LG – Life is good. Well, I can only agree that for LG, life just keeps getting better and their latest foray into embedded web TV is great.
It offers energy-efficient LED backlighting, Full HD 1080p resolution, and 120Hz TruMotion technology, which is great for the naked eye and completely eliminates motion blur.
This means that the LG 42LE5400 42-inch LED LCD HDTV is excellent for watching sports and fast-action movies with a 2.6-millisecond response time.
There are also two USB ports for connecting external drives for playing MP3 audio, JPEG photos, and DivX HD video files, stereo speakers with 20-watt power and Dolby Digital decoding, and four HDMI inputs.
On the display front, it also delivers deep blacks and sharp images to rival any in its display category with an incredible 4,000,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. I’m currently using it in a (very) bright living room and the LED is bright enough to look through without any problem.
With built-in NetCast, you get access to TV shows, movies and more streamed directly from the Internet to your TV screen.
At this point, getting an internet connection took me a few minutes at first, but it was quickly resolved by rebooting my router so the TV could get its IP address.
I also had to press ‘netcast’ or ‘widgets’ on the remote to trigger the firmware update, but that’s when the TV automatically checked for the latest update.
Once it was up and running, the internet applications are pretty good. The TV connects to Netflix, Vudu, YouTube and other Internet video. There are also the usual collections of Yahoo! “widgets” who like to tell you the weather and check stock prices. They seem relatively useless.
Overall, it’s a beautiful TV, even when it’s turned off. It’s so incredibly thin that it complements my living room and doesn’t stick out like a sore thumb and is probably the best panel TV in its price range.
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4.5 out of 5
