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9.0 out of 10 based on 204 reviews.

LG 42LH4000 with 42" Full HD 1080p LCD screen, 3 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	9.1
Image quality	8.9
Sound quality	8.5
Design	9.2
Value for money	9.1
Overall rating	9.0

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Sean , Belfast Sports and games fan

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: From some one who never had an flat screen it open a new world of watching
Bad points:: Not great sound

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	6.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 25 Nov 2009

james, glasgow Multi-purpose viewer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: its a lovely looking tv set with reasonable sound quality,menu system is clear and easy to use
Bad points:: well the picture quality is not what i expected maybe my expectations where too high..??viewing blue rays disc's with 100hz and 24p switch on is full of digital artefact's all moving objects go blurred with a predator beast like look in camouflage mode if you know what i mean?so view all movies with them off...WHY HAVE THESE GIZMOS IN THE 1ST PLACE WHEN THEY REDUCE THE QUALITY OF THE PICTURE QUALITY???? the screen in dimly lite scene's is uneven its brighter in the top right hand corner than in all others,but to be honest its just a middle of the roads lcd tv,which i intend to sell on soon and get myself a 47"led tv

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	6.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 24 Mar 2010

Gary, Swindon Sports and games fan

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: The LG 42LH4000 is great value for money. Offers a really nice picture quality and the design is really nice and everyone that has seen it thinks it cost much more than it did. Has plenty of features and settings available so that everyone can setup this tv just the way they like it. Highly recommended.
Bad points:: For the price there isn't really any major bad points. The sound from the internal speakers could be a little bit better but as I run mine through an external amp this isn't a problem. Overall I can't fault it.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 11 Jun 2010

Confirmed purchaser Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Sooo good, good image quality, loads of connectivity, built in freeview, nice remote, quite light, good value, the perfect 42" Plasma in my opinion
Bad points:: There are none! The ONLY little niggle is that the volume doesn't go down low enough! but, it's not something that i can complain about too much as i can just plug it into the surround sound anyway!

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: 08 Jun 2010

john, cumbernauld Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: an excellent tv at a fantastic price.....plenty of connection points for various av inputs
Bad points:: none so far

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

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Confirmed purchase: 08 Jun 2010

hayley, melbourn herts Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: great picture, you dont need a sky hd box to get a better picture.
The sound is great too!
Bad points:: cant really think of any bad points.

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

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Confirmed purchase: 07 Jan 2010

Nigel, Moorends Doncaster Sports and games fan

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Great tv
Bad points:: Will not conect to sky remote control

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: 06 Jan 2010

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	42
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of screen	LCD
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.
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	2
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	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)	3

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)	80000
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)	1920

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	1080

Brightness (Candela per square metre)	500
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
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)	17.1

Release date	2009-03-11
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

TV Buyers Guide

Manufacturer's Description

Customized modes for the content of your choice

LG TVs have three special modes (Cinema, Sport and Game modes) for enhanced picture and audio quality. These are easily accessible using the AV MODE hot key on the remote control.

The picture quality adjust system developed by the foremost experts in picture quality.

You’re the expert when it comes to adjusting the picture quality of your LG TV. The picture quality control guide program installed in LG LCD TV allows you to easily control the picture quality in following the adjust guide developed by visual specialists.

The power to control only the volume of voices

Sometimes when watching films it is difficult to hear voices over the background sound of their environment. The clear voice feature adjusts the sound balance to emphasise voices and reduce background noise.

Great sound is meant to be heard, not seen!

The front bezel works as a speaker, replacing the normal speaker grill. With the Invisible Speaker System, the speakers are embedded in strategic spots underneath and around the front bezel. They enhance the audio by increasing the ‘sweet spot’ to give a wider and richer sound field.

A Big Screen TV that Delivers Big Savings

The Backlight control function controls the brightness of the TV, while the Screen Off function lets you switch off the screen while keeping the sound alive. Stand by Mode 0 function sets your TV to a power saving mode where zero electricity is used. Added to these 3 basic power saving functions is the Intelligent Sensor function that controls automatically the brightness and the colour of the picture in accordance with the brightness and the colour of the viewing area. These are just some of the reasons why the majority of LG TVs have been certified by the Energy Saving Trust to save you money off your electricity bills.

More info at LG's website

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