LG 32LX2R (LG 32LX2R)

Member Name: orionmoo

Product:	LG 32LX2R
Date:	11/05/06 (1343 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great value for money

Disadvantages: Contrast/Brightness need a bit of tweeking

I just bought this TV about 2 months ago and it's the first LCD and Widescreen TV I've had, so except for my small LCD PC moniter, I have nothing to compare it to, but with that said, nothing can compare to this TV, except maybe a bigger version, ie. 37"?

When you first receive the TV (we had it delivered to our home) the box it comes in is quite big. Slim, but big. The box comes in two parts. The top flaps and sides and the bottom. The two are connected together by 4 plastic tap type things, which require quiet some strength and effort to pull out, to separate the two sections of the box. But once that is done, you can remove the top flags and sides and you're left with a TV nicely wrapped in bubble warp a polystyrene pieces. The TV remote (with batteries), lots of different cables, a neat little cable tie, warrenty and instruction manual all come in one sealed bag so you dont have wires all over the place.

Once we had the TV on the stand (which required two people to lift it up) the TV was fairly simple to set up. It took a bit longer than normal because of the digibox and video/dvd player (which was slightly confusing to set up). Once the wires are plugged into the back of the TV, you get a panel to place over the connection plugs at the back which makes the wires come out of one hole. Then we put the cable tie around all the wires and it looked relativly neat. (A list of all the different connections are at the bottom of this review).

The on/off, volume, menu and program buttons on the TV are nicely concealed underneath the screen, so theres no horrible front panel that normal TV's have to hide the front connections and buttons.

Once the TV is on, it was extremly easy to set the date and time, and only took a few minutes to search for the channels. In total it found about 11 channels, but it took only a minute to deleted the channels not needed (7-11).

Sadly, we cannot find the remote control code for the Sky remote to control the TV, but that is not a problem, as if you leave the TV's volume at about 25-30, you will not need to search for the TV remote to adjust the volume :)

At the top of the remote control is a button called 'Input', which lets you quickly and easily, in a menu format, change to whatever input channel you want (Scart, HDMI, Componant, etc). This is presumably the replacement for the AV button, usually found on remote controls.

Once everything is set up, all we had to do was tweak the brightness/contrast settings slightly and the picture quality was amazing. This is boosted by LG's amazing XD-Engine.

This TV is a HDTV so it's perfect for everyone who wants a new LCD TV, as it's cheap for the low-budget people, great picture/sound quality and with it being HD Ready, it's great if you want to get SKY HD ready for the world cup in the summer.
I would recommend this TV for anyone wanting an HDTV or even just a new TV.

~~~~~Specs.~~~~~
Screen size: 32"
Screen format: 16:9
Pixel resolution: 1366x768
Power output: 20 Watts
Tuner: Anolouge
Sleep timer
On-screen display
Componant video input
HD-Ready
Scart Sockets: 2
RGB input
S-Video input
Tabletop stand included
Remote included
Colour: Black
Dimensions (H x W x D) in mm: 545 x 922 x 126
Weight (Kg): 21.4
Weight (Stone): 3.4
Weight (Lbs): 47.2
XD-Engine

~~~~~Awards~~~~~
Editors Choice - What Plasma?
"Black levels are striking - extremely deep, but still showing impressive depth and detail."

Summary: I would recommend this TV for anyone wanting an HDTV.

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