LG 32LH20 32Inch 720p LCD HDTV Gloss Black

Great choice for small room
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This TV deserves another 5 star rating! It’s perfect for our bedroom. The picture and sound were great on standard settings right out of the box, although it has several alternate pre-sets and infinitely tweakable custom settings. The big menu is very intuitive but it also has a quick menu that pops up in the lower right corner for quick changes to common things. The remote is small and has well spaced, easy to use buttons.

I wanted a solidly built TV with decent sound and my wife wanted no clutter and simple operation. This one is all black, no “bling” but has enough features and connections so we could use it for more than a standalone TV. The “invisible speaker system” is pure genius and gives a surprisingly full sound without needing a speaker system and amp (no clutter). More importantly (to me since I’m a bit hard of hearing), the clear voice and auto sound leveling (quiet parts automatically turned up while commercials don’t come out blaring) both work well. It’s one of those “set and forget” things. Here are more pictures and specs: [...]

A technophile could hash over the finer points and compare this to others in its class, but as far as I’m concerned: it’s a new model, has a clear, bright picture, the faces and landscapes all look realistic, and it has great sound, so how much better can it get? Of course the news and some commercials are still way over the top with color saturation and contrast, but that’s not the TV’s fault.

6ave get’s five stars too. I’d never heard of them until I saw this item, but 2 minutes on their website convinced me they were organized and reputable. It came wrapped in a second box with foam peanuts all around it to prevent shock. The order was placed on Sunday and it arrived Wednesday morning in perfect condition. They are in the same league with NewEgg, B&H Photo and BuyDig. Also UPS called us to make sure someone was home to sign for it.

One last thing… the manual power switch and all the other side controls/connectors are on the right side out of view, and that little bump on the bottom frame (on the right) is a subtle status indicator light that glows red or blue. The main jacks are all on the rear left (as you would face the screen) and it has a built in wire guide that can help keep a few wires neater.

Overall we are both very, very pleased and now we are planning on replacing our big rear projection box with a sleek LCD TV, probably a bigger version of this one.

So get off the Samsung bandwagon and get this one before they sellout. Nothing against Samsung at all, but some marketing genius has stolen the attention from other well engineered new TVs available on Amazon.

Excellent TV for the money
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this with birthday money and it is worth every penny. I don’t watch too much TV but got it mostly to use as a monitor for my laptop. It doesn’t come with a VGA cable but you can pick one up at Target like I did for about $15 which isn’t bad considering how useful it is. The TV came very well packed and was extremely easy to put onto the stand. I don’t intend to wall mount it and the stand it came with is very stable and I have it sitting on a desk 3 feet off the ground. The TV also swivels on the stand about 45 degrees. Since the resolution is only 720p its not great for a monitor but it isn’t bad at all. Text is sometimes hard to read but that is easily fixed by enlarging text in your web browser.

I went to several [...] looking for the right TV. I watch a lot of sports and a lot of the TVs in the stores had so much motion blur during fast motion it would’ve been very upsetting to purchase such an awful TV. I think the problem was the screen refresh time because most of the TVs in the store had a 6ms refresh time while this has 4. If you plan on watching sports or fast action movies do not get anything higher than 4ms or you will be disappointed. I really liked the Samsung but in the end decided I didn’t want to pay neither the CA sales tax nor the CA recycle tax so I decided to purchase online. If you don’t have a large sales tax or a BS recycle tax then you might be better off purchasing in the store so you don’t have to wait for it. Strangely enough very few stores carry LG but I decided to take a risk and buy it online and it has paid off very nicely. I wouldn’t even think of trading this for another one (that is until 3D TVs come out).

As a TV it is great all around and the menu offers a variety of settings so you can really play around and see what suits you best. The energy saving feature is another plus that goes above and beyond what I got this for. I am using about a 20 year old set of bunny ears and I can get most local stations in HD though your mileage may vary depending on where you live. Don’t waste $$ on an “HD antenna” if you don’t need it–it’s just a cruel marketing ploy to get you to buy something a standard set of bunny ears will get you just fine.

The only drawbacks I found with this TV is that it has no jack for earphones and it only has 2 HDMI plugs. I don’t use HDMI for my set up so its not really a drawback for me but it may be for others. Since I mainly use the TV with my computer I just use my computer’s earphone jack but since the volume on this TV has a great range, I found I don’t really need earphones as it can be heard just as clearly at a low volume as it can at a higher volume. The speakers give it a surround sound type feel and since they are “hidden”, I think it looks better aesthetically than say a Vizio that has them jutting out on the bottom.

Overall its a great TV for the price and I would purchase again if given a second chance.

