LG 42LF66 TV reviews and prices: 42" Full HD 1080p LCD screen

LG 42LF66 TV reviews and prices: 42" Full HD 1080p LCD screen reviews

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8.8 out of 10 based on 55 reviews.

LG 42LF66 with 42" Full HD 1080p LCD screen, 2 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Overall rating	8.8
Ease of use	8.1
Image quality	8.6
Sound quality	8.3
Design	9.0
Value for money	9.4

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Gareth, Bolton experienced electrician

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Good Sound and great for hd gaming
Bad points:: EPG is blurred and picture is not the best on sd but is something you get used to

Overall rating	9.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 26 May 2008

David, Telford

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Best product around for the price
Bad points:: Off switch only leaves the telly on standby and does switch it off completely

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

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Confirmed purchase: 26 Jul 2008

John, London

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Good sharp picture with very easy to use on screen display for set-up and tuining. This TV is however being used as a PC monitor and at 42" my PC never looked so good, either for word processing or playing games with lots of eye-candy switched on... Much better than a console. The HD Content (via HDMI) is very well displayed, and I am impressed with this screen, given that it cost so little!
Bad points:: When viewed close up, there is a nioticable strip as if the screen had been arranged in 'panels' like a picket fence. However, that is when looking at the screen at about less than two feet away, and only when the screen is displaying a white or similar very bright picture, and given that this is a 42" screen, I am sure its not adviseable to be so close to the screen anyway!

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

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Confirmed purchase: 25 May 2008

Confirmed purchaser

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Easy set up..Brilliant picture..Full HD at a great price..What more can you say
Bad points:: none

Overall rating	10.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 07 Jun 2008

jason, derby

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: value for money
Bad points:: cant get the sky remote to work despite entering loads of codes

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

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Confirmed purchase: 07 Jun 2008

joanne , glasgow

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Excellent tv for the price paid, great picture, sound good and value for money superb
Bad points:: none

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

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Confirmed purchase: 03 Jun 2008

Rodders, Margate

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Cracking picture, beautiful piano black finish
Bad points:: does not switch to standby when input signal is removed

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

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Confirmed purchase: 02 Jun 2008

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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	2
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	No
TVs with internet capability allow you access to a range of online services.
Frequency (Hz)	50
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)	8

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)	5000
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	No
Weight (kg)	27.5

Release date	2007-06-06
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: LG

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Manufacturer's Description

LG HD Ready 1080p TV excels the picture quality and sharpness of the original HD TV technology, delivering an image resolution of 1920 by 1080 pixels.

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