Saturday 13 March 2010

Yay, New TV

Yup, after 5 years of faithfull service the Hyundai Q321 32" is migrating to the bedroom. Taking its place is a 42" LG LH3000 unit. After much spec investigation this unit seemed a good compromise of value versus features.

Good: size, features, modes (720p and 1080p are available in 24,50 and 60hz with other modes also available over HDMI) TV reception. HD Picture quality, SD picture quality (with good sources)

Average: Audio (much is commented on this set having "great" audio but its quite thin and with no line level output - the headphone jack cuts the speakers and the SCART socket is unaffected by the volume control - there's no way to hook a subwoofer up. You can use optical out to an amp - my solution - but its a little overkill). Some very minor backlight banding/seepage - typical for most low/mid end LCD TVs

Bad: Nothing really, turn off ALL the dynamic noise contrast etc features if you dont want a mush mess (ignoring most freeview channels which are a mushy mess to start with)

More on this and new integration soon...

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