Great first LCDTV
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This was my first LCD TV purchase so I wasn’t too sure what I was getting myself into. I did some extensive research and was trying to decide between this LG and a similar Panasonic LCD TV for about the same price. After going to the store and seeing pictures from both TVs I went with the LG because it definitely looked better than the Panasonic in person.

After experiencing this TV for a couple weeks, I can say that I’m definitely happy with my decision. The picture and sound quality are superb. The pre-set picture settings are really handy and I actually found the standard setting to produce a better picture than anything I tried to set on my own. While it may not have all the bells and whistles that many similar TVs have, it’s picture and sound cannot be beat for the same price. I find myself wanting to watch more TV just to see how clear the HD channels come in. I’ve even had a lot of comments from guests about how nice the TV set itself looks, not to mention the superior picture it produces. For an LCD TV it also has great sound that comes from its “invisible speakers,” which makes for an even better experience. I highly recommend this LCD TV for anyone looking to get a lot of bang for their buck.

LG 32LH20 32-Inch 720p LCD HDTV
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
LG 32LH20 32-Inch 720p LCD HDTV, Gloss BlackI HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A 32 INCH 720P LCD TV FOR MONTHS NOW AND CAME ACROSS THE LG 32 LH20 AND GOT MORE THAN I BARGAIN FOR. THIS TV IS AMAZING. I RECENTLY OWNED A VIEWSONIC 32 AND A VIZIO 32. NOT ONE OF THEM COMPARED TO THE LG. PICTURE COULDN’T BE ANY BETTER, THE SOUND IS OUTSTANDING. WHEN PLAYING MY PS3 OR WATCHING TV THE CLEAR VOICE FEATURE BRINGS OUT SOUNDS THAT YOU DIDNT EVEN KNOW WAS THERE. SET UP WAS A BREEZE AND FINDING THE RIGHT PICTURE QUALITY AND SOUND ONLY TOOK A FEW MINUTES FOR ME. THE RESPONSE TIME WAS SUPER FAST WHEN CHANGING CHANNEL OR WATCHING OR PLAYING GAMES. YOU GET 2 HDMI,COMPONENT,COMPOSITE ALL WITH EASY ACCESS IN THE BACK OF THE TV. IT HAS AN ENERGY SAVING FEATURE THAT IS AWSOME. THE MOST I LOVE ABOUT THE TV IS THE SOUND AND THE PICTURE. WITH PREVIOUS LCD TV EITHER THE COLORS WAS TO BRIGHT OR TO DIM, THE SOUND WAS NEVER HOW YOU REALLY WANT IT AND RESPONSE TIME WAS SLOW. IF IT WAS ONE 32 LCD TV I WOULD RECOMMEND IT WOULD BE THE LG 32 LH2O. THERE IS NO COMPETITION.

Fingers Crossed
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I bought this TV on 7/7/09. After I’d set it up and fallen in love with it it malfunctioned-I turned it off and it wouldn’t turn back on. I returned it to Best Buy and exchanged it for the Sharp LC32SB27U that the salesman there had tried to convince me to buy in the first place. (The Sharp was on sale and saved me around $70.) That was okay…but I didn’t like the Sharp very much. The pedastal is much better w/the LG and the picture was better right out of the box. I kept the Sharp until 7/14,when I simply threw up my hands and went back to BB and exhanged this for yet another LG. (Ironically, the LG was now on sale. It cost less than the Sharp had cost when IT was on sale. Karma.) Once again I’m in love w/the set. The picture is fine and everything about the set seems more substantial than the Sharp. But will it last? I sure hope so. I’m not wealthy and a new television is a big deal to me. (I’m using this as my primary TV,while most of the reviewers seem to consider it too small for that.) I’ll come back in 6-9 months and follow up on how the set’s doing. I’ve got my fingers crossed.

Update 9/27: I had reported a problem with my DVD player with this TV. I’d believed that the LG didn’t have enough plugs to run my ancient DVD/VCR combination player and my wife’s Wii system. The DVD combo is so old that there’s no outlet for an HDMI cable. There ARE enough outlets on this TV. Finally I got things hooked up correctly, and my DVD player, the TV and my wife’s games are all coexisting cheerfully. The strange thing I now have to deal with is that my DVD player won’t work properly unless I run it through my cable box with a coaxial cable hookup to the TV. Instead of using the DVD player through the input menu I use the “cable” input. Harmless but strange-this is no doubt a result of using very old equipment and the AT&T Universe. So I no longer have issues of any kind with this TV.

It was exactly what I ordered and the shipping was timely!!!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
It was exactly what I ordered and the shipping was timely!!! Sound is great, picture is great.