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9.2 out of 10 based on 31 reviews.

LG 42LE5900 with 42" Full HD 1080p LED screen, 3 HDMI ports and Freeview HD.

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Ease of use	9.1
Image quality	9.4
Sound quality	8.1
Design	9.5
Value for money	9.3
Overall rating	9.2

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Confirmed purchaser Occasional TV watcher

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Good design, super-flat, brilliant picture
Bad points:: So far, no bad experience

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 31 Jan 2011

Kevin, Pinner Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: all, except sound quality. Easy to set up but buyers should spend a little time customising image to their taste. It's very easy and the results are superb, especially the HD freeview channels.
Bad points:: sound quality.

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	6.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 26 May 2011

Tanya, Long Buckby, Northampton Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Fantastic picture, easy to set up, easy to use (even my 6 yr old can use it) we're very pleased with it!
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 23 Dec 2010

Ian, Glossop Film and documentary lover

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Extremely good quality HD image, bright and crisp. We found the set-up menu system to be particularly easy to navigate and the video/audio connectivity provided is particularly comprehensive. The auto-linkage with other LG products (such as a Blue Ray player) is really useful, saving the need to select video input each time. It is such good value for money that we don't feel that buying from one of the many much more expensive manufacturers would justify the relatively small improvements in technical performance that could be achieved. The picture quality certainly surpassed our expectations for what was being billed in the techy press as a middle-of-the road model.
Bad points:: We've now had time to thoroughly checked out what we want this TV to do and no bad points have come to mind.

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 11 Apr 2011

Saints, Multi-purpose viewer

Score 6.0/10

Good points:: Nice design
Great picture, sometimes!
Bad points:: Awful clouding from edge lighting making it very distracting in dark scenes
Sound is rubbish
Ultimately I have returned it and bought a Panasonic TX-P42S20, much better uniform picture. The 42LE5900 could have been a great TV if not for the clouding.

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	6.0
Sound quality	4.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	6.0

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Confirmed purchase: 10 Dec 2010

Confirmed purchaser Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Easy to install.
Great picture quality even for standard channels.
Great sound.
Very simple remote and ease of use.
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 07 Dec 2010

Confirmed purchaser High spec fanatic

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Excellent HD picture
Bad points:: Freeview picture doesn't look great

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 02 Nov 2010

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	42
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of screen	LED
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
3D	No

HD TV	Full HD 1080p
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum resolution of 720 horizontal lines (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Built-in disc player	No Disc Player
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	Freeview HD
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Number of HDMI ports	3
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of scart ports	1
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Connections	Ethernet

Connections	HDMI

Smart TV	Yes
TVs with internet capability allow you access to a range of online services.
Frequency (Hz)	100
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Response time (Milliseconds)	2.4

Type of LED screen	Edge-lit
LED-backlit screens can either be ‘edge-lit’ or ‘local dimming’. Local dimming means that diodes in different areas of the screen can be independently switched on and off, allowing better contrast and black levels. Edge-lit screens lack the deep blacks and extreme contrast of local dimming, but can be even thinner.
Screen aspect ratio	16:9
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	5000000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Reflection angle	178
Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	192

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	1080

Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Headphone Socket	Yes
Weight (kg)	16.7

Release date	2010-03-30
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

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Manufacturer's Description

42" LED TV with Freeview HD, 100Hz, NetCast, 4 x HDMI and USB connectivity

The LG LE5900 LED TV series provides Full HD 1080p picture quality with an ultra slim design perfect for hanging on the wall as well as having built in Freeview HD, TruMotion 100Hz and access to your favourite internet content like youtube you will be entertained for hours.

NetCast
“NetCast Entertainment Access brings the best of the internet directly to your TV, without the need for a computer. You can enjoy YouTube videos, weather forecasts (Accu weather) as well as online photo sharing (Picasa) from the comfort of your living room sofa. You can access this service by connecting LG NetCast TVs to your home network either via the built-in Ethernet port or using an optional Wi-Fi USB dongle. With LG NetCast TVs you will also be ready for selected future online services which can be updated onto your LG TV.”

LED
LG LED TVs produce a sharper, more detailed picture with a superior contrast as well as an ultra slim design compared to LCD TVs. LED TVs have tiny lights either around the edge of the TV (known as Edge LED) or directly behind the TV (known as Full LED). This model has LED lights around the edge of the TV frame giving you an ultra slim TV that is perfect for wall mounting. LG LED TVs are also more energy efficient so you will save 40% of power consumption compared to LCD TVs saving you up to £100 per year

USB Input
Connect your digital camera, M-P-3 player or flash memory through the U-S-B port to show off your latest holiday snaps or music collection for a true multimedia experience.

Freeview HD
Get Ready to watch High Definition TV for free with built in freeview HD bringing you the best of BBC, ITV and C4 in glorious high definition with no monthly fee or contract. Freeview HD provides up to 5 times the picture quality of standard definition freeview taking you closer to the action. *Check you can get Freeview HD where you live – just visit freeview.co.uk or text your postcode and house number or house name to 80560

DLNA
Access music, photos & videos from a PC, laptop, mobile phone & other DLNA devices

100Hz TruMotion
TruMotion one hundred hertz reduces blurring on fast moving scenes by displaying one hundred images per second. Standard TV sets only display fifty images per second so more information means a better viewing experience for watching sports and movies.

More info at LG's website

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