LG 42PQ6000 TV reviews

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LG 42PQ6000 with 42" HD ready Plasma screen, 3 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	9.1
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	8.7
Design	9.3
Value for money	9.5
Overall rating	9.1

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Barry, Southport Film and documentary lover

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: all good and extra cover on warranty good as we can stiop it at any time
Bad points:: none

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 26 Feb 2010

Jason, Newport Sports and games fan

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Great picture especially sports & movies in HD,
Bad points:: Can have reflection of bright lights or sunshine,

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 17 Mar 2010

anthony, woking Film and documentary lover

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: when watching in hd the picture is sharp,sound is better than more exspensive tvs,design is great
Bad points:: the screen is a bit glossy when watching at night with the lights on you can see the reflection in the tv

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 16 Mar 2010

JOHN, WIRRAL Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Does everything it says on the box@a really good price
Bad points:: none

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 15 Mar 2010

Jonesey, Cardiff Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Easy to set up.
Great sound quality.
USB port allowing for playback of video, photo's and music from memory stick.
Glass front, gives it a classy appearance and looks bigger than actual size.
Plenty of tweaks on the picture settings to get a quality image (not the stock settings)
screen can be rotated on the supplied stand.
Bad points:: Glass front can be a bit reflective in a bright room.
remote looks cheap - but fit's the purpose with plenty of buttons with a solid design.

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 15 Mar 2010

Greg, London

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Excellent PQ for the money. Nearly as good as my own Panasonic (I bought this telly for my mum for Christmas).
SD PQ is great, and my mum has no intention of going HD, so the lack of "true" HD is no problem. Plus, you know, unless you have the eyes of an eagle, "true HD" doesn't make a bit of difference on a 42" from 12 feet away.

Design is lovely.

Sound is not bad at all, considering. Better than my Panny (not that I use the onboard spkrs with that). But if you don't want 5.1, this is perfectly fine.
Bad points:: It went completely Pete Tong in April. Needed a new mainboard. That said, the service peeps were very nice. We had to wait a bit (two weeks) for a new one. No probs since then.

I wish this website had a few more categories. "Reliability" would be good!!!

Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 15 Dec 2009

Frank, Lanarkshire Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Easy to operate.
Bad points:: A bit disappointing when watching some programs that are minimized by not seeing the full screen, however that could be to do with the way these programs have been originally made.

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 13 Mar 2010

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	42
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of screen	Plasma
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
3D	No

HD TV	HD ready
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum resolution of 720 horizontal lines (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Built-in disc player	No Disc Player
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Number of HDMI ports	3
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of scart ports	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Connections	HDMI

Smart TV	No
TVs with internet capability allow you access to a range of online services.
Frequency (Hz)	100
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Screen aspect ratio	16:9
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	2000000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Reflection angle	178
Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	102.4

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	768

Brightness (Candela per square metre)	1500
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Headphone Socket	No
Weight (kg)	23.3

Release date	2009-03-11
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: LG PD42PQ6000

TV Buyers Guide

Manufacturer's Description

42" HD Ready Plasma TV
With a single-layer design, this HD-Ready plasma TV has everything you need for a truly amazing viewing experience. Better yet, the PQ6000 series features an array of connectivity options, including 3x HDMI™, and a USB port to connect to all your digital media.

600Hz
LG 600Hz Sub-Field Driving Plasma technology provides zero motion blur and the ultimate razor sharp response time perfect for watching high speed viewing such as sports and movies.

HDMI 1.3 Deep Color / 3xHDMI
HDMI 1.3 supports 30-bit, 36-bit, and 48-bit colour depth. HDMI 1.3 eliminates on-screen colour banding for smooth tonal transitions and subtle gradations. It also enables increased contrast ratio, and represents many times more shades of grey between black and white.

HD-Ready
High-definition television, or HDTV, is a new standard of TV with better-quality picture and sound than normal TV , the sort of standard you would see at a cinema. HDTV brings you closer to the action, offering more colours and a higher resolution picture (twice as many horizontal lines). This can make HDTV images clearer, sharper, more detailed and very life-like.

Intelligent Sensor 2
LG’s upgraded Intelligent Sensor automatically adjusts picture quality based on viewing environment, to optimise picture and reduce your energy bill.

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