LG 37LG5010

Author's product rating:   

How is the Picture Quality?	Excellent
How is the Sound Quality?	Good
Ease of Installation	Very Easy
Range of Features	Excellent
Value for Money	Excellent

Advantages:	Great picture quality, Good connections, Not expensive
Disadvantages:	Slightly weak sound .

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

For me this is an excellent TV. I haven't got one of my own (yet) but in my job as an Audio Visual technician I have encountered it several times. It's connectivity is excellent with 2 scart on the rear, 15 pin VGA (PC) input with audio, component, composite and scart with audio on the side and 3 HDMI in total. There is also a useable RS232 control port that actually allows control via RS232 codes so this screen is easily controled by integrated control systems such as AMX or Crestron.

The best feature of this TV is it's picture quality. It has a very good contrast ratio and the quality is excellent. It doesn't handle standard definition sources as well as some screens i've seen, for example the Sony bravia or Samsung at the same screen size, but it costs much less too so at the price point it is very impressive. This screen really excells when displaying high definition images. My full resolution PC image was reproduced with excellent clarity and definition.

The design of the screen is clean and tidy with a nod towards the current samsung screens with a flash of red on the piano black bezil, The invisible speakers don't intrude on the design of the screen, but I must admit while the quality is good, the volume produced isn't over powerful.

Generally this screen is excellent for the price compared to other screens at the same size that are more expensive. I haven't ot mine yet, but i'm likely to get it very soon.

Edit - I now own my very own LG375000 best deal I got in the UK was from Pixmania.

Having used it for a few days now, I can confirm that the picture quality is excellent. The way it handles standard definition is excellent, but it does depend on the quality of the picture coming in material that has been recorded in HD, even though it's transmitting in SD is handled better. The only slight glitch i've noticed is on dark or low contrast scenes where the motion smears a bit, but apart from that it's excellent.

This is perhaps more a Wii thing that just the TV, but I have now connected the Wii via the Component connector and the difference is astounding. The colour is so much more vivid and the picture is sharper than you get with the standard composite cable, but it really shows off the quality of the LCD panel too in my opinion.

It would have been nice for it to have an aux audio out to feed to my 2.1 speakers to get the benefit of the sub, the ony audio out I can see is the digital optical cable, so until I get a 5.1 surround encoder i'm stuck, but the internal audio is quality enough that I can wait.