LG LH5000 Series LCD TV (32", 37", 42", 47")

Excellent Full HD pictures with decent depth ; Good connectivity ; Great stereo audio performance

Blacks could be deeper

Naturally, CGI-animation is a good fit for Full HD, and I'm yet to meet somebody who hasn't been wowed by a computer-rendered cartoon played at 1080p through any set

Easy to use ; Vibrant, rich pictures ; Competitive price

Not Full HD ; Motion smearing ; Poor black levels

Sonically, the set is surprisingly good considering it has no visible speakers, combining expansive soundstage dynamics with some solid bass. Some effects can sound too dislocated from the screen, mind

Great price for its specification ; Loads of features and connections ; Good control of motion blur ; Very bright for a 32-inch screen

Black levels need work ; High-definition images could be sharper ; Limited viewing angle ; Occasionally muted colours during dark scenes

Conclusion Multimedia hounds and bargain hunters will find much to like in the LG 32LH5000, and we've got to admire LG for the ambition it's displayed with a 32-inch set. But, in the end, the TV comes up just slightly too short in the performance...

Not all LGs are born equal, but this one proves the company can churn out a real stunner when it wants to

The 32LH5000 carries some great features for its money - especially the DivX HD playback - and goes out of its way to be user-friendly and look great in your living room. The set has a game stab at seeing off some of LCD's traditional image flaws, too.

LG might not have got everything right with the 42LH5000 - there's definitely room for improvement in the black level and viewing angle departments. But it's got to grips with 200Hz surprisingly albeit not perfectly well for a first try, and in doing...

Size ; Well designed ; Bright and colourful pictures

Black levels aren't grea ; Viewing angle is rather limited ; Some colour tones are slightly strange

Conclusion If money is no object, the 52LG5000's various performance issues provide plenty of reasons for looking elsewhere for your big-screen thrills. However, even at their worst, this very affordable LG's pictures are never terrible. And with HD...

The 52LG5000 isn't anything like the horror show we'd feared it might be after spending time with its much smaller sibling. In fact, with the right sort of bright, colourful, relatively static HD footage, its pictures can look very appealing indeed -...

Design ; Picture ; Sound ; Price

Bad out-of-the-box image settings need tweaking by user

Once we'd finished tweaking, we settled down to watch some daytime TV. We would suggest that you don't attempt to adjust the picture settings when David Dickinson is on -- his luminous skin tone isn't the most natural, and can cause you to incorrectly...