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User Submitted LG 47LG70 47-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV Reviews Date: 2009-01-02 I LOVE this TV!! After over a month of painstaking online research, I purchased the 47LG70 over all others as I felt it offered the most value for the money. The 4 x HDMI inputs were key (we're already using 3 of them with the HD cable box, PS3 and the Roku box for streaming Netflix). I do not regret the purchase one bit. The HD channels, particularly the sports and network channels are astounding. We watched Ice Age on TV on Christmas Eve and I could barely believe my eyes. PS3 games look better than I could describe here. Once you get comfortable with the many picture and audio options, you will love it. Kudos LG! Date: 2008-12-28 47LG70 LCD TV I love my new LG 70 model LCD TV. I have looked for one for a long time. Went to eat at a BBQ place and they had 4 LG tv's different sizes playing and the picture was so clear and wanted a tv that can handle fast action like football & nascar and the LG 120HZ could do that. I am very happy. Date: 2008-12-13 Full review of 47lg70 -4.5 stars- This is for SD content at a 16x9 ratio on this model as there is still so little true HD content available (over-the-air is still <10% 16x9). DVDs upconverted to 1080i look incredible, with no noticeable artifacts and enabling settings/processing features don't detract from picture quality. Over the air "HD" digital channels are not quite as good, but clear. SD DirecTV varies but you get a slightly soft picture or else "shimmer" artifacts around the edges of moving things, most notable on faces. Even so SD processing is as good as other brands. Obviously the less processing devoted to stretching signals to match a 16x9 ratio the better here. The two "Expert" (night/day) picture settings are the only ones that lessened SD artifacts. On "expert" much tuning is needed to get the brightness/contrast, back-light, and advanced options balanced to your liking. Color is very nice everywhere and blacks are great. In fact, when using Intelligent Sensor blacks and contrast can be too high, it works best for sunny/outdoor rooms (wish the I.S. had low/medium/high). Perhaps a firmware update through the USB port can add this feature. Even so, when using I.S. one "lite" options menu is still available to tweak some picture settings like black level, dynamic contrast, tru-motion, etc. Tru-motion/120Hz gives new life to old TV programs but takes the romance out of many movies. It's nice for documentaries/true stories but bad for fantasy/adventure. S-Video processing in the set is of good quality and if you convert the s-video to HDMI through an upconverting DVD player the option to "just scan" is available for SD. I'm glad I decided on the larger 47". When using "just scan" an extra inch of horizontal picture is revealed which shrinks the actual vertical picture to 17" (but still 41" wide!) for widescreen DVDs. On a 42" that is less than a 15" high picture 37" wide. LG's S-IPS panel shines on viewing angle as well as colors. Picture barely begins to darken at 45 degrees from center and only loses about 5% color and brightness to it's widest viewing angle of around 80 degrees. This is a wider viewing angle than all other LCDs. Some I've seen begin to lose brightness in less than 30 degrees and half their picture is gone from 45-60 degrees off center. The HD tuner is kind of weak. My cheap-O Walmart 32" Emerson receives perfect signals from my large attic antenna. Using the same cable the LG cuts out on some D-TV stations and SD ones are grainy. Maybe a $15 booster will solve this? SRS sound from the "Frame speaker" works well when a Dolby 5.1 signal is being received. The surround effect is actually good enough that you think sounds are coming from beside you. Clear-voice lowers all channels besides the center one. I haven't needed it as the SRS is so good. Auto-volume really works on this TV. No more incredibly loud commercials:) The anti-glare screen! My 14'x5' picture window is finally open all day. With a Sony or Samsung/(large)Toshiba in bright uncontrolled environments you get an expensive mirror. The non-shiny Sharp/(small)Toshiba panels do not match the LG for beautiful picture, tuning options and features. Still don't mind shiny? Then get a plasma, their pictures are creamy and show the beauty of HD better. LCD's main advantages over plasmas are a matte screen and lighter weight. Why would anyone want a shiny LCD? Looks wise, the bezel is thicker than some and reflective. Although not too annoying, I may add anti glare monitor cover material over the side bezels to fix this. Other brands advertise thinner panels, however, in person they all have a 12" square power brick sticking out the back that makes them about equal. After living with it a week I find the syle to be a contemporary design that will not look dated for many years. Free white glove delivery through Pilot Air Freight was on time and smooth. They unbox and place it for you so you can see it in good condition before you sign. Prior to delivery I called their local number and the people were friendly and knew about my specific TV, amazing. Bottom line, picture and contrast on this panel is good to great in any lighting conditions. Get this set for the beautiful color and it's very wide, 'useable' 160 degree viewing angle. Pricing is very good for the many high end features LG managed to put into this LCD viewing experience. Date: 2008-12-11 Impressive I am not new to HD LCD's. This one is brighter and has more clarity than I ever expected. It appears to be in 3D most of the time. People and objects appear to jump out at you. I believe this is due to the rich colors/vibrant colors and deep blacks. Also, there's absolutely no glare. I am not totally confidence that the 120Hz feature really makes a big difference. I'll give it some credit though - it's 25-30% better than without the feature. You will not notice this unless you watch motion movies or sports. I like the Intelligent Sensor. It appears to adjust to the environment - I am still trying to figure that out. LG has very good features, but you will have to read up on a few of them. Everyone else is correct, the sound is not great. Mine runs thru a stereo, so no big deal. Overall, if someone makes a better 47" LCD, I would be shocked. LG has come through !! Date: 2008-11-29 Wonderful picture, excellent TV First of all, I think I underestimated the size of this TV. When the Amazon delivery guy showed up, my jaw dropped at how big the 47 inch looked in our master bedroom. That said this TV has some great features, with some calibration we were able to get some of our 720P Apple TV content to look exceptionally well. One caveat is that the picture with all the bells and whistles is almost TOO good when playing non HD content, so that sometimes shows look almost hyper real and more fake. We found that by making sure the True Cinema is off with non HD content, that solves the issue and when it is on with HD content, it truly is amazing. The blacks are extremely black and we found the calibration menus to be very easy to use. Also we had the White Glove Delivery and we were very pleased with that as well. All in all, with all the TVs we looked at before going with the LG, the LG seems to have the crispest colors and it "Popped" more then the other. We saw the 47LG50 at Best Buy and that picture looked miles above even the most expensive TV they had on display and the 47LG70 is even better then that. Very happy with this purchase.
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