Customer Reviews
First month--so far, so good 
2008-01-14
I have had my LG 42LB5D for one month, and so far I love it. The picture and sound are both excellent. I have seen some complaints from other reviewers about inconvenience with selecting inputs (you have to scroll through all available inputs with the remote), but it takes about 5 seconds and I don't consider it a problem. The TV arrived on time (I bought from Amazon and it was shipped from TigerDirect) and was easy to set up. I am using a Tivo HD DVR, a Playstation 2, and a standard DVD player. They all look and sound great. None of these devices takes advantage of the 1080p capability of the LG 42LB5D (the Tivo maxes out at 1080i), but the HD channels look fantastic on the TV (especially football!). I did a lot of shopping around and research before buying, and after using the TV for a month I think I made the right choice. This is an excellent TV at a very reasonable price.
Great But...... 
2007-12-03
I bought this TV in August 07 after about 3 months of research, got it at a really good price after price match, but 3 months afterward, i was watching a show and all the sudden i saw smoke coming off the "vent-hole" behind TV, and the picture went away and TV was just flickering, luckelu when i bought the TV i had a service plan added to it, but it will take about a week and a half for a tech to come to my house for repair, i am very much hoping to just get a replacement and be done with it but we will see......
TV is great i do believe i got a lemon unit,A good advice is to get a surge protector to use with the TV, for those who wonder i was using a surge protector at the time of TV going down.
Overall a great TV especially watching Blu-ray and playing PS3 games on it.
Best buy for the money... 2007-11-30
I've owned this TV for 2 months now and it is great! The picture is awesome, especially when you can utilize its full-HD capabilities. It doesn't necessarily have all of the fancy features that other TV's have like picture-in-picture, cableCard, or lots of menu options, but when put to the test, this TV will impress!
A quality 1080P TV 2007-11-28
LG is well-known in Asia and LG.Philips LCD is the second largest LCD manufacturer in the world behind Samsung. They made the most durable cell phone I've ever owned, the C-2000. My experience plus the Consumer Reports recommendation is why I made my HD conversion with their new 42" TV.
I've had excellent results with HDTV programs on this set. 1080i programming is nothing short of amazing. Blacks are blacker than most LCD sets out there and colors are often brighter than in real life.
You have to get an HDMI cable- a simple $25 cable from Fry's really helped to minimize pixelation during HD sports programming from my Comcast cable box. If you use a cable splitter, make sure you have a 5MHZ-2GHZ or higher splitter, or you may lose HD programming for the QAM tuner.
A DVI to HDMI cable hooked up to my computer's video card allows me to view online programs and Netflix streams in their full HD glory.
Out of the box settings were oversaturated for most programs, a little manual tinkering while watching HD channels worked wonders. There are a lot of customizable options to achieve your ideal picture. You get 2 customizable user settings in addition to the standard ones.
The remote is nicely laid out with easily accessible picture settings. Once you finish customizing, it's only seconds to change to your preferred format for any program. One caveat- it is not a true universal remote. It does not recognize Motorola cable boxes.
Standard definition tv was disappointing, but paying $600 more for a Sony was just ridiculous. The 480p upconvert from the cable box made it more tolerable. After 72 hours of burn in, the picture quality was much improved.
I do not yet have a HD-DVD/Blu-ray player, but will post the results after the industry decides on a standard.
Overall- I highly recommend this TV. Expect a decline in quality of standard programming (most non-major network shows). The trade-up to HD programs will leave you dreaming in HD.
LG Is A Rip Off -- Product Stops Working After 45 Days! 
2007-11-26
Purchased an LG TV on strength of recommendation from friend. TV worked fine for 44 days. On 45th day, picture disappeared and then came back only intermittently. LG takes position that its only obligation under warranty at this point is to schedule service for several weeks out. Answer should have been "Sorry, we will of course replace it." So, if you're looking for a TV for 44 days and don't mind spending a thousand dollars, this is for you. Otherwise, I would try a different brand.
VERY GOOD TV 2008-06-19
I order the TV online and it came home to daddy in good condition. My wife set it up, because I was out of town. When I got home I was not impresses with the picture quality, then I realized she hook up the coax cables and not the HTMI connections. Well I hooked up the HTMI and WOW what a difference. I went from depressed to very pleased in a simple hook up. The speed of the TV is good, I see no lag in the picture at all, that is something that I hate along with the screen door effect there is none. Very good picture, but its still hard for me to find the best settings in color for the TV shows I watch. However Blue Ray movies are good no matter what.
The sound... WOW repeat 3x LG said this TV has surround sound, and they did not lie. There was times that I thought my 7.1 system was playing and it was the sound from my TV amazing. I found myself turning my head a points looking for the source of sounds to my right lol, then I realized it was the TV. I am very impressed. People have complained about the sound, yes it has weak speakers, but the sound quality is very good I have no complaints. It plays as loud as I want it to.
The menu screen is very simple to follow in everything. And the 1080P is awesome. My cable shows in 720P and 1080i, it good, but blue ray is where it is at.
If you get this TV you will love the picture and the sounds from it You may want to upgrade the size, but other than than you should have no complaints and it cant be beat for the price.
No Problems Whatsoever! 2008-04-22
I'd have my 42" tv for about 3 months now and was originally nervous when purchased because of issues others have faced. I've had none thus far. Picture quality is excellent. It is a very versatile set equipped with 3 hdmi ports, 2 component ports, and 2 av ports as well as a computer hook up for video and sound too.
I don't own a surround sound system/receiver and find this to be all I need with some alterations to the custom sound settings. Currently I have plugged into it: HD DVR (HDMI), dvd player (component), ps2 (Av), I also switch between plugging my ipod and my vcr into the second av port, plus I also hook up my laptop to watch programming over that too. (MLB.TV works nicely through it I must say). I'm rather impressed with the picture quality for all of these items even if almost all of them are not viewed in true 1080p, especially the PS2 which I have seen distorted on other sets. So what I mean by saying this is - don't worry if the rest of your tech is a bit outmoded, it will still work fine, there is no need to run out and buy everything else (though I highly recommend moving to blue-ray when their price comes down if you get used to watching movies in HD).
This LG LCD Kicks Butt! 2008-03-24
I have had my LG for about a month now and couldn't be more satisfied. It even makes HD Cox Cable look good! Having three HDMI imputs is awesome. Picture quality is excellent. Remote is easy to use.
Excellent TV!!! 2008-03-15
This television is fantastic!! The picture is sharp, it has plenty of input ports, and the price is not too expensive. Then, I added HD to my satellite provider, and it took a great picture and make it phenomenal! I would highly recommend this item to anyone looking for a HDTV.
Excellent Picture quality 2008-03-11
After spending some time in research what to buy, Finally i decided to buy this LG. Initially, I was focusing to buy Toshiba Regza or Sharp Aquas. But looking picture quality and comparing with Sharp and toshiba, i got so impressed. Also price was very reasonable.
