LG 42LF65 Reviews: 42" Screen LCD Full HD 1080p TV

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Score: 8.9/10

96 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This television scores high on sound quality. - It has no outstanding negative points. “Very good picture quality especially hd content, full sound - pretty good for an…” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 96 real customer reviews

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2 HDMI ports, 2 Scarts More »

Real customer reviews

96 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
85% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (95)
Design9.1
Ease of use8.9
Image quality8.6
Sound quality8.8
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.2
Overall rating8.9
 

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Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Very good picture quality especially HD content, full sound - pretty good for an LCD set, plenty of connections and stylish well built design.

- Have not encountered any yet.

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Sep 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser , “young sensible purchaser”

Score 9.0/10

+ the tv itself looks great, we have bought quite a bit of LG products and have been more than happy with the quality of them. LG also usually provides good value for money. The picture and sound quality is great.

- The only small bad ponit that I can think of is that becuase the tv size is quite big - the picture quality is best sitting further away from the Tv than being too close - as with all large tv sizes

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Nov 2007

james , whitehaven/cumbria

Score 9.0/10

+ the tv looks to big at first coming from a 28" widescreen to a 42", but you get used to it and it adds a great look to the sitting room. its easy to use and gives great sound quality out when the home cinema is connected.

- xd picture settings where too strong and i had to adjust the colour myself (a hd system will bring the xd settings to give you the full experience of true colour)

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Oct 2007

Sam, London

Score 10.0/10

+ easy to use. 2 hdmi sockets ans lots of av. can link computer to it as well. great value tv.

- so many things its hard to know how to work them all.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Aug 2007

Mick, Essex

Score 10.0/10

+ The picture quality is absolutely excellent, the sound is good and the TV was very easy to setup and use.

- The cable connections are awkward to get to if you plan to wall mount the TV. I would advise you buy a tilt and swivel mount as you will not be able to use most mounts that are flat to the wall with the SCART leads plugged in.

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Jan 2008

John, South Molton

Score 9.0/10

+ Very good design

- Dificulty in plugging in camera on the side socket.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Aug 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Stylish, good value for money. Excellent sound and generally good picture.

- Difficult to criticize. A bit of 'ghosting' on figures during football games but I knew that about LCD tvs before purchasing. But who needs football anyway?!

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Nov 2007

KW, Northampton

Score 10.0/10

+ Huge screen, superb picture quality.

- Sound quality isn't great, could have done with a 3rd HDMI port.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Nov 2007

Chris, Glasgow

Score 9.0/10

+ Very easy to set up and use. The sound quality is excellent for a TV. The product itself looks very stylish and build quality is also of a very high standard. HD gaming and movies look fantastic.

- Standard TV images tend to have a bit of blurring.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Nov 2007

Mark, Birmingham

Score 9.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- No Audio Output

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Aug 2007

Nina, Nottingham

Score 7.0/10

+ The sound is amazing

- the picture is disappointing considering the spec...even when we upgraded our scart lead the picture is fuzzy.

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4 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Nov 2007

mike, runcorn

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to set up, very easy to use. picture quality when using the lg enhancement engine is equal or better than tv sets costing twice as much.

- the quick manual is poorly written and does not give enough detail, But the manual on the cd you get is good

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jan 2008

Craig, Medway

Score 9.0/10

+ Really sharp picture, amazing sound quality, easy connectivity to ps3,sky+,dvd etc. 1080p picture looks 100 times better than a standard screen and simplicity of tuning in and switching between hardware is great. even my 54 year old dad got to grips with it in a couple of days!

- Needed to tweak with the colour and contrast of the picture for a little bit but once it was sorted it has been excellent ever since.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Jan 2008

christopher, Accra/GHANA

Score 10.0/10

+ the colour intensity, able to use it in other continents. i am not in england at the moment. In general everything is ok

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Jul 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- After 2 weeks the tv stoped working and we had to exchange it for a different brand.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Aug 2007

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ vibrant colours, good virtual surround sound, easy interface,full 1080p great for blue ray. CI module upgradable.

- poor black tones, freeview picture jumps from time to time, Ps3 blueray movies judder in action and fast moving objects.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Jan 2008

Jayne, Deal

Score 9.0/10

+ Price and quality

- Black is a bit grey

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Oct 2007

Anthony, Brighton

Score 9.0/10

+ Reviewer left no comment

- slow to start but worth the wait

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Oct 2007

natalie, hogsthorpe

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to use

- a little heavy and struggling to buy a stand at a reasonable price

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 26 Oct 2007

GRAHAM, SOUTH NORWOOD

Score 7.0/10

+ SOUND

- CLARITY

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Oct 2007

Lauren, Bristol , “Girly tech geek”

Score 9.0/10

+ Fantastic bit of kit.
Fabulous design
Full HD quality is amazing
A bargin for the price

- Needs a LOT of setting up from factory setings
SD is average - still way better than my old CRT

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent picture quality, design and connectivity

- Only average sound quality but great with attached home cinema system.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Feb 2008

Mick, Southend

Score 9.0/10

+ looks, ease of setting up

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Feb 2008

Mandy, London , “For the family”

Score 7.0/10

+ Easy to set up. Sound very good.

