LG 42PQ6000 Reviews: 42" Screen Plasma HD Ready TV

+ An amazing TV with great features. (definitely under-priced). It has features that other TVs don't have, especially for this price. USB port is very handy to watch movies downloaded from the internet. Also to listen to music on your TV via mobile phone or usb stick. Also you can view your pictures via your camera and mobile phone. (the pictures look great on the screen). 3HDMI.
The Single layer screen looks great...nothing like it on the market.
Keeping all the picture settings on 50 is good enough for general viewing.
Plasma picture quality is far superior to LCD. Plasma is better for fast motion, darker blacks but this TVs whites are whiter then a LCD. Check the spec's on LG site then compare them to a top range LCD TV.
Good Picture...Good Sound....Great TV. The only down side is 720p but I don't see it as a bad thing as I knew that before I brought it. Also its very hard to tell the difference between 720p n 1080p. I would have to say I can't tell the difference. Haven't tried HD. But I expect it to be great.
Also 720p is better for Standard Definition than 1080p. One last thing Picture quality gets better with age. (after 200 hours of viewing). Keep contrast low during this period.
Also I have not come across Image burn except when I connected it to my PC. But I only saw it because I was looking for it.

- Have not come across one yet.

+ Great design -slim, slick and cool. The fact you can turn the power off at the TV and not having to switch off at the wall is a refreshing change!!! This TV is fantastic for the money - dont hesitate - get this one!!!

- The glass screen does show fingerprints very easily but doesnt bother you if you do a spot of cleaning now and again!! People say the sound can be average but i think the sound is pretty good and great design feature having them situated underneath the screen.

+ excellent picture and sound, very easy to put up and install. automatic tuning made the whole experience stress free

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+ Excellent value and beautiful picture. Even though the resolution is not full HD, HD feeding signal from cable is exceptional. The pictures settings need some adjusting. The volume is very loud even and most of the time the TV is in the bottom part of the volume control. The design is the best I have seen - simple and elegant. The glass front is easy to clean too. Plasma look bettwer so much better than average quality LCD for similar price.

- Very variable automatic settings, some of which look quite dim lit. But these are manually adjustable through very simple menu system.

+ Design, picture quality and price.

- Can't switch the television on or off without using the control.

+ All I can say is that it the best tv I have had. The picture quallity is amazing, it's like being in the movies every night of the week.

- The screen does pick up finger marks very easily and they are not always easy to remove.

+ I love the design, the list of features is great. find the USB socket very handy, use it to charge my ipod. lots of connection options. remote easy to use and menu functions ae a doddle.

- i havent got one in every room lol.

+ Very good tv, with excellent sound, look at the price , you have to buy, if the full HD issue is not important, remember to get Full hd you need a HD reciever.
Excellent, cool, wicked Buy Buy Buy

- no bad points with this tv

+ For the price this is fantastic value for money, excellent picture quality and if you have Sky+ HD or a freeview box that upscales to near HD then it's even better! Very easy to use and set up I would highly recommend this to anyone.

- The only bad point I've got is that it really attracts the dust!!! Other than that there are not bad points.

+ Usb plug. good size, contract, brightness and depth of colour. good viewing angle. very handy glass cover on screen so any little hands banging toys off screen does not cause any damage.
swivel stand also gives easy movement if need to change angle.

- having to keep going into menu for changing different uses eg. dvd player, usb, etc. not so good for ease of use for young kids. on my old telly the kids could pop in dvd or other things and it would auto play with this they have to keep going into menu to set it up. but would stress this would not be a good enough reason not to buy this tv!

+ Brought t.v for my dad's 60th birthday, for the price you cant go wrong, its a better picture than most top of the range L>C>D t.v's. very happy

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+ Looks, picture AND sound quality. Freeview image excellent as is Sky. Don't have HD components but stanaard image is excellent.

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+ This is a great value for money TV which has excellent picture and sound quality and multi specification. I would recommend this TV to any buyers out there !

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+ Excellent value for money. Had a 32 inch before and was unsure about purchasing anything larger. However, 42 inch is fantastic and brilliant for watching films. Picture and sound quality are excellent.

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+ Everything is good about it, when watching dvds and the cinema sound is on its really good, it looks good and we are so far very happy with it. It was a very good price we looked at alot of different makes and for the price this one had more to offer.

- We have not come across any bad points so far.

+ USB - all internet films are AVI this TV plays they from a memory stick its about time somebody actually gave the pubic what they want its fantastic...... Easy to use free view also helps. All Round Great TV

- The Black stand looks odd somehow, mind you if thats all I can complain about LG should be happy!!

+ This tv was bought by my dad after i had looked at various options for him. The tv was very easy to set up and he is extremely happy with his purchase. We would recommend this model to anyone. I have an old plasma (4 years) and if it broke down tomorrow i would immediately order this tv.

- We can see no bad points regarding this tv.

+ Fantastic picture quality, very easy to set up, looks great especially on the wall, easy user interface to scroll through the various TV outputs, in my opionion there is nothing better on the market for this price.

