in California..so that takes it up to 1100 dollars with tax and recycling fee. The tv is awesome. The thing I like most about it is playing xvid/divx from a usb thumb drive/hard drive. I do that very often. I also like streaming Netflix movies. The picture quality is great. Sound is pretty decent. I also use the tv to watch local hd sports. I connect the tv to hd through an Antennas Direct C4. This gives awesome hd clarity. Better than my friends who have comcast/dish. Make sure you connect the tv to internet when you get it so you can get the new firmware....this new firmware allows you to play divx/xvid through usb. If you don't do that...you wont' be able to play those formats. Haven't done blu-ray yet...but i'm sure it'll be awesome.
By kireviewer (Sunnyvale, Ca United States)
ONLY BUY THIS IF IT IS BELOW $1100 OR YOU WANT THE NET FLIX/U TUBE FEATURES.
This TV lists for $1600, but is often available for less than that.
The picture quality is not equal to competing $1600 TVs (like the Samsung...or just about any other brand). This TV is often on sale in the $900 to $1200 range. When the price is below $1100, it may be difficult to find any other 47" TV that cheap. (of course, TV prices drop so fast, that my pricing recommendation could be soon out of date). You can get a 780p plasma TV in that price range, but those usually have even worse picture quality (I never liked the creamy quality of plasma TVs).
Note that the first one I got was bad. After it ran for a few minutes, it would start getting black bands. This is the first time in my life that I ever had to return a TV (except for a small protable DVD player with a screen).
The picture quality is OK but not vibrant. Like all LCD TVs, you can play around with the picture settings a lot and improve the quality. It seems like with all LCD TVs I have seen that the default settings are not the best. But, the problem is that it takes a lot of screwing around and trial and error to get the best picture.
The TV has a "Picture Wizard" to help you calibrate the picture. I tried it and didn't like the results.
The TV also has power saving modes that adjust the brightness and an automatic brightness adjuster. I found that to get the best picture, you had to crank it to the brightest picture.
What was really disappointing to me was the 120 Hz motion feature. With 120 Hz, the picture should be smoother during action shots, where something moves quickly across the screen or there is a fast scan. During fast motion scenes, there is a lot of pixalation on this TV. It is worse than my old 37 inch 60 Hz EMPREX TV.
The sound quality on this TV is only fair, but I have heard even worse. But, most LCD TVs seem to have poor sound quality. I'm not sure why. In the last days of CRT TVs, the manufacturers were paying a lot of attention to sound quality. You could a 24 inch JVC or Philips TV for fairly cheap with excellent sound quality. The speakers had a wide dynamic range and were crystal clear. Maybe people are so intringued by high definition picture that they aren't demanding high quality audio. Or maybe the manufacturers are assuming everyone will use a separate surround sound system, so it doen's matter what the TV sound is like.
The TV takes a long time to come on and a long time to switch between the input modes. All LCD TVs do take longer to come on than the old CRT TVs, but this one seems worse than most.
I don't like the remote control on this TV set. It is hard to get to the menus for the functions I use a lot, like sleep timer and aspect ratio. And trying to train my wife how to use those features is almost impossible.
Overall, I am not impressed with LG's video or audio quality. I have an LG DVD recorder/VCR hooked up to this TV. You combine the two together and you get some real horrible quality. (However, the DVD player is responsible for most of it).
So what is good about this TV?
-Very nice, attactive design.
-It swivels.
-I got it at a low price and it was way cheaper than any other 47" TV.
-It isn't horrible (it just isn't as good as other LCD TVs)
-It has the NET FLIX, U Tube connectivity that is supposed to be really easy to use. I haven't tried it yet. It isn't wireless, so you have to either have to run a LAN cable from your router or connect a wireless access point to it (which can cost from $20 to $100).
By TechieDesi (NJ USA)
I bought this tv because of the netcast/netflix internet option. The netflix takes a second to come setup and works great. The audio on this tv is great for a LCD. The color are pretty good but the blacks are light especially in dark scenes (this is my only compliant). Also there is some concerns that cnet.com pointed out in regard to how this tv processes 1080p. If you are looking for a TV with out of this world picture that than this is not it (I would suggest a newer LED model or older Sony/Samsung). This TV is for those who really want the yahoo widgets and netflix/youtube. Another drawback is that it has no wireless connectivity.
I would still recommend getting it if you can live with lighter blacks and really love netflix.com.
For 1200 bucks for a 47 inch LCD , 120 HZ and 1080p is a pretty good deal.
By Michael Poulin
Love the picture. Moved up from a 19inch $100 APEX. Would like to know more about settings that others are using to get the best picture quality and Advanced Control menu. Right now I'm viewing in 16:9. Picture mode is standard. I do notice a Audio sync issue when using an HDMI cable and I've tried a couple. Have contacted LG about this issue. Paid $899 at FRY's-1 Day Sale.
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