Entered CNET Catalog: 01/19/2007
SKU: 0719192171428
Manufacturer: LG Electronics U.S.A. Inc.
Manufacturer description
LG Electronics is one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers, producing a large range of consumer electronics and IT products. LG has created reputation for progressive technology and innovation with the latest technological developments in consumer electronics, home appliances and IT products.Editors' review
- Editors' Choice: No
- Reviewed on: 10/31/2007
User opinions
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LG 37LB5D.
Pros: LG LCD TV had it for 1 and half years.
Cons: Main board went out, I wonder if there is a manufacture defect on this model. LG 37LB5D.
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Great picture -very good service
Pros: Picture is sharp and price was right. Not a videophile so my expectations are not high. Had a issue at startup, the screen would freeze. Called service and they scheduled a tech to come out. He call to confirm he had the right part and it was fixed.
Cons: Better quality control would have avoided the problem in the first place
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LG Service is Useless
Pros: Picture was good while the TV worked
Cons: Reliability, Service
After 1 month I still have no TV and LG cannot seem to communicate with their service center to get my records on file. This is the worst consumer electronics experience I have ever had.
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Unsafe stand!
Pros: Good picture
Cons: Unsafe stand!
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To date I would not buy another LG TV
Pros: Good picture. Good speakers
Cons: Control Board went out after 1 yr and 3 months
Total was $534.10.
Moral of the story if you buy an LG make sure to buy the extended warranty. Saved me money on this purchase. 2 1/2 weeks downtime.
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This is a great TV.
Pros: Good picture for the price.
Cons: So far none.
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What a fantastic LCD
Pros: Fantastic HD picture, great SD picture, wonderful interface, stylish, great QAM tuner
Cons: none that I have encountered
Most HD LCD's offer a fantastic HD picture. I have been really impressed with this LG, however. I feel the colors are richer on this set than most that I have seen, and the sharpness of the picture is greater as well. Even SD pictures come through well on the set, which can be a problem for some LCD's.
The QAM tuner picked up all the local HD channel's with ease. For some reason my Sharp will not pick up the HD NBC signal in my area, but the LG does.
The menu interface is great as well. The TV will provide you with a list of channels available to you as you type in the channel number that you want to go to, which makes jumping to new channels easy. It functions like an autocomplete feature, however, it doesn't complete it for you. It just shows the options available for that number sequence.
My only wish is that the TV came with an additional jack for an HD antenna. It only has one shared coaxial jack for both the cable/antenna hookup. This may be a problem for some who are looking to use both. It can be easily bypassed, however, if you are using a box with your cable/satellite service, since most have inputs available using HDMI, component jacks, or some other option.
I highly recommend this LG television. Buy the 42LB5D if you are looking for a slightly bigger set of the same quality.
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LG continues to impress me with their products.
Pros: Great picture and AV options for the price. I continue to find myself buying LG products due to its quality. They are one of the largerst electronics making parts for all other tv manufactures.
Cons: Not too many for the price.
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Excellent 1080P set
Pros: Great viewing angles, bright, adjustable back light, flexible inputs
Cons: No 1:1 pixel mapping on lower than native resolution - explanation below
First off, it's a Super-IPS panel which provides phenomenal viewing angles, and consistent colour throughout those viewing angles. A side benefit is that Super-IPS panels have a lower dead pixel or sub-pixel occurrence in my experience. My set has ZERO defects. No clouding, banding, uneven backlight. Screen quality is excellent.
A little background: My screen is being used as an HDTV, computer monitor, PS3 and Xbox 360 TV. It is excellent with all. I am using 1920x1080 pixel perfect resolution with all three, and the sharpness (while adjustable) is as good as ANY LCD monitor I have ever seen, and at this size of 37" there is NO such thing as eyestrain. Another benefit is that this screen is tuned to display movies well and it does over any of these three devices.
It even includes a 10 minute auto-shutdown setting, so that if the current input has no signal for 10 minutes the TV will shutdown automatically, saving both power and wear/tear, very similar to a computer monitor.
The only reason I did not give this TV a "perfect 10" is because when I used it on my PC and play games at lower than 1920x1080 resolution, it will not show black bars around the edges in 1:1 pixel mapped fashion, which is typical of a computer monitor. But due to the fact that I'm using it in a "customized" fashion (ie. not just as a TV) you could score my set in particular a 10.
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Great looking TV and I enjoy more than my more expensive Pioneer
Pros: Great Picture and Features
Cons: Not many Cons yet, could happen down the road, but any TV can have that chance
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LG LCD Beware
Pros: Great Picture; Great Features
Cons: Picture Freezes at random times; random channels
The problem with the TV has been corrected. I'll go back to my original rating: 9 out of 10!