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+ Very easily set up out of the box and for me, being able to play divx movies via the USB port makes this tv worth every penny of the very reasonable price paid. The picture quality is as good as any other plasma i have seen. I am very pleased with this tv and would have no problem whatsoever recommending it to others

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+ SD Picture is very good the HD is Fantastic! Also the speakers on this system are VERY good, very clear sound and can go very loud. It is an absolutely beautiful set would definitely recommend.

- Attracts finger prints very easily!

+ Great Picture and sound quality. No bezel just a pure flat glass screen looks great. No dust to collect.

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+ initial set up was quick and straightforward. Pleasing design and useful swivel stand. Someone with a greater technical appreciation of AV equipment would probably not rate the picture and sound quality as highly as I do, but I'm very happy with my purchase.

- I haven't discovered any yet.

+ Excellent picture quality for a 720p panel, superior, crisp sound and sleek, sexy design.

- No headphone socket or VGA input.

+ Easy set up, good picture and sound quality,works well with the Wii,and basic dvd player and sky box

- can't find anything to niggle about it great value for money

+ design is superb, sd looks great, hd looks fantastic, picture really comes alive watching movies at night!

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+ Great price, stylish, good features.

- Sky+ remote isn't compatible with tv.

+ first time bought a plasma ,impressed by the ease of use of menus and set up,good design looks good

- none i found so far, bit of a dust magnet though

+ I like the overall design and user interface. The number of inputs is also very impressive.

- The digital TV tuner does not allow you to set your favourites list as current like my old digibox. So even though you can have a favourites list you still have to scroll through all channels if you just use the P+/P- buttons.

+ Superb picture, good sound. Good design, good looks. Easy set up.

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+ Lovely looking t.v
Sound is great
picture fantastic
yes i would recommend to anyone

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+ Great Menu Functions and great Contrast Ratio at 2000000/1. Overall Great little Number

- Shame only 720p , but have put through my Virgin Box which is HD and 1080p, so picture/sound now fine.

+ Excellent picture & sound. 600 hertz great for watching sports events. Fantastic value for money.

- None specific to this product. As with almost all Plasma TVs, some reflection.

+ Excelent quality for the price. 2,000,000 to 1 contrast ratio and up to 600Hz is great.
Easy to set up to.

- No bad points.

+ It looks gorgeous. A feature I have been making use of is the USB interface, allowing me to play movies and tv shows. The menu and freeview guide are very user friendly also.

- Not full HD

+ sleek design fits into any surroundings. It truly has a picture quality equal to many others costing double this price

- lack of facility to use Virgin Media remote to control sound

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- no off button

+ Lots of connections and features. A worthy budget TV.

- Picture quality is inconsistent.

+ Good value for money as i didnt want a full 1080 hd tv for the room that this tv is going in. Picture is very acceptable on standard def tv

- Not quite as good as the Panasonic, but a lot cheaper.

+ Ease of set-up and product information,( no 'fiddling around' ).
Good looking product and great value for the money.

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+ The produc is good for all round viewing with good picture quality, and easy to use.

- Bad point is that it was heavy to place on the stand. perhaps the stand should already be attached prior to despatch??

+ Excellent value for money. Looks good. Good picture and sound.

- Sometimes turns itself off for a few seconds.

+ Very good looking even when it is not on. Very good picture picture

- Need a very big room it is huge.

+ - Easy to setup
- USB features

- - Remote control only works when its pointed directly at the I-R receiver on the tv and wont work when you try to change the channel from a different angle. Remote has to be lined straight at the bottom right hand side of the screen.
- There are no options to change the size of the movie when playin it from the usb e.g. will play in the centre of the screen but will not play in fullscreen and cannot change it to make it play in fullscreen.

+ Colours are so bright.
Picture is fantastic

- Turned most of the settings down as apparently you have to run plasmas in.

+ Usb wow i can have a large picture frame with slide show or watch movies

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+ The first one packed in within 10 minutes of being switched on.

- The second one packed in within 4 days. Dixons where brill though for refund no trouble at all.

+ good colour,still picture frame.usb.etc

- glass corner are not protected,could cause injury to head if you forget where the tv is.

+ excellent TV and value for money. Delivery excellent

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+ Haven`t had time to explore all features due to holidays

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+ Good value for the size and picture

- Cant use the TV to full max as did not receive instruction manual in the box.

+ I'm a normal person who wanted a half decent tele, it works well, easy to use and even with no HD the picture is fine.

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+ Stunning looking tv. Easy to clean glass screen. Easy set up, great sound, picture. No glaring like LCD. Great value for money. Did alot of research before purchasing and lg tvs are now even better than the panasonics. You will not be disappointed.

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+ Excellent picture, nice looking, good value for money.

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+ Excellent value, very easy to use

- When picture changes from light to dark, there seems to be a slight delay before adjustment. nothing serious, but once i noticed it, i couldnt' take my eyes off it. annoying.

+ Picture and sound quality are excellent, design is very stylish.

- The only bad point i have found is that the remote control is a little bit ugly

+ Stylish

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+ everything about this product is excellent weve only had it a short while and are very pleased with our purchase thank you

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+ sylish looks, extra features like the ability to plug in a USB device, and digital optical output.

- the EPG doesn't seem to let you advance more than just what is on next.

