Friday, 26 March 2010

Check Out LG 26LH20 26-Inch 720p LCD HDTV, Gloss Black for $389.21

LG 26LH20 26-Inch 720p LCD HDTV, Gloss Black Review



I bought this LG after getting a gigantic 32inch panasonic that was so damn big i couldn't hardly lift it, and in any case would not fit into my sweet 1960s danish modern wall unit, no matter how i adjusted the shelves. (note to amazon tv buyers: when you see the pix of the tv with the dimensions, even though the pix shows the tv on the stand, the dimensions are for the screen itself, sans stand, as if it were mounted on the wall. stand adds another 3 inches or so to height). I am pretty well satisfied with it so far. It assembles super easily; you plug it into your dish or cable hook up and it smart syncs all your previous favorite channels and so forth automatically. it swivels, the styling is nice, and the picture is good. Only thing i did not like is the manual that came with it. Left out many details, like how you switch from tv to aux (wii) mode...(since i was coming from a much older tv, i didn't automatically know how to do it). the sound on this is fine for a smaller room -- but the audio is not super beefy.....and i may not be the one to judge the picture quality as i did not pop for paying extra to my satellite provider for high def...but all in all, a nice sleek, (thin) tv...easy to hoist and assemble and program...the remote is pretty intuitive. for the price, i feel like i got a pretty good deal.



LG 26LH20 26-Inch 720p LCD HDTV, Gloss Black Feature


  • LCD HDTV features with swivel stand and energy Star rated
  • 720p HD resolution 1366 x 768p with 2 x HDMI v 1.3 digital inputs
  • Invisible speaker system with Dolby Digital 5.1 & Clear voice for richer more balanced sound & a polished look
  • ISFccc caple of professional calibration for picture performance
  • 30,000:1 Dynamic contrast ratio



LG 26LH20 26-Inch 720p LCD HDTV, Gloss Black Overview


26" LCD TV HD 1080p (1366 x 768p) resolution, 30,000:1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio, ATSC/NTSC/Clearn QAM - 1 Tuner, XD Engine, 178 True Wide Viewing Angle, SRS TruSurround XT, Invisible Speakers, Dolby Digital 5.1 Decoder, 2 HDMI, includes swivel stand


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Good, entry-level LCD - Coach24 -
I purchased this TV based on the fact that I love my older 37 inch LG LCD tv. However I have found that while this is a good tv, its not great. The viewing angle is not as good as my older LG. As you move left or right the color fades (in HD or SD) especially with live tv (ie sports). Head-on the picture is pretty good with a variety of color/picture settings to fine-tune it. I have also found that you do have to crank the volume pretty high to hear the tv as well. If you are looking for a small TV to put in a bedroom where you will always be watching it head-on, for the money, its a pretty good choice. In my case, I do have it in the bedroom, but I have it mounted on the wall with a full-motion mount so I can turn it if I am not watching head-on.



Good video; bad sound AND no analog audio outputs! - Greg in NJ - Bridgewater, NJ USA
I bought this locally in Dec 2009 and naïvely assumed it had SOME sort of analog output (for external speakers or headphones). It doesn't; the only audio output is optical/TOSlink, which is a real disappointment for me.


VIDEO
Unless you will use it as a computer monitor, the 720p resolution is fine; with smaller televisions (under 32", for sure), there is little difference between 720p and the more expensive 1080p (which is hard to find in small televisions, anyway). Anything you use as a computer monitor should be 1080p, though. I actually feed it UHF (analog) over coax from a distant two-tuner Dish Network receiver, and the picture, while not HD, is much better than I expected, and this means I don't have to rewire my house for a 3rd satellite receiver. We watch this in the bedroom - usually news or a documentary and not movies, so it's all good. Oh, one more thing: s-video is increasingly rare on new televisions, and this model does NOT have an s-video input (2 HDMI, 1 composite only).

AUDIO
The sound quality, like that of pretty much any small television, is dismal. I ended up buying Behringer MS40 external speakers (which I reviewed here on Amazon) because they had TOSlink (optical) inputs. They were expensive and not that great.

So, if you will be closer to the television than 10' or more, or have excellent hearing in a quiet environment, this is a fine set; if you are more discerning on the audio side, will be in a less-than-silent environment, or don't have ideal hearing, you might want to think twice and look at units with analog outputs which will enable you to use an inexpensive pair of self-powered computer speakers.



Great Picture. Easy Setup. - R. Young - Texas
This is a very nice TV for the bedroom. Great picture and sound. SD channels even look good. I use it for both OTA and satellite reception. Setup was very easy for me. Wish it had more than one each of component and composite inputs, but overall I still give it a five. Ordered from Amazon with free shipping and it arrived in 3 days.

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