LG 42PG6900 Reviews: 42" Screen Plasma HD Ready TV

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“The built in hardrive makes the tv great value and the picture is v good.” Paul, Bedford View all 2 real customer reviews

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Design	8.5
Image quality	9.5
Sound quality	7.5
Value for money (at time of purchase)	9.5
Overall rating	8.5

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Paul, Bedford

Score 9.0/10

+ The built in hardrive makes the tv great value and the picture is v good.

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LG's first Freeview Playback TVs did not sell particularly well, despite a positive critical response, some aggressive pricing and a well-designed operating system. But that hasn't stopped the brand returning to the TV PVR fray with a new Freeview+ (the new name for Freeview Playback) range. And the most intriguing model is the LG 42PG6900: a 42in plasma model. Quality recordingsIt's an HD Ready screen (1024 x 768), but this resolution is in tune with its Freeview+ talents. Recordings look essentially identical to the original broadcast, as the 42PG6900 captures the direct digital…

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reviewed 21 Jan 2009

Product Features

Screen Size in Inches	42
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of Screen	Plasma
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.
HD TV	HD Ready
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum vertical resolution of 750 pixels (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.
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.
Built-in Disc Player	No
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
HDMI Interface	1
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 Interfaces	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.
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.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	100000
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.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	768p
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Screen Format	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.
Brightness in Candela per square metre	1500
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.
PC Interface	Yes
If you’d like to use your TV as a PC monitor you’ll need to make sure it has a port to allow you to connect it. This is usually a VGA port, but some TVs include a newer DVI port. Adaptors are availible to allow VGA to DVI and vice versa.
USB Port	No
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
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.
Picture in Picture (PIP)	No
TVs with this feature are able to display a preview of another channel while you are watching your current channel.
Energy Savings Trust Feature	No
A Yes means this this product has been rated as being energy-efficient by the Energy Savings Trust. Good for the environment and good for your electricity bill!
Weight (kg)	27.8

Height in mm	681
Width in mm	1044

Depth in mm	80
Freeview	Yes
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. Many newer TVs have Freeview built in. For other TVs you will need a separate Freeview set-top box.
FreeSat Tuner	No
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.
Sound System	SRS TruSurround XT
Colour	Black
The main colour of the product.

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Manufacturer's Description

Brand New Freeview+ TV range.
LG Freeview+: 42" HD Ready Plasma TV, with integrated 160GB hard drive to pause and rewind live TV

100Hz + Response time 0.001ms
Flicker-free & Blur-free with no eye stress
Realizing 100Hz effect of ‘Moving Picture Resolution’ PG6900 not only plays high-speed moving images clear as a still-cut, but also prevents optical fatigue. With astonishing response speed of 0.001ms, it can display high quality images even in fast moving images such as sports, action movies and video games. It makes dynamic scenes more realistic and movements more natural.

AV MODE
“One click” – Cinema, Sports, Game mode.
The PG6900 is a true multimedia TV with an AV Mode that allows you to choose from 3 different modes of Movies, Video Games and Sports by a single click of a remote control. Vivid inspiration of movies at the theater, dynamic experience of video games and exciting movement of sports – the PG6900 surely makes the difference

Invisible Speaker
Full sweet spot / Personally tuned by Mr. Mark Levinson for LG
The PG6900 newly introduces the ‘Invisible Speaker’ system, guaranteeing first class audio quality personally tuned by Mr. Mark Levinson, world renowned as an authority on audio. Breaking through the fixed idea that speaker grills must be exposed, it provides Full Sweet Spot and realistic sound equal to that of theaters with its Invisible Speaker. As if there is an imaginary sound source that follows you, rich and lively sound will delight you from any angle.

Clear Voice
From dialogues to the characters’ breath, don’t miss anything.
Sometimes when watching films it is difficult to hear human voices over the background sounds of their environment, due to the down-mixing that occurs to push 5.1 surround-sound through a TV’s 2 channel speaker system. The Clear Voice feature alters the sound balance to emphasize human voices and reduce the background noise.
All input source (RF/AV/Component/HDMI) as well as Stereo and Mono broadcast can be controlled by Clear Voice.

HDMI 1.3 Deep Color / 3xHDMI
HDMI 1.3 supports 30-bit, 36-bit and 48-bit (RGB or YCbCr) colour depths. Previous versions of the HDMI specification only supported 24-bit colour depth.
• Eliminates on-screen colour banding, for smooth tonal transitions and subtle gradations between colours
• Enables increased contrast ratio
• Can represent many times more shades of gray between black and white. At 30-bit pixel depth, four times more shades of gray would be the minimum, and the typical improvement would be eight times or more.

Vivid Picture Quality
• HD Ready
• XD Engine
• AV Mode
• 1,000,000:1

Playability
• 160GB Freeview + – Pause & Rewind Live TV
• SIMPLINK with 3 HDMI
• 1080p Input Ready for Blu-ray & HD-DVD

Dynamic & Deep Sound
• Invisible Speaker & Clear Voice
• Dolby Digital & Surround Max

Luxurious Design
• Full Glossy Finish
• Swivel Stand

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