+ picture quality, ease of set up, sound system

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+ Good picture, ease of use

- Noe at the moment

+ Easy to set up and the Picture is Fab even off HD

- The controller could do with a button that automatically swaps between scart inputs and HD inputs not having to scroll through a menu - That is the ONLY niggle (petty isn't it)

+ Price and quality.

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+ Vibrant colour picture.
One piece glass screen asthetically pleasing.

- Sound not excellent.
Does not have a "smart" widescreen mode, like our previous other brand television had.

+ Very good clean design and modern layout. Sound is very good compared to other LCD/Plasmas I have had in the past, so if you don't want to spend extra on a surround sound system this is ideal. Image quality is pretty good even on freeview. Black levels on this set are superb and the picture tweaks you can make in the menu should get a decent picture for everybodys differing likes/dislikes. Lastly because of the brilliant black levels and superb motion this LG Plasma is brilliant at gaming via my Xbox 360 with no lag whatsoever - don't let anybody convince you that you need 1080p for gaming, because you don't.

- I have noticed it is not as good as my Panasonic PX80B Plasma on poorer/older material and sources, it is a fair bit sharper hence it shows up every flaw and can throw in a very off colour palette now and again. I have also noticed a slight banding which shows up very badly in skin tones on all sources HD, DVD and Freeview - no matter how I tweak it this is still pretty apparent. To lower the chance of Temporary Image Retention go into your menu and activate the Orbiter and keep your settings on the cinema/standard and off the vivid setting for the first couple of months of use and then adjust the settings to whatever levels suit your eye after that.

+ looks good, easy to install

- static on sound

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- burns on screen

+ every thing good so far , seems a very good T.V.

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+ picture quality excellent_customising a bit fiddley but worth it

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+ easy to set up, great design,picture quality for the price is superb.
easy to use expert settings

- very hard to find considering the fantastic price compared to similar spec tvs
if fussy the pre set picture settings arent great(try avforums for some great settings on the pq6000 thread-lgfan and red66 are awesome)

+ I bought this for the amazing picture quality of SD TV. Compared to some 1080p lcd in the same price range there was no contest. Plenty of connections, USB port, glass front screen which looks great when wall mounted.

- Small gripe, not able to scroll through channels while watching something.

+ I love this t.v.my friend paid a lot more for his but admits my picture is better much sharper you feel your actualy in the movie, and the documenteries are nail biting again I say I wouldnt change my t.v. for anything

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+ Looks grand and stylish.
Large screen with great quality image

- Fingerprint marks show up easily.

+ we like everything about it

- there's no instructions for the remote controls

+ Excellent T.V.

- Non really, to find fault with a tv of this quality / price would be difficult for any rational person.

+ The image quality and colours are really good. The product is easy to use and has a lot of features.

- The sound seems to have a constant surround feature which can make the sound become "tinny". I have tries several methods but can not seem to turn of this feature.

+ Attractive design, easy setup, nice to browse menus. What I really like about this TV, and what made me decide to buy this one is its USB port for playing movies, music and photos stored on the USB. I don't need my XBOX 360 to play movies on the TV anymore, however, some movies will not play if not properly encoded to the size requirements, but these are rare.
It has an excellent freeview menu/guide... A very fantastic feature is its HDMI port when used in conjunction with an HD output laptop. This is the first time I am able to read the text properly from my computer's desktop or word documents when connected to a TV.
I have not tried HD movies, but I realized HD from COD4 on my XBOX .. I had to play the game again and again to enjoy the many details that I messed prior to this TV. Text can be read, and all the game's options can be recognized now. Sound quality is excellent also, I won't need a sound system.

- It is not major issue, but reflections of daylight from windows are noticable with this glass TV, however, this is easily dealt with by either closing the curtains, or rotating the TV easily due to its rotatable stand.

+ excellent value for money very pleased with every thing about the television

- instruction manual not very good at all, you get a CD manual with it as well which is very good but what happens if you don't own a computer??

+ Easy to set up, very good picture and good sound.

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+ I am very happy with my purchase, I can not fault the quality of the tv or the ease of an online purchase through yourselves. The price is Something Else, Very Impressive. Keep up very competetive prices like that, and you'll have consistent business through and through. thanks.

- None what so ever. Very Happy.

+ Stylish, elegant, easy to use with excellent sound quality

- Shortly after purchase a number of 1080P 42 inch LCD TVs were at a similar price.

+ Very stylish, excellent image quality

- Richness of sound is not the best in the world, doesn't like being connected directly to cinema surround system (takes some working out)

+ This TV was very easy to set up with picture quality excellent. We have had a few visitors who have made comment about how good the set is. I now have to watch my Sky Football in the dining room on the smaller 37"!! as the rest of the family have claimed the LG Set.

- Need two people to take out of box and carry to stand as weight is a bit too much for a single person.

+ Great picture and sound

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+ Easy to Install . Great for sports viewing . Excellent Value for Money

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+ If you are looking for a TV which is good quality and you don't have to pay over the odds for you can't really go wrong with this one. Easy to set up and use. Excellent television for the price i paid.

- I haven't found any yet.