Customer Reviews

Fantastic TV, but turn off the Trumotion
Beautiful, crystal clear, bright, high-contrast image. Nice price.

I've seen people complain about strange blurring effects or unusual motion. That's the Trumotion technology--turn it off! My brother is an installer and he's heard of people returning LH40's because of this problem. Turn off Trumotion and the picture returns to normal.

The Trumotion defect is easiest to spot in a scene with rough camera movements. I first noticed it in a scene inside a helicopter where the camera was kind of jumping around to show how rough the ride was. Instead of showing the correct scene, Trumotion, even on low, smoothed out the ride and it looked like the actors were just floating around the scene in a weird way. I turned off Trumotion and everything looked great.

I guess Trumotion could have its uses, but it should be off by default.

This TV also bleeds some backlighting out the back of the TV. In a dark room, when the scene goes dark, you may suddenly realize that the wall behind the TV is lit up. It's a little distracting because of that, but most of the time I never notice it.

All the connectors are back-facing which makes it a little bit harder to wall-mount.

Despite these issues it's a beautiful TV. Trumotion is easily turned off.

Great Deal, Amazing picutre. Buy it!
Just purchased this TV two days ago from a local home entertainment store. Got it for $1050, a steal! Since Best Buy had it for 1079, I got the price down a little more.

I did lots of research and read tons of reviews. I was considering the Sony V5100 series and all of the Samsungs 650 series and up. This beats both of them. Do not listen to bad reviews about LG, none of them apply to this tv or any of LG's newer TVs, and don't compare pictures between this and other TV brands at best buy or FRYs because TV calibration can be way off at those big chain stores.

I compared side by side at home entertainment stores with the Sony (way overpriced) and the Samsung 630B and 650B. The Sony is nothing special looking on the outside and the picture doesn't blow you away. The Samsung, you lose so much detail in the color because the screens are way too bright. I saw side by side the Samsung's reds were so pink and its greens so bright and fake, a red flower on the LG was dark and beautiful and you could see all of its fine lines and folds...however on the Samsung it was pink and the lines and folds faded because you lost that detail. Samsung just looks to artificial and bright for me and I don't like that. Also the LG isn't a glossy screen so you never have to worry about light reflecting from the screen. The blacks are very nice as well, I mean it isn't an LED or plasma but the average consumer cannot tell that much anymore with LCDs becoming so good.

The LG was recommended by two very good home entertainment stores over the sony and the Samsung. It is just such a good deal and I liked the picture more, truer colors, very deep blacks and a classy look on the outside. Not to forget the speakers are much much better than the Samsungs, and the LG has the intelligent sensor which detects light in your room and adjusts the panel for how bright or dark you room is, to make picture calibration automatic and more accurate for the setting.

It is a truly amazing TV for the money, I mean if you want to overspend for a SONY go ahead and if you want the top, top of the line, this obviously isn't your set but it is a damn good TV. I mean keep it for 4 or 5 years and then the next big thing LED or OLED will be out, so whats the point in spending $2K+ today when in a few years your TV will be old news.

Go for the bargain and just get this TV, its an incredible set.

Holds its own against higher rated TVs
As this is our first HDTV, we did a lot of homework, both online and in stores, on 46/47 inch TVs before buying the LH40. After our online research we were ready to buy a Panasonic G10 plasma, but after visiting many stores to look at TVs (2 Best Buys, American TV, NFM, Sears, and even slumming at Target and Walmart), a 42 inch LH40 had really caught my attention. After finding the 47 inch version on display at Best Buy, we both decided that it performed as well at the higher-rated Panasonic G10s. We decided whichever went on sale was the one we'd get.

This TV even held its own against the awesome Samsung LED it was displayed next to. If budget is not a concern, go with a new Samsung LED, but if you want a great 46 or 47 inch TV for close to $1000 (our specific goal) then this is the one. I know some plasma fans still slam LCDs for color (black) accuracy and off-angle viewing, but this TV performs as well as the lauded G10 under normal lighting.