- Poor picture when watching football.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Mar 2008

Paul, Dartford/Kent , “Happy User”

Score 10.0/10

+ Good image resolution. fantastic sound quality and state of the art design. Ideal for family with bias for TASTE and QUALITY and above al, real VALUE for MONEY!

- NONE

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Mar 2008

critic, Basildon

Score 10.0/10

+ Weight plus viewing angles

- sky remote I have will not operate sound
need to update skty remote for sound to work

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Feb 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Full HD TV for a cheap price.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Mar 2008

wayne, doncaster , “telly addict”

Score 10.0/10

+ really good picture quality and sound and looks great

- no on/off button tv is always in stand by mode unless turned off by mains supply

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Mar 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 8.0/10

+ Very good picture and sound quality.

- The freeview guide is not as good as my previous one.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Mar 2008

Melissa, Hinckley, Leicestershire

Score 9.0/10

+ Fabulous all round sound and picture quality.

- Attracts dust daily and being black makes it stand out more, maybe silver or a lighter colour would be better.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Mar 2008

Andrew, Croydon , “Picky”

Score 9.0/10

+ The product i brought came with a budle, with a stand and the surround system if the budle offer was not availble at the time of purchase then i would prob brought it anyway. The TV its self is brilliant in my opinion the colours are amazing from it exp when watching bluray.

- I am thinking of bad points about the tv and the package. There is nothing that springs to mind about the actual product.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Mar 2008

Symon, Northamptonshire , “Very happy customer”

Score 10.0/10

+ The whole picture sound system stand I can not fault anything. The price was better than any one else and belive me I know I went round all the eletrical retailers.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 Mar 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 10.0/10

+ Overall style and look is very good, plus picture and sound quality are excellent

- No bad points

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Mar 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Good quality image for the money

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Apr 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ easy to install
looks good

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 23 Jan 2008

Andrew, Bognor Regis

Score 9.0/10

+ Excellent picture quality which can be seen well even on a sunny day.
Does what it says on the tin for a very reasonable price.

- It takes a bit of time to switch channels. However this could be general with HD and the Sky box.

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purchased 24 Jan 2008

Rob, Leicester , “Buyer of LG TV”

Score 3.0/10

+ Sleek black design, looks good. Also digital TV menu function good to use. Sound OK.

- Very poor picture quality when not on HD, especially when watching sports and fast moving objects. Turned it on a couple of times and it has not responded, so had to turn off and on again at the plug.

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purchased 23 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 7.0/10

+ Nice Size And Price.

- Picture not as clear as i expected, would have liked it in silver.

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purchased 30 Jan 2008

martin, southampton

Score 9.0/10

+ smart design, stand allready fitted ,very easy set up

- none so far

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purchased 28 Jan 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ very gpood all round quality

- none

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purchased 19 Feb 2008

John, Crewe

Score 9.0/10

+ Whilst not the best LCD TV on the market, it is extreemly good value for money. It is well worth investing in goos quality Scart & hdmi cables as this vastly increases picture quality from Sky, DVD playback and games machines.

- Scart sockets could be angled to allow for the set to be positioned closer to the wall when wall mounting

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purchased 15 Apr 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser

Score 9.0/10

+ Brilliant picture especially when using it in HD mode and very easy menus to guide you through the setup.

- None

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purchased 19 Apr 2008

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Nothing.”

Score 9.0/10

+ clean, simple design - excellent image.

- NO OFF SWITCH! At a time when we are encouraged to Switch off - theres no off switch.

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purchased 16 May 2008

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches 42
Type of Screen LCD
HD TV Full HD 1080p
Built-in Disc Player No
HDMI Interface 2
Number of Scart Interfaces 2
Contrast Ratio (X:1) 5000
Screen Resolution (pixels) 1080p
Response Time in ms 8
Reflection Angle 178
Screen Format 4:3
Brightness in Candela per square metre 500
PC Interface Yes
USB Port No
Electronic Program Guide (EPG) Yes
Energy Savings Trust Feature Yes
Weight (kg) 23
Height in mm 686
Width in mm 1033
Depth in mm 89
Freeview Yes
FreeSat Tuner No
Sound System Surround Max
Colour Black
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